Dementia (Nov 1 2145)

This is the audio log of medical supervisor, Peter Raleigh, Dated November 1st, 2145.

We have exhausted all known forms of drug treatment, and hopes of finding a way to abate this strange outbreak of dementia, and I have yet to receive any additional data from the psychiatrist back on earth.

Options are quickly dwindling.

Approximately 80% of all extra-planar participants exhibit signs of mild neurosis within the first 48 hours after returning from their expeditions.

Within 72 hours, 75% of patients exhibit extreme signs of paranoid delusion, and violence.

We have isolated these cases in hopes of finding the pathogen.

As yet we can find no biological contaminants that would lead to such drastic changes in cognitive processing.

It seems that whatever this pathogen is, it attacks higher brain functions and only leaves more basal functions in the lower brain stem.

We've witnesed that a high percentage of subjects, lose ability for rational thought and communication skills.

And then the physical changes become evident.

Subjects in this group appear to atrophpy.

Skin pales, muscles become slack, bone teeth and fingernails become almost translucent, veiny sinuous of their former selves.

I have never seen anything like this in my career.

Our observations continue.

Patient 0432 - a private Steve Jensen, of the UAC Dark-Eyed Armored Core division, expired today 15:43, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

This is approximately 110 hours after his return from expeditionary missions.

Private Jensen was suffering from paranoid delusions and full-blown dementia. Treatment was unsuccessful.

He was the last surviving member of his outfit.

Four other squad mates, who also came back with private Jensen expired from injuries suffered on that last mission shortly after their return.

Before his death private Jensen was heard screaming in both English and other languages.

Something about demon hordes feasting on our souls

The other language was later discovered to be Aramaic.