STELLIRIUM

A strange mental affliction that causes an obsession with stars. Often manifests physically as star patterns visible on the victims eyeballs. Stellirium is just one of the many new mental disorders spawned during the 2020 Bug. It is believed to affect over 100,000 people, however new cases are being discovered nearly every day. Most people diagnosed with Stellirium experienced similar cyberware failures, triggering acute conical explosions directed toward the front of the skull. These incredibly thin but powerful blasts burnt through portions of the temporal lobe and eyeball, resulting in the signature pin-prick scars on the victim's eyes that many associate with constellations. 

The major symptom of Stellirium is described as “an intense and unwavering fascination with celestial bodies, particularly stars”. In most cases, victims continue living their life as before, though now they choose to spend their free time admiring the night sky, or drawing astrological diagrams across their walls. Some changed their careers to benefit their new interests, working in astrogation, researching outer-space and even exploring the cosmos in manned journeys thanks to the newly developed psionic gateway technology. In more extreme cases, the afflicted feels the only way their obsession can be resolved is to become one with a star, inspiring pilgrimages into the sun itself.