The Omnius Scourge was a deadly disease authorized by Omnius against humanity. It was designed by the robot Erasmus and the Tlulaxa Rekur Van. This disease was a retrovirus that resided in the victim's liver, which made it extraordinarily hard to locate and treat. The virus had a ~70% infection rate with an expected mortality of 43% with many additional casualties due to associated infections, infrastructure breakdown, general riots, and the like.