The Annunaki Virus

Started by Andromeda, January 12, 2013, 08:24:59 PM

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The Annunaki Virus

The Annunaki Virus is a Biological Weapon created prior to the Fall of the Annunaki in the Milky Way Galaxy by the Nehkbetians.
The Virus was semi-sentient with the capacity to network itself in order to alter its own makeup to adapt to each infected persons DNA.

Once an Annunaki was infected the virus would start by altering its own DNA to adapt itself to the Infected being. Once adapted to the DNA the virus was free to rewrite the DNA. Typically this would involve rewriting DNA to effectively kill the host. As a result Annunaki could die from a verity of reasons which resulted in wide spread panic as people died by unknown reasons and at the time Annunaki Medical and Bio-Technology was not nearly as sophisticated as what the Shakarians were using.

Deaths could be caused from anything from Organ failure as the body started rejecting organs with mismatching DNA, DNA Being rewritten to stop the body automatically breathing, causing asphyxiation. To the Virus creating Genetic Defects both Physical and Mental leading to Psychosis or if Physical a verity of problems.


The Virus is HIGHLY Infectious and any Annunaki suspected of being infected should be immediately quarantined. This is because while the Virus has can lay in wait for up to 6 Months and can strike at any time and can be passed on simple by touch. Once the Virus has Networked it has effectively become a parasite and has created a highway of neuro fibers through the body. In this state the Virus can further increase its infection rate by taking over the host brain to purposely infect others either through Projectile Vomit, Forced Sneezing, Coughing, Biting, Spitting or even by self-mutilation to spread spores created by tumor like growths the Virus creates to function as nerve clusters.

Races that evolved after the Annunaki are Immune to the Virus as it was present Galaxy wide on planets the Annunaki had visited but had in its self evolved to weaker and totally different versions of itself that these races became naturally immune to during their early evolution. Such as Humans, Vulcans, Bajorans, Kazon, Hirogen, Trill, Bolians, Catians, Andorians, Klingons, Cardassians, Gorn, Hydran, Lyran and virtually every single species native to the Milky Way Galaxy.


The Cure
In the 25th Century a cure was developed on the USS Dauntless using information from the Annunaki database, extensive research by Dauntless' ACMO, Mr Michael Barnes and Liirian information from T'Vor Vento on the Virus's habbit to adapt to DNA. Each vial of the cure had to be tailored to its recipients DNA. However due to the Virus's mutagenic properties giving it an edge to rapidly change its DNA when its network intelligence detects a danger to its life. However if the Virus has been allowed to Network in the body it is highly vulnerable if it changes its DNA from the hosts to another as the Virus is unable to feed off the infected being.

Adverse Effects on Non-Annunaki
The Nehkbetians knew that races such as the Liirians, Kiirians, Iconians, Promillians, Shakarians, Ja'Laak, Myraa and the Ubek were in the position to assist the Annunaki and help them in creating a cure. As a result they engineered the Virus only to kill those with Annunaki DNA while those with the DNA of those races it would effectively start ripping the DNA apart to deactivate and remove sequences gained via evolution and reactivate old, dormant genes effectively de-evolving these infected beings.

The X-Virus
In the Mid 1400's the Liirian Imperium develops a Bio-Weapon based on a Virus discovered on a backwater planet that housed an Ancient Starship that crash landed over three billion years ago. Imperium scouts infected were afflicted with the de-evolutionary effects the Annunaki Virus, called at the time Viral Agent 44-X, had on non-Annunaki.

At the time the Virus's origins and real name was unknown to the Imperium and correctly assumed it killed the ships crew. Imperium R&D saw potential as a weapon of Shock and Awe and Altered it to have extreme Mutagenic properties on virtually all infected persons.

Once Infected the Virus would cause little to no biological problems or noticeable symptoms until a set time of 8 Hours had passed.
At this point the infected person would experience hallucinations which would lead to psychosis. While under these effects the infected person's body would be flooded with Adrenalin causing an uncontrollable rage. Leading to Mass Murder and wide spread panic and disorder.

This allowed the Virus to quickly spread as many experiencing this beast rage would often bite and physically assault others rather than use weapons as their intelligence would be badly degraded. After 24 Hours have passed, allowing for maximum spread. The Virus would rapidly mutate. This mutation while seemingly random was pre-programmed to create Bio-Weapons from bi-pedal beings with razor sharp blades made from bone to slug like beings with tentacles capable of injecting venom. However depending on pre-existing factors of an infected person the Virus would take advantage of this. Imperium records infact discovered that if Pregnant an infected persons fetus would also become infected and the stomach would become "Explosive" and if disrupted the Infected and mutated fetus could actually eject as a sort of ranged weapon.


The Xenonecrotic Virus was banned when the Imperium fell and replaced with the Liir'Shakar Empire. It became a great source of embarrassment for the Liirians even though the weapon was only used twice. However there have been four accidental releases of the virus since then. One in the Alpha Quadrant near Federation space which the USS Lincon responded to in the 24th Century, a ship the USS Dauntless's first Councillor, Doctor Jones served on. As the Liirians were still an unknown race a Cloaked Liirian battleship responded to a report that an outbreak had occurred. As a result the Liirians purged the planet killing all life on it and destroyed the USS Lincon. Before re-cloaking and making what occurred the biggest mystery in Federation history.

A Cure alluded the Liirians as each time the Virus incorporates the DNA of each organic being it infects its original DNA becomes lost making it extremely difficult to engineer a cure. This was until the Virus recently infected a Liirian Science Station after breaking out of containment and infected multiple Liirians with Cybernetic implants. These implants which used Nanotechnology to maintain their integrity had a rare opportunity to actually isolate the virus in its natural form which was usually an extremely difficult task to do. As a result doctors were able to create a viable cure.