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'''Virii''' are assorted types of disease, infection or malady which can be contracted, suffered and spread around the station. There are many different kinds of virus, and they often come into play via a number of different ways, the most common being [[Disease Research]] "accidents" and Random Events. Virii can be detected in a person by using a Health Analyser on them - information will be shown such as the name of the virus, how it spreads, how far the infection has progressed, and what can be done to cure it.
'''Viruses''' are assorted types of disease, infection or malady which can be contracted and spread around the station, distinct from those studied in [[Guide to Pathology|pathology]]. They often come into play via a number of different ways, from food to animal bites to even [[Chemicals#Disease Reagents|certain chemicals]]. Viruses can be detected by using a [[Medical Objects#Health Analyzer|health analyzer]] on a person. The readout will indicate the name of the virus, whether it's asymptomatic, how it spreads, how far the infection has progressed, and what can be done to cure it.


==Known Virii==
==Known viruses==
While there are other obscure viruses (mostly limited to [[Admin|admin shenanigans]]), players are unlikely to encounter them during normal gameplay and they are therefore not included here.
 
In addition, some of these diseases can turn asymptomatic upon infection, meaning they will not manifest any symptoms, but can still spread if possible. Asymptomatic infectees will thus suffer none of the disease's ill effects so long as they continue to have it and can still be cured, although they may then catch a symptomatic strain of it and suffer its effects as usual.


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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Name!!Causes!!Spread!!Cure!!Danger Level!!Effects
!Name!!Causes<br>(primary)!!Spread!!Cure!!Danger Level!!class="unsortable"|Effects
|-
|- id="Common Cold"
|Owns Syndrome||Unknown||Non-Contagious||Beatings||<font color=purple>Beneficial</font>||Minor healing, stun recovery, free sunglasses
|Common cold||[[Mucus]]||Airborne||Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin||data-sort-value="1"|<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Coughing and sneezing. May develop into the flu.
|-
|- id="Tissue Necrosis"
|Panacaea||Unknown||Airborne||Self-Curing||<font color=purple>Beneficial</font>||Healing, removes diseases
|Tissue necrosis||[[Chemicals#Rotting|Rotting]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Formaldehyde|Formaldehyde]]||data-sort-value="1"|<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Skin rotting off, turning into a skeleton. Doesn't cause any normal damage, but it <b>does</b> prevent you from being cloned without a special [[Medical Objects#Necroscan Upgrade|cloning module]]. Note that you can still be turned into a [[Cyborg]] just fine.
|-
|- id="Flu"
|Common Cold||Random Event||Airborne||Sleep||<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Coughing and sneezing
|The flu||Unknown||Airborne||Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin, space||data-sort-value="2"|<font color=green>Minor</font>||Coughing, sneezing, minor toxin damage.
|-
|- id="Food Poisoning"
|The Serious||Tainted Food||Non-Contagious||Beatings||<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Clothes fall off, uncontrollable ranting, rainbow flashing
|Food poisoning||Tainted food||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin, Spaceacillin||data-sort-value="2"|<font color=green>Minor</font>||Vomiting, random stuns.
|-
|- id="Clowning Around"
|Cosborrhea||Random Event||Contact||Antibiotics||<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Ranting about jazz, turning into Bill Cosby
|Clowning around||[[Chemicals#Rainbow Fluid|Rainbow fluid]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||{{N/a|None}}||data-sort-value="2"|<font color=green>Minor</font>||Slowly turning into a clumsy [[Clown|clown]], complete with weird honking noises and extra-clingy clown gear.
|-
|- id="Draculaculiasis"
|Space Rhinovirus||Random Event||Airborne||Antibiotics||<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Turns everyone into a copy of patient zero
|Draculaculiasis||[[Chemicals#Vampire Serum|Vampire serum]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||{{N/a|None}}||data-sort-value="2"|<font color=green>Minor</font>||Messages about tasting blood, becoming a [[Vampire]] with the associated abilities and traits (but not the antagonist status).
|-
|- id="Lycanthropy"
|Space Autism||Vaccines||Non-Contagious||Incurable||<font color=blue>Harmless</font>||Makes you hatefully sneer at various things
|Lycanthropy||[[Chemicals#Werewolf Serum|Werewolf serum]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Silver_Nitrate|Silver Nitrate]]||data-sort-value="2"|<font color=green>Minor</font>|| Sudden sensations of weakness, culminating in a burning feeling, transformation into a [[Werewolf]] without the associated abilities or antagonist status. Infected still gains the associated passives, such as the ability to pry open doors and may involuntarily transform back into a human some time later.
|-
|- id="Space Madness"
|The Flu||Random Event||Airborne||Sleep||<font color=green>Minor</font>||Coughing, sneezing, minor toxic damage
|Space Madness||Rabid [[Critter|mice]], [[Chemicals#Loose Screws|loose screws]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Haloperidol||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Loss of sanity. Audio and visual hallucinations.
|-
|- id="Cluwneing Around"
|Food Poisoning||Tainted Food||Non-Contagious||Sleep||<font color=green>Minor</font>||Diarrhea, vomiting, stunning
|Cluwneing Around (exact spelling varies)||[[Chemicals#Painbow Fluid|Painbow fluid]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}|| [[Chaplain#The Bible|Bible beatings]]||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||A variant of clowning around that transforms people into [[cluwne]]s, complete with disturbing honking noises, cursed cluwne gear, and mildly ominous proclamations about ringmasters and circuses. 
|-
|- id="Avian Flu"
|Explosive Diarrhea||Tainted Food||Non-Contagious||Sleep||<font color=green>Minor</font>||Diarrhea, farting, stunning, minor toxic damage
|Avian flu||[[Chemicals#Feather Fluid|Feather fluid]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Chicken soup||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>|| Involuntary arm flapping, feelings of body constricting and contorting, transformation into a [[Critters#Playable Critters|space bird]].
|-
|- id="Berserker"
|Clowning Around||Random Event||Contact||Antibiotics||<font color=green>Minor</font>||Honking, generating clown clothes, tripping over
|Berserker||Rabid [[Critter|mice]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Haloperidol, [[Chemicals#Tetrahydrocannabinol|THC]]||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Swearing, shouting, attacking nearby crew members uncontrollably. There is also a non-contagious mutation.
|-
|- id="Teleportitis"
|Hair Growititis||EZ-Grow Formula||Non-Contagious||Burnings||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Minor brute damage, occasional paralysis, turning into a monkey
|Teleportitis||[[Chemicals#Liquid Spacetime|Liquid spacetime]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Electric shock||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Teleporting around randomly, including tiles exposed to vacuum. Unlike most other diseases, teleportitis has only a single stage, meaning it takes full effect at the moment of infection.
|-
|- id="MRSA"
|Robotic Transformation||Roburger||Non-Contagious||Electric Shock||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Minor brute damage, occasional paralysis, turning into a cyborg
|MRSA||Unknown||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Spaceacillin||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Rapidly accumulating toxin and burn damage in later stages.
|-
|- id="Robotic Transformation"
|Jungle Fever||Unknown||Airborne||Incurable||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Only infects monkeys - infected monkeys become viral
|Robotic transformation||[[Foods and Drinks#Roburger|Roburgers]], [[Foods and Drinks#Cheeseborger|cheeseborgers]], [[Chemicals#Nanomachines|nanomachines]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Electric shock||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Minor brute damage, occasional paralysis. Humans eventually turn into a [[Cyborg]], while both player and NPC [[Monkey|Monkeys]] (and people banned from the Cyborg role) become [[Robots|NPC bots]], including possibly [[Robots#GuardBuddy|GuardBuddies]].
|-
|- id="Nano-Infection"
|Space Madness||Random Event||Airborne||Antibiotics||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Loss of sanity
|Nano-Infection||[[Chemicals#Corrupted Nanomachines|Corrupted nanomachines]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Electric shock||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Horrifying chat messages about stiffening joints and stabbing pains, minor {{BRUTE}}, occasional paralysis, minor {{TOX}} in last stage, transformation into a Mechanical Monstrosity named "[name]...?". <br>Appears on analyzers as "????" and is also referred to as "corrupted robotic transformation".
|-
|- id="Necrotic Degeneration"
|Teleportitis||Unknown||Non-Contagious||Electric Shock||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Teleport around randomly
|Necrotic degeneration||[[Zombie|Zombies]]||Contact||Styptic powder injection||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Minor toxin damage, occasional paralysis, turning into a zombie.
|-
|- id="GBS"
|Berserker||Random Event||Contact||Sedatives||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Swearing, shouting, attacking nearly crew uncontrollably
|GBS||[[Chemicals#Gibbis|Gibbis]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Cryoxadone||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Toxin damage, exploding into gibs. Rarely, GBS may be airborne. A fake and largely harmless version also exists.
|-
|- id="Rat Plague"
|Plasmatoid||Unknown||Non-Contagious||Hyronalin||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Become unable to breathe oxygen, only plasma
|Rat Plague||[[Chemicals#Rat Spit|Rat spit]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Mercury|Mercury]]||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Coughing, sneezing, {{TOX}} damage, chat messages about feeling incredible pain. Randomly gives you other diseases, though not as dangerous as the ones the space plague will give you.
|-
|- id="Space Plague"
|Type-D Owns Syndrome||Unknown||Non-Contagious||Ryetalyn||<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Minor healing, stun recovery, retardation
|Space Plague||[[Chemicals#Rat Venom|Rat venom]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Mercury|Mercury]]||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Coughing, sneezing, {{TOX}} damage, randomly contracting other diseases. 
|-
|- id="Grave Fever"
|Necrotic Degeneration||Random Event||Contact||Healing Reagents||<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Minor toxic damage, occasional paralysis, turning into a zombie
|Grave fever||[[Vampire|Vampires]], [[Chemicals#Grave Dust|grave dust]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Spaceacillin||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Suffocation, severe toxin damage, paralysis, death.
|-
|- id="Space Kuru"
|GBS||Unknown||Airborne||Cryoxadone||<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Toxic damage, exploding into gibs (a fake version exists)
|Space Kuru||Cannibalism, [[Chemicals#Prions|prions]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Incurable||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Escalating toxin damage, uncontrollable laughing and seizures, death. No symptoms for people with [[Guide to Genetics#Aquatic Genetics|Aquatic Genetics]]. 
|-
|- id="Toxoplasmosis"
|Space AIDS||Unknown||Airborne||Incurable||<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Toxic damage, randomly gives you other diseases
|Toxoplasmosis||[[Chemicals#Mewtini|Mewtini]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Spaceacillin||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Sleepiness, feelings of discomfort due to involuntary muscle contractions, transformation into a cat.
|-
|- id="Frog Flu"
|Grave Fever||Vampire||Airborne||Antibiotics||<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Severe toxic damage, paralysis
|Frog Flu||[[Chemicals#Sheltestgrog Hint|Sheltestgrog]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Coffee|Robust coffee]], Robustissin, getting robusted||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Transformation into a frog [[critter]].
|-
|- id="Monkey Madness"
|Space Kuru||Cannibalism||Non-Contagious||Unknown||<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Escalating toxic damage, uncontrollable laughing and seizures
|Monkey Madness||[[Chemicals#Banana Peel|Banana peel (reagent)]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Incurable||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=green>Minor</font>||Transforms you into a [[monkey]].
|- id="High Fever"
|High Fever||[[Chemicals#Too Much|Too Much]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||Ingesting [[Chemicals#Ice|ice]]||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Body temperature increases that worsen with each stage. In last stage, increases stop, but the arms transform into [[Roboticist#Hot Arm|"hot arms"]] that can melt items and sometimes people.
|- id="Parasites"
|Parasites||[[Spider eggs]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Surgery]]||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||Will remain hidden until it is too late. In the first 4 stages it only has a small chance of putting some histamine in you. In the final stage you will receive a foreboding chat message about something tearing it's way out of your skin, get a '''fuck ton''' of histamine pumped into you and have a 30% chance of being gibbed into 3-5 ice spiders with a 1% chance of the spiders being 6-12
|- id="Plasmatoid"
|Plasmatoid||[[Chemicals#Liquid Plasma|Liquid Plasma]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Mutadone|Mutadone]]||data-sort-value="4"|<font color=red>Deadly</font>||{{TOX}}, {{BRUTE}}, and {{OXY}}. Messages in chat about coughing and a "strange pressure" in the chest. In final stage, lungs transform into [[Roboticist#Plasmatoid Lung|plasmatoid lungs]].
|- id="Lungrot"
|Lungrot||[[Chemicals#Lungrot Bloom|Lungrot bloom]]||{{N/a|align=left|Non-contagious}}||[[Chemicals#Robustissin|Robustissin]] after removal of [[Chemicals#Salbutamol|Salbutamol]] from the victim||data-sort-value="3"|<font color=orange>Dangerous</font>||Deals {{TOX}} and makes the victim produce [[Chemicals#Miasma|Miasma]]. Messages in chat about problems to breath and a fuzzy feeling on their tongue. In later stages, begins coughing out large clouds of [[Chemicals#Miasma|Miasma]].
|}
|}
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'''Note:''' These diseases are fixed in their parameters and always progress in the same way, but this isn't the case for every virus. [[Guide to Pathology|Pathogens]] can come with an unique and variable combination of symptoms and attributes.
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Note that just about all of the diseases can be researched and spread by unscrupulous [[Scientist|Scientists]], so if you catch anything marked as having an Unknown cause on this list, it means either a rogue pathologist is on the loose or an admin has decided to give you a disease for some reason.
==Infection methods==
Most contagious viruses spread through two means: airborne and contact transmission. In these cases, the infection vector is external, which means that wearing protective clothing (mostly a [[Medical Objects#Biosuit|full biosuit]] and [[General Objects#Gas Tank|internals]]) will usually protect you from infection. As long as you don't eat or inject yourself with anything strange, you should be safe.


==Infection Methods==
Furthermore, infections are tied to certain 'events' instead of happening on every life tick. Such events may be as simple as coughing, sneezing or talking. In other words, you aren't guaranteed to contract an airborne disease by just standing near an infected person, though this is a gamble you'd probably still want to avoid.
Contagious virii currently spread mostly through two means - Airborne transmission and Contact transmission. In the case of both Airborne and Contact transmitted virii, the infection vector is external - this means that wearing clothing that protects against disease (mostly a full biosuit and internals) will protect you from infection. Absolute protection from external infections can be achieved by wearing a sufficient amount of gear - as long as you don't take any of it off or inject/eat anything strange, you won't have to worry about infections at all.


===Contact===
===Contact===
Contact transmission means that if you touch the infected person in some way, you'll catch the virus from them. Contact means bumping into them, attacking them, taking or putting items onto them, and helping/disarming/grabbing/punching them. Note that this works both ways in all cases - an infectee can infect someone else by punching them, or someone uninfected can catch the disease by punching the infected.
[[File:ViralContact.png]]
 
Contact transmission means that if you're right next to or touch the infected person in some way, you'll catch the virus from them. This includes bumping into them, accessing their [[Inventory#Paper Doll|Inventory]], using any of the empty hand intents (help, disarm etc.) or attacking them. Note that this works both ways in all cases - the infected can transmit the disease to someone else by punching them, or someone uninfected can catch the disease by punching the infected.


===Airborne===
===Airborne===
Airborne transmission just requires you to be near the person. You don't even have to be right next to them, just being within a certain range means you run a high risk of infection if you remain in their presence. This infection vector also affects any gibs or blood spilled by the infected - if someone with airborne GBS explodes, going near their gibs will get you infected.
[[File:ViralAirborne.png]]
 
Airborne transmission just requires you to be near the person. You don't even have to be right next to them, just being within a certain range means you run a high risk of infection. Any gibs or blood spilled by the infected will also be contaminated, so if someone with airborne GBS explodes, going near their remains will get you infected.
 
===Other vectors===
[[File:FoodYuckV2.png|64px]][[File:SmolderingMessV2.png|64px]][[File:OrangeGoop-32x32.gif|64px]][[File:GlassVial.png|64px]][[File:SyringeV2.png|64px]]


===Other Vectors===
The viruses you're most likely to catch are the contagious ones described above, but that doesn't mean you should discount non-contagious diseases as a threat. Consuming spoiled, badly cooked, poisoned or special kinds of [[Foods and Drinks|foods or drinks]] can result in an infection, as can being injected with a viral reagent (willingly or otherwise). In these cases, protective clothing won't help you, since the virus is already inside you.
The virii you're most likely to catch overall are the contagious ones described above, but that doesn't mean you should discount non-contagious virii as a threat. Consuming spoiled, badly cooked, poisoned or special kinds of food or drink can result in an infection, as can being injected with a viral reagent (willingly or otherwise). In these cases, protective clothing won't help you - since the virus is already inside you, you can't stop the infection. Whoops!


==Cures==
==Cures==
So you've been infected with something - what can you do to stop it? This largely depends on the virus itself. Some virii have a common cure between them, while others have a unique cure that only works for them. The common cures will be covered here - the other ones you'll have to puzzle out for yourself (though to be fair, they're not exactly difficult to figure out).
So, you've been infected with something. What can you do to stop it? This largely depends on the virus itself. Some viruses have a common cure, while others require a unique one that only works for them. If in doubt, trust the information provided by the health analyzer.


===Sleep===
===Sleep===
Simple - just go to sleep somewhere. The virus will recede until it is cured completley. It would probably be best not to go to sleep in a busy area, unless you like getting mugged while you take a nap.
[[File:BedTransparent.png|64px]] [[File:Sleeperon.gif|64px]]
 
Simple - just go to sleep [[General Objects#Bed|somewhere]], preferably [[Medical Objects#Sleeper|somewhere nice and safe]], and rest. The virus will recede until it is cured completely. It would probably be best not to go to sleep in a busy area, unless you like getting mugged while you take a nap.
 
===Chicken soup===
[[File:ChickenSoup.png|42px]]
 
Have a wholesome serving of [[Chemicals#Chicken Soup|chicken soup]]. While the [[Foods and Drinks#Discount Dan's Quik-Noodles|Discount Dan's Quik-Noodles cups]] do indeed have chicken soup, there's far more of it (and far fewer poisons being passed off as "soup") in the actual, [[Foods and Drinks#Chicken Soup|real-deal chicken soup]] you get in a real can from, for some reason, the coffee machines.
 
===Tumeric Powder===
[[File:Chickenpineapplecurry.png|64px]]
 
Have some [[Foods and Drinks#Tandoori Chicken|tandoori chicken]], [[Foods and Drinks#Chicken Pineapple Curry|chicken pineapple curry]], [[Foods and Drinks#Potato Curry|potato curry]], or [[Foods and Drinks#Coconut Curry|coconut curry]]. You can also extract [[Chemicals#Tumeric Powder|tumeric powder]] directly from [[Guide to Botany#Tumeric|tumeric roots]] you harvest in [[Botany]]. Tumeric helps with colds, the flu, and food poisoning.
 
===Robustissin===
[[File:GlassVial.png|64px]]
 
Ask a local [[Scientist]]/[[Medical Doctor]]/[[Bartender]] to make you some [[Chemicals#Robustissin|Robustissin]], the superior option to chicken soup. (But it can't cure the avian flu) Don't ask for too much though; Space DXM overdoses are pretty crazy.
 
===Haloperidol===
[[File:DrinkDrPubberV3.png|28px]]
 
Go to [[Medbay]] and ask for [[Doctoring#Haloperidol|haloperidol]]. It's a bit rare, but they'll usually have a few syringes of it in or around [[Treatment Rooms]]-type areas, and the [[Medical Director]] has a bottle of it in their restricted medicine cabinet. Alternatively, drink a lot of [[Foods and Drinks#Dr. Pubber|Dr. Pubber]]. Haloperidol is also used in tranquilizer darts for [[Security Objects#Tranquilizer Rifle|tranquilizer rifles]] and the knockout/sleepshot setting for the [[Security Objects#Lawbringer|Lawbringer]], so you could ask the [[Medical Director]] and/or [[Head of Security]] to be shot with those, if you're feeling like becoming target practice for a brief while (and they comply with your odd request).


===Antibiotics===
===Antibiotics===
Go to [[Medbay]] and get an injection of Spaceacillin. The virus will begin to recede after you get your injection - spaceacillin tends to work quite quickly. Other reagents may count as an antibiotic influence - experiment and find out!
[[File:SyringeV2.png|64px]] [[File:MedibotV3-32x32.png|64px]]


===Electric Shock===
Go to [[Medbay|medbay]] and ask for an injection of [[Doctoring#Spaceacillin|spaceacillin]], an antibiotic. Medibot's can also inject you with this.  
Get zapped by something - the stronger the source, the more likely it is to cure your disease. Cables, machinery, and rambunctious [[Security Officer|security]] may be able to help you here.


===Beatings/Burnings===
===Electric shock===
You just have to take a lot of brute or fire damage, respectively. This can easily be done to yourself, but make sure not to overdo it!
[[File:StunbatongifNEW.gif|64px]]
 
Get zapped by something. The stronger the source, the more likely it is to cure your disease. Power cables, electrified grills and doors, and [[Security Objects#Stun Baton|stun batons]] may be able to help you here.


===Prevention===
===Prevention===
Much like reality, often the best way to stop yourself from catching a virus is to not catch it in the first place. This can be achieved by wearing protective gear in the case of Airborne and Contact virii (as described above) or through other means. Vaccines can be made by [[Scientist|Scientists]] doing disease research - being injected with a vaccine will give you a weakened form of the disease, which will soon wear off and make you resistant to the disease proper. Resistances can also be obtained by curing some other diseases through their usual means - not all diseases will grant resistance when overcome, however.
[[File:BioSuitWorker.png]]
 
Much like reality, prevention is often preferable to infection. This can be achieved by wearing protective gear in the case of airborne and contact-transmitted viruses (as described above) or through other means. Resistances can be obtained by curing diseases through their usual means. Not all diseases will grant resistance when overcome, however.


===Incurable Diseases===
===Incurable diseases===
Though very rare, some diseases flat out cannot be gotten rid of once contracted. If "cured", the virus will simply re-establish itself some time later, ignoring any resistances you might have. Your only hope of defeating these diseases is to not catch them - once contracted, they stay with you until the end of the round. Death or [[Robotics|robotisation]] are the only ways to escape.
[[File:CoffinNew.png|48px]]


[[Category:Game]]
Though very rare, some diseases flat out cannot be eliminated. If "cured", the virus will simply re-establish itself some time later, ignoring any resistances you might have. Your only hope of defeating these diseases is to not catch them - once contracted, they stay with you until the end of the round. Death or [[Robotics|robotics]] are the only ways to escape.
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 3 January 2024

Viruses are assorted types of disease, infection or malady which can be contracted and spread around the station, distinct from those studied in pathology. They often come into play via a number of different ways, from food to animal bites to even certain chemicals. Viruses can be detected by using a health analyzer on a person. The readout will indicate the name of the virus, whether it's asymptomatic, how it spreads, how far the infection has progressed, and what can be done to cure it.

Known viruses

While there are other obscure viruses (mostly limited to admin shenanigans), players are unlikely to encounter them during normal gameplay and they are therefore not included here.

In addition, some of these diseases can turn asymptomatic upon infection, meaning they will not manifest any symptoms, but can still spread if possible. Asymptomatic infectees will thus suffer none of the disease's ill effects so long as they continue to have it and can still be cured, although they may then catch a symptomatic strain of it and suffer its effects as usual.

Name Causes
(primary)
Spread Cure Danger Level Effects
Common cold Mucus Airborne Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin Harmless Coughing and sneezing. May develop into the flu.
Tissue necrosis Rotting Non-contagious Formaldehyde Harmless Skin rotting off, turning into a skeleton. Doesn't cause any normal damage, but it does prevent you from being cloned without a special cloning module. Note that you can still be turned into a Cyborg just fine.
The flu Unknown Airborne Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin, space Minor Coughing, sneezing, minor toxin damage.
Food poisoning Tainted food Non-contagious Sleep, chicken soup, tumeric powder, Robustissin, Spaceacillin Minor Vomiting, random stuns.
Clowning around Rainbow fluid Non-contagious None Minor Slowly turning into a clumsy clown, complete with weird honking noises and extra-clingy clown gear.
Draculaculiasis Vampire serum Non-contagious None Minor Messages about tasting blood, becoming a Vampire with the associated abilities and traits (but not the antagonist status).
Lycanthropy Werewolf serum Non-contagious Silver Nitrate Minor Sudden sensations of weakness, culminating in a burning feeling, transformation into a Werewolf without the associated abilities or antagonist status. Infected still gains the associated passives, such as the ability to pry open doors and may involuntarily transform back into a human some time later.
Space Madness Rabid mice, loose screws Non-contagious Haloperidol Dangerous Loss of sanity. Audio and visual hallucinations.
Cluwneing Around (exact spelling varies) Painbow fluid Non-contagious Bible beatings Dangerous A variant of clowning around that transforms people into cluwnes, complete with disturbing honking noises, cursed cluwne gear, and mildly ominous proclamations about ringmasters and circuses.
Avian flu Feather fluid Non-contagious Chicken soup Dangerous Involuntary arm flapping, feelings of body constricting and contorting, transformation into a space bird.
Berserker Rabid mice Non-contagious Haloperidol, THC Dangerous Swearing, shouting, attacking nearby crew members uncontrollably. There is also a non-contagious mutation.
Teleportitis Liquid spacetime Non-contagious Electric shock Dangerous Teleporting around randomly, including tiles exposed to vacuum. Unlike most other diseases, teleportitis has only a single stage, meaning it takes full effect at the moment of infection.
MRSA Unknown Non-contagious Spaceacillin Dangerous Rapidly accumulating toxin and burn damage in later stages.
Robotic transformation Roburgers, cheeseborgers, nanomachines Non-contagious Electric shock Dangerous Minor brute damage, occasional paralysis. Humans eventually turn into a Cyborg, while both player and NPC Monkeys (and people banned from the Cyborg role) become NPC bots, including possibly GuardBuddies.
Nano-Infection Corrupted nanomachines Non-contagious Electric shock Dangerous Horrifying chat messages about stiffening joints and stabbing pains, minor BRUTE, occasional paralysis, minor TOX in last stage, transformation into a Mechanical Monstrosity named "[name]...?".
Appears on analyzers as "????" and is also referred to as "corrupted robotic transformation".
Necrotic degeneration Zombies Contact Styptic powder injection Dangerous Minor toxin damage, occasional paralysis, turning into a zombie.
GBS Gibbis Non-contagious Cryoxadone Deadly Toxin damage, exploding into gibs. Rarely, GBS may be airborne. A fake and largely harmless version also exists.
Rat Plague Rat spit Non-contagious Mercury Dangerous Coughing, sneezing, TOX damage, chat messages about feeling incredible pain. Randomly gives you other diseases, though not as dangerous as the ones the space plague will give you.
Space Plague Rat venom Non-contagious Mercury Deadly Coughing, sneezing, TOX damage, randomly contracting other diseases.
Grave fever Vampires, grave dust Non-contagious Spaceacillin Deadly Suffocation, severe toxin damage, paralysis, death.
Space Kuru Cannibalism, prions Non-contagious Incurable Deadly Escalating toxin damage, uncontrollable laughing and seizures, death. No symptoms for people with Aquatic Genetics.
Toxoplasmosis Mewtini Non-contagious Spaceacillin Dangerous Sleepiness, feelings of discomfort due to involuntary muscle contractions, transformation into a cat.
Frog Flu Sheltestgrog Non-contagious Robust coffee, Robustissin, getting robusted Dangerous Transformation into a frog critter.
Monkey Madness Banana peel (reagent) Non-contagious Incurable Minor Transforms you into a monkey.
High Fever Too Much Non-contagious Ingesting ice Dangerous Body temperature increases that worsen with each stage. In last stage, increases stop, but the arms transform into "hot arms" that can melt items and sometimes people.
Parasites Spider eggs Non-contagious Surgery Deadly Will remain hidden until it is too late. In the first 4 stages it only has a small chance of putting some histamine in you. In the final stage you will receive a foreboding chat message about something tearing it's way out of your skin, get a fuck ton of histamine pumped into you and have a 30% chance of being gibbed into 3-5 ice spiders with a 1% chance of the spiders being 6-12
Plasmatoid Liquid Plasma Non-contagious Mutadone Deadly TOX, BRUTE, and OXY. Messages in chat about coughing and a "strange pressure" in the chest. In final stage, lungs transform into plasmatoid lungs.
Lungrot Lungrot bloom Non-contagious Robustissin after removal of Salbutamol from the victim Dangerous Deals TOX and makes the victim produce Miasma. Messages in chat about problems to breath and a fuzzy feeling on their tongue. In later stages, begins coughing out large clouds of Miasma.

Infection methods

Most contagious viruses spread through two means: airborne and contact transmission. In these cases, the infection vector is external, which means that wearing protective clothing (mostly a full biosuit and internals) will usually protect you from infection. As long as you don't eat or inject yourself with anything strange, you should be safe.

Furthermore, infections are tied to certain 'events' instead of happening on every life tick. Such events may be as simple as coughing, sneezing or talking. In other words, you aren't guaranteed to contract an airborne disease by just standing near an infected person, though this is a gamble you'd probably still want to avoid.

Contact

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Contact transmission means that if you're right next to or touch the infected person in some way, you'll catch the virus from them. This includes bumping into them, accessing their Inventory, using any of the empty hand intents (help, disarm etc.) or attacking them. Note that this works both ways in all cases - the infected can transmit the disease to someone else by punching them, or someone uninfected can catch the disease by punching the infected.

Airborne

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Airborne transmission just requires you to be near the person. You don't even have to be right next to them, just being within a certain range means you run a high risk of infection. Any gibs or blood spilled by the infected will also be contaminated, so if someone with airborne GBS explodes, going near their remains will get you infected.

Other vectors

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The viruses you're most likely to catch are the contagious ones described above, but that doesn't mean you should discount non-contagious diseases as a threat. Consuming spoiled, badly cooked, poisoned or special kinds of foods or drinks can result in an infection, as can being injected with a viral reagent (willingly or otherwise). In these cases, protective clothing won't help you, since the virus is already inside you.

Cures

So, you've been infected with something. What can you do to stop it? This largely depends on the virus itself. Some viruses have a common cure, while others require a unique one that only works for them. If in doubt, trust the information provided by the health analyzer.

Sleep

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Simple - just go to sleep somewhere, preferably somewhere nice and safe, and rest. The virus will recede until it is cured completely. It would probably be best not to go to sleep in a busy area, unless you like getting mugged while you take a nap.

Chicken soup

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Have a wholesome serving of chicken soup. While the Discount Dan's Quik-Noodles cups do indeed have chicken soup, there's far more of it (and far fewer poisons being passed off as "soup") in the actual, real-deal chicken soup you get in a real can from, for some reason, the coffee machines.

Tumeric Powder

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Have some tandoori chicken, chicken pineapple curry, potato curry, or coconut curry. You can also extract tumeric powder directly from tumeric roots you harvest in Botany. Tumeric helps with colds, the flu, and food poisoning.

Robustissin

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Ask a local Scientist/Medical Doctor/Bartender to make you some Robustissin, the superior option to chicken soup. (But it can't cure the avian flu) Don't ask for too much though; Space DXM overdoses are pretty crazy.

Haloperidol

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Go to Medbay and ask for haloperidol. It's a bit rare, but they'll usually have a few syringes of it in or around Treatment Rooms-type areas, and the Medical Director has a bottle of it in their restricted medicine cabinet. Alternatively, drink a lot of Dr. Pubber. Haloperidol is also used in tranquilizer darts for tranquilizer rifles and the knockout/sleepshot setting for the Lawbringer, so you could ask the Medical Director and/or Head of Security to be shot with those, if you're feeling like becoming target practice for a brief while (and they comply with your odd request).

Antibiotics

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Go to medbay and ask for an injection of spaceacillin, an antibiotic. Medibot's can also inject you with this.

Electric shock

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Get zapped by something. The stronger the source, the more likely it is to cure your disease. Power cables, electrified grills and doors, and stun batons may be able to help you here.

Prevention

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Much like reality, prevention is often preferable to infection. This can be achieved by wearing protective gear in the case of airborne and contact-transmitted viruses (as described above) or through other means. Resistances can be obtained by curing diseases through their usual means. Not all diseases will grant resistance when overcome, however.

Incurable diseases

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Though very rare, some diseases flat out cannot be eliminated. If "cured", the virus will simply re-establish itself some time later, ignoring any resistances you might have. Your only hope of defeating these diseases is to not catch them - once contracted, they stay with you until the end of the round. Death or robotics are the only ways to escape.


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