Famished Fever

Famished Fever is a bacterial contagion

Background
Famished Fever first begun afflicting settlers aboard the USS Germination, once the Last Son of Atom gifted them Flesh Fruit to help save their failing farm. The settlers began growing, trading, and eating this fruit, unaware of its detrimental effects. Famished Fever begins showing symptoms after 12-24 hours after consumption of Flesh Fruit and causes its sufferers to become convinced they are starving, leading to an addiction. This starvation and addiction slowly develops, turning into an obsession and an addiction to cannibalism. This rate of development is caused by the subject's frontal lobe degrading through continued consumption of Flesh Fruit.

Over time, the afflicted will become increasingly animalistic, while mutating physically, first causing their skin to take on the same purple hue as the fruit, coupled with weeping sores and bone growth, before eventually twisting dramatically into almost impossible forms. It is possible, though rare, to recover from Famished Fever without aid, though this gets progressively more difficult as the disease progresses.

A geneticist about the USS Germination called Dr. Yarrow has been attempting to develop a cure to the Famished Fever. However, all his experiments have yielded little results, with the exception of one that he is yet to try.

Appearances
Famished Fever appears