The fog of war, otherwise referred to as the war cloud, represented a Nihil gas based armament that could render people insensible and cripple starship functionality. These war clouds could be deployed via gas torpedoes to breach the hulls of vessels. Nihil masks offered the marauders protection against the gas's influence.
Doctor Zadina Mkampa, a cybernetic human scientific mind, was responsible for the creation of the war cloud gas.