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With all the pro and anti-vampire rhetoric in the international community today, Wazzu Lifeworks has come up with a solution, a vaccine against vampirism.

Traditional vaccines build up a subject's antibodies to give an immunity. This does not work in the case of vampirism, an often magical disease. So Lifeworks has taken another direction, allergin.

The Wazzu Lifeworks vaccine works by subtly changing human body chemistry to become alergic to vamperic cells. This prevents both magical and natural transition from human to vampire by killing changed cells before more cells can be changed.

The allergin vaccine also affects vampires who attempt to drink a subjects blood. Drinking the blood becomes extremely painful and causes sever flu-like symptoms including vommiting, fever, desentry, runny nose, irritated eyes and skin, aching joints, and sometimes even inflation. Vampires who ignore the pain and continue to drink risk death.

The Wazzu Lifeworks solution prevents vampires from drinking the blood of humans and prevents human conversion to vampirism. The process is completely safe for both humans and for vampires with enough control to not drink human blood.

Wazzu Lifeworks is unable to produce enough vaccine for the entire world, so is contracting out the production method to interested corporations and governments for a 20% of profit return.

While the vaccine is currently formulated for humans only, Lifeworks would would be happy to pursue vaccines for other species with respectable and trustworthy international corporations.

OOC: Don't vampires have to drink blood to survive?

OOC: Don't vampires have to drink blood to survive?

OOC: Well, either they find non-vaccinated donors or drink non-human (preferably animial) blood...if they can survive on that....

OOC: Don't vampires have to drink blood to survive?

You could 'manufacture' blood- surrogate.

As a matter of fact, we started experiments with this... so far, a 50/50 mixture of human blood and blood surrogate works for Vampires... as we also have compulsory blood donations, we are sure we can feed the helpless vampire minorrity in Endless Crimes.

We're not actually sure whether vampirism can affect Elves. Hence, we'd appreciate if a version was formulated for our biochemistry. Better safe than sorry.

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What about natural born vampires? It would kill them.

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Herm Chaknov
The Rogue Nation of Sigma Octavus
Head of the ISNA
Member of the GDODAD
Head Council Member, NATO

We'd be interesting in acquiring a manufacture contract for the suggested 20% profit return. Would it be possible to modify the effectiveness of the vaccine to have a greater or lesser effect on vampires?

We're not actually sure whether vampirism can affect Elves. Hence, we'd appreciate if a version was formulated for our biochemistry. Better safe than sorry.

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Elentári of the Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar
"If it is to be war between us, it shall be war to the knife and the knife to the hilt."
~Foreign Minister Duke Paolio, The Outlands
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It should be quite easy to grow elvish tissue samples in the lab to test on, Menelmacari scientists would be welcome to work in Wazzu or work online with Wazzu scientists in the creation of such a vaccine. Though tests from magical bites would have to be formed in Wazzu unless Menelmacar has vampire prisioners of volunteers.

What about natural born vampires? It would kill them.

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Herm Chaknov
The Rogue Nation of Sigma Octavus
Head of the ISNA
Member of the GDODAD
Head Council Member, NATO

On the contrary, the vaccine is not an allergin itself (though many wish it were), it modifies a human's body chemistry. That is, it makes the body produce the allergine. A vampire taking the vaccine would be unaffected as it does not have any human cells left to produce the allergin.


We'd be interesting in acquiring a manufacture contract for the suggested 20% profit return. Would it be possible to modify the effectiveness of the vaccine to have a greater or lesser effect on vampires?

The vaccine is already developed to have maximum effect, though there may be ways we have not yet discovered to make it more effective. It would be quite easy to lessen the effect, and we'll show you how to do it.

We'll send a team with the contract, start-up information, and guard via suborbital transport within the next few days [[OOC: say an hour or two?]].

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

Wazzu: we have been undertaking research upon some vampires sold to us with an eye to formulating a 'cure' for vampirism. Sadly, so far each test has resulted in the total decay of the central nervous system of the vampire tested upon or massive blod clotting. Whilst this is indeed a 'cure', it's not a cure that leaves them alive, which is what we were aiming for. Have you had any luck working towards such a cure?

If you have either 'spare' vampires you'd be willing to sell to allow us to continue our project, or if you'd be interested in sharing some research, then we'd be happy to do so.

Failing that, we will happily purchase your vaccine (we don't intend to administer it to our people, so instead of giving you a 20% profit we offer a flat fee of $25,000,000.)

Wazzu: we have been undertaking research upon some vampires sold to us with an eye to formulating a 'cure' for vampirism. Sadly, so far each test has resulted in the total decay of the central nervous system of the vampire tested upon or massive blod clotting. Whilst this is indeed a 'cure', it's not a cure that leaves them alive, which is what we were aiming for. Have you had any luck working towards such a cure?

If you have either 'spare' vampires you'd be willing to sell to allow us to continue our project, or if you'd be interested in sharing some research, then we'd be happy to do so.

Failing that, we will happily purchase your vaccine (we don't intend to administer it to our people, so instead of giving you a 20% profit we offer a flat fee of $25,000,000.)

Please, we are not the Wazzu government, we are Lifeworks, a Wazzu based company.

The vast majority of Wazzu citizens are human, with a small minority of dwarves, and very few of any other species. There hasn't been a reason to attempt a "cure", and we have no research into that area.

Nor do we have "spare" vampires. The few vampires in Wazzu custody are criminal (for murder) prisoners, not slaves to be bought or sold. They agree to tests only to a lower sentance of life imprisonment rather then the death penalty.

We are uncertain on whether to sell you the rights to produce the vaccine. What possible use could you get from it if you don't use it on citizens? Military? Something else?

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

Our apologies. <Communications redirected to Wazzu Lifeworks>

We believe you research will be beneficial in our work on a cure for vampirism. Obviously, we could get the contract for 20% profit from you, but then since we'd make no money you would get nothing for your hard work.

Our apologies. <Communications redirected to Wazzu Lifeworks>

We believe you research will be beneficial in our work on a cure for vampirism. Obviously, we could get the contract for 20% profit from you, but then since we'd make no money you would get nothing for your hard work.

Right. The flat fee will do, though we don't see how it could lead to a cure. It would inveribly lead to death in a grossly infected patient, and would have no effect on a full-formed vampire. But we'll sell you our research as well as the formula for that flat fee. Best of luck!

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

OOC: Well, either they find non-vaccinated donors or drink non-human (preferably animial) blood...if they can survive on that....

OOC: Yes they can survive on it. But animal blood replaces human blood to a vampire in the same way that fruit juice replaces whisky to chronic alchoholic.

Cure Vampirism? The cure has always been the same for eons.

Kill the maker, and the whelps shall return.

Thank you, Lifeworks. The fee is being wired to you now.

The People's Republic of Beeman reports that there are not vampires in our country.

Any report of vampirism results in consequences via the Beeman Justice Codes V3.0

We have strict Customs and as soon as you come into our country you are subject to our laws.

Joe Beeman, President of People's Republic of Beeman
President/CEO of Beeman Global Conglomerate
Beeman Global Conglomerate- Working as busy as bees!
-UN Delegate
-Organizer of the 1st Annual Miss Universe Pageant
-Join the REAL UN: United Nations Proper
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The People's Republic of Beeman reports that there are not vampires in our country.

Any report of vampirism results in consequences via the Beeman Justice Codes V3.0

We have strict Customs and as soon as you come into our country you are subject to our laws.

Joe Beeman, President of People's Republic of Beeman
President/CEO of Beeman Global Conglomerate
Beeman Global Conglomerate- Working as busy as bees!
-UN Delegate
-Organizer of the 1st Annual Miss Universe Pageant
-Join the REAL UN: United Nations Proper
-Member of Skynet

So why are you telling us?

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

Cure Vampirism? The cure has always been the same for eons.

Kill the maker, and the whelps shall return.

From the intel I have gathered, that is not strictly true. It is only true of the tralls, people dominated by the vampires, but not actually vampires (maybe ghouls though, made by drinking from the vampires blood, thus binding them in a blood bond and dominating them, it makes them vampire like)

Vampirism doesn't remove the soul, it just adds a very animalistic-preditory instinct into the new vampire. This is often confused with losing your soul.

As for cures, well, the vampire would have to want to be cured in the first place, even then they would be hard pressed to find one. Without medical aid the only cure I know is death.

Not that I would kill one of these being for the reason they are a vampire, or to "cure" them. Only if I was in danger, even then we would be inclined to capture them and send them to people like Rave.

{Public Diplomatic Transmission}
x Kyle sa'Diason (Amylin Tower, Cetaganda)
o Wazzu

At the behest of the Vampiric Council ambassador to the Imperium, this vaccine has been banned from importation into the Empire. We have our own methods of dealing with rogue vampires, and such a vaccine will only cause problems.

~Lord Kyle sa'Diason
Preternatural and Interspecies Affairs Directorate
Cetagandan Empire

Akilliam will gladly help fund this endeavour. We will put up as much money as is needed to not only vaccinate Akilliam, but as much as the world that is possible. In essence, the checkbook is yours.

Akilliam will gladly help fund this endeavour. We will put up as much money as is needed to not only vaccinate Akilliam, but as much as the world that is possible. In essence, the checkbook is yours.

Well, it isn't so much an endeavour. We are not out to erradicate vampires. We are out to make money by providing people with protection from vampires...and through other biological technologies.

As stated above, we can not vaccinate every nation on Earth. It is not a question of money, because we would surely love to sell directly to all those customers. It is a question of industry, of production. We lack the ability to produce enough serium for the world. Thats where the contract comes in.

We contract our method of producing the vaccine to your companies, or your government. In return, we get back 20% of the profits. This still makes for a huge profit for your companies, or for your national coffers, while allowing us to get a small profit from the much larger population of the world.

If this contract is good for you, we would love to do buisness with you. But we are unable to provide vaccine for your nation on our own.

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

Signed, seal, and delivered. If this vaccine truely does work, we'll up your profit to about 20.05%. That might not seem like much, but when you're going to vaccinate over a billion people... well it adds up pretty quickly.

Signed, seal, and delivered. If this vaccine truely does work, we'll up your profit to about 20.05%. That might not seem like much, but when you're going to vaccinate over a billion people... well it adds up pretty quickly.

A team of medical scientists, chemical synthesis specialists, and small guard will be sent to your nation with all relevant information on the vaccine and its production via suborbital transport. Expect their departure/arrival in 2 days. It has been good doing buisness with you.

We'd be interesting in acquiring a manufacture contract for the suggested 20% profit return. Would it be possible to modify the effectiveness of the vaccine to have a greater or lesser effect on vampires?

The vaccine is already developed to have maximum effect, though there may be ways we have not yet discovered to make it more effective. It would be quite easy to lessen the effect, and we'll show you how to do it.

We'll send a team with the contract, start-up information, and guard via suborbital transport within the next few days [[OOC: say an hour or two?]].

-Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

I'm pleased to report your team is now with us and we're just looking over the contract now, but early indications seem very promising and we've already got a potential facility that could be converted for the manufacture and possible refinement of the vaccine. We've got a couple of ideas about how to crank up the vaccine's effectiveness but obviously it will be very hard to do so without inadvertantly causing harm to the humans who administer the virus. It cannot hurt to try though.

Ah, I have just this minute recieved word that the contract has been signed for a single factory complex to be constructed with an attached research facility, with the agreement that 20% of profit from all sales of the supplied vaccine as well as that of a vaccine refined from the supplied vaccine to be paid to Lifeworks, as well as Lifeworks to be kept informed of developments in further research via an advisory position in the factory. Does that sound acceptable?

I'm pleased to report your team is now with us and we're just looking over the contract now, but early indications seem very promising and we've already got a potential facility that could be converted for the manufacture and possible refinement of the vaccine. We've got a couple of ideas about how to crank up the vaccine's effectiveness but obviously it will be very hard to do so without inadvertantly causing harm to the humans who administer the virus. It cannot hurt to try though.

Ah, I have just this minute recieved word that the contract has been signed for a single factory complex to be constructed with an attached research facility, with the agreement that 20% of profit from all sales of the supplied vaccine as well as that of a vaccine refined from the supplied vaccine to be paid to Lifeworks, as well as Lifeworks to be kept informed of developments in further research via an advisory position in the factory. Does that sound acceptable?

Quite.

CoVar requests a large sample of the vaccine for it's research on Vampires. Payment, wired.

James Fisher, CoVar Corporate Director of DARP

Uncle Noel, who has recently annoyed some very powerful vampires, would also like some vaccine.

OOC: CoVar, Consider vaccine shipped.

Uncle Noel, would you like us to distribute directly to your population, or to show you how to make it. If option two, you owe us 10% royalties before costs and must sign a non-disclosure statement.

We, thank you. The Vaccine will be put to good use.

James Fisher, CoVar Corporate Director of DARP

A message from Kain.

It is my personal belief that it is someone's choice to become a vampire, that if they accept the blessings and the curses of the new existance, and the prospect of remaining on this world forever, then they should be allowed to do so. A vaccanation should not be given unless full infomation on what it is to be a vampire becomes apparant to the patiant. Often prejudice takes over before logic takes place, thus leading to misinfomation and mistakes.

Many vampires feed extremely rarely, due to thier age. The older a vampire gets, the less blood they need to sustain them. Older vampires tend to be less hot-headed and impetous. Time grants us knowledge to break down prejudice and understand the truth. I have no real quarrel with humans, I judge by indiviuals, not by one person's prevous actions.

Allow people to make this choice later in thier life, so that they can choose if they wish to become a vampire. It is a blessing and a curse, you will only find either a fledgling or a fool say that it s only a blessing. it would be nieve to think so. But I ask you, allow vacination once someone has learnt to what it means to become a vampire. Not only would it allow people to make thier own choices, but they would understand what vampires are and not be so prejudice to them through fairy tales and horror storys. Consider my words, for like it or not, some of you people may wish to become one of us.

Judge not upon your prejudices but upon what each truelly is.

My best wishes.

Kain

The Corpselands presents an alternative to the vampire problem. Find them, capture them and send them to myself, the Dark Lord of the Dead who in ages past created the vampires (Agardel= Blood Horrors) to infiltrate the society of the living and thus usurp them. They have become scattered and divided and leaderless and the voice of the Dark Lord is the only thing that would qreally quell such a hunger. Nice try though feeble an alternative it is.

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King Agardeloth
Monarch of Corpselands
High Elf-Wraith of the Corpselands
Betrayer of Elf-Kind
Slayer of Kin
Lord of the Undead

Kain,

Thank you for your letter, your words are well thought out. However, they may not accurately reflect the reason for this vaccine.

While the suggestion to give unprejudiced information to people recieving the vaccine is a good one, it is not a responsibility of Lifeworks Incorporated. It is a responsibility of, and the decision of each state the vaccine is sold in. Lifeworks is a corporation seeking financial gain, as all corporations do. It is not a union to increase wages or protect workers, it is not an political party to represent people, and it is not a state to protect people.

That said, the vaccine was never intended to prevent those who wished it from becoming vampires. While given to an unwilling victem, it would do that, it is not our intent. Rather, the vaccine was made to prevent unwilling victems of vampires.

If you truely are a vampire, then you may remember being mortal yourself. To us, the thought of being bitten, having our blood drained, and becoming undead against our will is quite frightening, and not without reason. The number of unwilling victems of vampire bites far outnumber the number of unwilling victems of a costly vaccine.

Because of its nature, the vaccine itself will not harm vampires. Only the biting of those who have taken the vaccine is harmfull, and therefore not reccomended to your ilk.

Still, your letter is well thought out, and I encourage you to send it to statesmen of nations whos job it is to make laws. Ours is only to make profit.

~Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

While the Corpselands solution sounds nice, not all, and probably not many vampires are willing or wanting to be deported to a land where "food stocks" are more scarse. That presents a problem for us mortals. That problem is solved by Lifework's vaccine.

If you have taken the vaccine, you can not be turned into a vampire. If you are bitten anyway, the attempted murderer will suffer pain, possibly severe sickness, and if they ignore all that, then death. This vaccine is a protection, a protection that will last your entire life.

You can't be sure vampires will willingly give you up, but you can ensure your own safety, and the safety of friends and family.

Kain,

Thank you for your letter, your words are well thought out. However, they may not accurately reflect the reason for this vaccine.

While the suggestion to give unprejudiced information to people recieving the vaccine is a good one, it is not a responsibility of Lifeworks Incorporated. It is a responsibility of, and the decision of each state the vaccine is sold in. Lifeworks is a corporation seeking financial gain, as all corporations do. It is not a union to increase wages or protect workers, it is not an political party to represent people, and it is not a state to protect people.

That said, the vaccine was never intended to prevent those who wished it from becoming vampires. While given to an unwilling victem, it would do that, it is not our intent. Rather, the vaccine was made to prevent unwilling victems of vampires.

If you truely are a vampire, then you may remember being mortal yourself. To us, the thought of being bitten, having our blood drained, and becoming undead against our will is quite frightening, and not without reason. The number of unwilling victems of vampire bites far outnumber the number of unwilling victems of a costly vaccine.

Because of its nature, the vaccine itself will not harm vampires. Only the biting of those who have taken the vaccine is harmfull, and therefore not reccomended to your ilk.

Still, your letter is well thought out, and I encourage you to send it to statesmen of nations whos job it is to make laws. Ours is only to make profit.

~Sandra F. Amlee, Lifeworks CEO

A reply was snet soon after.

I thank you for your open mind and logical thought. The world is a better place for people like you who understand the truth. Please insure that this vaccniation goes with these guidelines. I shall sned letters to those who I find who are misusing the vaccination.

You are correct in saying that I was a human, I am a hybrid like most vampires. I chose to become a vampire, but that event is far to detailed and long to write here, nor would it be relevent to this. But I understand your point about some people do not wish to become a vampire through force. Our race does have those who are violent and irrespocible just like any other race. I do not really accosiate myself with other vampire's due to my heritage and my experiances, but I do keep in concern to the wellfare of those who deserve my attention.

I thank you for your logical thoughts, may you live long.

Kain Shentavo.

OOC: I'd like to purchase six doses of the vaccine, ICly of course. About how much would that run for?

The Corpselands presents an alternative to the vampire problem. Find them, capture them and send them to myself, the Dark Lord of the Dead who in ages past created the vampires (Agardel= Blood Horrors) to infiltrate the society of the living and thus usurp them. They have become scattered and divided and leaderless and the voice of the Dark Lord is the only thing that would qreally quell such a hunger. Nice try though feeble an alternative it is.

A message was sent.

I find your beliefs about vampires very far from the truth. I owe you no loyality, you may have created those who came before myself, but you are not my master. There is no being who I call such a name, few I work with. Your idea that you own us who have been born from others is proposterous. Just as a grandfather would claim ownership of a grandson, to commmand and do as he pleases? This idea is maddness.

You must understand, even if such an insane proposition would take place, that even if one of us stands, we stand as legion. I certainly have no leader, and many vampires live on thier own, individuals who have vampire allys in times of need. To do such a thing, would not divide us, but rally us under a common cause. Many would not react in the way I have, in peaceful terms. Just like other species, there are warlike indivuals in our societys, and prejudice would be paramount again between vampires to humans and other attackers. I do not strive for this, prejudice is wrong, either from humans, vampires or other beings.

I do not say that forcing someone to become a vampire through an attack is right, it is far from it. They should be punished, but not tortured or sent away. They are beings like I with emotions and thoughts. They have rights too. You may have created my ancestors, but you do not control me in any way shape or form. I am sure many would agree with me.

I only speak my opininon, let you judge the indvidual as theya re, not on what the prejudice has let you see, other species are quick to act upon the prejudices and gennicadal acts that vampires may have commited in the past. we shall do the same if you should do so, and a spiral of war shall occour.

I do not wish this, I am sure you do not want this either.

Consider my words.

Kain Shentavo

OOC: I'd like to purchase six doses of the vaccine, ICly of course. About how much would that run for?

I hope you have read the guidelines...

OOC: I'd like to purchase six doses of the vaccine, ICly of course. About how much would that run for?

OOC: If your asking OOCly, how can you buy ICly?

Honestly, I never put down a solid price. This thread wasn't meant for sales to individuals...there are simply too many people in NS.

The idea was to:

1: Allow Lifeworks direct access to forign markets
2: Contract out production to forign companies to earn a share of the income.
3: Make an international name and reputation for Lifeworks as a premier medical and biological corporation.

I'm quite sure that so many years after the first vaccines went on the market (check the time/date stamp on the first post) that your 6 charicters can afford it.

OOC: I'd like to purchase six doses of the vaccine, ICly of course. About how much would that run for?

OOC: If your asking OOCly, how can you buy ICly?



Exactly. You charcter will be able to get hold of it later on. Is there a way to remove the vaccination in any way? I am thinking of those who may reconsider becoming a vampire.

OOC: I'd like to purchase six doses of the vaccine, ICly of course. About how much would that run for?

OOC: If your asking OOCly, how can you buy ICly?



Exactly. You charcter will be able to get hold of it later on. Is there a way to remove the vaccination in any way? I am thinking of those who may reconsider becoming a vampire.

OOC: The vaccine isn't a traditional vaccine. Instead of "training" the immune system to attack vampirism cells (which wouldn't work with magic vampirism), it makes the body severly alergic. Since the infection starts slow and quickly takes up speed, the initial reaction for the victem is typically mild, and prevents transformation. The reaction to the vampire is immediate with sevirity depending on how much blood was drunk.

Theoretically, anyone who has taken the vaccine can take large doses of anti-histimines, but they would have to take them for the rest of their undead life or risk a grizzly death as their body overreacted to itself. There might be a cure, but Lifeworks won't look for it, that would kill off income from the vaccine.

And should an "anti-vaccine" be found, Lifeworks (which has a lot of experiance in this now) would quickly develop a counter of its own.

My suggestion to you is: "deal with it."

Just curious was all. I doubt that those with the vaccination would wish to become vampires, I insist upon those who will use it, to allow the vaccination only when an unbiased point of view is given for and against for vampires. There is a vampire confrence, discussing what vampires are, what they do, how we came to be and a moral debate. I am attending, if any of your company wish to join we would appreciate it.

I will be recording the proceedings so that I might pass on the infomation at a later date.

( OOC: Iuthian Vampire Conference Invitations is the place to go if you wish to take part in the dicussion)

Just curious was all. I doubt that those with the vaccination would wish to become vampires, I insist upon those who will use it, to allow the vaccination only when an unbiased point of view is given for and against for vampires. There is a vampire confrence, discussing what vampires are, what they do, how we came to be and a moral debate. I am attending, if any of your company wish to join we would appreciate it.

I will be recording the proceedings so that I might pass on the infomation at a later date.

( OOC: Iuthian Vampire Conference Invitations is the place to go if you wish to take part in the dicussion)

Mr. Shentavo,

Again, I must state that Lifeworks is a corporate entity, not a state. Lifeworks is neither interested in raising the price of our product to cover what you may consider a "non-biased" viewpoint, nor responsible for such.

If you wish to insist such, insist such to the states where the vaccine is sold.

-Lifeworks Sales Dept, Customer Relations Division

I want 100 vaccines of everything
*wired money*