While the UE was hunting down the responsible for this cowardly attempt at genocide as well as trying to deal with he humanitarian catastrophe, some agencies of the UE were dealing with the issue of trying to figure out what exactly happened, as well as how it could have happened.

Because while the government might cry that something like that can not be allowed to ever happen again, unless it was also figured out what exactly went wrong in the procedures meant to prevent something like that from happening, it could not be truly fixed. Also, more information about the virus would be helpful for its treatment.

It would not be a quick process, that was certain. But it was a vital and important process. Because the next attack could be a bit better planned, a bit better executed as well sa targeting not a protectorate, which was fairly easy to quarantine, but instead the UE as a whole. That would be a catastrophe of unimaginable scale.

While it was considered fairly unlikely for a bioweapon to be capable of destroying the UE, it could massively reduce it in scale. A lot of the more populated earths might be effectively lost during such an attack. And although he UE had a lot of procedures in place that made such an attack even more difficult to succeed than a Protectorate, this would only be cold comfort for the survivors and dead of such devastation.

Location: Multiple differing Earths; Internet

One of the many online forums in existence, General happenings/Political Discussion sub-forum, General Protectorate Discussion thread

Eithoran

Who would do something like that to those poor elves? :-(

They have done nothing to anyone… How can anyone do something this horrible?

Hshfe821

I unterstand your pain. I also cannot really comprehend that this is really happening. I first thought it was a joke, but there is an official press release from the UE Parliament (LINK).

In the press release, there is also a project linked were you can donate a few processing cycles. Unlikely to help a lot, but considering our production capacities, even seconds can save lives.

Eithoran

Thank you very much for that link! I will do that and after cry in the bathtub about humanity and what it is capable of :-(

Betrank

@Eithoran, I do not think it is proven already that someone in the UE is responsible. It could be aliens after all…

But I think you are right, humans are the most likely.

SuperHUm4n1933

They deserve that. They should all be slaves of our glorious humanity

*Flagged by AI moderator, confirmed by human. Your stated sentiment is a call for genocide. Considering your previous post history, you are hereby banned from this website and the police on your earth has been informed.*

Betrank

Well, this was quick. A single minute to not only get ai flagged, but also confirmed? Moderators, GO!

What an asshole.

Hshfe821

@Eithoran, the UE has published an updated statement (LINK). It is now proven that a citizen of the UE is responsible, although the details of how will not be published until the perpetrator has been captured.

Gerb300 (Super Moderator)

Ok. Anything that even looks like it is supporting genocide will result in an immediate ban. We will also look at the post history, and if there is anything suggesting that this is more than an one-off mistake in judgement, will send everything we have about this person over to the appropriate authorities.

Consider yourself warned.

Also, for all our members: If you see such behaviour, it is better if it gets reported twice then that it is missed. We have a dedicated report button for a reason, as well as a really good automated sorting system for complaints. We, the moderator team will act as quickly as possible for the next few days in this regard.

This despicable act is undefendable. It needs to be dealt with. But remain civil in your calls for punishment. Stay within the laws that make the UE such a great place to life.

Also, I will state it here, but it will also show up as a pop up at the beginning of the page: For the next few days, posts can take up to a minute to show up. Every single post will be checked by AI, which will forward anything even a bit controversial/agressive to human moderators. You will get a message if the post is blocked, and we have allowed AI to censor posts with minor issues, to reduce the workload on us. Every bit of censoring will be removed within a week, but it might lead to further actions if the censored sentence/paragraph/whatever was particularly bad. I hope everyone accepts this?

A few days later in the same thread

Hshfe821

Well, the UE has published casualty estimates (LINK). We have roughly 500 thousand Kar’Netra that will survive for certain. Of the other 2 million Kar’Netra that lived before this terrorist attack happened, current estimates suggest a survival rate of less than 20%. This is beyond devastating as you can guess. Before you ask, the low population of the relatively advanced Kar’Netra stems from the fact that they are a relatively young Protectorate (the UE found them in 7087, so 84 years ago), and they had been found a 104 years before that by the McCreadie Mining Company, who were/are a particularly cruel bunch. From an estimated population of Arun 1.5 Billion to a bit less than one million in a mere one hundred years.

It looks like the entirety of the recovery has been reversed. I hope whoever did this will be found and imprisoned. The only reason I am not saying anything about a worse punishment is because I like my account :-)

Statement of the UE, dated 7172-3-8

We are happy to announce that the bioweapon that endangered the Kar’Netra is now officially exterminated. Over the last month we have scanned every little bit of the surface of Kas’Aron, checked as much as humanely possible, and are now sure that the virus is defeated. We think, but more analyzation will be necessary, that the virus died out at 7172-2-12. The last bit of it that had infected someone was defeated at 7172-2-10. We are happy to announce that that particular victim survived her ordeal.

The final death count is, as far as we can determine (there are some minor record issues on the side of the Kar’Netra): 1,652,734

The population of the Kar’Netra sat at 2,543,192 before this attack happen (same issues with record keeping apply)

Which means that a horrible 65% of their population is now dead. We will do our best to help the survivors rebuilt. And we will do everything we can to prevent something like that from ever occurring again.

Let us hope that something this horrible will never happen again.

The trial for the instigator will happen at 7172-4-5.

Thank you very much. And good luck

Carley Vanwagner