Asteroidal Bacteria

Description
Asteroidal Bacteria was first encountered by the crew of the JMC Blue Dwarf within a deep-space asteroid field. A broke safety valve required the mining of ore on the asteroid in order to fabricate a replacement. Drusilla Belladonna became patient zero for an ensuing epidemic when her space suit ripped open and allowed the bacteria in.

The bacteria spread as an infection among the crew. The extent of the symptoms seemed to be common-cold-like as well as being able to induce hallucinations. The hallucinations, however, became solid and real within the world. One of the first hallucinations seen by the crew was that of a Bouncing Pink Tree, although many would soon follow.

The bacteria was relatively benign, it was only the solid-hallucinations that posed a threat. A two-part cure was devised involving ointment and water guns. One formulation of the cure would remove the bacterial infection from an infected person and prevent the creation of more hallucinations. The other would be administered to a hallucination and destroy it.