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The Scorched Earth Protocol was the large-scale burn-clearance operation carried out in 2078 to stop the spread of the Green Carcinoma.
Operation and Historical Role
Drone swarms dispersed high-efficiency incendiary compounds to burn mutated vegetation and its reproductive sources. The operation set half of the Americas ablaze. It did cut off some paths of expansion, but it also destroyed farmland, ecosystems, and the agricultural foundations accumulated by human civilization.
Limitations and Information Boundary
The Scorched Earth Protocol was not ecological restoration. It was an emergency measure that traded the destruction of contaminated environments for containment. Its consequences directly accelerated the expansion of sealed production and Total Synthesis food systems.
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