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Drakh plague

From The Babylon Project

Drakh plague
Weapon Type: Bio-genetic Nano-virus
Culture of Origin: Shadows
The Drakh Release the Plague into Earths Atmosphere
The plague is released into the atmosphere of an unnamed planet

The Drakh plague infected Earth in December 2266.[1]

It was technology that had been left behind by the Shadows and used by the Drakh from that time on. The plague was a nano-virus which would adapt to the species it infected and after a time, would find the right trigger to kill the species.[2]

The crew of the Excalibur discovered a nano-virus created by a Technomage on an unnamed planet. Dr. Sarah Chambers was able to reverse engineer this nano-virus and create a way to temporary block the similarly designed Drakh plague from infecting a person for up to 48 hours.[3] This technique to temporary block infection by the Drakh plague is later used on Theta 49[4] and is briefly mentioned at the Plague Eradication Management Strategies Mars Conference on Mars.[5]

Long ago the Shadows attacked another unnamed planet when they were refused to allow a base to be built on their world. The Shadows released a strain of the same plague that infected Earth. The people of this planet studied the plague virus for three years before deciding to put their entire race into suspended animation. One person was brought out of suspended animation to take care of the machines and continue the tests on the aliens. 500 people had died in that service by 2267.[6]

[edit] Notes

  • According to JMS, the Drakh plague would have been cured at some point, perhaps midway through Crusade's second season.[7]

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