Biological and Chemical Warfare in the SW universe
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Biological and Chemical Warfare in the SW universe
What do you all think it would be like? Anybody think that the hive viruses were bio-engineered?
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Re: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the SW universe
given that biological and chemical warfare is pretty nasty already, in SW it could only be worse.irishmick79 wrote:What do you all think it would be like? Anybody think that the hive viruses were bio-engineered?
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Re: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the SW universe
Probaby not. They were way to feared and way too nasty to delierately set loose.irishmick79 wrote:What do you all think it would be like? Anybody think that the hive viruses were bio-engineered?
And there is the Krytos Virus. A pretty mean bug but specifically targeted.
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wasnt vader testing plague bombs on falleens?
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Not orgionaly, however they WHERE modified according to EU and the Emperor had a nice big storehouse full of them and according to Crix Madine, his last assignment where he defect was to be order to realse the *Deathseed hive virus on a habitable world which in his words will kill absoutly every single thing living on the planet(And he did not say sentinet, he MENT everything as during this remeberance he makes refers the the fact the tree will die to )What do you all think it would be like? Anybody think that the hive viruses were bio-engineered?
If you think about it a virus that has such huge species jumping it can kill plants and mammels is pretty damn scary
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Biological warfare in SW has been shown and talked about in the Krytos Trap and the Emperor's Plague. Basically, Imperial bio-weapons are designed to wipe out an entire species with quick precision, spreading throughout the Galaxy. Other weapons, such as the one used in Jedi Search, are designed to kill one particular individual. Biological warfare appears to be very deadly, very precise, but more expensive than it is today. Chemical warfare seems to be cheap and common, as evidenced by the neurotoxins and chemical agents that abound in SWEGWT.
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They have developed hive plagues (ref. The Emperor's Plague), but a chemical weapon is not evidence of a biological capability.Muad'Dib wrote:In Shadows Of The Empire Prince Zizor was after Vader because Vader had been conducting experiments with chemicals that killed all his family, so it's prety safe to assume that the empire could and would develop hive plagues.
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Vader's lab on Falleen (name of planet as well) was producing a flesh-consuming bacterialogical weapon. It escaped containment, and SDs DBZed the surrounding area (not the entire planet), hence why Xizor hates Vader.
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