Infected humans were turned into spore carriers, with the airborne fungal spores threatening the remaining living. The widespread infection led to a collapse of social order in the Vault. The untreatable infection baffled the scientists and spread through the Vault like wildfire. Eventually, it spreads far enough to establish control over the deceased person's body, becoming a highly aggressive spore carrier, a mindless beast whose sole purpose is spreading the spores. As with smaller pests, the fungal colony continues to grow and develop. The fungal colony causes the body to actively reject anti-fungal treatments, leading to death due to organ failure. It begins with pneumonia as the fungus invades the lungs, eventually transforming into chills, a fever, and a terrible racking cough. Harrison Peters, who also provided insight into the development of the infection. Fungal spores gradually spread through the Vault, slowly infecting the population. While ostensibly designed to provide effective means of long-term pest control, the fungus was perfectly capable of infecting human bodies. Once the Vault scientists began experimentation with the fungus after the Great War, they effectively signed their death warrant.
Īs with many technologies coming out of the Big MT, the fungus was a Pandora's box. The fungus was originally developed at the X-22 botanical garden at the Big MT, though the technology was eventually shared with Vault-Tec Industries, to enable botanical experiments at Vault 22. While effective in the long term, it still takes between 10 to 20 days to kill its prey and achieves limited effectiveness when dealing with unsocial pests. However, the dead body continues to be controlled by the fungal colony, allowing it to move around and infect more pests by spraying spores around the host body. The host eventually dies due to failure of body functions, as the colony expands through its body. When a pest is exposed to the fungal spores, the fungus infests it and begins to colonize the host body. īeauveria Mordicana was originally an entomopathogenic fungus designed for pest control. Some of their most successful experiments were, in fact, donated by defense contractors, such as the fungus that would eventually become the Vault's undoing. Designed as a green Vault, people selected for populating the Vault were all dedicated to one goal: Sustaining the Vault population with plants grown within its confines.
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