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==[[Umbrella Corporation]]==
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===History of Umbrella===
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U[[File:William Birkin.JPG|thumb|left|250px|William Birkin, one of Umbrella's most important researchers.]]mbrella was founded in 1968 by Lord [[Oswell E. Spencer]]; Sir [[Edward Ashford]] and Dr. [[James Marcus]] after the discovery of the [[Progenitor virus]] the previous year. Another starting member, though not considered a co-founder, was Marcus' student [[Brandon Bailey]], who was with Marcus and Spencer when they first discovered the [[Stairway of the Sun]] flower.<ref>''Resident Evil 5'', [[From Chief Researcher Brandon's Journal - No. 1]]</ref><ref>''Resident Evil 5'', [[From Chief Researcher Brandon's Journal - No. 2]]</ref>
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Shortly after Umbrella's founding, Ashford died from exposure to the virus,<ref>''Resident Evil 5'', [[History of RESIDENT EVIL]]</ref> and Brandon was effectively-exiled to the [[Umbrella Africa Laboratory]], where he would send virus samples to Dr. Marcus' newly built [[Umbrella Research Center|research center]].
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In [[1969]], Edward's son [[Alexander Ashford|Alexander]] began the construction of the [[Antarctic Base]], attached to which was a research centre where he began development of his "Code: Veronica" project. This was his research into the gene that controls intelligence. Two years later, [[Alfred Ashford|Alfred]] and [[Alexia Ashford|Alexia]] would be born from his research.
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Seeking new information on Progenitor, Marcus had several of his students infected with the virus. They were however, unable to survive its effects and died, their corpses dumped in the Water Treatment facility.
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Marcus injected [[leech]]es with Progenitor in [[1978]], and bore witness to the creation of a new strain which he named the "[[Tyrant virus]]".<ref>''Resident Evil Zero'', [[Marcus' Diary 1]]</ref> Later this year, the Training facility would be closed and Marcus' two prized students: [[Albert Wesker]] and [[William Birkin]], would be moved to the nearby [[Arklay Laboratory]].
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Yet again in 1978, did Marcus find evidence of tampering. In his increasing paranoia brought on by his quest for glory and isolation from mankind, he wrote in his diary that Albert and William were the only humans he trusted. His trust in them would betray him ten years later however, as the two would - under direct orders from Spencer, himself - have him assassinated by a Special forces unit and dumped in the Water Treatment Facility. Credit for "t" would be taken by William. His trust in William would also render hiding the source of "t" - the Leeches - useless.
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By now however, Birkin had little care for "t", having discovered the G-virus in the body of [[Lisa Trevor]], the daughter of George, still kept in the estate as a guinea pig for their twisted experiments.
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[[File:Arklay Staff.PNG|thumb|200px|''The B.O.W. Development Team at the Arklay Laboratory''.]]
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Marcus was completely restored by the [[Queen Leech]]. Marcus would exact his revenge on Spencer and Umbrella by releasing "t" into the Arklay Laboratory's water supply, turning the facility personnel into [[zombies]] and leaving the laboratory and mansion in complete chaos, allowing for the team's extremely dangerous research specimens to escape into the surrounding area.
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Birkin and Wesker used this as a diversion for their own plans to leave Umbrella, taking their research with them. Wesker, having formed Raccoon City's elite [[Special Tactics And Rescue Service|S.T.A.R.S.]] unit two years previous, would develop a plan to lure the team to the Mansion and obtain battle data from the conflict that would surely follow. Although the [[Tyrant]] was deployed - leading Wesker to falsify his death in a realistic "unforeseen side-effects" of releasing it - both the laboratory and the rampaging Tyrant were destroyed by [[S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team]] before making its escape back to [[Raccoon City]] with a single [[Bravo team]] survivor.
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Wesker was forced to go into hiding for a number of months, using his operative [[Ada Wong]] to carry out his objectives, including the recovery of Birkin's [[G-virus]]. Two months after the Arklay incident, William Birkin finally perfected the viral strain that he'd been toiling to achieve since obtaining Marcus' research so many years earlier. Birkin planned to use the virus to force the Umbrella Corporation into allowing him onto their executive board, but then changed his plans when he found that selling it directly to the U.S. Government would prove far more profitable - though this is based on Umbrella's opinion.
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Umbrella deployed its elite [[U.S.S. Alpha team]] (a para-military black-operations unit created for Umbrella's most clandestine purposes) led by [[HUNK]] in a desperate bid to stop Birkin from handing over his ultimate creation. Although Birkin was mortally wounded in the ensuing conflict, and the G-virus was successfully recovered by HUNK's team, he was able to inject a remaining sample into his own body and devastate most of the team before it could make its escape.
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This event would be indirectly responsible for unleashing the t-Virus into Raccoon City. HUNK recovered a sample of the virus, extracted and gave it to Umbrella. While the Arklay incident had been relatively isolated and concealed from the public, and Umbrella's control over key government and law enforcement personnel had ensured that any record of what had occurred could be safely swept into obscurity, they were now faced with an entire city infected with "t" and a trail leading directly back to the Umbrella Corporation. This would prove exceedingly difficult, even for Umbrella, to make it simply disappear.
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[[File:Re2 cap11 lg.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Vials containing t-Virus and G-virus samples''.]]
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Umbrella fell from grace of September 24, [[1998]], when the t-Virus had turned a large amount of the population into Zombies. The morning after, the U.S. Government had the city limits bordered off by the military, whilst they began an investigation into the matter.
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Umbrella itself was divided on the issue of Raccoon City. Its virologists within the limits spent their time researching a cure, whilst weapons researchers had experimental [[B.O.W.]]'s sent in to receive combat data on their effectiveness at killing civilians. The ''[[Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service]]'' (UBCS) was sent in to evacuate civilians, whilst "[[Monitor]]s" installed within the four [[Delta Platoon]]'s gathered the combat data, sacrificing their comrades to save their own lives, where they would receive a very generous sum for the data.
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Meanwhile, some employees even turned on each other. Dr. [[Frost]] was killed by [[Monica]] for being in the way of a "G"-sample, whilst [[Yoko Suzuki]] - a Tyrant virus test subject used in an experiment two years earlier - lost her Umbrella security card to the woman, who would soon walk right into the infected Birkin and become a host for his offspring.
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Former Umbrella researcher [[Greg Mueller]] had a University professor create a cure - [[Daylight]] - before the Outbreak, knowing what would soon happen. He was wanted by Umbrella, not due to "Daylight", but because of an experiment Greg took with him when he left - an experimental Tyrant. "[[Thanatos]]" was activated and sent outside to kill UBCS personnel attempting to claim it. Unbeknownst to him or his creation, the supervisor "[[Nikolai Zinoviev]]" had infiltrated the building. Whilst discussing his plan with a few survivors, Nikolai shot through the ceiling, through Greg's head, and out of his neck - death was instantaneous. The University was destroyed by C-4 charges, whilst the Tyrant was killed by "Daylight" nearby. A fitting end to the beast, one of the ingredients of the anti-virus was the creature's very blood.
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Elsewhere in Raccoon, an [[Tommy Nielsen|executive]] had a UBCS team on the lookout for renegade USS member [[Rodriguez]], who had stolen the executive's "[[Nyx|package]]". Rodriguez was waiting for a researcher - Linda - to return from an Umbrella facility as she left something important behind. This was [[AT1521]] - Umbrella's answer to Daylight. After recovering it, another researcher - Carter - released the experimental "[[Tyrant R]]" to kill off the [[Hunter R]] running amok. Although seemingly taking orders from Carter without question, it had already counted the man as a threat - a bomb had been planted in the monster, and Carter had the detonator. The creatures betrayal led to the destruction of AT1521, leaving Linda to have to remember how to re-synthesize it all by herself.
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Eventually, Umbrella was unable to delay the Presidents decision to authorize the [[Sterilization Operation]]. With little time left, all paramilitary forces were ordered to clear out. Carlos Oliveira and Jill Valentine were rescued by [[Barry Burton]], whilst Nikolai attempted to escape solo by helicopter. Rodriguez was forced to abandon Linda and pull out, leading to an attempted shoot down by Tommy. The rocket missed, but the helicopter's sudden emergency maneuvers led to the loss of the "package", revealing a horrific creation known as "[[Nyx]]". The UBCS team, and Tyrant R were defeated by Nyx and absorbed into its body. In the end Nyx would eventually be killed by a group of survivors, who successfully escaped Raccoon City by HUMVEE with Linda.
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Still, this was not the last story to tell of Umbrella's actions in the city. Leader of Umbrella's paramilitary organizations, [[Sergei Vladimir]], stole the [[U.M.F.-013]] storage system - also known as the [[Umbrella Archives]]. Ada Wong who had retrieved the G- virus was rushing to leave the city, but instead clashed with the revived Tyrant R. Though in the end she defeated the creature and escaped the city on Sergei Vladimar's helicopter, witnessing the destruction of Raccoon City.
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It would take many years, and many more tragedies to finally gather enough evidence to condemn Umbrella.}}
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Umbrella's fortunes failed to improve in the time shortly after the Raccoon City incident. The US government changed its opinions of the company - while it had initially desired to obtain Umbrella's secrets for its own military projects, it was now in full condemnation over Umbrella's failure to contain the situation (the US involvement in Raccoon City was carefully omitted). A "suspension of business decree" was imposed on Umbrella USA, Inc., preventing any further presence in the US stock market. Under threat of financial ruin, Umbrella filed an appeal to overturn the decision.<ref>''[http://residentevil.wikia.com/Resident_Evil_Archives_II Resident Evil Archives II]''. BradyGames. p. 190.</ref>
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On [[Sheena Island]], undercover investigator, [[Ark Thompson]], operating on behalf of [[Leon S. Kennedy]], succeeded in destroying Umbrella's Tyrant production plant after [[Vincent Goldman]], The Umbrella Director of the island, unleashed the t-Virus on its citizens. Shortly afterwards, when [[Claire Redfield]] broke into Umbrella's Paris facilities in search of her brother, she was captured and sent to Umbrella's illegal prison camp on [[Rockfort Island]]. While there, she witnessed Albert Wesker attack the island in search of the [[t-Veronica virus]], another descendant of Progenitor. Escaping the island, she found herself trapped at the Antarctic Base, where Edward Ashford's granddaughter, Alexia Ashford, awoke from a self-induced coma with a desire to establish a new order.
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By 2002, both Umbrella and the US had been forced into potentially-damaging positions. Over the years, Umbrella had denied liability for the Raccoon City incident on the grounds of the US involvement, which the US itself denied, arguing that all of Umbrella's testimonies were entirely-fabricated. While the general public opinion was slowly moving in support of Umbrella's testimony, the company itself was still closing on financial ruin without access to Wall Street. The situation had become noticeably grave when US intelligence discovered that a rogue former employee was selling B.O.W.s to a South American drug lord, [[Javier Hidalgo]].
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Later on in the year, USSTRATCOM and Chinese intelligence were called-in to investigate the theft of [[t-Virus]] and [[t+G Virus]] samples from an [[Umbrella Europe]] facility by yet another person - the former R&D executive, [[Morpheus D. Duvall]], who was used as a scapegoat for the May 1998 leak. Morpheus took the US and China hostage, threatening to fire t-Virus missiles from an undisclosed silo in the hopes of obtaining $5 billions in return for their safety. While USSTRATCOM succeeded in taking out Morpheus and preventing a missile attack, the [[Paraguas Line Company]] cruiser, ''[[Spencer Rain]]'' was lost, with its entire crew and passanger complement being infected and subsequently killed during a viral outbreak.}}
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The final blow to the company would come in February of [[2003]], when a private anti-biohazard paramilitary force was sent to the Caucasus in the Russian Federation in response to rumors of a new B.O.W. being developed by Umbrella. Leading the attack were Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, who eventually reached the Russian facility's underground chamber, where they fought Umbrella's final weapon, [[T-A.L.O.S.]], after it was dispatched by Sergei Vladimir. At the same time, Wesker managed to infiltrate the facility a few hours before Chris and Jill's arrival, and had one final encounter with Sergei, who then mutated into a new, virus-infected monster. While Chris and Jill destroyed T-A.L.O.S., Wesker managed to extract all data from Umbrella's [[Red Queen (Computer)|Red Queen]] supercomputer, while also erasing any of the memory left within the computer itself, in order to use it against Spencer, thus bringing Umbrella to its knees.
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Umbrella was finally found guilty soon after the Umbrella Russia incident, after an anonymous tip-off by Albert Wesker, using the data he had extracted. The U.S. Government suspended Umbrella's market trading license pending further investigation into their business practices. While this investigation must have already provided Umbrella with severe financial problems, a worldwide manhunt for surviving founder Oswell E. Spencer sealed the organization's fate.
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Albert Wesker kept the stolen data in his [[Wesker's Command Room|secret hideout]]. Wesker had always desired power more than anything in the world, seeking to dominate all for his own gain. He saw Umbrella as power incarnate. His computer had every Umbrella asset stored away safely, and he planned to one day remake the company under his leadership. This new Umbrella would lead the human race into a new, improved era, fixing a world Wesker saw as unacceptable. His vision for the future would go beyond that of Spencer, but he would later discover that they both had much in common, as Spencer had made Wesker who he had become.
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With trading suspended, Umbrella's shares quickly collapsed, and the company was left bankrupt. With the corporation shut down, a vast amount of Bio-Weapon and virus samples appeared on the black market, birthing an age of bio-terrorism. The ultimate irony being that the world was safer with Umbrella than without it.}}
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In 2005, Umbrella's t-Virus was used in a bioterrorism attack on [[Harvardville Airport]], resulting in a mass infection of the entire terminal. However this time it was caused by a company known as Wilpharma. One of its key employees [[Frederic Downing]], had stolen both the t and G virus samples from his previous employer Umbrella, and fled Raccoon City.
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Umbrella's other monstrosity, the G-virus was also used in the same outbreak, and was injected into the body of [[Curtis Miller]] . Curtis wanted the information about the Raccoon City outbreak released, so everyone who had wronged him and his deceased family would be arrested. Unknown to him Frederic Downing was using him to collect G-virus combat data for a buyer wanting the "t" and G-viruses. However the conspiracy was uncovered by the efforts of Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield and the [[S.R.T]], during the deadly outbreak.
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Due to Umbrella's use of medicines developed by other pharmaceutical companies, the Global Pharmaceutical Organization worked to prevent further harm from being done to the names of innocent pharmaceutical organizations, and to prevent the further distribution of B.O.W's, by forming the [[Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance]], or "BSAA", after Umbrella's collapse in 2003. Among the eleven founding members were none other than [[Chris Redfield]] and [[Jill Valentine]].}}
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