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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1348139" data-attributes="member: 515">1100 hours In the cargo hold, Darishun looks up from tidying the cargo as the comm chimes, followed by a message on the speakers: "Argent to crew. The current medical officer on the interdiction tender has sent a report on the hemmorrhagic virus. Saro and Darishun will probably want to study it. Everyone else? You will probably at least want to read the first few sections. I’ll put links to the report in your personal inboxes. Argent out." "Ah, most interesting," Darishun comments to Vasilii. "Please excuse me, I should probably begin studying this report." Darishun finishes tidying the current set of containers, and then plods off towards the lounge to grab a snack and study the report. To: Sentry Relief Fleet Medical PersonnelFrom: Lt. Reisha Dedrich, MD, Wall of StoneDate: 1045-119-993Subject: Alief Hemmorrhagic Virus Preliminary Report The Alief Hemorrhagic Virus (henceforth, AHV) is a hemmorrhagic virus that exhibits typical characteristics of hemmorrhagic pathogens but has such a short incubation time and such a high mortality rate that my conclusion is that the virus is not naturally occurring in this form. Local Alief scientists appear to be theorizing that the virus is a weaponized form of the "Prince’s Bleeding" virus, a local hemmorrhagic virus that occasionally affects locally raised rabbits. The incubation time of the virus appears to be 12 hours from exposure to onset of symptoms. Early symptoms are fever, sluggishness, and coughing. Late stage symptoms are coughing up blood and bleeding. The first bleeding comes from mucous membranes breaking down. Once symptoms start, death occurs 90 percent of the time within an hour. Death rates climb to 99-100 percent within two hours, at least among Imperial personnel. I am unsure of death rates among Alief natives other than the local media are reporting rates approaching at least 95 percent in urban areas. The virus does appear to be spread by exposure to contaminated body fluids or air. The viral shell does seem to be relatively fragile, and exposure to vacuum for 15 minutes, full spectrum light for an hour, or simple alcohol/bleach does appear to destroy the virus. The combination of the following standard Imperial antivirals in standard dosages -- Wisulix, Karilic, and Derosium -- administered within 10-12 hours of exposure appears to be effective 75 percent of the time in combating the primary effects of the virus. A significant amount of damage to soft tissue can still occur. We are not in the possession of a vaccine at this time. I find the fact that King George’s Land seems to be mostly unaffected while surrounding countries are being severely affected to be very curious, and I suspect that they are in possession of a vaccine. The King George’s Land government has denied this accusation. Scientists in other countries are trying to come up with a vaccine, but have not reported success yet. There appear to be a relatively small quantity of locally available antivirals with any effect once infection has started. At this point, developing a vaccine is rather problematic as we do not of anyone who has a natural immunity to the virus and our facilities are rather limited onboard the Wall of Stone. In Appendix A-D of the report are the technical details and detailed observations of crewmembers of the Wall of Stone who succumbed to the virus.</blockquote>

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