The Red Wave

The Red Wave was a devastating plague that occurred a little over 200 years before the events of the first book. It decimated the populations of entire worlds, and was nearly always fatal. Symptoms of infection were little red marks in the shape of waves that would appear on the skin of an afflicted individual. When the Exodeists arrived in Spectra, they quickly set about producing a vaccine and treatment for the plague, and succeeded within a few years. This event led to the acceptance of the Exodeists to the galactic community as a whole.