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The Gnosis Virus is an Apostolisian cybernetic virus. Developed on Counterweight, it later made its way to the planet Quire aboard the smuggler ship, the Holiday Gambit.
The Gnosis Virus acts to allow communication between different individuals, and, when deployed on Quire, gave the planet memory. With this new ability to remember past events, it was able to act in harmony with the people living on its surface, and usher in the Glassed Age.