The Background
In the beginning of the twenty-first century the breakthrough in genetic research and manipulation had set the battlefield for a corporate war in the medical industry. But one corporation stands out more than the others, The Umbrella Corporation.
The Umbrella Corporation had become the largest commercial entity in the United States. Nine out of ten homes contain its products. Its political and financial influences is felt everywhere. In public it is the world’s leading supplier of:
- Computer Technology.
- Medical Products.
- Healthcare.
But unknown even to its own employees, its massive profits are generated by:
- Military Technology.
- Genetic Experimentation.
- Viral Weaponry.
The Story
The birth of a corporation
In the 1950s in Racoon City USA, Edward Ashford and Ozwell E. Spencer discovered the “Mother Virus” during a genetical breakthrough and realized its great potential for development of medical advancement, but also bio-weapons. They began creating what would one day be known as the “T-virus”.
In the mid-60s, Edward and Ozwell founded the company, Umbrella Chemical Inc., to camouflage their research and Spencer had a mansion built outside Racoon City, so that they could continue their research without anyone knowing. Genetical research was still in its early stages at that time, and competition between the medical companies was fierce. To the public, Umbrella Inc. was considered a very generous company as it helped finance the city’s hospital and many other things. The public was being kept in the dark about the virus research.
Time passed and Umbrella grew to a large corporation spanning across the entire globe and possessing a total market share of 90% on computer technology, medical products and healthcare in the US. But their work with the T-virus and other Bio-organic Weapons experiments was what became Umbrella’s main financial factor.
But all that changed…
The incident
In 1998, an accident happened at the mansion and the T-virus was released. It turned ordinary people into mindless zombies, and the many B.O.W. (Bio-Organic Weapon), which were kept in the basement, escaped. Racoon City’s newly formed S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad) sent its Bravo Team to take care of the situation. Communication was lost and Alpha Team was sent in. They uncovered Umbrella’s virus research and had to battle their way through hordes of former researchers and other personnel who had turned into zombies, oversized spiders, zombie dogs and other forms of B.O.W.
Finally, they found out that their own team leader, Albert Wesker, had been acting on orders from Umbrella. He was to gather data about the B.O.W. combat performance and released Umbrella’s ultimate bio-weapon, the Tyrant, to finish of the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team. The Tyrant was still in early testing, and it killed Wesker before it was defeated and the mansion was blown up along with any evidence that could connect Umbrella with the incident…
A city destroyed
Meanwhile, Dr. William Birkin, the Umbrella top-scientist who perfected the T-virus, continued working on the virus and developed the G-virus. He stayed in an underground laboratory under Racoon City and paid the police chief to keep anyone from finding it. However, the discovery of the G-virus was leaked to Umbrella and they sent in a team to recover the newly discovered G-virus. Dr. Birkin refused to hand it over to the Umbrella operatives and they were forced to shoot him. While his wife, Anette, went for first aid equipment, William Birkin injected himself with the G-virus and turned into a horrifying and powerful creature, known later as the G-type, and went after the Umbrella agents. He hunted them down and killed them. Unfortunately, he also broke the case that contained both the T-virus and G-virus. The virus spread through the sewer system and poisoned rats, which carried the virus up to the inhabitants of Racoon City. Within a week, the entire city was infected. The entire ordeal where local law enforcement officers fought mindless zombies and desperate Umbrella U.B.C.S. operatives fought a new and unknown B.O.W., lead to the destruction of the entire town, as the laboratory was destroyed and William Birkin was killed.
These events lead to the destruction of an entire US city, and a massive pressure was put on Umbrella. A cover up was almost impossible due to the scale of the incident. However, Umbrella managed to credit the incident to terrorists, and though the T-virus still remains unknown to the general public, there are people who have become increasingly curious about the secrets of the Umbrella Corp.
Other corporations have become anxious to learn more about the T-virus, while private organisations emerge with an agenda to expose Umbrella and other corporations like them. Who knows what the future will bring…
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