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The Black Widow was a Bio Organic Weapon (B.O.W.) produced by Umbrella as part of their development program into Arachnid-based weaponry.
History[]
By October 1998, Umbrella had collected much data on arachnid reactions to the t-Virus from the series of incidents which took place in and around Raccoon City that year. With the Latrodectus genus ("widow spiders") possessing a much stronger venom in comparison to the tarantula spiders seen in Raccoon City, they were selected as prime test examples.[1][excerpt 1]
The Black Widows were already being developed by Umbrella by December 1998; the company had plans to distribute them to a number of their facilities via the transport terminal in the Antarctic Base.[2]
During the Antarctic outbreak of the t-Virus, the Black Widows being transported took advantage of the emergency to break out of their crates and settle around the facility.
Biology[]
The Giant Black Widow
Like many spiders, the Black Widow possessed four pairs of legs attached to its cephalothorax, connected to the opisthosoma (abdomen) by a thin section. The Black Widow's appearance was disambiguated from other spider-based B.O.W.s by its complete lack of body hair.[2] Like other spiders, the Black Widows would release little spiders from their abdomen if killed.[2]
One of these spiders, like the Black Tiger, reacted differently to the t-Virus than others of its kind and, again like the Black Tiger, reacted by growing significantly larger.[3]
Gallery[]
Bibliography[]
- Sumner, Christian; Shotten, Brian; Owen, Michael, eds (9 November 2005). Resident Evil Archives: Umbrella's Virus Uncovered. Translated by Zpang America, Inc.. BradyGames. ISBN 0744006554.
- Ōno, Tetsuya; Masui, Kō, eds (31 March 2005). biohazard archives. Famitsu. ISBN 4-906-582-31-1.
Sources[]
- excerpts
- ↑ Excerpt from CODE: Veronica webpage:
Rakūn ichi ni okeru ichiren no jiken de shūshū shita dēta o moto ni anburera ga tsukuriageta bau. Burakkuwidō to iu mōdoku no kuro kumo ga moto-tai ni natte ori, jūrai ni wa mi rarenu kyōi-tekina inochiryoku o mochi, fukubu o hakai sa rete mo keikai ni ugoki mawaru. (ラクーン市における一連の事件で収集したデータをもとにアンブレラが造り上げたB.O.W.。ブラックウィドーという猛毒の黒クモが素体になっており、従来には見られぬ驚異的な生命力を持ち、腹部を破壊されても軽快に動きまわる。)
- references
- ↑ バイオハザード コード：ベロニカ 完全版 (Japanese). Capcom Co., Ltd.. Retrieved on 2013-09-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Resident Evil Archives, pp.169-170
- ↑ Image of the Giant Black Widow
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