Uroboros Project
Wesker's plan to launch missiles with the Uroboros virus across the globe.
The Uroboros Project is a bioweapon initiative featured in Resident Evil 5. It involves a new strain of virus named Uroboros, created using a flower found in a cave in West Africa, which was the source of viruses previously used by the Umbrella Corporation. The project was developed by Tricell, the company funding the BSAA, which took over a former Umbrella underground laboratory and continued Umbrella's research. The ultimate goal of the project, as revealed in the game, was for Albert Wesker to launch missiles containing the Uroboros virus across the globe, hoping to take a chosen few from the chaos of infection and rule them, creating a new breed of humanity.
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- Resident Evil 5
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The Uroboros Project is a bioweapon initiative in Resident Evil 5. The Uroboros virus was created using a flower found in a cave in West Africa, which was the source of viruses previously used by the Umbrella Corporation. Tricell took over a former Umbrella underground laboratory and continued Umbrella's research, leading to the creation of the Uroboros strain. The project involved thousands of human test subjects kept in capsules.
The plan was for Tricell CEO Excella Gionne and Albert Wesker to launch missiles with the Uroboros virus across the globe. Wesker hoped to take a chosen few from the chaos of infection and rule them, creating a new breed of humanity. The project failed when Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar intervened. They defeated Gionne after she was infected with Uroboros and mutated into a giant monster.
They then followed Wesker to a bomber loaded with missiles containing the Uroboros virus, injected him with syringes of a serum he needed to maintain his strength, and disabled the bomber, causing him to crash-land in a volcano.
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