Arcadia



The Arcadia is a ship owned and operated by the Umbrella Corporation. It was designed for scientific research and testing.

A safe haven
While struggling to survive in the wastelands of the United States caused by the Global T-virus Outbreak, Alice finds evidence of a safehaven from the effects of the T-Virus in Alaska, a place where the effects of the virus are not present. Upon locating Claire Redfield's convoy in Nevada, Alice delivers this information to convoy leaders including Claire, LJ, and Carlos Oliveira. It is decided that they will attempt to reach the Alaska safe zone, but they must first obtain supplies in Las Vegas. After fighting their way through an Umbrella trap, the convoy travels to the North American Research Facility in order to obtain the equipment that they need to reach Alaska in safety. After obtaining an Umbrella helicopter, the convoy flies to Alaska in search of safety while Alice fights Doctor Sam Isaacs inside the base.

Having believed that Arcadia was a town, the convoy set down in search of survivors following their arrival. They sent out transmissions into the town in search of others, alerting Umbrella Security forces to their location. Umbrella Security Service operatives captured the survivors and forced them to take the Scarab devices as part of an experiment. Claire managed to escape; however, Umbrella was able to block her memories thanks to their device. The Arcadia left the area taking the survivors of the convoy with it, including K-Mart.

Boarding the Arcadia
Following the destruction of the Tokyo Facility, Albert Wesker travels to the Arcadia to use it as his new base of operations. The ship has now left the coast of Alaska and is near the coast of Los Angeles. Following the attack upon the Citadel Correctional Facility. Alice and the remaining survivors, including Claire's brother Chris Redfield, travel to the coast and find the Arcadia there. With few options they board the vessel, only to find it derelict.

Upon arriving Claire is able to access some of her memories and realizes that the Arcadia is an Umbrella trap designed to capture new test subjects for experiments. While exploring the ship they enter into the holding area for the test subjects and locate the survivors of Claire's convoy among them stored in stasis pods. They begin the process of freeing the prisoners and removing the control devices planted on their chests.

Alice separates herself from the group and locates a trail of blood. Following it, Alice finds herself face to face with Wesker and another survivor from the prison named Bennett. While revealing Bennett to be his servant, Wesker hears Chris and Claire trying to sneak up on him. In a quick fight, Wesker is able to trap Chris and Claire and goes after Alice as he believes that consuming her is the only way that he'll be able to control the T-Virus infection inside of his own body. Thanks to the help of the revived K-Mart, Alice is able to defend herself by shooting Wesker and releasing the prisoners. As the group tries to flee from Wesker, the Chairman of Umbrella kills and (presumably) ingests Bennett.

Believing Arcadia to be lost and the crew having abandoned ship out of fear of him, Wesker decides to flee using one of the escape helicopters stored on the ship. After takeoff he intends to detonate a bomb placed aboard the ship that was intended to be used to scuttle it should the situation become uncontrollable. Alice, anticipating this, moved the bomb to the escape vehicle before Wesker had the opportunity to detonate it. The bomb explodes destroying the craft and, presumably, killing Wesker.

With the Umbrella contingent no longer present, Alice decides to turn Umbrella's story of the Arcadia safe zone into reality. She sends out a broadcast that the Arcadia is a safe zone and gives their location so that the survivors can find the ship. A short time afterward her call is answered; however, not by the intended people. A fleet of Umbrella owned ospreys are spotted underway to the Arcadia under the command of the Umbrella controlled Jill Valentine, their mission to capture Alice, Chris, and Claire no matter the cost.

Destruction
To be detailed in fully Resident Evil: Retribution. Little is known yet about the destruction of Arcadia. It is known that the Umbrella ospreys open fire on the vessile and cloaked Umbrella soldiers, including Jill Valentine board the ship. Jill's forces capture Chris, Claire, and K-Mart.

Appearances
Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Retribution

Trivia

 * The Arcadia will be destroyed by Umbrella in the fifth Resident Evil movie