Trident

Created in the first half of the Alliance/Union war. Trident is a virus, nanite hybrid. Taking the strengths of a virus, with a high infection rate, quick evolution to vaccines and ability to hid in a individual for mouths or years at a time. Whilst having the intelligent of nanites, infecting key individuals combating the disease, and knowing when to activate when discovered or in a highly infected population.

As discussed in the overview of the Alliance/Union war. Its creators Lambert pharmaceutique-Co of the Alliance was unable to produce a workable weapon out of the disease for many years. Due to it's near instant adaption rate. Making them unable to ensure that their people wouldn't be effected by it. however in the last years of the war the Company was finally able to produce an enzyme that attached to the virus making it inert. Within days of this discovery the virus was deployed throughout Dalvanberg and the Iberia decimating the Unions population. Within days of its release the Unions attacks in Iberia ceased completely. though the fighting in Dalvanberg continued for a few more weeks, before the nullius momenti ended the war for both of them.

Within days of the nullius momenti the first cases of Trident within the Alliance population was detected. The enzyme becoming useless in combating the disease as it ravaged the Alliance. In response to the outbreak, the Alliance government began evacuations and quarantines whist rounding up all those infected to be sent over the wall of tranquillity. hoping that the disease would eradicate the Imperium and the monsters of imperia.

After a few years Trident had finished its purpose. Both the Alliance and Union was no more, and the disease had burned its self out on main land Theia. Though it continued to effect the peoples of Patheia and Irlana. However in a less virulent strain. That the people of Patheia and Irlana lived with for the next 1697 years, when the next outbreak of Trident began in a barracks outside Dalvanberg. During the Dalvanberg Krieg of 1694-1698PDM.

This outbreak like the first ended the Dalvanberg Krieg within days of its detection. Though it had already spread throughout Theia minor decimating the continents populations. However this time the nations knew how to combat it integrating quarantines and evacuations of entire nations. A mass international effort was instigated across Theia minor establishing the Commonwealth of socialist republics in response to this more virulent strain of the disease. It was 3 years before the outbreak was contained. After the creating of a vaccine that was released into the entire continent population in one single mass vaccination. Seen as the only way to make people immune before the disease can adapt.

Now Trident is mostly contained to the Patheian union, that forces any individual leaving the nation to go into quarantine for two weeks and go to a battery of tests to ensure another outbreak like the one of 1697-1700 doesn't occur again.

## Trident strains

There are three main strains of Trident that exist. Broken up in to how many stages the disease would go though before the individual dies from the stain the disease has on the body.

### Poseidon

***The three prongs of his mighty trident.***

This is the first and most wide spreading strain of the disease. Haven been utilized during the Alliance/Union war. It is known to have spread across the entirety of Theia and at least some of the northern half of the African continent (new name required). It is currently unknown and will properly never be known the number of victims the pandemic caused. Due to the nature of the times.

However this is the only strain that continues to exist, though in a more mild form. Allowing infected individuals to recover, even if they reach the begin of stage 3.

#### Stages

* Stage 1: After being infected with the disease. The individual will show next to no symptoms. With only coughing, sneezing and a slight runny nose. To the infected it will seem as nothing is wrong, with the symptoms listed, being waved off as nothing more than a tickly throat or due to environmental factors. The only way of identifying an infected individual is three red spots in a line on the lower arm, that slowly grows as the disease progresses. Finally the disease will have an effect on the individuals mind. Making them desire contact with others. Either physical or just being around others. helping to spread the disease.
* Stage 2: When the disease is detected by others or when it reaches a critical mass within a population the disease will enter stage 2. During this stage the infected will begin to bleed from every orifice. The blood coming out in streams without end. The blood is highly infectious, with only a droplet required to touch an individual to infect them. Mentally the infected will begin to become slightly aggressive. Pushing them to seek others, under the pretence of seeking help.
* Stage 3: In this stage the infected will become highly aggressive. Attacking anyone on sight, spreading their blood all over the place. In this stage the infection will brake down all of the infected bone, organs and muscles, changing them into super heated blood. Once the infection hits a critical mass, the body will explode spreading its heated blood, everywhere. Cutting through plastic, rubber and steel.

#### Combating the disease

Once an individual is infected , a timer begins to count down till they can no longer be helped. They must seek out immediate help before they advance to stage 2. If they are able to get help before reach stage 2, then they are in for a chance of surviving the disease. Through the use of Imperium nanites and poisons, the disease maybe able to be flushed out before the second stage begins. However if they reach the second stage then it is all over for them. There is no current way of curing a individual that has reach this stage and the only way of ending their suffering is by burning them alive.

They are unable to kill them through injection as the disease will immediately processed to stage 3 and exploded the infected, infecting the one giving the injection. They can't shot them as the blood splatter will infect others, and finally everything around an infected will be drenched in hot blood that can burn through protective equipment. leading to the only known way of removing an infected individual that has reached stage 2. Burning them alive. Immoral but necessary.

As for cures and vaccines there are none. However fast response to an outbreak and the use of quarantines and evacuations will halt its spread.

### Hades

***The two prongs of his pitchfork will drag you to the underworld***.

When the outbreak of 1697 occurred. It was at first believed to be the same mild Poseidon strain that still exists within the Patheian union. Haven been tracked down to a Irlanian soldier just outside Dalvanberg. However as the epidemic spread, it was quickly discovered to be a completely new strain. It was more infectious, fast acting and extremely deadly.

What made this strain different from Poseidon, is that it removes the second stage of the infection. Heading straight to the third stage, though in a more intelligent fashion. Attacking key individuals and halting it explosive end till when it will cause the most damage. Upon entering the second stage, the disease will have complete control over the infected body and mind. Using it intelligent and memorise to find others to infect or hid from those that would kill it before it can spread.

As stated in the introduction. It took three years before the epidemic was eradicated. After mass evacuations of entire nations and quarantines that lasted the three year of the epidemic, it was finally believed to have be eradicated. However small outbreaks continued to occur for mouths and year after. It is now believed to have been completely eradicated from the Commonwealth and Unions territories. Though a Hades protocol has been created encase of another outbreak, that states how the states should respond to the outbreak.

### Zeus

***If he wishes you dead. you would of died hours ago.***

Of the three strains of trident. This is the most unknown of the three, and the most deadly. There has only been two known cases Zeus. However only one has been observed. In the middle of the Hades epidemic in the year 1699 a town to the middle of France(new nation required) suddenly went dark. The streets empty, the shops open but with no one serving, the houses with their doors open and no one inside. Only blood was left, only blood that flowed through the streets. When Common line soldiers arrived on the scene they were unable to find anyone or anything alive in the entire town and surrounding area. For 3 miles in every direction everything was dead. The trees grey, with all its leaves laying on the floor. The grass brown, like there hasn't been rain for mouths. The birds that should be flying in the sky. Gone, their fevers floating in the rives of blood.

The legion took samples of the blood, trees and grass. Whilst they continued their search for survives. Finding none they began cleaning up the mess that was left behind. A week later the results came in about the samples. It was discovered that all the cells of the plants were dead. Like all the moister had been removed from it, and as for the blood. it was covered in trident. With only a few cells in the mixture being from human body parts.

Then another town went dark. This time in the east miles away from the first. When troops arrived they found the same as the first. rivers of blood, bloodfalls from widows, lakes of blood in the Centre of town. It was horrifying. However this time a survivor was found. Running from the town. She was a child of 13. Returning home after a day in the woods. She described approaching the town in the late afternoon around 5pm. As she approached everything was normal. People walking about, the market bustling, her friend waving to her from the road on the edge of town. Then she heard screaming from the town, screaming that got louder and louder as blood pored into the streets. She described watching as her friend start to convulse, seeming to be in intense pain. Then her hands disintegrated into streams of blood. Her friend screamed for a moment, but then began chocking as blood erupted from her mouth becoming a fountain. Within seconds her body was nothing more than blood being washed away in the river that the street had become.

She ran after watching her friend die, ran as fast as she could in to the woods. As the wave of death followed her. The trees dyeing around her. A blood like substance dripping from the bark as blood rained from the sky followed by countless feathers. She ran till she outran death himself. The monstress disease having mercy on her, or maybe to help spread it horrifying message.

### The Zeus protocol

This form of the disease, gave no warning, showed no reason or logic behind were it attacked. It appeared as quickly as it disappeared, leaving hollow ghost towns in its wake. Due to this, it has been classified as a extinction level catastrophe, if it is allowed to spread around the world. So the UTT has created the Zeus protocol, A demand to all nation of the world to inform their peoples of the two known events of a Zeus outbreak. For every person of the world to know what to do if they come in to contact with a Zeus event.

#### Steps to take if you come in contact with a Zeus event:

* Step 1: Evacuate. Run as fast as you can away from the area, and do not stop until you are at least a mile away. **DO NOT** enter the area of the event, no matter who lives there **they are all ready dead**.
* Step 2: Contact: Inform any of your local emergence services, or army base. The government must be informed.
* Step 3: Quarantine: Even if you were able to escape the event, you maybe infected with trident. You MUST stay away from others, on your way to inform your local emergence services. If you can stay indoors and call them please do. If you our to far away from any emergence service and/or have no way of contacting the government. you MUST fire of three shots from a gun or make a extremely loud noise three times, every 5 minutes or 30 minutes every 2 hours. Till you are contacted by local law enforcement.
* Step 4: Lighten: upon Quarantining you MUST place a red lighting strike inside a circle on your door, to inform everyone that you have been in contact with a Zeus event.
* Step 5: Wait: Wait at least one mouth before leaving your home. During this time local emergence services will bring you food and water, and will continue to be in contact with you till the mouth is over. If during this time you find any of the symptoms related to Trident please inform, the emergence services station outside you house. They are there to help.

As for a national response to a confirmed Zeus event. The nation will go into immediate lockdown. Only allowing soldiers to move about freely. Whilst the nations people will be make to stay home. With food and other essentials provided by the state. Anyone found leaving their home will be sent to prison. This disease can and will destroy all life on Terra if it is allowed. IT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED.