Space Vermin

Space Vermin
Harmful Non sentient Bio Forms distributed by space ships from port to port (HaBifs)

Space Vermin are in general life forms that have been removed from their original habitat and managed to escape or set free deliberately in another environment, where they often have no native enemies and find favorable conditions to multiply.

Bio Contamination and Bio Transfer laws and regulations are virtually non existent or not enforced in most space faring societies and a number of parasitic life forms have been dragged and spread over many free space and open space places.

These Space Vermin infest ships, hide in landing gear wells, cargo holds an similar places. Some are even capable of surviving the conditions of deep space and cling to the outside of ships.

Some are just annoying, while others can cause damage to equipment, carry diseases or even carry smaller pests as host carriers. Some of these life forms generally classified as “Space Vermin” are quite dangerous and pose lethal danger.



Harmful Non Sentient Bio Forms - Space Vermin - Union
The problem of xeno vermin infestation within the Union is very small, as the Union from the start enacted strict bio transfer rules and the Union Health Department (Part of the Science Council) has published regulations and procedures that have life form transfer as focus.

Union Fleet ships have strict decontamination procedures every time the ship is in contact with Non Union Port of call.

All civilian Union Ships must carry Bio Declaration forms for all bio forms aboard and proper ship hygiene is part of the Civilian Ship Master license.

All Non Union ship that cross into Union Space intending on landing on a Union Planet must first receive permit, transponder and permit detailed Bio scans.

Bio Unit transfers are allowed but must adhere to safety protocols and dealers, pet owners and life stock merchants must hold Animal / pet licenses. Like mechanical weapons bio forms can be harrmful and non sentient bio forms caqn be used deliberatly or accidently to cause injury to others.

Therefore and by Assembly decission, any person (Union Citizen or not) within Union space owning, dealing or transfering lifeforms must hold a Bio Form Permit



 '''The term Space Vermin is not the official term but widely used. Officially any organism is called : Bio Form '''