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| − | The [[zerg]] '''hyper-evolutionary virus''' is an infectious disease through which infestation of living organisms is carried out.<ref name="Hybrid">Neilson, Micky. "[[StarCraft: Hybrid]]." ''Amazing Stories'' 601 (Spring 2000): 70-75.</ref><ref name="LoreVid">Metzen, Chris; Chambers, Andy; StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-03. [http://sclegacy.com/feature/22-bc07/288-blizzcon-2007-starcraft-lore-panel BlizzCon 2007 StarCraft Lore Panel Editorial]. ''StarCraft Legacy.'' Accessed 2009-05-18.</ref> [[Terran]]s and [[dog]]s are susceptible to its effects, becoming [[infested terran]]s and [[roverlisk]]s respectively.<ref name="SC:ShadXel">Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). ''[[StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0671-04149-6.</ref> The [[protoss]] are immune.<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V2_Creep" /> |
+ | The [[zerg]] '''hyper-evolutionary virus''' is an infectious disease through which infestation of living organisms is carried out.<ref name="Hybrid">Neilson, Micky. "[[StarCraft: Hybrid]]." ''Amazing Stories'' 601 (Spring 2000): 70-75.</ref><ref name="LoreVid">Metzen, Chris; Chambers, Andy; StarCraft Legacy staff. 2009-04-03. [http://sclegacy.com/feature/22-bc07/288-blizzcon-2007-starcraft-lore-panel BlizzCon 2007 StarCraft Lore Panel Editorial]. ''StarCraft Legacy.'' Accessed 2009-05-18.</ref> [[Terran]]s and [[dog]]s are susceptible to its effects, becoming [[infested terran]]s and [[roverlisk]]s respectively.<ref name="SC:ShadXel">Mesta, Gabriel (July 1, 2001). ''[[StarCraft: Shadow of the Xel'Naga]]''. Simon & Schuster (Pocket Star). ISBN 978-0671-04149-6.</ref> The [[protoss]] are (mostly) immune.<ref name="SC:FrntLn_V2_Creep" /> |
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Revision as of 20:34, 19 February 2015
The zerg hyper-evolutionary virus is an infectious disease through which infestation of living organisms is carried out.[1][2] Terrans and dogs are susceptible to its effects, becoming infested terrans and roverlisks respectively.[3] The protoss are (mostly) immune.[4]
The following section contains information from a previous version of StarCraft II that is ambiguously canonical.
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The organic components of adjutants are also susceptible to infestation.[5]
Overview
The virus mutates extremely rapidly, making the possibility of a cure seemingly impossible.[6][7] It can be spread through water.[8] The protoss were able to devise a nano-tech serum that could reverse the effects of infestation,[9] and Confederate remnants developed a way to partially preserve the subject's sanity,[10] but this was apparently no longer viable by the Second Great War.[11][12] By then the Swarm had developed a particularly virulent strain of the virus[13][14] which renders those infected vulnerable to UV radiation.[7]
Khalai protoss are (usually) protected from infestation by the fortitude of the Khala, but it has failed in at least one unusual circumstance.[4] Nerazim are protected by the powers of the Void.[15] Terrans are not as fortunate; their psionic potential was noticed by the zerg and the virus was used to assimilate it. The Queen of Blades was an example of a successful infestation, but most terrans, even psychics, were rendered mindless drones by the process due to genetic incompatibility with the virus.[1] Kerrigan made efforts to remedy this and succeeded in the infestation of Ethan Stewart.[16]
Extreme mutation by the virus will turn a terran into an aberration.[17]
References
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