Plagues

A disease or plague is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury.Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms. A plague may be caused by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions. For example, internal dysfunctions of the immune system can produce a variety of different diseases, including various forms of immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, allergies and autoimmune disorders.

In humans, plague or disease is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person affected, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories. Plagues can affect people not only physically, but also mentally, as contracting and living with a disease can alter the affected person's perspective on life.

Given that alien species have evolved in environments vastly different to terrestrial ones, contending with different atmospheric conditions, different levels of background and cosmic radiation, different soil conditions, different pathogens and parasites, and so on, it is patently unlikely that any aspect of their biology would be directly compatible with their terrestrial counterparts. Meaning that many planets are able save visted by Humans without getting sick. Although most extraterrestrial life is not safe for consumption.

## **Classification of Diseases – Types of Diseases**

### **Organic:**

##### ***Barisal Fever***

A highly contagious viral infection, first discovered in the Indian Border Camps, where the Fever-like plague was carried by refugees from Barisal, Bangladesh. Barisal Fever causes cytokine storms and significantly affects healthy young adults. It has become epidemic in the outer regions of Human Space, although time has decreased its lethality.

##### ***The Flu***

A descendant of the common Flu, this plague has been humanity's constant companion since *time immemorial*. The Flu has been virtually eradicated in the Coreworlds, although Terra proves the exception.

##### ***Spacer Diseases***

A bunch of sicknesses most commonly suffered by Humans that spend time in space like radiation poisoning, blindness, decompression sickness, cancer, brittle bones and mental illnesses spawned from isolation in the vacuum of space. Spacer Diseases are common among the Asteriod Belt as well as other poor human regions. Humans in these areas are often inflicted with features assoicated with low gravity such as lanky tall bodies, larger heads and blindness which also occurs after years of living in low gravity, due to the eye capillaries dying.

##### ***Kwashiorkor/Marasmus***

A form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates. It is thought to be caused by sufficient calorie intake, but with insufficient protein consumption (or lack of good quality protein), which distinguishes kwashiorkor from marasmus. Kwashiorkor is a widespread phenomenon among Terra's younger population, especially children of ***Blanks*** and ***GASP Recipients***.

##### ***x***

Thanks to the continuous rain and climate change induced warmer and wetter atmosphere of Terra. Hot, humid, and storm-wracked.

### **Mechanical:**

##### ***Blue Orca Syndrome***

Blue Orca Syndrome or Superconductor Suicide Syndrome is the phenomenon of conscious and advanced AI to commit suicide and terminate other AI in its vicinity, this unexplained phenomon hinders the usage of AI with higher consciousness functions. Named after the First semi-conscious AI "Blue Orca".

### **Biomechanical:**

##### ***Erisichthon's Hunger***

Also called the Rot, a biological nightmare speculated to have been created by the Madrigalians as tool of Psychological warfare against Humankind, it was spread by surviving veterans and colonists of Fermi's Solution. This unknown disease causes psychosis as well a strong urge for autocannibalism, its terminal stages causes great psychological stress as the infected patients body starts to rot.

##### ***Silicon Pest***

Due to several nanobots released in Earths past, nanite plagues spontancially breaks out on earth and in terrans off earth, requiring large contamination zones. The largest outbreaks where the Cairo nanite plague of 2521 and the Great Atlantic nanite pest of 2720s. Several different conditions are categorized under the umbrella term "Silicon Pest". The varied symptoms can range from cancerous growths caused by nanobotic cell corruption to even the growth of new limbs/fleshy outgrowths caused by the manipulation of genetic material by the nanobots.