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==History==
ELID has been an ongoing problem during the exploration of [[relics]] sites, and spurred the development of the [[Weight Bearing]] protection system.<ref>[[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]], Confidential Files, part. 2</ref> In early infection cases, before the 21st century, radiation sickness treatments were applied to no avail due to a lack of understanding of the mechanisms of ELID. This posed considerable problems as relics research ramped up during the Cold War, since infection vectors were unknown and no protection or treatment existed, leading to an estimated 150 000 ELID infections worldwide between the first documented case in 1976 and 1980, with about 10 000 infected. 50 000 new cases had appeared a year later, with a higher percentage of Infected and new mutation forms. High variance in infection conditions and combat data rendered global studies useless. Countries started to create special units dedicated to manage ELID cases, like the Chinese [[Special Circumstances Armed Police Force]], but infection rate of these agents was high. The [[Dresden AccordsRelic Arms Limitation Treaty]] and détente between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[United States]] permitted Anti-ELID vaccine research to begin in 1983, gradually reducing the number of cases.<ref name=Bakery9 />
By 2023, genetic augmentations were available to boost resistance against ELID.<ref>[[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]], Confidential Files, part. 4</ref> ELID vaccines were never particularly effective, but all research was lost during [[World War Three]] and the post-war world returned too quickly to conflict with the 2089 [[First Antarctic War]] for ELID vaccines to be rediscovered.<ref name=Bakery6 /> Despite this, as early as 2064, severe Collapse Fluid irradiation could be treated as long as the patient had not turned yet, as exemplified by [[Angelia]] and [[the Commander]]'s survival. By then, direct conflict with ELIDs was not a common occurrence,<ref name=CT31 /> but enough ELIDs existed in the Belgrade region to pose a significant threat to the city once the quarantine walls breached.<ref>[[Isomer]]</ref>
