YOU THOUGHT WE WERE DEAD.
IT HAD ALMOST SEEMED YOU COULD BREATHE.
BUT YOU FORGOT ONE THING...
WE CAN SPREAD THROUGH AIR.
BASIC SYNOPSIS
The Corruption Hails itself as One of the Least Deadly Diseases Overall in the Galaxy, and It was thought to be eradicated after the first Battle of Sigma Nvacto I. But... We Underestimated their odds. Although they have the Least Causalities under their belt... That's a For now... If they went to a Populated sector... I could only Imagine the Horror... But, since they (FOURTUNATELY) have not found a way to the ground, They don't rank up to the levels of the Blue Shadow Virus and the like. So, It should be a common goal to not let these things reach planetfall.
BIOLOGY, SPREAD AND SYMPTOMS
The Corruption Is an Airborne Bacteria. But, Inside of it is a Protozoan. Technically, This Protozoan is Truly the Corruption, but The bacteria in question, N. Reppetius, Is a Professional Resistor against Immune systems, as well as being airborne. Put simply, It'd be a lot less dangerous without the Bacteria.
The Corruption is Spreaded by Needles. Not the Thin, Scary ones at Your Doctor's appointment, But giant, Fleshy ones that will Make you spit your coffee. Technically, they are more accurately Called Corruptor Spikes, Which means the Last sentence was... Completely pointless. That aside, Spikes are Formulated By breeders. They can Either Convert Corruption Masses into Spikes, Or (VERY slowly) Create Spikes using Nebulae. That aside, The Spike then Rams a Ship, and then The Airborne Bacteria Seeks out Hosts.
Once It finds a host, The Bacteria will slip in unnoticed, and then It operates as a tank for the Protozoan, as well as a hidden base. The Protozoan Divides at the Rate of 0.1 Seconds, and then seek out Stem cells. Once they are infected, we go into the symptoms while the Protozoan Cracks a Cold One and Relaxes with Da Bois.
First, The host will experience Loss Of control slightly. (Seen when The Infected Soldier Tried to Slash Swiftail (From @FangTheCat 's Tribe of the Darkest Night, During the Sarkany Event) Then, Their flesh will start Becoming Horrifically Corrupted, as The Protozoan Now Breeds so fast It leaves trails of itself as it moves, and All of them now seek out the Nearest Cells to Corrupt. First, they'll have Swelling, Then eventually this'll Develop into Spiky, Grotesque Masses. This'll happen more through the body as time progresses. In the meantime, Eventually, the Corrupted Individual's Arm (Their Dominant one) Turns into a Bone mass, Sharpened and Highly lethal. It's at about this point when they're basically lumbering murder machines. When checked, This is actually Bone Being forced to Grow like this, So If a Host is somehow Disinfected, (I.E. By Being Lethally wounded and No longer being useable by the Infection) The Bone Blade still remains. As time Progresses, Eventually the host becomes fully corrupted. This is a stage the Host doesn't get to often, As they are usually either killed or They run Out of Nourishment. (Survivors are Commonly Spotted eating anything they can, Even living comrades.) At this stage, They are completely feral. If killed, They'll instead Explode Aggressively, Firing Spines that Infect anything Nearby. (Basically, Mini-Spikes. These Penetrate Armour.) Speaking of these spikes, Older ones can Fire these in a More Basic fashion... Of firing them at World War One German Machine Gun Rates.
So, boarding corrupted ships becomes a literal nightmare. After time, Hosts will merge into New Masses, Become Converted into Spikes, Rinse and Repeat. And Surprisingly, Not a Lot of Humans are required for a New Mass... Because our organs are so Expansive, They are Used... Grotesquely, as hull plate. Disgusting, Yes, But this means they only need one or Two To combine to Create a New Mass, Which becomes a Spike, And then God knows how many more Hosts that'll infect!
(Quick Fact: Infection Becomes Slower as time goes On. Whereas First hosts will develop halfway rather quickly, but then as time goes on growth becomes slower.)
THE CORRUPTION DOESN'T JUST HUNT ANIMALS
If you're a plant or a Robot and you think you're safe... You're Horrifically Wrong! Plants will become Ginormous corrupted masses, Especially in the Case of Domini Naturae. Might actually be Ironic if Terribili tried to Experiment with it and got infected. But, With robots, It's a little more odd. The Corruption Melts down the Essential Elements of the Robot, And then uses that for Growth. They commonly also destroy their Motherboards so that they wrest all control over their New Metallic host.
LIST OF RECORDED INFECTIONS&
- Literally Everybody at Alpha Conuss X, Who Were later Eradicated by the Jethar Mercenaries, After Surgeon Research Offered them a Reward.
- A Couple of Unlucky Crews of ships at the First Battle of Sigma Nvacto I (Fates unknown)
- The Poor Soul that was The Infected Unbelevolent at Sigma Nvacto XIV... He tried to die for the greater good, Apparently...
- 37 Members of the Tribe of Darkest Night, at the Second Battle of Sigma I. (Aka The Sarkany Event) Two were killed by Swiftail and One Was Killed by Static&&, and then The Rest were annihilated from a Planetary Bombardment from an Unknown faction.
- The Crews of a handful of Other ships at the Second battle of Sigma Nvacto I. Most, If not all, Died in the Bombardment of the Entire Planet. (At least technically, It's Orbit, where everything was happening. The Corruption still haven't touched the Ground... yet.)
(As Of Feb 19, 2018 (Real time)
- Unknown Civilian Casualities From an Unknown System. Suspected Infections to Be in the Thousands.
-Spectra Colony Alurthetia. Only Constructs were Infected, as all Other Spectra Retreated from the Massive attack.
(As Of Apr 14, 2018 (Real Time)
- A few months back, Domini Naturae Engaged the Corruption. They lost a few Electron Decimators to the swarm.
- An entire Sector was Infected by a New Corruption ship...
(As of Apr 19, 2018 (Real Time)
- Prince Zaran, Onboard Hawkfrost's (Tribe of Crimson Moon, Also by @FangTheCat ) Capital Ship, Via the Megazoan. His Soul Split from his Corporal body. Now, Nobody knows where it roams... Or if it has a new body.
- Several Karagarians That were Researching the Corruption. (Karagarians were created by @boombox .) Only Three of the Staff onboard the Mobile Station Survived the tragedy. Surgeon Research provided the species with disaster relief funding about two days after the event.
(As of Apr 20, 2018 (Real Time)
- A Republic of Solaris ( @Amazing_Goob ) Ship was Infected by a Corruptor spike. In a shocking twist of fate, a Crew member onboard named Alexander Tourcine somehow survived getting infected. The reason that he survived was due to an almost one-of-a-kind Gene identified as C-642874, which helped his immune system fight the Infection slightly better than other beings. Of course, however, his crewmates unfortunately lacked this supergene.
(As of Apr 25, 2018 (Real Time)
- An entire Faragaut Class Battleship, owned by what would become the Second Tau Empire, ( @Jenwuf ) was Infected by the Corruption Megazoan. The outbreak quickly became Massive, Due to the Sheer size of the Faragaut Class. Thankfully, The infection was destroyed before anything horrible could happen. But then again, this was a huge loss of life from the Corruption...
&Underline RECORDED. Those that we don't know about don't count.
&&Only Includes Known Kills.
CAN WE ALLY THEM?
You can ask them... If you want to Die! They don't take Prisoners, They take Hosts. I swear, If there's any Exception I'm going to throw My (Bleep)ing Desk!
LIST OF KNOWN CORRUPTION PURE FORMS
(Aka, They are just Corruption, and Not Infected ships and the Like.)
CORRUPTION MASS
Stats Vary A LOT.
Masses are comprised of Flesh. Lots of it. They can also be created by Breeders consuming Nebulae in A False form of theirs. These Masses are only made to be turned into spikes. But, they are also Professional baits, As they can Mutate Freely to appear different, Such as Growing Tiny Eyes to look like baby Creatures. They can even combine with other masses to turn into larger beings, To even Mimicking entire Dreadnaughts that look damaged. Masses Are generally weak, But They are more than Capable of Making Deathtraps for their Brethren to take advantage of...
CORRUPTOR SPIKE
Mass: 63 Tonnes
Whatever Mass Material Left over is recycled for Future Spikes. In the meantime, The Spike Appears Weaponless and Harmless... Ironically, This Is the Deadliest Corruption Ship Despite that! The Only reason the First Battle Of Sigma Nvacto I was won was because these things didn't do anything! That aside, Spikes can Ransack Entire Multi-Million Ships within Minutes! Although They Spread Corruption slowly, That doesn't mean it doesn't spread. They're also quite fond of ventilation; Ships can be brought down in seconds should too much Corruption gets into the Vents, and then it Circulates All around the ship. Previous Spikes used to be 5 Tonnes lighter, But these ones now Possess Proper Microbes, Instead of Incomplete messes... As well as Sharpened Injectors, Ensuring utmost efficiency. Generally, These are the ships you should bring down First in any combat Scenario.
(Ye Olde Corruptor Spike, Seen In the first battle of Sigma Nvacto I.)
VESPAN MOTH?
Stats Unrecorded
Don't Be fooled. This Creature doesn't Even Exist. If you don't know that these aren't Real, Now you do. Spread that Knowledge before the Corruption Spreads to You. As for it's true form...
(If you want more False information Check the First few Parts of the Sarkany Event.)
CORRUPTOR SPIKE BREEDER
Stats are yet to Be recorded or estimated
The Spike Breeder is the True Form of The Vespan Moth. What Once appeared to be a Head is actually A Sac for storing Corrupted Biomass, And What once appeared to be stubby Legs... Or something along that... Are actually two supporting structures, With a few cannons to defend themselves. Just recently they have been recorded Formulating Into massive, 8-Breeder Factories, Boasting a massive increase in efficiency. There isn't much to be said about them except they're professionals at flying under the Radar, as well as just fleeing. If you're lucky enough to kill one, You have dealt a great blow to the Corruption...
CORRUPTION FACTORY
Breeder's Stats, Times Eight, and Add a few more digits for the Connecting Membrane...
Factories are the Heart of every Colony. Many Flourish in Nebulae, converting raw material into More spikes. Through this, Spikes appear in the Thousands. They should ALWAYS be a Priority target, seeing just how fast they create Spikes. It's safe to say, A Brood is Effectively dead once it loses it's Factory. But, one may ask why It has such a Gaping hole in it. Why? One of the most effective Strategies against Factories is to simply FTL a ship INSIDE them, Preferably one that Possesses a Doomsday Device. But, Basic fighters also work. Rumour also says there may be a Massive Great factory out there, Producing Millions of Spikes every minute, Slowly eating Gas Giants inside Out... Jamoke may have been correct that it may be in The Blue Gas Giant, seeing how he can Detect the Presence of living beings. As for why spikes don't fly out of the planet... They warp away instead of flying out. A Logical decision, Seeing the massive weight of a Gas Giant. Surgeon Research terms the Hypothetical Colony "Unoffendia", due to it being Impossible to destroy. Why? Should it exist, any ship trying to fly into a gas giant would be Crumpled due to the Sheer Gravity of the Giant. But, Discussion is heated if such a colony would even be possible...
CORRUPTION MEGAZOAN
Stats still being Estimated; Mass estimated to be around 120 Tonnes.
An Entire Sector has lost contact to us... The Culprit has Appeared in a photo... Which shows off the Horror of the Corruption, and this new Ship...
"So What?" You might say. Well, Here's what. See that space mall? Within FIVE seconds, It's colour became red. Although it's form hasn't yet changed... We all know what that means...
It's Corrupted.
This ship spreads the Corruption so Desolately fast, All It has to do is cause a "Fire" on a ship, then that ship is as good as dead to you.
We have speculated this is an evolution of the Corruption Spike. After Looking at it, We have also zed it is a giant version of the Corruption Protozoan, C.Lithodea. So, we have Given this ship a working Nickname, One that'll probably Stick to it... The "Megazoan". It is undetectable due to it being a massive Protozoan, and It is surprisingly Resilient, too- It can PENETRATE Anti-FTL Fields! This Corruption ship cannot be contained, with it's mastery of movement... It also possesses Shapeshifting and Cloaking, But both are very fast and Subtle. It's a Spectre- An Agent of death itself moving Unnoticed. Pray there's only one...
CORRUPTED ASTEROID
Stats Vary.
The Corrupted Asteroid was first reported near Sigma Nvacto II, Where it exploded to reveal a spike inside when Paladin # 31 Got too close to it. Although it did avoid the Spike before it could get infected, It left a new question: How did the spike get inside the asteroid? We initially believed that this was the result of a false asteroid or Silicate Blob being Infested, but we have since discovered this surprisingly isn't the case. This form is caused by a Recent Mutation inside of Corrupter Spikes. They now Possess Harpoons on their sides. While unable to infect ships by themselves, they can actually move and grab ships to make the process of infecting it's target host easier. It can also cut and grab pieces of an asteroid to create a shell. This effectively disguises it as an actual asteroid, but it has also converted it's harpoons into an explosive network inside of the asteroid, making the process of exploding from it's shell much easier. A side effect of this, however, is internal growths covered in rock, which is the result of the Corruption's uncontrolled nature. The Corruptor spike can later regenerate it's harpoons with the assistance of a Breeder, but it will not have them in the meantime. But, this discovery has one definite meaning... The Corruption has become much more dangerous with this recent mutation, and It is likely it will become a dominant trait among Corruptor Spikes...
CORRUPTOR SPIKE PRIME
Mass: 74.9 Tonnes
This Specimen of Corruptor Spike, Which we have taken to calling a Prime, Is a very recent sighting. The Corruption has recently become Mostly Dormant due to unknown Reasons... However, the few spikes that have been active have been showing off several odd Mutations. These Mutations haven't happened to all of them, however, telling us this Strange Mutation is Completely Optional. However, The Mutation Causes the Spike to become Far more Effective, Sporting more maneuverability, and the Ability to Begin Cooking some of itself to Go Faster. This may sound Ineffective, but this causes the spike to move at Breakneck speeds, making it nearly impossible to avoid it's charge... And Subsequent Infection.
We believe that this Mutation has Arisen to Assist in Solitary Hunting, also Possessing an extra pair of Harpoons. However, for odd reasons, they refuse to Create Asteroids to Disguise themselves for unknown reasons, but one theory is that they Need more Energy than normal to support their Aggressive Boosting, Which they get via Solar Power, which is why they're reluctant to create Asteroid Shells. No matter the Case, One Must beware the Sheer aggression of this Mutation...
INFECTED SHIPS (OF MY FACTIONS ONLY...?)
(Infected ships are Large Organisms or, Well, Ships, Infected by the Corruption, Usually only existing to serve them. Despite The Random Growths for smaller Beings, It's interesting to note that the Infection for ships follows a "Blueprint". This could mean ships they haven't Infected before take a longer time to be converted to their will.)
CORRUPTED CROSS MINING CO COLLECTOR
Stats Vary will all Corrupted ships, Even If they Externally appear the same way
The Horror of the First Encounter at Alpha Conuss Could not be denied. So many good Crewmen Perished or were infected to later Be killed by Jethar Ones. But, It wouldn't have been as successful if it weren't for the Brilliantly over-infected CMC Collector, Which was a Very old scrapped ship. Even in the first battle of Sigma Nvacto I, None can deny that these ships were definitely the primary force for the Corruption. They have the Frontal power of a Ship on Every one of their Angles, But this also Does Unfortunately make them Suffer in Offensive focusing and Defensive power. But, None can deny that this ship was a real Corruption marvel, and It definitely helped while they made their First Impression.
RIP The Around 500 Miners Involved In the Conuss Incident
2063-2065
We're sorry for your losses
CORRUPTED NANOVORE ONE
The Corrupted Nanovore Ones probably only saw so much battle because they were probably the Only Corrupted ships that could Escape the Nanovore fleet after being infected. But it's clearly Undeniable that this ship is a Fate worse than death for many foes, as these appear in Massive swarms and Possess Fantastic Crowd Control. Because of this, They are considered Bruisers with great efficiency. Their Power should not be denied in combat. Other than that, there's really not much else to say about these... other than Watch out.
CORRUPTED CARNIVORE DELTA CLASS DEFENDER
It's ironic that The Delta has always had Abandonment issues. Even more so when you realize that this ship is so common In the Corruption because The Man scrapped so many of them. The Defender still possesses it's exceptional point defenses, but only on one side. Everywhere else, It has the classic "Guns Everywhere" going on, Which is truly a staple of the Older Corrupted Ships. As for why they began to corrupt new ships differently, we'll never know. In the meantime, The Irony lives on.
CORRUPTED ZENIOTH EXPLORATION PROBE
In the Report talking about It, It was Hilariously Typo-d as The "Corruption Exploration Probe" Which almost implies that the Dumb parasites made it by themselves! But, They aren't that Crafty. Although only one was Reported to Ever Exist, This Corrupted Probe Caused one of the Most Infamous Moments In Surgeon Territory... The Death of the Old Zenioth King.
His Last words before this...
"May Tutasara Have Mercy."
And Ironically, Zaran's father Died just like Tutasara, Their Grand Deity, Did. In Betrayal, And then Being avenged moments later. In this situation, A Couple seconds marked the end of an Era.
The First battle of Sigma Nvacto I Was truly a Grand Massacre. After the hull was disinfected, (Probably using Lysol) The old Sinbreaker's hull was used in the construction of the Second Sinbreaker. And, In the Battle of Sigma Nvacto III...
Ironic, isn't it? (Except in this case, The New king survived and Gained Ethereal Powers... So, Hooray?)
So, Technically, This Evil Probe Started a Very Unfortunate legacy Of The Sinbreakers Making The Horrible Tactical Decision of going headfirst into combat, Getting Annihilated, Then being Recycled. (But, In the second case, the ship repaired itself.)
Indeed, Quite a Long and Ironic history... All started Because The Allies foolishly flew the Probe in for a Better Look at the Enemy.
CORRUPTED CIVILIAN NANOCARRIER "SPACECAR"
It's Almost Like No war goes without Collateral Damage Nowadays! Although They can't touch ground, There's no rule saying the Corruption Can't Infect Space City Districts. This Tragedy was Very recent, But we don't know what system It happened in. That aside, There are probably about a Million of these things out there by now, and to think this was From Civilian Causalities! Just... Horrifying! Galactic Civil Works will not be happy about this... In the Meantime, You got to watch out and make sure these things don't overwhelm you. Perhaps more hilariously, They have been Seen being Converted into spikes, As Breeders mistake them for Masses. Way to disarm yourselves, Stupid Parasites!
CORRUPTED SPECTRA CONSTRUCT
The Spectra Colony Alurthetia Was Attacked today. Although the Spectra Didn't lose any actual, Well, Spectra, They Did lose All of the Constructs there. And although the Corruption were finally Pushed back, The Territory was found to Be completely Barren, With nothing left. Now, The Constructs are Slowly Overfilling with Masses. They will explode in time and be recycled. But In the meantime, They are being treated the Same Way Viruses Treat Host Cells. (Although, Once again, THE CORRUPTION ARE NOT VIRUSES.) But in the Meanwhile, They aren't truly Corrupted, as they never had anything going for them Anyway. Sounds kind of depressing, actually.
CORRUPTED UNBELEVOLENT
This Unbelevolent was Spotted at Sigma Nvacto XIV. It could speak English due to the Infection, for some reason. The first thing It did was plead for the researchers to flee, and then asked them to end his pain. After being questioned, He signaled, Turned away, and then got his request granted, His last words being "I Ask... Because... It hurts..." After this, his body would be taken to be Autopsied. Before he died, he also shot a Corruption Mass, as to try to expose the True nature of The Moths. But, Even with pure corruption being Autopsied at the Time, The Research team was Too late to discover the Startling truth, and Suffered at least 37 Confirmed Causalities, The Confirmed ones coming from the Tribe Of Darkest Night. There were some other ships infected as well, but these Didn't have any confirmable number of Causalities. All of The Corrupted would later be Annihilated by a Planetary Bombardment, After the Planet was Netted to not let any Infected ships leave.
And It was the Goal of this Poor guy to not let any of them Suffer the Same fate he did... But He was Willing to attempt to sacrifice himself to save the Fleet. Truly, This Unbelevolent was Truly... Benevolent.
In the meantime, Later Autopsies Shown That The "Tatoo" That All Unbelevolent have that Allow them To Change forms and, well, Live was Disrupted, Resulting in the Massive Bottom Right Foot. A Mass was attached to his corpse, Suggesting that Because He was Resisting, a Mass was trying to Eat him or something. Perhaps The Most noticeable thing from the Autopsy was that He was Unaffected by the Arsceant Field, and was Instead being affected by the Plaeclarum field... As If he was Pulled from his home field, and had to use the other one he discovered. Strangely, he didn't share information about the Plaeclarum field to his peers. Are The Unbelevolent... Slaves...? Of Sorts? Is this why the Arsceant field doesn't affect them? Because they Submitted to it? And Is that why they also talk so weirdly? Finally, I can't help but realize that The Arsceant Field was ONLY discovered AFTER the Graveyard Event... Where Presumably all of the Red Sphere Collective died out for good...
These are Questions for another day though... The Day after ALL of the Corruption is dead!
CORRUPTED ELECTRON DECIMATOR
Mass: 148.4 Tonnes Average
Brittney, The Spectra Queen, Called us today. She Informed us Domini Naturae have lost a Few Electron Decimators to the Corruption a few months back...
The Corruption on these ships is very subtle. It only has a minor effect on the ship, Slightly disorienting the Electro-Bolts, Give or Take one. I begin to bet Terribili's scared out of his Photoautotroph mind about the Fact the Corruption has access to the Drive that can enter Gaia... Wait... The Megazoan can go through FTL Barriers... Oh My Lord. May Tutasara have mercy on us all... Fore, the Corruption has access to one of the most advanced drives in the Entire Universe... Let's hope the U.N.E. Stay careful, lest the Corruption learn how to use a Slipspace drive... If that happens, They'll threaten the Entire Multiverse...
Put simply, This is bad.
In the meantime, Know this: This Ship pairs with the Megazoan like PB&J, Allowing Protozoan Spheres to not be Blocked by Shielding... The Corruption Is reaching a new Degree of Lethality... PRAY they don't discover how to safely land on a planet...
OTHER, RELATED SHIPS...?
A little bit of tarnish on the Corruption's sheer terror, they have their own Odditorium of Strange ships that relate to them... Even some that aren't even Infected! So, Let's get a Hazmat suit, And Dive Right in... Shall we?
HENRY
Mass: 434.2 Tonnes
A Disabled Zerg Corrupter from the Universe of StarCraft. The Corruption almost feel bad for him, and let him stick around without lethally infecting him. In turn, Henry Projects Volatile acid on the Enemies of his Colony. If captured, Please call Zagara at 937-407-8740. She'll give him Therapy. And Disinfect him. And give him good friends. "Henry's just making Horrible Life Choices..." Zagara said, When Interviewed. "He shouldn't be joining gangs at such a young age!"
Truly, Henry is a Poor, Poor Soul...
RILEY
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Stats Unknown
The only Corrupted Galactognat in Existence. Became Pink instead of Red when It was Infected, And was covered in happy faces. We gave it a joke name in our offices, But It might offend some people, so you can just guess it. Anyway, Riley lost All but One of It's Brain cells after being Infected. Brittney is currently keeping it on life support, and Assisting research of the Corruption through this poor soul. She estimates It'll need a Text-To-Speech system to talk by the end of the Procedure, as only It's head is saveable from the Corruption. Put basically, The Galactognat Equivalent of Robocop, Everyone...
More WILL be discovered about the Corruption In time. In the meanwhile, all factions should mobilize their forces, should they ever encounter these Horrific (Yet Moderately Unintelligent) Parasites. Don't let the Tragedies caused by them happen to you, too.