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, often simply abbreviated to ZOMG, was a type of biological weapon that amounted to a deadly virus. It was created by genetically engineering pathogens, adding in genetic codes from some of the most dangerous diseases in the galaxy, and it was tailored not to discriminate when it came to victims.

Overview
ZOMG, when injected into the body of a being, would start off like any other virus: infecting bodily cells and using them to reproduce. However, after a very short while, it would start to attack muscle cells and vital organs, and could easily overcome agents of the bodily immune system. ZOMG pathogens would then head towards the brain, where they would systematically destroy it, resulting in a sharp drop of intelligence in the host. At worse, this would result in madness and delerium.

Once that was done, the host's vital organs would begin to fail. ZOMG pathogens would then begin to produce toxins that would expand the blood vessels of the host, resulting in bleeding, pain, and in the worst case, paralysing. Bone marrow would also be attacked, and very soon after this the host would effectively be immobile.

Not much would follow after this. The ZOMG pathogens would continue to systematically destroy their host, reproducing as they went, until the host was dead. They would then leave the host and become airborne, infecting other beings they came into contact with. The time of this process depended on the species; in weaker ones, it would take minutes; with humans, about half-an-hour, and with stronger species, around a day. Nonetheless, it was deadly to nearly all types of organic being in the galaxy.

History
What would become the ZOMG project was a biological weapons project during the, which was quite abortive due to the lack of decent microbiologists on the Separatist side. The project would be cancelled towards the end of the war due to the lack of faith the Separatist council had in it.

After the rise of the Empire, expressed interest in an Imperial bio-weapon after uncovering files on this Separatist project, and ordered the best Imperial microbiologists to continue the project. To avoid risk of sabotage derailing the whole project, research took place simulatenously in different locations across the galaxy. Several scientists would die during the course of the research due to accidentally being infected with the prototype pathogens they produced.

Eventually, however, the ZOMG project was complete. It was tested out on several primitive planets, and the Emperor was pleased with the result. He ordered immediate mass-production of the bio-weapon, but was not pleased to hear that doing so would be very expensive. However, the Emperor soon forgot about the project and began to concentrate on. The ZOMG virus was stored in its main production facility on.

After the, the scientists at the Corellia facility panicked and released the ZOMG virus into the atmosphere. When the New Republic arrived on Utapau, they found one part of it in the grip of a ZOMG epidemic. Quaratine was nearly useless due to ZOMG's airborne nature, and there was apparently no cure. Nontheless, New Republic scientists managed to capture a sample of ZOMG, and after studying it concluded that citric acid would be able to neutralize it long enough for it to be removed from the body, but that it was not a final cure. Using this, the ZOMG infestation on Utapau was eradicated.

Behind the scenes
The author of this article was inspired to make it by the T-virus of Resident Evil.