biohazard archives (バイオハザードアーカイブス, known as resident evil ARCHIVES outside of Japan) is a "Bible" book detailing the mythology of the BIOHAZARD series, covering the majority of the games in the series between 1996~2002. A "Revised Reprint" was published as a smaller and cheaper book, and released on February 18, 2010.
Project Umbrella Translation
CHARACTER TRACK
ALBERT WESKER (Page 134-136)
Captain of S.T.A.R.S. and leader of Alpha Team. His appearance is formidable and filled with grandeur, he is cool-headed and his trademark deep-black sunglasses give the impression that he cannot be approached easily. He wears a tactical vest on his uniform. His side is equipped with a pouch with spare clips, and a radio is attached to his chest. The Samurai Edge mounted in his leg holster was customized for himself. His shooting skills are on par with the ace, Chris Redfield. A specialist in biotechnology, he once belonged to the Arklay Laboratory with William Birkin, who later became the developer of the G-Virus. Their purpose was t-Virus research. However, the fates of the two men were greatly divided from betraying James Marcus, the director of the executive training school. Wesker submitted himself to an intelligence officer position, whereas William rose and began to shine as the central figure of Umbrella. Afterwards, he was inaugurated as Captain at the same time as the S.T.A.R.S. establishment. He began espionage to prevent S.T.A.R.S. digging into the truth.
Wesker's turning point came when the dispatch request to the Arklay Mountains was given. Then, Wesker planned to reversely use his secret orders of S.T.A.R.S. elimination and combat data collection. For a long time, he had planned to defect to the opposing company of Umbrella, waiting for an opportunity to produce a gift. However, his scheme was ruined due to the activities of Chris and Jill, and out of necessity, Wesker put his next plan into action. It was to seize the G-Virus, of which William pushed forward research. When two months passed since the Mansion Incident, Wesker took action in cooperation with the spy Ada Wong. Also at this time, they encountered interferences from Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield and also the Umbrella Security Service, and it did not result in seizure. But, the G-Virus was finally recovered from the remaining corpse. He succeeded in escaping from Raccoon City just before the bombing.
After the G-Virus seizure, although Wesker regained his honor, he was not satisfied with it. The place Wesker aimed at next was the Antarctic underground laboratory. This was to get hold of the genius scientist Alexia Ashford herself, who awoke there. Wesker attacked Rockfort Island with his secret organization's Special Forces to obtain the new virus "t-Veronica", which she developed herself. He plunged the island into chaos. And in his subversive activities, he fulfilled a reunion of his former subordinate Chris, who was his biggest rival. As a new life-form which deviated from the natural world as a human being.......
ADA WONG (Page 143)
A beauty of Asian origin that Leon S. Kennedy encountered during his search of the police station. She said that she came to Raccoon City in order to look for her missing lover, but it was just deceit. Ada had another face as a female spy, as she belonged to the rival company of Umbrella, where Albert Wesker placed himself. As she received special training, her movement and shooting technique are professional themselves. Even in unusual situations, she carries out her mission silently without showing the slightest unease. Ada infiltrated Umbrella from before, continued espionage and came into contact with John, chief scientist at the Arklay Laboratory. She had achievements from having collecting information about the t-Virus. Then when William Birkin furthered G-Virus development, she obtained information and set out to recover the virus at Wesker's order.
A sample of the G-Virus was hidden in the pendant owned by Sherry, William's daughter. Based on that information, Ada searched in Raccoon City where Zombies roamed. And then she met Leon S. Kennedy, who was also by chance looking for an escape method there, and schemed to use him. By pretending to cooperate with Leon, she successfully obtained the pendant at last. However, the false joint quest with Leon had gradually and unknowingly brought a change to Ada's heart. She loved Leon. The fluctuation of her emotions served as an enmity, and Ada jeopardized her life before an attack from G. Ada, who awakened to forbidden love, chose her own death before Leon's critical moment. But did she truly die? It is not certain.
WILLIAM BIRKIN (Page 152)
The discoverer of the G-Virus and general director of the virus development project. He was a talented scientist prided by Umbrella, but while advancing the G-Virus Project, he stopped getting along well with headquarters and contacted the U.S. Government (military authorities). It was timely for the government (military authorities). They purchased B.O.W.s from Umbrella, but if an excellent, talented person like William was available, they judged that it was unnecessary. However, because William was going to monopolize the project, he was attacked by the Umbrella Security Service, and was left in a predicament. Since he administered the virus into his own body just before death, he became the strange organism "G" and drove his body to ruin.
William began to follow a path as a researcher in his teens. His superior scientific talent was recognized and he became an executive candidate employee of Umbrella, assigned at the executive training school. At this time, he met Albert Wesker. Afterwards, at the instructions of Chairman Spencer, the two were transferred to the Arklay Laboratory and continued researching the Progenitor Virus to compete. The 16 year old youth William was selected as the chief researcher of the t-Virus Project, and propelled the project with pride. However, three years after the research began, his smooth sailing research life was disturbed one day by a single existence. The genius Alexia Ashford produced by "CODE:Veronica". Since she was only 10 years old and was the director of the Antarctic Laboratory, William was jealous of her and began repeating unplanned research and experiments out of competitive envy and impatience. There was no progress, and merely time passed over the research, this continued until there was a report that Alexia was infected and died in an accident. However, fortunately the straying would later give the turning point for the t-Virus Project. He aimed at a comeback and succeeded in the stabilization of the Progenitor Virus. He produced several superior B.O.W.s such as the Hunter. And though exposed to repeated injection experiments, as a result of administering the immortal test subject Lisa Trevor with a parasite (former prototype developed in the Nemesis Project), the mysterious virus "G" (primitive form of the G-Virus) was discovered within her body. Because of this, William drew up a development project of a new virus and received approval from headquarters. He was given the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory, which had a complete set of modern facilities, and moved the devilish research on the "G-Virus" Project there with his wife Annette.
SHERRY BIRKIN (Page 154)
The only daughter of William Birkin, the central figure of the G-Virus Project. Since she was raised without being shown much love from her parents, she is unable to show her feelings very much and is not very talkative. After the biohazard outbreak in Raccoon City, she called for help according to the instructions of her mother, Annette, but therefore happened to encounter a group of police officer Zombies, and started running from place to place.
It was Claire Redfield, who visited the town to search for her older brother, that protected the isolated and helpless Sherry. Although Sherry was afraid of her at first, when Claire identified herself as a human, she relaxed and they came to work together. However, there was a strange shadow which relentlessly pursued Sherry while trying to escape from the police station. It was the mass production type Tyrant that Umbrella dropped in the police station. The purpose of its pursuit was the recovery of the G-Virus. A sample of the virus that William concealed was stored in the locket worn around Sherry's neck. There was no way Sherry could have known such a thing was in her personal effects, she could merely try to escape...... While the Tyrant's pursuit continued, Ada Wong, a female spy sent in not from Umbrella, but from another organization, gained the locket in question. She was also waiting for a chance for G-Virus capture. Although it seemed that Sherry was no longer a target due to the locket being taken, a further threat of evil design began and the situation became increasingly aggravated. The threat was her father William Birkin, who became the monster "G". He, who lost his human heart due to the power of the virus and dictated by his instinct, attempted to implant his embryo in his child to make her a vehicle for the virus.
Faced with Sherry's crisis, it was her reliable partner Claire that rose with slight hope in her heart. Sherry ran a high fever and her body very nearly became controlled by the virus, but she recovered because Claire gave her the vaccine. After escaping Raccoon City, she is protected by the U.S. Government and serves a precious existence (sample) on both political and military sides as a human carrying the only G-Virus antibody in the world.
JAMES MARCUS (Page 155)
The first director of the Umbrella executive training school. He was assassinated at the age of 70 due to an Umbrella plot, however in 1998, ten years after he died, he achieved a mysterious resurrection with his younger appearance and began to maneuver secretly to take revenge on the company and bring about world destruction.
Dr. Marcus discovered the Progenitor Virus with Oswell E. Spencer and Edward Ashford, and the three founded Umbrella after accepting the proposal of Spencer, who was his friend. He took office as director of the executive training school at Spencer's request. Despite his director job, Dr. Marcus continued his research of the Progenitor Virus from his desire to continue being a scientist, and before long, he developed a t-Virus which served as the foundation of his future B.O.W. development. With this, he planned complete a unique B.O.W. to upstage Spencer, who gave top priority to the management of the company. He aimed to establish his position as a scientist within Umbrella.
While his top secret experiments continued in the underground laboratory of the training school, Dr. Marcus's ambition was gradually distorted out of his hatred for Spencer. In the virus administration experiments to animals, Dr. Marcus became irritated with the expected results not being achieved, and eventually began to use executive candidate employees as guinea pigs. The victims amounted to nearly 20, and this disgusting fact was treated as top secret within Umbrella. However, when the B.O.W. development that the Arklay Laboratory advanced entered the third stage, a motion to stop Dr. Marcus's research became active. Charged with a secret order from Spencer, Albert Wesker and William Birkin murdered him in the middle of his ambition, and closed the curtain on his life of research.
OSWELL E. SPENCER (Page 156)
Current leader of Umbrella. A European aristocrat from a distinguished family who discovered the Progenitor Virus, a new RNA virus, with James Marcus and Edward Ashford. He suggested the establishment of an organization to the two in order to promote the development of biological weapons, and together the three men founded the pharmaceutical company Umbrella, a camouflage company. The year the Progenitor Virus was discovered, Spencer built the Arklay Laboratory in Raccoon Forest. This advancement of virus research was top secret to the world. Spencer requested the design from the architect George Trevor in order to liken the facility to a mansion, but murdered George soon after completion. Also, with his wife Jessica and daughter Lisa, "silencing" was performed by using them for human body experiments of the Progenitor Virus. He gradually increased his own power in the company when the awkward presence of Dr. Marcus took office as the director of the Umbrella executive training school.
Research was conducted at the Arklay Laboratory. It was none other than the t-Virus Project, also the trigger of the Mansion Incident. The project was pushed forward so that it may compete with Dr. Marcus, who continued independent research even when banished to the training school. The project's turning point was when Dr. Marcus had a successful experiment due to mutated leeches. Spencer knew this and took in two people to his side, executive candidates Albert Wesker and William Birkin, and assassinated Dr. Marcus. They took all of his virus research. Afterwards, Spencer managed to reach t-Virus completion because of William's work, and through this, came to control all of Umbrella and monopolized it.
CREATURE TRACK
HUNTER (Page 184-185)
The combat type B.O.W. Hunter born based on a fertilized human egg crossbred with reptilian DNA through the power of the t-Virus, possessing scale-like skin covering its whole body and long, sharp claws. For that reason, its appearance is midway between human and reptile and particularly ghastly to people. The Hunter was developed for the purpose of opposing enemies with anti-virus equipment and protection measures, and had the capabilities to sufficiently fulfill the development concept. When it discovers a target, it pursues them with tremendous agility and jumping power. Without fail, it corners and kills them. This aspect itself is very much like a hunter, and that also became the reason it was named Hunter. Moreover, in addition to the Hunter's superior athletic capabilities, it possesses intelligence to accomplish simple orders in an appropriate manner. Due to the above, the Hunter fulfilled a degree of perfection as a weapon on both cost and performance sides and mass production began with code No. MA-121. All kinds of variations were produced with the Alpha model as the base.
Later, the "Hunter Beta" was developed in an attempt to boost performance as a Hunter which could be mass-produced at low cost as the next leading product. Although its offensive strength is inferior to the Alpha model, its agility was further enhanced with improvement of its nervous system. Instantaneous force was gained, to the extent that it could dodge bullets. On the other hand, the "Hunter Gamma", aka "Frogger", was a subspecies based on the Alpha model and Beta model, developed by a European laboratory of Umbrella. It was developed through a technique of incorporating a human gene into the fertilized egg of an amphibian in the cultivation process, and instead of acquiring sharp perception ability; its eyes and teeth degenerated. It was born with a peculiar roundish form. However, because it has the specific properties of amphibians even more prominently than humans, this produced a drawback that it cannot act when not in a water location, and it seems that its current condition did not reach an adequate degree of perfection to be commercialized.
Now, the "Hunter II (Improved)" which appeared on Rockfort Island is a biological weapon produced by a different organization, whereas all these improved models are new models by way of Umbrella's hand. Based on the original master data brought by Albert Wesker, the rival company strengthened the control aspect. They developed a system which sends in the Hunter II only to targets that are searched using a peripheral device named a "self-propelled mode surveillance machine". Although this is a type where practicality as a weapon was pursued, since a "Sweeper" subspecies with toxicological properties exists, it is predicted that the development capability of the rival company is above normal.
Hunter's Variation
HUNTER ALPHA (MA-121)
The Hunter which became the base of all versions. The data provided in combat with S.T.A.R.S. was also efficiently employed in later improvements.
HUNTER BETA
The Beta model is a prototype model sent into Raccoon City for an actual combat test before mass production. Its monstrous appearance, which deteriorated due to genetic modification, is eye-catching.
HUNTER GAMMA
The Gamma model's physical properties and activity areas are limited and inferior to the Beta model's offensive capability and intelligence. It is weak to direct sun rays and dry air and is lacking in general versatility.
HUNTER II (IMPROVED)
After a self-propelled style surveillance machine acquires a target, the Hunter II is sent in to attack it. The subspecies Sweeper has deadly poison claws and a reddish-violet body.
PROTO-TYRANT (Page 187)
The prototype model of the "Tyrant" B.O.W. developed aiming for the "ultimate life-form". Since the t-Virus acted to the full extent of its power in the subject's body, growth of intelligence required for command execution was not expected, and decomposition of the skin was also notably visible. As a result, development was canceled with completion close at hand, and rejection disposal was accomplished after data collection.
The heart is exposed on its chest like the completed model, and even the spine became exposed as its skin decayed and fell off. Although imperfection in its appearance cannot be denied, its physical functions are equal in comparison with the completed model, and it is recognized that the goal was cleared from the prototype stage. It has astounding vitality and on the side of aggressiveness in particular, its ferociousness is reminiscent of the completed model after limiter removal. For that reason, even after it was rejected, it continued activity in a volatile state and quickly approached when it discovered a target. It attacks with its abnormally developed claws.
TYRANT (Page 188-189)
The "ultimate life-form" which realized effective action of the t-Virus as a result of continuing research in reference to the data of the "Proto Tyrant". Code No. "T-002" is the completed model used as the prototype for subsequent Tyrants, which reached the peak of human-based B.O.W. and a design with the highest regard for combat capabilities was realized. It marvellously displayed its capabilities and therefore, at the time of its creation, it was named Tyrant which was the formal name of the "t" acronym, the denotation of the t-Virus.
The Tyrant possesses overwhelming combat capabilities, superior durability and high thinking ability to obey commands. In addition, when its life is endangered it removes its limiter and transforms itself into a "Super Tyrant". Although this function wasn't envisioned at the beginning, it has dreadful ferocity, agility and offensive capabilities with a reddish tinge on its body, and serves as an ideal type of B.O.W. deserving of the name "tyrant". However, a vast amount of combat data was required to demonstrate its superior capabilities, and an actual combat test was rushed. So, a top secret combat test against the members of S.T.A.R.S. was carried out in the Arklay Laboratory. Influential data exceeding expectation was collected because its opponents were elite, and the results further raised the Tyrant's level of perfection.
Code No. "T-103" was a development model which came to possess superior recovery ability due to augmenting its metabolic strength, resulting from the T-002 model's past results. The T-103 model has more of a human form in comparison with the T-002 model, and it can be said that it further approached the ultimate goal to disguise itself and infiltrate enemy territory. Moreover, if its life support function also reaches a critical point, the power limiter (protective coat) is removed and it possesses the capability to become a Super Tyrant.
In addition, the Tyrant stationed on Rockfort Island is a mass produced type of the T-103 model, and was delivered to the island by the Umbrella Security Service for training use. The big differences from the T-103 model are that its limiter was removed from the start, and it has small claws compared with the Super Tyrant state of the T-103 model. On the subject of offensive capability, it is considerably strong like the conventional type.
Tyrant's Variation
TYRANT
The mass produced type of the T-103 model. Since it is in the state of limiter removal, the original appearance of the one on Rockfort Island cannot be identified. Probably, you may think that there is no difference with the T-103 model.
TYRANT (T-002 MODEL)
The T-002 model which was used for the combat test using S.T.A.R.S. and opened up the course to mass production. Although commercial production was planned after the final check at the Arklay Laboratory, it left room for improvement.
S. TYRANT
An irregular state that changes the body dramatically due to limiter removal, and usually dramatically increases capability as a weapon. This is the T-002 model changed into a Super Tyrant.
TYRANT (T-103 MODEL)
A new style Tyrant developed based on the T-002 model. The ability to follow commands was improved and in Raccoon City, it pursued targets according to a "G-Virus" recovery order.
SUPER TYRANT (T-103 MODEL)
The limiter removal state of the T-103 model. At the time of strategy injection, the T-103 model wears a protective coat equipped with a limiter function, and its body changes by removing this.
NEMESIS-T TYPE (PURSUER) (Page 190-191)
The out of control Tyrant in the Mansion Incident allowed the biological weapon research teams of Umbrella to realize that there was need for improvement. In response, the European branch under the direct control of headquarters drew up a new one-of-a-kind development project. At the Sixth Laboratory, research to overturn a fundamentally established concept was put into action. It was the "Nemesis Project". This was administering a newly-developed parasitic organism to the Tyrant rather than improving the Tyrant itself, a revolutionary design to improve intelligence.
The "NE-Alpha Model" born in this project is a parasite for the purpose of B.O.W. intelligence enhancement, and is usually called "Nemesis", sharing the project name. After it is transplanted at the cellular level in the spinal cord, it ingests the t-Virus and grows. After forming a unique brain, it alters the central nervous system and assumes control of brain functions. Thereby, the host will leave all cerebration to the Nemesis and is completely controlled from the outside.
The "Nemesis-T Type" is a new style B.O.W. completed by implanting Nemesis into a mass-produced model Tyrant, and has outstanding intelligence to trust-worthily carry out commands. Moreover, it also excels in self-judgement ability due to enhancement of thinking capacity, and also masters weapons which require complicated operation without difficulty. It complies with commands and at the time of being put in operation, its body was wrapped in a special long coat which is bulletproof and explosion-proof, and also has a function to inhibit if it by any chance goes out of control.
The Nemesis-T Type's self-regeneration capability easily far exceeds conventional B.O.W.s under the influence of Nemesis's secretion. However, impossible overcompensation, namely rapid regeneration to compensate, was enormous and it eventually results in becoming a physically grotesque. Its second form notably expressed the deformation, its upper body received damage due to external factors and was freed from the coat's restraint, and it mutated at an ever-accelerating pace. The tentacles which already appeared in its first form began growth while raising aggressiveness. And it was not finished there, deformation dramatically changed the body of the Nemesis-T Type.
Although the Nemesis-T Type conquered intelligence decline which is a secondary effect of the t-Virus, as a result, it was not possible to prevent it from going out of control. When the brain of the Tyrant operating simultaneously with the Nemesis-T Type is destroyed, self-preservation tends to become prominent, and it causes further deformation. That's exactly what the third form is, the cells of the two organisms rejected the body and it became intricately convoluted, causing it to become gigantic. The head changed into a large digestive organ because it gave top priority to predation. In addition, several blebs which strongly-acidic pus blows and oozes out of were located side by side on the back, and the third form turn turned into a frightful monster which no longer retained its original shape.
<-The Nemesis-T Type which was dropped into Raccoon City on the mission to obliterate S.T.A.R.S. When it discovers a target, it attacks while issuing the word "Stars......"
<-The Nemesis-T Type is superior in performance as a combat machine and masters every weapon. Its shooting is so accurate as to shoot down a helicopter flying at high speed with one rocker launcher.
NEMESIS-T TYPE (PURSUER) FIRST FORM
The default state of a new B.O.W. based on a mass production model Tyrant. Due to the activity of the cell activator element secreted by the Nemesis parasite, its appearance luridly transforms. Its main accessory is a rocket launcher.
NEMESIS-T TYPE (PURSUER) SECOND FORM
The condition where the upper half of the body, released from the restraint of the coat, promoted deformation. In the process which regenerates the damaged body, since several tentacles accomplished abnormal growth, attack tolerance is higher than the first form.
NEMESIS-T TYPE (PURSUER) THIRD FORM
The final form which drastically altered the body because its survival instinct exceeded its command. Predation activities are performed by the huge digestive organ, and the toxic poison which was subjected to the influence of harmful waste fluid is scattered around. The long ribs which pushed out in the shape of fangs from the rib cage are distinctive. Although the decline in intelligence is remarkable, it tries to achieve the S.T.A.R.S. obliteration objective until its body collapses.
KEYWORD
Umbrella (Page 296-297)
The history of the giant multinational corporation Umbrella began with the "Progenitor Virus" discovery of 1967. Three people, Oswell E. Spencer, an aristocrat from a distinguished family, his aristocrat friend Edward Ashford and his alumnus James Marcus united and discovered the Progenitor Virus, a new strain RNA virus. Spencer aimed to monopolize the military market through development of B.O.W.s and instantly suggested to his friend, Marcus, with starting a company. This served as the cause, and the three men established Umbrella in 1968, feigning an official pharmaceutical company with the motto "to protect the health of the people." They began their disgusting history based in Europe.
As Edward passed away in the same year Umbrella was founded, the company's future was entrusted to the two men who remained. Spencer, who devoted all of his energy to the management of the company, appointed Marcus as the director of the Umbrella executive training school in order to promote executive training. After becoming director, Marcus also continued Progenitor Virus research, but Spencer himself gradually increased his voice in the company, and it was simultaneously a big displeasure for Marcus, a contributor.
In 1978, Marcus succeeded in development of a t-Virus and was sure that he would hold an advantage in the company again. However, his ambition was tragically shattered by Spencer's plot and his research was inherited by the Arklay Laboratory, which Spencer had already built in Raccoon Forest. Spencer was a person who used his friends for self-interest and sent Albert Wesker, who Marcus actually trusted, to assassinate him. After Marcus' death, B.O.W.s were born one after another under Spencer's directions at the Arklay Laboratory. In just ten years, the scale and structure of the company also grew rapidly. By the point of 1998, it had research institutions based in a total of three areas, North America, Europe and Antarctica. In North America, there was the Chicago Laboratory and the Arklay Laboratory in Raccoon City, as well as the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory, in Europe there was the Paris Laboratory and Sixth Laboratory, and in Antarctica the Antarctic Base and Antarctic Laboratory were built. Regarding the Umbrella executive training school, it was closed down at the same time as Marcus' death ten years ago, but Spencer sent an investigation unit twice to look for new uses for this facility.
In the European Sixth Laboratory, there was a remarkable innovation in the research institute. Here, the "Tyrant" B.O.W. to which a defect was acknowledged at the Arklay Laboratory was improved, and a new model B.O.W. based on a completely new way of thinking was developed. It was the "Nemesis-T Type" produced by the "Nemesis Project". This human type weapon was sent into Raccoon City, which was in ruin, at the very beginning and began activity for the purpose of eliminating S.T.A.R.S. members investigating the secret of the laboratory. Collection of combat data was performed at the same time.
Although Umbrella repeats inhumane research with its public face as a pharmaceutical company and inside face as a weapons trader, there is a big reason it is able to. The top customer of the viral weapons and B.O.W.s that Umbrella develop. It's because it is none other than the United States Government. Therefore, it is also a well-known fact within the government what kind of biological weapons Umbrella develops, and Umbrella's many confidential methods are also accepted. Since collusion between the company and government officials is very deep-rooted, the government cannot impeach Umbrella. In fact, after the t-Virus leak spread to the Raccoon City's entire area, the U.S. Government isolated the citizens in, according to Spencer's influence, and did not even mind dropping a new-type bomb on their own country either. So, in this sense, the government side also planned the destruction of evidence like Umbrella.
THE SIDE OF UMBRELLA AS A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Umbrella generally has higher recognition as a pharmaceutical company rather than a military weapons contractor. Its job offer information is made in a clean image with its No.1 market share tagline, widely recruiting office administration, production control and delivery people. While being a major company, it has no established qualifications in particular and religion, race and gender do not matter. The pharmaceutical company Umbrella markets medical supplies, partiucularly the following three popular products. They seem to have become necessities for people in Raccoon City.
THE TERRIBLE PLOT OF LEADER SPENCER
The menace of the killer virus "Ebola" which has an extremely high fatality rate. As of now, no cure for this virus has been found, its devilish existence has enough power to cause the destruction of mankind. Under the name of an international treaty, as a measure of preventing military use of such a virus, the "Biological Weapons Convention" took effect, and mankind has obeyed it. However, the intention easily collapsed due to just one ambition.
The huge multinational corporation Umbrella. The appropriate word for its founder Oswell E. Spencer is unmistakably "dictator". He rapidly reinforced the company's organizational strength with the Progenitor Virus's discovery, and now even has great influence in the United States Government. Spencer accelerated his ambition of "taking the world into his hands" that Adolf Hitler of the Nazis once advocated, and it is quietly becoming reality. Those involved with Umbrella did not notice this ambition and unconsciously led the world to chaos simply because they pursued their own profit. It was surely a convenient situation for Spencer.
The t-Virus research that he pushes forward is just a one-way ticket to Hell. He inhumanely produced Zombies in order to spread the virus widely with the human body, and in addition, Raccoon City was turned into a test site when various B.O.W.s were released. He did not care about civilian life and didn't take a blind bit of notice to how many sacrifices were paid in order to obtain experiment results. Moreover, his deviousness even turned his fangs towards his allies.
The Raccoon City Underground Laboratory. Here, using the DNA clue of Lisa Trevor, who became a test subject in the Arklay Laboratory, the development of the "G-Virus" was promoted. However, since the development director William Birkin began to act on his own authority out of a desire for exclusive posssession, Spencer sent an order for G-Virus seizure to the company's Special Forces. Through the actions of HUNK, who was one of the squad members, Spencer succeeded in recovering a capsule and has continued research since then. Furthermore, since the epidemic prevention measure = Sterilization Operation was carried out by the U.S. Government as scheduled, his criminal responsibility was lost. However, can it be said that the nightmare vanished simply due to the annihilation of Raccoon City? There's no difference if new experiments are repeated again somewhere in the world, at least, as long as Umbrella persists...
THE MISERABLE BETRAYED MARCUS
The first director of the Umbrella executive training school, Dr. James Marcus's life of research was merely a chain of failure. He was a discoverer of the Progenitor Virus and in spite of being one of Umbrella's founders, he had little influence in the company. It was only one person, Spencer, who held the real power of the company.
The form of Dr. Marcus, half forcibly pushed into the Umbrella executive training school, was devoted to daily research towards the completion of a new strain t-Virus, though he noticed he was being used. However, Dr. Marcus's research results gave Spencer a golden opportunity and he was eventually betrayed by his subordinates William and Wesker, who the doctor believed were his right-hand men. His research results were stolen by their hands, and ironically, the doctor's results boosted the research of Spencer's side. Even so, the reason Dr. Marcus continued his research is because there was intense rivalry with Spencer.
Dr. Marcus matured his mutant leech research due to the t-Virus and created his own B.O.W.s. He believed that it was the greatest revenge towards Spencer. However, in 1988, his life was targeted by Wesker according to Spencer's orders, and the doctor died without completing his research. For ten years, the mutant leech research was hushed up in darkness with the training school's closure, and the doctor's corpse rotted away in the water of the dark laboratory.
Then, 10 years later. An unprecedented biological phenomenon occured in the executive training school. The Queen Leech created by Marcus permanently took in the DNA from his corpse, and a mimicry of the doctor was born. It was no longer Dr. Marcus, but the mimicry reflected his will in itself and revealed his desire for revenge towards Spencer. When the mimicry discovered the Ecliptic Express used by Umbrella employees in the Arklay Mountains, it released mutant leeches and contaminated the train. Fearful power was displayed. However, the body of the Queen Leech that copied the doctor's mind carried out further mutation and lost its sense of self, and became a simple monstrous creature, inviting its true final moments......
t-Virus (Page 299)
t-Virus is the collective term for a new RNA virus developed by Umbrella. This variant which uses the Progenitor Virus as the base is formally called "Tyrant Virus", meaning "tyrant". The purpose of the t-Virus Project was the manufacture of biological weapons prohibited by international treaties.
The t-Virus strengthened the characteristics of the Progenitor Virus, which alters the genes of organisms, and is a product of the devil for the purpose of developing Bio Organic Weapons = B.O.W. However, various experiments were repeated before it led to completion, and many failures were thereby created.
It was Dr. James Marcus, one of its discoverers, who first achieved results in Progenitor Virus research alone. After having repeated much selective breeding, he succeeded in an experiment to combine leech DNA with the Progenitor Virus. Since brutality was seen in the "mutated leech" born by mutation, development of the t-Virus got fully in progress from there.
Dr. Marcus continued further research for practical use while serving his post of director of the executive training school in order to announce his research results in Umbrella Headquarters. For a creature appropriate for the development of a B.O.W. which could be controlled as a weapon, he administered his Progenitor Virus to arthropods, amphibians and mammals. The insect-based "Plague Crawler", amphibian-based "Lurker" and mammal-based "Eliminator" were born this way. Although most did not reach a satisfactory degree of perfection, the Eliminator achieved the only hope. This is because the existence of intelligence to understand commands was only confirmed in mammals. Dr. Marcus was further immersed in the research and soon, motivated by ambition, began dabbling in prohibited human experimentation.
Afterwards, Dr. Marcus fell, the executive training school was closed, and research of the virus progressed by leaps and bounds at the Arklay Laboratory. As a result of experimentation on the human body, the research conducted under the direction of chief researcher William Birkin implemented gene manipulation by means of the t-Virus. It not only promoted the mutation of the seeds, but the groundbreaking "Hunter" was born by incorporating a gene of a different creature into human genes. And, based on the results of various research findings, the Arklay Laboratory began development of a more advanced B.O.W. The "ultimate life-form which complies with commands" that was considered to be the final objective, "Tyrant", was completed at last. This way, the t-Virus Project gained a temporary success, and afterwards, improvements for further raising the degree of perfection will be repeated in each research institute.
COUNTER t-VIRUS ANTIGEN BODIES
About the t-Virus Vaccine Generation Method
Does a human infected with the t-Virus only wait to merely become a Zombie while their consciousness fades? The answer is no. Raccoon City General Hospital, build due to financial aid of Umbrella. Here, when the "flesh-eating disease" spread in the city, preparations for the creation of a vaccine were pushed forward at a quick pace by the doctors. The "Medical Equipment Manual" written by Douglas Rover, in charge Umbrella Medical Equipment North America, became the reference data. A culture fluid base is set in the synthesiser machine which stabilizes operation with sufficient power supply. The main content of the document, that the antigen bodies which can treat t-Virus infected individuals by synthesising the vaccine mixing agent and culture fluid, was completed. However, since the hospital staff became Zombies in the preliminary stage, they were unable to shoulder and save the citizens brought in as a result.
After the town finally fell into destruction, the existence of this manual was discovered by mercenary Carlos Oliveira of the U.B.C.S. He was working with former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine who was infected with the t-Virus, and in order to treat her, he successfully generated the vaccine. However, since the hospital has been blown up by Nicholai Zinoviev, who was sent in as a Monitor, most detailed data does not remain. If it does, it will be inside Umbrella, which possesses the know-how and can make a manual. They mass-produced the vaccine before the Sterilization Operation, and did not direct efforts toward citizen aid because, naturally, there was an aim to attempt evidence destruction.
G-Virus (Page 300)
The prototype of the parasite "NE-Alpha Type", which played a key role in the Nemesis Project, later caused the opportunity of the discovery of "G". When this was transplanted into the organic specimen Lisa Trevor, who continued living due to extraordinary vitality, it disappeared without time to parasitize the brain. As a result of that, William examined Lisa in detail, and the original form of the G-Virus, considered to have newly awoken in her body, was confirmed. This epochal discovery deviated from the t-Virus Project and William himself drew up the "G-Virus Project" immediately to headquarters, and obtained approval. Through this, Umbrella began building a huge laboratory beneath Raccoon City, and William began new virus development based there.
The fundamental point which the G-Virus differs from the t-Virus is in where the infected organism accomplishes evolution to a completely new life-form. The t-Virus produces mutants only for a single generation, but the G-Virus has the power to produce "G Creatures" which can breed. In other words, the G Cells brought about by the virus erode the body, rearranging the structure of its biology. By this, infected individuals repeat dramatic evolution which cannot be predicted, and become an artificial kind with the capability to increase descendants. It is also said that the virus has the capability to revive the dead. So, it is all the more necessary to recognize the G-Virus as a dreadful invention surpassing the t-Virus.
However, the curtain closed on the development of the strange virus without seeing a conclusion, due to William's egotism. He refused to have his research stolen by Spencer and was considering double-crossing to the United States Government (military authorities), plotting to monopolize it all. Although Umbrella, which was irritated at this, launched for the seizure of samples with their Special Forces, the situation took a sudden turn as William administered the G-Virus to himself. William clearly displayed the "evolution of man" through the G-Virus using his own body.
COUNTER G-VIRUS ANTIGEN BODIES
About the G-Virus Vaccine Generation Method
Like the t-Virus, there was also a vaccine to the G-Virus. It is the antigen body named "DEVIL", which attacks the characteristic rear of the G Cells. When infected with the virus, the implanted embryo performs fusion in the body over a long period, unless intense rejection of the host is undergone. The host's body is replaced with the cellular tissue of G at the time this is completed, and evolves into a perfect G Creature. This means that it is still possible to receive an antibody to reverse the cell fusion process, and shows that antigen bodies for opposing G act effectively in the infected individuals body. There is a special generation method for processing, and the active processing machine "VAM" is required as a prerequisite. First of all, the cartridge for storing the vaccine base is placed in the VAM. After preparation of the vaccine base is completed, the white vaccine base must be set into the vaccine generation machine in the P-4 Level Laboratory. Generation processing begins automatically By starting the generating program. If the above process is finished, processing will be completed in about 10 seconds and the vaccine will be generated. However, since the completed DEVIL deteriorates due to shocks and temperature changes, careful caution is required for handling.
t-Veronica (Page 301)
While Umbrela supplied an immense budget and staff pressing forward the t-Virus Project, in the Antarctic Base built by Alexander Ashford, his daughter Alexia was developing a one-of-a-kind virus. At this time, her age was just 10 years old. The rumor that Alexia served as the director also reached the ears of chief scientist William Birkin in the Arklay Laboratory. For William, who had high pride, it was the greatest humiliation, but it gave him energy, and it goes without saying that it was connected to later virus development.
A new type virus developed by Alexia. It was a virus of a completely new formation which transplanted the gene of a queen ant into the Progenitor Virus, and also incorporated plant genes. However, there was a high hurdle to be overcome in "t-Veronica". t-Veronica rapidly eroded a creature's cells and had a characteristic to cause extreme rejection and destroy brain cells. When Alexia used her father Alexander as a guinea pig, this giant defect became clear, and she blindly sought for a symbiosis method with t-Veronica. Therefore, physical cryopreservation, i.e., cold sleep, was devised. In order to have the virus adjust to the body and maintain mental state, the infected body had to be preserved at low temperature and erosion speed had to be controlled. By her calculations, symbiosis and immuno-retention would take a long time: 15 years. When this answer appeared, Alexia administered the virus to her own body, and while her older brother Alfred watched over, she slept in a deep sleep.
15 years later, Alexia magnificently succeeded in symbiosis with t-Veronica according to her calculations. She who awoke accomplished evolution without losing her sense of self, and was reborn as a new life-form. However, she was charmed by overflowing power and resumed her activities to raise her ambition of self-distorted prosperity. Her symbiosis further progressed and changed her body to an ant-like figure. Moreover, And since she received exterior attacks in the process of evolution, symbiosis balance with the virus deviated, and her bodily functions greatly declined. Her oviduct was destroyed, ceasing her reproductive function, and Alexia died a miserable death without realizing her ambition.
Albert Wesker (Page 301)
There is a man on the opposite side of the virus project. Former Captain Albert Wesker of S.T.A.R.S. is an individual related to all virus plans, and his actions are always enigmatic.
Since he arrived at the Umbrella executive training school as an executive candidate employee in the '70s, he played an active part as a skilled researcher on the forefront of the virus research pushed by Umbrella. However, while he silently continued research and occasionally remarked to leader Oswell E. Spencer, for a long time, a towering ambition swirled in his mind. "I will become an existence surpassing Umbrella." Wesker strongly expected only himself to stand at the top of the world, whereas everyone had been satisfied with working under the company's umbrella. In order to steadily approach this goal, he did not mind making sacrifices, and reached the point of repeating strategies one after another. He first carried out the seizure of the research results of Dr. James Marcus, who was his teacher. By taking the t-Virus from the doctor, who had already cleared many problems, Wesker established a position as a subordinate of Spencer. However, when t-Virus research reached a level of completion at the hands of his colleague, William Birkin, he transferred to the Intelligence Department and came to take disturbing actions. At that time, Wesker was appointed to the position as Captain of S.T.A.R.S., but it was merely camouflage to use S.T.A.R.S. He schemed to use the biohazard contamination of the Arklay Laboratory as the final finishing touches of his plan. He led his subordinates into the mansion to secretly collect combat data of the B.O.W.s nearing completion. Although his true nature was disclosed to Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine and others midway, he took advantage of the chaos caused by the Tyrant running wild and fulfilled a turnover to the rival company by presenting vast amounts of combat data.
After moving to the rival company, Wesker immediately went for his next action. His new target was the capture of the G-Virus. He aimed to take all of William's research, his former colleague and rival, and leave. When Wesker called on cooperation from the spy Ada Wong, he worked behind the scenes in Raccoon City just before the bombing. He succeeded in recovering a sample of the G-Virus. And seven months after Raccoon City's annihilation, he sneaked into the Antarctic Base and this time snatched t-Veronica, developed by Alexia Ashford. Thus, Wesker had three viruses which shook the world in his hands. However, he, an ambitious person, cannot be satisfied with them, and it is easy to imagine that he will take further action. Wesker is getting steadily closer to his goal, and will show his cool-headed sunglasses appearance again to dominate the apex of human beings by any means.
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