Great Plague

The Great Plague was an incident from Orokin history, which may refer to the Infestation itself or a period after its creation"INFESTATION describes both a disease and its victims – a metamorphic affliction without cure. Living organisms are consumed and merged into rabid amalgamations.
Individuals are violent and animalistic yet the larger whole exhibits signs of coordination, with multiple swarms converging on ships and colonies.
Its origins are uncertain but there is historical evidence of a similar outbreak before The Collapse." - In-game lore description. The Infestation, a biomechanical pathogen, was also cultured by the Orokin as a means to combat the Sentients during The Old War;"Our hubris shone like a black star... for our technology, our war-machines were your kin. How easily you turned them against us. We were forced to older means. Not circuits, nor light... but flesh and disease. Our horrors past, our ravaged outer colonies... became gardens! We cultured the Infestation, conceiving of a hybrid. Transformed, but only just." - Ballas in third Vitruvian entry however, it proved to be ineffective against the Sentients. It is mentioned only in the 's description."A relic from the Great Plague, the Mire Infested sword is a brutal weapon." - Mire's description The Mire's resemblance to the Infested suggests a connection between the Great Plague and the Infested themselves. 
Albrecht Entrati refers to 1999 as "the plague year""I went among the denizens of the plague year like a saviour, my hands filled with healing […] The sight of their Technocyte-riddled cells mutating gave me fresh visions." —Albrecht's Notes, "The Vessels" and speaks of Technocyte infections, indicating that the Great Plague may be much more ancient than previously thought.
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