Paraguas Line Company

The Paraguas Line Company was a subsidiary of the Umbrella Corporation based in Europe. Officially, it operated as a luxury cruise liner company.

History
In the late 1980's, the Paraguas Line Company purchased the Queen Zenobia and its two sister ships, Queen Semiramis and Queen Dido, which were scheduled to be decommissioned and scrapped after the rise of air travel. The three ships had their steam turbines replaced with electric diesel propulsion systems. Their hold and cabin areas were expanded and upgraded with the latest modern technology. Laboratories were secretly constructed onboard for virus research and B.O.W. development. After the ships' restoration, Paraguas Line began offering cruises around the world and the ships were eventually harbored in the Mediterranean sometime after 1995 for their cruises around the continent of Africa. It was likely that this route was chosen in order for the onboard laboratories to secretly receive supplies and test subjects from African countries where law enforcement was dubious at best.

In 2003, the company went virtually bankrupt as a result of "poor management". Its three ships were repossessed and again fated to be scrapped. However, all three disappeared from public view a short time afterwards, their facilities and resources to be utilized by Morgan Lansdale for his own purposes.