Vinik Toxin

The Vinik Toxin was a neurotoxin named after Scientologist leaders Jeffrey and Penny Vinik.

Background
The toxin was releasable in gaseous form and worked by targeting the phosphodiester bonds in DNA. The resultant breakdown of genetic information first manifested itself through impaired cognitive function (speech, and complex motor skills like writing) and would result in death in less than five minutes.

The toxin was developed as a weaponized phosphodiesterase in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) at the behest of the Vinik family, who planned to deploy it at the 2028 Moscow Olympics in an effort to goad Russia into a world war. The toxin was shipped via a fleet of Lockheed AC-130 Hercules carriers, which were intercepted at Bradenburg by the Bradenburg Coalition and subsequently denatured.

Use of the toxin was outlawed under the Treaty of Berlin (2028).