Resident Evil Timeline

Canon Entry 0.3.1. - Beginnings 2 (Umbrella Chronicles)



Summary

Reeling back a little bit to just before the Umbrella Management Training Facility explodes, we finish up Wesker's escapades in the facility and introduce a Chronicles-exclusive canon character in Sergei Vladimir.



Early Dawn, July 24, 1998

Wesker ascends from the tram car and crosses the chapel bridge back to the facility. Wesker knows time is running out due to Birkin heading to activate the self-destruct mechanism. The facility now swarms with Crimson Heads (the further mutation of a zombie) making getting out of here no easy feat, but Wesker has no trouble fighting his way through. At the crash site of the Ecliptic Express, Wesker encounters Sergei Vladimir, and his personal bodyguard, Ivan.







Sergei Vladimir is a high-ranking executive of Umbrella, exceeding Wesker and closely trusted by Spencer. Sergei has a complex history, serving as a colonel in Spetsnaz where he would become involved in an experiment that resulted in ten clones of Sergei being created. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Umbrella would poach Sergei and his clones, using the latter in their Tyrant research. This branch of research would lead to the Talos Project, which was developed on the side at Arklay Labs. This research is why Sergei is here in Raccoon, recovering the project before