Novelian Civil-War

# **About**

The Novelian Civil-War was a war fought between humans infected with the IDS-21 and the rest of Novelia with help from the United States and Canada. The outbreak started in a research center owned by Richmond in which Magenta had attempted to shut down the supercluster, which caused leaks from the supercluster all over Novelia in what is known as "portal storms". The incident happened in July of 2022 and released multiple Criber from the supercluster who would infect humans. The infection rapidly began spreading all over Novelia. The United States and Canada both imposed lock down on all borders to keep the infected inside of Novelia although they were a helping hand in defeating the infection.

# **IDS-21 and the Infected**

The IDS-21 Virus commonly known as the Richmond Virus is a Virus of extraterrestial origin. The Cibers all are hosts and spread the disease with their claws which secrete mucus, thus covering them in the virus.

The real origin of the Virus remains a mystery, but it is most likley from a planet with much harsher conditions and drastically diffrent evolved carbon lifeforms due to the extremity of the virus. The Virus itself appears to have been genetically modified due to the large genome size in it, almost comparable to that of Fungi found on earth. Certain characteristics of the Virus that are caused by the inserted genomes are also believed to be inserted. This is all Richmond managed to research and find out before the Virus was destroyed and all research along with it.

Even a droplet of Criber mucus the size of 25 nanometers entering the bloodstream is enough to trigger the infection, however the state of the immune system as well as the severity of the wound determine the incubation period. On avarage it is around 5 minutes, however say a healthy bodybuilder had a minor scratch from a Criber it could take up to a day for the Infection to take over the Host.

Once the Infection has taken over the host most of the brain will be shutdown and only a constant manic and aggressive episode will continue to drive the host. The biggest desire will be to violently infect others by any means, this is caused by the fact the Virus has the ability to produce a special liquid known as C-Muc Beta which eminates a distinct smell that other Infected pick up on, this is similar to how ants communicate. This Liquid is mostly found in the Digestive Tract and the Eyes of the Infected, where it emits its smell. The Infected are also able to recognize eachother by movement and eradical acting. There has not been a case in which a healthy individual was able to blend in with the Infected.

The Infected infect other people by biting them or in some way getting mucus into any orfice or the bloodstream. The Individual will lay there incapacated for a while until the infection takes over, this can take a few seconds up to a minute. Then the person becomes completley infected and blends in with all other infected.

Due to IDS-21 being of alien nature, it can react mutagenic when introduced to the human body and its wide variety of genomes and DNA. These mutations are often not in the positive for the virus, causing the host to for ex. walk slower, however in some cases the virus can bond with certain qualities the host had before the infection, such as allowing them to sprint faster or perfectly running on all fours, as well as jumping a high distance or leaping forward, however the mutated infected typically will die by themselves as all this requires much more sustinence they will not get.

# **Timeline**

**June 5, 23:34**: Lime, Magenta, and Oswald raid Richmond Inc headquarters. During a confrontation between Georgian Richmond and Magenta in the main control room, Magenta shoots Richmond. Magenta then attempts to shut down the Supercluster, but it malfunctions, triggering portal storms in multiple locations in Novelia. The first portal storm manifests above the facility. By 23:52, a second portal emerges in Woodfast.

**June 6, 02:47**: The first large-scale infection begins in Woodfast. Due to a prior shooting incident on the outskirts, police presence is minimal in the city center. Reportedly, the first Criber appears at the base of an office building where an event is underway, resulting in multiple infections.

**June 6, 02:58**: Portal storms materialize over two locations in Agane City. Mei and Charlie seek refuge in a Taco Bucket restaurant before battling their way out of Agane City. A minor portal storm develops over Goldencity but is swiftly neutralized by the Novelian Police. Fred was present at the time. Magenta later wakes up in the facility and is attacked by an infected Richmond who he neutralized swiftly.

**June 6, 03:12**: A portal storm emerges over Tebeck. Jarred confronts a swarm of Cribers and eventually joins forces with a deserter, Matt. Together, they drive through northern Novelia, aiming for Union. Magenta and Lime flee the facility and are transported into the collapsing supercluster by a portal, they are then teleported 8 months into the future.

**June 7**: Philip awakens in a makeshift hospital in Keeptown. Monroe rallies remaining military personnel and teams up with policeman Carl. They evacuate Woodfast, forming a small paramilitary group.

**June 15**: Under the command of James Hamburger, the office building in Woodfast is bombed, causing numerous civilian casualties.

**August 18**: Monroe expands his paramilitary force, purging parts of Keeptown of the infected. Both Canada and the United States dispatch humanitarian aid to Novelia.

**August 21**: James Hamburger instructs military personnel to shoot civilians in infected zones, insisting they "cannot take chances". Conflicts erupt between survivors in Woodfast.

**August 26**: Oswald is rescued by the military after having been stuck inside of a hospital where researchers had been working on a cure. The hospital had been overrun by infected a few days prior.

**September 2**: Matt and Jarred, lured into a warehouse by promises of shelter and food, are trapped and forced into a combat scenario with the infected for entertainment. They later manage to escape. The final portal storm ceases above Hantown.

**September 4**: Matt and Jarred approach Union's outskirts but opt for Agane City, hoping for greater safety. Concurrently, Gunther, a solitary survivor and biology teacher, reaches the entirely infected Park Alon. He successfully flees via helicopter towards Little Birch.

**September 5**: Gunther's helicopter crash-lands in Little Birch. He collaborates with other survivors and evades the military.

**September 8**: Upon entering Agane City, Matt and Jarred realize they're in the city's most infected section. They commandeer a truck headed for Goldencity. Meanwhile, Gunther encounters priest Father Eugene and is later rescued by one of Monroe's convoys.

**September 10**: Matt and Jarred navigate Agane City's tunnels to access an evacuation train. However, Jarred becomes infected during the skirmish, leaving Matt to continue to Goldencity alone.

**September 14**: The Hamburger administration crumbles, with significant portions of the military defying James Hamburger's authority to ally with Monroe. The spread of the IDS virus unexpectedly halts.

**October 2**: Monroe arrives in Goldencity, seizing control of the government and immediately instituting safe zones throughout the nation.

**November 13**: Daniel and Craig venture to Nester to eradicate Criber nests.

**November 27**: Woodfast, Hantown, and Little Birch are declared free from infection.

**December 2**: Agane City is confirmed clear of the infected. James Hamburger abandons Novelia. Monroe proclaims a new state.

**January 6**: Most smaller towns and villages in New Bevis, Longname, and Resneck are declared infection-free. Intense efforts to exterminate Criber nests commence.

**February 8, 04:17**: The final infected individual is eradicated in Union, signifying the conflict's end. Later that day, Goldencity hosts a grand celebration. Richmond Inc employees are publicly executed, either by hanging or firing squad. The war persisted for 8 months and 28 days.

# **Groups**

Monroe and Carl

Matt and Jarred

Gunther and Father Eugine

Charlie and Mei

# **Trivia**

The city of Woodfast was one of the cities which were hit hardest by the civil war as a large chunk of the population there were infected.

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