Bioweapon

bioweapon

Many civilizations have developed biology based weapons. Some, like the Piostla. the Bethler and the Vikarz base their entire civilization on Biotech and Bio Weapons. There are also civilizations that find the development and use of bioweapons. The Union has several civilizations that developed Biological weapons before membership. Most notorious are the Terrans who developed weaponized concepts out of everything including bioweapons, United Earth exterminated an entire spacefaring society with a specially engineered virus. (The Freons ) Union arsenals include Spore Bombs. Most bioweapons are considered Assembly Authorized Weapons meaning their use must be Assembly authorized ) and are not part of standard fleet arsenals. Most are under control of the Space Force.

Biological warfare (BW)is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate sentient life, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons", "biological threat agents", or "bio-agents") are living organisms or replicating entities (viruses, which are not universally considered "alive") that reproduce or replicate within their host victims. Entomological (insect) warfare is also a type of biological weapon.

Biological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over the enemy, either by threats or by actual deployments. Like some chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons. These agents may be lethal or non-lethal and may be targeted against a single individual, a group of people, or even an entire population. They may be developed, acquired, stockpiled or deployed by civilizations or by ubdividual groups. In the latter case it may also be considered bioterrorism.

Biological warfare and chemical warfare overlap to an extent, as the use of toxins produced by some living organisms, is considered under the provisions of both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention. Toxins and psychochemical weapons are often referred to as midspectrum agents. Unlike bioweapons, these mid-spectrum agents do not reproduce in their host and are typically characterized by shorter incubation periods.

The use of biological weapons is highly restricted under Union law. The use of biological agents in armed conflict is a war crime.