There was a subtle shift in Leon's expression. Zombies were something of a sore subject.
"The crew who previously manned this ship, in addition to kidnapping all of us, also picked up a few other things from various worlds in the process. One of those things they picked up were several highly lethal genetically engineered viruses along with parasitic organisms. Some of which had the side effect of turning an infectee into a mindless zombie like creature.
"From what records we could find, their intent was to crossbreed and further engineer the viruses into a biological weapon to unleash on the Ohm. Eventually, the figured out that what they were working with was too dangerous, shelved the project, and placed the samples in storage.
"A few weeks prior to your arrival, however, a malevolent AI Program known as HAL 9000 released some of the samples into the pod caverns in an attempt to infect and kill the crew population. The spread of infection was eventually stopped, but not before the deaths of just over fifty-four-hundred crew members."
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"The crew who previously manned this ship, in addition to kidnapping all of us, also picked up a few other things from various worlds in the process. One of those things they picked up were several highly lethal genetically engineered viruses along with parasitic organisms. Some of which had the side effect of turning an infectee into a mindless zombie like creature.
"From what records we could find, their intent was to crossbreed and further engineer the viruses into a biological weapon to unleash on the Ohm. Eventually, the figured out that what they were working with was too dangerous, shelved the project, and placed the samples in storage.
"A few weeks prior to your arrival, however, a malevolent AI Program known as HAL 9000 released some of the samples into the pod caverns in an attempt to infect and kill the crew population. The spread of infection was eventually stopped, but not before the deaths of just over fifty-four-hundred crew members."