BioWar in the Tiffleyverse

From: "Bif Smith" <bif@bifsmith.fsnet.co.uk>

> > Or let our germs kill um.......I know it;s been

The OUSIRO (Oceanic Union Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
Though not as much of an effect as they'd like.

You see the KraVak "Kanga" class raider isn't the only vessel engaged in Alien
Abduction. The OU has had a keen interest in obtaining samples of KV, alive by
preference. 2 "Freemantle"s each with a raider pod are a close equivalent of a
single KV Kanga. Why do you think it has the name?

I had to invent a Deus Ex Machina "Universal Vaccine" to explain why the
Indonesians felt safe to attack southwards towards the OU, specifically
to prevent the no-fun-at-all spectre of bacteriological warfare in the
Tuffleyverse. Not that my invention is canon, and the "Universal Vaccine" is
actually a protocol involving (biological) nanomachines that communicate with
each other so an epidemic is squashed after a few victims. According
to the Hoyle (Fred Hoyle again, he gets around)-Wickramasingh Hypothesis
about virusses, our immune systems work this way already, with antibodies
being broadcast to others giving info to stimulate other people's immune
systems. The H-W H's main feature is a compelling argument that there's
more biologically useful environments off planets than on them - and
that