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Revision as of 14:30, 28 June 2012
- Following the annihilation of Raccoon City, Umbrella
- was hit hard with multiple lawsuits for their
- involvement in the incident. But there was an
- organization that was hit even harder by the fallout
- of that incident: the Global Pharmaceutical
- Consortium, an organization comprised of
- pharmaceutical companies from around the world.
- Umbrella's development of and experimentation with
- Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.), along with the sale of
- those weapons on the black market, caused people to
- distrust the Global Pharmaceutical Consortium, and
- the fact that Umbrella was an executive board member
- only deepened their misgivings.
- If things had ended there, the consortium may have
- just escaped with a tarnished reputation. But in
- today's world, medicine is an integral part of almost
- all medical procedures. The public is also quite
- informed when it comes to which medications are
- trusted and which are not. If the population looses
- trust in the pharmaceutical company responsible for
- creating certain medications, it can quickly bankrupt
- said company.
- The Umbrella trials took a turn for the worse for the
- consortium when prosecutors presented evidence that
- incriminated many other pharmaceutical companies.
- Prosecutors showed that Umbrella acquired medicines
- and techniques developed by other companies and
- employed them in their own bioweapons research. They
- commissioned each of the respective companies to only
- partially develop certain medications so that they
- could not be traced to what was ultimately being
- developed. The responsible companies thus
- unwittingly contributed to the development of
- bioweapons.
- Until this development in the case, the consortium
- looked at the lawsuits as Umbrella's problem. Now the
- problem was thrust into their laps as well.
- The companies that were linked to Umbrella faced the
- possibility of sharing blame for the deaths of
- hundreds of thousands of innocent people, and if
- Umbrella lost the lawsuits, they would face
- bankruptcy as well. Even if Umbrella was found not
- guilty of any wrongdoing, the negative publicity
- would not only be disastrous for sales, but the
- governments of the world would revoke the companies'
- permits to sell their products.
- Not having permission to distribute their products
- worldwide would effectively dismantle their
- businesses.
- The pharmaceutical companies realized they had no
- choice but to take drastic measures to counter their
- dismal prospects.
- The consortium decided to strike a deal with the
- prosecutors. They would put all their efforts into
- assisting with the case against Umbrella, even to the
- point of turning over any internal company
- documentation. The prosecutors in the case, being
- obsessed with seeing Umbrella fall, agreed to accept
- the help of the consortium's companies, and in return
- they would not pursue legal action against them.
- In 2003, Umbrella was found guilty on all charges.
- With its fall, the scandal that rocked the
- pharmaceutical industry to its core could finally be
- put to rest.
- But Umbrella's dismantlement led to an unforeseen
- situation.
- In the fallout of Umbrella's collapse, B.O.W.s
- began to show up on the black market. The
- weapons wound up in the hands of terrorists, guerrilla
- fighters, and unstable state governments. Soon the
- threat of these B.O.W.s began to be felt around the
- world.
- Faced with a new Umbrella-like crisis, the Global
- Pharmaceutical Consortium knew they would have to
- take immediate action.
- It was then that the Bioterrorism Security Assessment
- Alliance (BSAA) was formed to fight threats from
- B.O.W.s.
- Upon its initial foundation, only eleven elite
- individuals were made part of the BSAA. Their job was
- limited to that of observers to armies and police
- units around the world that conducted counter-
- bioterrorism operations. Unfortunately, the world's
- bioterrorism problem was much bigger than anyone had
- anticipated, and so a new course of action was
- required to handle the problem.
- To that end, consideration was given to creating a
- team that could react instantly to threats, but the
- BSAA was still only a civilian-led organization.
- They could not operate freely in sovereign nations,
- and thus were unable to conduct investigations,
- make pertinent arrests, or even use force when the
- situation dictated it. It was clear now that the
- threat of bioterrorism was now the entire world's
- problem, and something would have to be done.
- The BSAA was then reformed under the U.N.'s
- jurisdiction.
- As a U.N.-controlled special forces team, the BSAA's
- acceptance by the U.N.'s member states was taken as a
- given.
- The truth of the matter was that only 70 percent of
- the member states would approve of BSAA activities on
- their soil, and the remainder of the states would only
- approve BSAA activities in their countries on a
- conditional basis.
- That is how the current incarnation of the BSAA was
- formed.
- The BSAA's headquarters was located in England, but
- any further details of the location were not released
- to the public. Since a BSAA team had to be able to be
- deployed within 12 hours, it was assumed that they
- were located near airport hub or an air force base.
- Some courses claimed that the BSAA had bases in the
- area under their jurisdiction.
- The following is a list of areas under the
- jurisdiction of their respective BSAA branches.
- European Headquarters: Europe and western Russia
- Middle East Branch: The Middle of East and part of
- Africa
- North American Branch: The entire North American
- continent (Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine are stationed here)
- South American Branch: The entire South American
- continent
- West African Branch: The western part of the African
- continent (Sheva Alomar is stationed here)
- East African Branch: The eastern part of the African
- continent
- Far East Branch: Eastern Russia and the countries east
- of India
- Oceanian Branch: Australia is the center of operations
- of Oceania
- (Antarctica, where Umbrella's Antarctic Base was
- located, falls under the jurisdiction of the Oceanian
- Branch.)
- Each BSAA branch had a considerable number of people
- on their tactical teams, most of them coming from
- police special forces and militaries around the world.
- The support staff for the teams was also quite large,
- and they came mainly from government organizations
- in different countries. There were many groups of
- experts on the staff that provided technical, medical,
- physical, and mental support to the teams.
- The BSAA deployment teams were divided into two
- groups.
- The first group was the Special Operations Unit (SOU).
- The SOU were sanctioned to infiltrate an area, engage
- in combat, and subdue offenders. Teams were usually
- comprised of 12 members, and each team was divided
- into three four-man cells.
- A special feature of the SOU is the flexibility of its
- personnel during operations. In order to match the
- scale of an operation, cells from other teams are
- brought in on a regular basis. For one specific joint
- operation, there were 70 elite members working
- together.
- Dan DeChant is currently the leader of Alpha Team for
- this operation. The team is comprised of his own
- standard team along with cells from other teams. (The
- designation Alpha Team will only be used for this
- operation.)
- Reports indicate that because unknown B.O.W.s are
- involved, the efficacy of the tactical team's methods
- for handling them may be low, and consideration has
- to be given to the strong points that raise their
- efficacy.
- Another key part of the BSAA is the Special
- Operations Agent (SOA). Usually they are referred to
- as just "agents", and unlike the SOU, agents work
- alone. The agents are primarily involved in
- investigations and espionage activities, and as
- such, they are considered the eyes and ears for the
- BSAA. During certain operations, it may become
- difficult for tactical teams to penetrate to the
- front, so it is up to the agents to carry out the
- missions.
- During those types of missions, a two-man cell is the
- basic deployment unit required to carry out the
- mission.
- Sometimes agents must go beyond the jurisdiction of a
- BSAA branch to carry out their missions. Many of them
- are dispatched to areas with unlawful activities. This
- mission sees agent Chris Redfield in that role.
- Agents who work alone are highly capable, and they
- rank higher than SOU members; however, agents are
- not chosen so much for their abilities or technical
- prowess, but for the psychological state and aptitude
- in handling situations. In actual skills and
- abilities, they may be outperformed by SOU members.
- The BSAA is a public organization with an
- international staff, but owing to the logistics of
- running such an organization, it is a well-known
- fact that most of their funding comes from the Global
- Pharmaceutical Consortium.
- While this relationship has been the target of much
- criticism, the consortium's funding removes the
- financial burden from participatory nations, and as
- such, any motivation to change the situation and
- incur unwanted expenses. As for the consortium, their
- sponsorship acts as much needed industry-wide PR
- service. So far this partnership has been beneficial
- to all parties involved.
- On a final note, the eleven members who were part of
- the BSAA from the beginning are highly respected
- within the organization, and are known as the
- Original Eleven. The name comes from the Original
- Seven, who were the seven astronauts selects for
- Project Mercury.
- Two of these Original Eleven are Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine. A
- number of other members of the Original Eleven also
- work alongside many of the tactical teams.
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