Global T-Virus pandemic

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Global T-Virus Pandemic
Details
Beginning:	2002
End:	2012
Outbreak cause:	Spread of T-Virus from Raccoon City/Tokyo
Motive and Outcome
Motive:	Killing all other humans in the world, except for those working for the Umbrella Corporation, to establish a "new world" order to save the Earth's from being destroed
Result (Outcome):	All but around 4,400 people wiped out End of most of life on Earth Destruction of the Umbrella Corporation Release of an anti-virus

For the novelization version, see Global T-Virus pandemic (DeCandido).

The Global T-Virus pandemic was a global-scale outbreak of the T-Virus, triggered by two separate outbreaks in Raccoon City and Tokyo, Japan in 2002. By 2005, almost the entire human population had been either infected or killed. In 2012, the potent anti-virus was released, beginning the resurrection of the Earth and destroying anything infected with the T-Virus.

History

Umbrella co-founder Dr. Isaacs called a meeting with the High Command, explaining that he had done extensive research about the world. Humanity was slowly killing itself and the planet. Overpopulation, potential wars, limited resources, illnesses without cures, global warming, etc. Using the "Noah's ark" as inspiration, Isaacs proposed that they release the T-Virus to kill everyone who didn't work for Umrbella. While the "cleansing" occurred, they would wait out the events safely underground. Once the rest of humanity was gone, they would return to the surface and restore the world to their specifications.

Though co-owner Alicia Marcus was against the idea, the rest of the board voted in favor of Isaacs plan. Hoping to stop the plan, Alicia uploaded a recording of the meeting into the Red Queen, which caused a conflict in her programming. As a result, a clone of Alicia was created with a strong conscience to stop the Umbrella Corporation: Alice.

The clone was tasked with protecting the Looking Glass House, with fellow security guard Spence. Alice attempted to help Lisa Addison get the dirt on Umbrella's secret bio-weapon experiments. However, Spence decided to steal the T-Virus and Anti-Virus, to seal on the black market. This resulted in the Hive Outbreak, which the Red Queen failed to prevent from becoming knowledge to the rest of Umbrella. Alice was taken to be experimented on, becoming Project Alice. Dr. Isaacs ordered the Hive reopened, releasing all the undead and mutations locked inside, initiating the Raccoon City Incident. Because of the increasing pressure of the potential leak of Umbrella's plan, a nuclear missile was shot at the city to wipe out any evidence or survivors.

With the data on the zombies, Lickers and Nemesis, Umbrella began feverishly working towards their plan; they would make use of the creatures' aggressive natures to spread the infection. They also tried capturing Alice, who was the only one not severely mutated by the T-Virus, likely due to her original, Alicia Marcus having had the T-Virus not linger in her body.

To better help them understand the nature of the infected, Umbrella had the Red Queen use the Umbrella Prime testing facility to conduct the research. Using simulations of outbreaks in major cities, the Umbrella Coroporation built a new arms race, sealing the T-Virus to countries around the world. "Patient zeroes" (people infected with the T-Virus) were also released into various countries by Umbrella to ensure the intiation of outbreaks around the world. To lure survivors into their clutches so they could be experimented on, Umbrella prepared a false safe haven called Arcadia which was a tanker hiding a testing facility within.

Since Isaacs and Alicia Marcus would be placed in cryo-stasis with the rest of Umbrella High Command, Albert Wesker was made chairman of the Umbrella Corporation during the outbreak. Having complete control of the organization, Wesker operated from the main facility under Shibuya Square in Japan.

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Washington DC, which is now fully infested with zombies & other T-Virus abominations.

Humanity entered a dark age as the world was overrun by the undead. As shown in Afterlife, as the number of infected grew, prisoners were released to help fight back. The T-Virus didn't just bring the dead back to life, it affected the Earth's ecosystem; lakes and rivers dried up, forests became deserts and life on Earth began to wither and die. This was an unexpected side-effect, which Isaacs hadn't counted on; as a result, he ended up destroying the Earth far worse than the environmental hazards would have.

What few survivors that were left learned to stay on the move and avoid large cities where the infection was at its worst. Speed and constant mobility were their only defense against the unending horde of undead. A convoy led by Claire Redfield and Carlos Olivera was one such example; however, they always ended up too late to help others that radioed for assistance, something that weighed heavily on their conscieneces.

Occasionally, the humans would be aided by nature, as shown in Resident Evil: Extinction. Swarms of infected crows were known to feed on flesh, indiscriminately. The entire undead population of Las Vegas was purged in this manner. On the other end of the spectrum, there were survivors who remained in their cities, defending themselves vigorously, as shown in Resident Evil: Afterlife.

In Resident Evil: Retribution, the White House itself appears to have become another safe haven during the outbreak; surrounded by large walls and other barricades, which prevents millions of zombies from getting in. It may possibly house some remnants of the Military, and Leon Kennedy's "resistance".

Over a decade not being kept in check, the T-virus mutated beyond its original perimeters. It created monsters such as the Axeman, Majini undead, and winged abominations that tore planes out of the sky.

Survivors

The White House

The spread of the t-Virus was devastating, but it was not absolute. According to the White Queen's satellites scans, out of the planet's pre-outbreak population of 6.5 billion (US numbering system) human inhabitants, there were 1,733,548 people uninfected on the surface. In Resident Evil: Afterlife, survivors are discovered taking refuge in the LA jail and over 2,000 known survivors, including Alice, Claire Redfield, Chris Redfield and K-Mart are aboard the Arcadia, captured by Albert Wesker in an effort to keep his infection in check by feeding on their flesh. The number of survivors dropped to merely 4,000 humans during Afterlife due to the zombies, Wesker, the Red Queen, and in-fighting.

Ending the Pandemic

Following the betrayal of humanity by Wesker at the White House, humankind is reduced to just over 4,000 people left, gathered in only a few settlements based around the world. One such settlement was in a tower in the ruins of Raccoon City. Led by a clone of Doctor Alexander Isaacs, three massive Undead armies, each led by Umbrella tanks, launch an assault to destroy this settlement and end humanity once and for all while other Undead armies led by Umbrella forces went after the remaining settlements in other parts of the globe. To counter this, the Red Queen, in truth an innocent pawn in Wesker's plot to destroy the majority of the remaining humans in Washington, DC, contacts Alice who alone survived Wesker's betrayal and informs her of a potent anti-virus developed by Umbrella and kept within the Hive. This anti-virus was designed to be airborne and kill anything infected by the T-virus upon contact. By releasing the anti-virus, Alice could end the pandemic and save what is left of humanity.

Alice travels to the ruins of Raccoon City where she helps the survivors repel the assault of Isaacs and the first Undead army. Accompanied by a team of survivors, including Claire Redfield, Alice enters the Hive where she encounters the real Isaacs and Alicia Marcus, daughter of Doctor James Marcus who created the T-virus in the first place and of whom Alice herself is a clone. With the aid of Alicia and the Red Queen, Alice defeats Wesker and chases Isaacs, apparently killing him. Alice takes the anti-virus from Isaacs and attempts to release it upon the surface, only to be stopped by Isaacs who is killed by his clone. Alice releases the anti-virus, killing the thousands of Undead in the vicinity. The Hive is also destroyed by Alice with explosives, killing Wesker, Alicia and the thousands of Umbrella employees and Umbrella High Command held within, effectively destroying the Umbrella Corporation.

While the anti-virus is released into the world and is airborne, it has to travel on the winds and will likely take several years to circle the globe and kill everything infected by the T-virus and ending the pandemic.