Andy Lilly writes:
>If you don't like the TNE computer virus, why not just replace it with a
>'green' virus, i.e. one that kills off plants or living creatures.
The effects would be too different. First, viruses tend to be *very*
species specific. It would be likely the outside alien governments
would get missed. Second, if it destroyed the ecosystems of planets,
the Imperial core would be essentially rendered uninhabitable, especially
if the "virus" was persistent in nature. Third, unlike the computer
virus, direct physical contact would be required to spread the virus.
Fourth, the rate of spread would either be slow enough to save outliers
(like, say, the Solomani Confederation), or unnoticable enough to
sneak into Deneb undectected.
It might be possible to work up a plausible scenario of some sort, but
it would be substantially different in form than the TNE scenario.
Steve Bonneville
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