Intergalactic Summit

Majority of what we can do right now (considering communication blackout and the fact that Caldari Navy dragged nearly all its divisions into this) consists of information collection and dessimination, which The Discourse crew will be on top of.

There is a saying among rescuers that "100 victims are better than 101" which essentially means that trying to help in a situation where you don't know what to do will only add to the problem. Right now it looks like the the professionals got it.

We will do what we can, explore potential scenarios, make sure the public is well informed without being a nuisance to the people who are the closest to the problem.

I am willing to volunteer the efforts of the United Neopian Federation to take on assisting in relief to Postouvin. We are not based immediately within Solitude, however we can quickly begin moving small Rapid Response Vessels into the region carrying supplies to setup staging in Niballe, and Oerse. We cannot provide a citadel directly into Postouvin for direct onsite measures, but our resources and personnell none the less can be swiftly diverted to helping maintain the situation there.

The time to shut the door will come much sooner than you could possibly want. Stars preserves us I never wanted to see this genie out of its bottle again.

Scratch that. I leave poking that particular beehive to people with more suicidal tendencies than me and wish you the best of luck. Keep in mind when talking about blowing planets up that this debris goes everywhere.

I understand your concerns, and very much so am appreciative of it. I have made sure that all involved personnel have been thoroughly briefed on the nature of this particular prion, and then given personal discretion to back out of the operation if they so chose without fear of repercussion. All C&R teams that chose to stay actively a part of the operation have done so of their own free will, fully understanding that any possible contact with the Astral Mining platform in Postouvin(or even entering its relative proximity) may mean that they will become part of the quarantine, and completely cut off from exit if they are not infomorphs such as capsuleers or former clone mercs.

That, I will not deny miss Aria, and am fully aware. Hence any proximal contact will be handled as exposure, and placed in further extended quarantine. Wish such weren't necessary, but these incidents do so require such paranoia.

Insofar we have established an operational center in Postouvin now, with primary staging still in Niballe, however we have kept all UNF vessels outside of the platform's proximity until additional C&R teams are in place, and it has been made clear that any entering C&R team to breach a certain cordon distance will be immediately marked as a quarantined casualty, and will not be allowed back past the cordon distance via remote disabling of any warp capabilities.

As much as it turns my gut, they are aware that any such attempts to get back after the 'No Return' distance will be met as a hostile act, and the vessel slagged with antimatter. Its a wretched state of affairs, but unfortunately pertinent that things not be allowed to escalate further and spread.

None of the C&R teams have been given any orders to enter proximity within 200km of the platform, and such shall remain the case in terms of orders given from top downward, until more information is known about the on platform situation, though Astral Mining has been less than forthcoming with specifics.

The situation across the board in all incidents is very much liquid, and still subject to change.

This increases the threat of the contagion significantly. As cold as it sounds, immediate, mandatory euthanasia for those infected is preferred at this point. Forcible isolation for all those potentially exposed.

Authorities must act quickly. If this is allowed to spread the effects will be devastating.

This is indeed a very interesting development.

For primary we are now aware that the pathogen is able to traverse larger distances in it's "basic" state hence we must assume that the measures taken to isolate it could have proven unsuccessful. On what scale, only time will tell.

For secondary, since this is a non-standard strain, it seems the pathogen has undergone a mutation of sorts. Organics do not evolve in constant, finite environments. For the adaptation process to begin they need a catalyst, a change in their surroundings. Since the original strain was isolated and left host-less, the mutation process must have taken place outside of it's place of origin in Taisy.

Three possibilities come to mind:
1. A second (or multiple) "pit" exists.
2. The original sample managed to leak somehow.
3. The new strain has been engineered.

The fact that hosts can use FTL travel does not constitute a "mutation".

edit: so my message is clear, somebody deliberately spread the contagion.

Now what entity has a history of covert observation of how various societies respond to stimuli?

It might be a little misleading to call it a prion, really. I mean, it's more like a tactical destroyer protein with "virus-like" (sharpshooter/propulsion) and "prion-like" (defensive) modes. Apparently it's not always so sturdy-- maybe there might be a way to force all of it into "advanced" form and then hit it with something that breaks it up?