03-03-2001 10:56									#1
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When the Prometheus Virus strikes, how long does it last? Is it ten years? I know that the HGP helps stop the spread of the virus. Do labs and research hospitals help also against the spread or just help prevent?

	03-03-2001 17:32									#3
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The Prometheus virus is a one off - I simply halves the population of the base it strikes, and halves the populations of all bases within a number of tile equal to the new population of the first base. It stops there. The outbreak is contained at any base with a research or nanohospital (so if the first base has one, nothing happens), and is contained entirely by a "Medical" secret project - presumably HGP or LV.

	03-03-2001 18:59									#4
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The PV has struck roughly ten times in my relativlely short SMAC career; the HGP was credited with stopping it seven times, a reasearch hospital the other three. It appeared to that the game checks for a reasearch hospital first, and then checks for HGP.

I don't recall losing any population in either case.

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	03-03-2001 23:03									#5
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I remember getting hit really badly in my first game...

	05-03-2001 05:07									#6
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I got hit by it hard the firts few time I played. Now I usually have the HGP or a reaserch hospital. Now I get to look at reports of other faction being struck by it. It is a nasty little bug, but one that at least my factions usually are spared from now. Thanks for the info.