Editing Beyond the Zone (section)

==Virus==
'''The Virus'''
If anyone knows where Virus came from, they're not telling. Analysis of captured Virus reveals nothing of its originally composition, except that there are incredibly complex organic components to the coding, suggesting a mix of organic and artificial software in Virus' creation.

It swept in from the Rim, appearing as fast as the courier ships that carried the news, infesting systems from the very broadcasts that carried the news of its existence. There it nested, grew and infiltrated every electronic system it could, either self destructing or becoming destructive toward all around it. From starships down to kitchen appliances, Virus was everywhere.

Virus is a cybernetic life form, as far as anyone can tell. It 'breeds' through adapting coding in an empty electronic vessel and creating it's own version of DNA until the new virus controls it's new vessel. When it does, it will follow it's primary directive.

'''Virus strains'''
Virus has changed over the years. The initial collapse was caused by Viruses that either self destructed upon gaining control (destroying the occupyied vessel if possible) or actively sought to harm anything around them.

This initial self destructive purge killed of the most suicidal strains of virus, allowing those more adapted to self-preservation to flourish. The initial primary directive of virus seems to have been to destroy itself and anything it occupied. It is also a lifeform, with an instinct to survive and spread. This inherent contradiction has spawned the current, more mature virus strains, who have solved this contradiction in various ways.