: Attacks often involve aerosolized dispersal, contaminated food or water , or the postal system .

Dr. Aris Thorne stared at the empty cryo-vial, his breath hitching behind his respirator. The "Prometheus" strain—a genetically modified variant of Bacillus anthracis engineered to bypass standard antibiotics—was gone. It hadn't been an accident. The security logs showed a ghost entry, a high-level override that shouldn't exist.

: The primary goal is often to create widespread fear and social disruption rather than just physical casualties. Biological Terrorism - Ready Marine Corps

Across the city, the first "seeds" were being sown. They weren't bombs or bullets, but ordinary letters, misted with a fine, invisible powder and dropped into blue collection boxes. Others were hidden in the misting systems of the downtown transit hub, ready to turn a morning commute into a silent delivery vector.