Zombies. A reality?

[Lenin64]

Just answer me one question: Why would someone want to make this anyways? doesn;t seem like a good military weapon or a way to achieve world domination unless you got mind control established through the brain damage (mind control being another thing that doesn;t exist [yet])

[jak722]

Well if you take the Umbrella Corporation for example.

 

 

 

There were around 4 scientists who discovered the virus than can cause people to reanimate and mabe mutate.

 

 

 

They then used their personal fortunes and connections to establish a "pharmaceutical company" as a backdrop for their research into this virus to make it a military weapon.

 

 

 

 

 

Over the years they made alot of money, and some of the original researchers "dissappeared" and their work were taken over by other ambitious scientists who experimented and experimented on the original virus, until they came upon the T-Virus.

 

 

 

They then made their main research facility for this virus near and under Racoon City. An average sized, somewhat isolated American city, thats financed by the umbrella corporation.

 

 

 

Their main objective was to perfect the T-Virus, which was at the time, far from perfect since it had limitations, and their "test subjects" can't be controlled. (Hunters, etc)

 

 

 

One of the head scientists, a crazy-obsessed-genius of a man named William Birkin discovered the G-Virus, which at that point, can be used to control "test subjects" more efficiently than the T-Virus.

 

(Nemesis versus Tyrant)

 

 

 

But the head of the company, who want to steal Birkin's work, caused the spread of the epidemic within the city when Birkin, in desperation, injected himself with the virus.

 

 

 

 

 

Long story short, the Virus was far from perfect when it was released into the environment. It had military applications, and some medicinal properties like immunity from blunt force trauma and regeneration of bodilu functions, but it was far FAR from perfect.

 

 

 

When it gets released, then you have a full blown zombie epidemic on your hands. :

[Necromagus]

The problem though is that a zombie infestation would be very hard to contain, especially something like the T-Virus which affects flora and fauna. Infecting a city might eradicate the population, but it's way too easy for the infection to spread beyond the desired area of effect.

[jak722]

The problem though is that a zombie infestation would be very hard to contain, especially something like the T-Virus which affects flora and fauna. Infecting a city might eradicate the population, but it's way too easy for the infection to spread beyond the desired area of effect.

 

 

 

Yes exactly!

 

 

 

But the genius of it all was to create something that does not make you into a zombie.

 

 

 

The T-Virus killed 9 out of 10 people. The remaining 10% of the population are naturally immune for some reason, and they were trying to develop some sort of watered down version of the virus so that everyone else can take it.

 

 

 

You take people like Wesker or Ada Wong or even Birkin's daughter, Sherry - they either infected themselves, got infected, or was infected but was able to use an antidote to reverse all the negative effects.

 

 

 

 

 

Wesker and Ada are now super human, and Sherry has antibodies against the virus.

 

 

 

At first they tried injecting the virus on animals like Monkeys, Rabits, and maybe the occasional human... In the case of animals, which required more and stronger doses, they mutated.

 

 

 

In humans, even small doses, over time, only turns them into zombies.

 

 

 

Next they tried Tyrant series on selected, genetically compatible humans to serve as super soldiers - Strong, totally indestructible, but they can only be "programed" for 1 or 2 missions, and after that, they are a danger to the users themselves.

 

 

 

Even before missions, tyrants often go berserk on their own creators in labs.

 

 

 

 

 

The G-Virus was much more stable, but at the same time, it had a more serious tendency to cause mutations...

 

 

 

See the T-Virus almost always needed external factors to facilitate mutation. Radiation, exposure to poison, electricity, chemicals, etc are needed to make the "Bio weapons" umbrella wants to produce.

 

 

 

 

 

The G-Virus on the other hand, does it by itself.

 

 

 

The majority of the zombies around raccoon city was caused by the initial spread of the T-Virus from the Arklay mountain facility. Not the G-Virus.

 

 

 

When Birkin injected himself with the virus, it did not turn him into a zombie, but it mutated him over time.

 

 

 

Everytime he gets seriously hurt, the virus adapts and takes over the host more and more. Thats why he was still able to keep his sanity, but the virus was slowly eroding his mind.

 

 

 

Also with the G-Virus, umbrella was able to create the NEMESIS series of Tyrants.

 

 

 

The T-Virus in its purest form, degrades the brain so much so that all thats left is an animal.

 

 

 

The G-Virus on the other hand, keeps the brain "alive" enough so that the host can think and obey orders on its on, or from an outside source.

 

 

 

Actually thats wrong... the G-Virus keeps the host's entire body alive as much as possible so that it can survive too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man... I can write an entire essay on Resident Evil lol... :wall: