How dangerous would Umbrella be in the real world?

[Twist]

Hiya,

So I've been thinking, from a realistic aspect, how dangerous would Umbrella be to the real world United States or even United Kingdom?

Or any country, say if all of the in-game Bioweapons already exist, would Umbrella actually be capable of taking over a country?

Or would they be destroyed by Military warfare?

Also, related to the above, how well do you guys and girls think a Super Tyrant would do against a Tank? Like those used in Guerilla missions.

I think this will make for some interesting discussion.

[Helegad]

Yes. Very dangerous. You can't have a single corporation controlling the world. People get power hungry, and it starts to make them do stupid things.

[Darkmoon]

Well, we know they have several millitary units at there disposal. The damage suffered to the UBCS units in RE3 suggests they have an awful lot more...they were quite happy to throw away that many trained men simply to gather test data. Then there are there more elite units, such as Hunk's. They even have the training facility on Rockford. So it's likely there millitary fire power is significant. However, it's unlikely they'd manage to have enough troops to be a major threat to a nation. Goverments do tend to keep an eye on that sort of thing. I can't imagine they have more than a thousand members in the UBCS plus there own securiy force.

However, add in Umbrella's deep pockets for buying up mercernaries (admittedly the UBCS is mostly mercs already, but this way they could get more men) and add in Nemesis' and Tyrants (even Umbrella wouldn't be dim enough to release the T-Virus but both Nemesis and some Tyrants can be controlled) and they would pose a threat to smaller countries. Larger, more advanced countries would probably be alright due to the kind of air support and heavy artillery they could call upon. Even a Nemesis is going to run into issues getting pummled by several challenger tanks.

I think, head's on, a tank and a Tyrant are probably on close to equal footing. A tank's guns could kill a Tyrant, fast, but a tyrant is fast enough to close and start peeling the armour aside. However, tanks are a hell of lot easier to make than Tyrants so a Tyrant would invariably be out numbered.

[Nomad9026]

The main threat that Umbrella posees is the viruses in its disposal, because most of the BOW can easily be destroyed by firearms so a unit of a trained soldiers can deal with them, Umbrella's mersenaries are very dangerous but they have no chanses against a Military Forses, Tyrants, yes they can deal a lot of damage to human resorses but stand no chanse against a big number of battle technic and its difficult to make them. But using viruses... Umbrella can deal a masive damage to any populated area, it can destroy whole citys by it. And there is always a chance that during a fight with a military forces, in case a loosing, Umbrella can launch a system of automatical virus spreading and take its enemys in grave as well.

[Guest]

I think not. As we saw in RE1, they killed the Tyrant with just a rocker launcher, so... any monster Umbrella uses could be destroyes esely using powerfull weapons. But still, I think a big corporation like Umbrella would be a big problem for the entire world, just as we saw in Degeneration trailers, if one of theyr viruses leaked into a plane, the effects would be world infection.

[Darkmoon]

I don't think Umbrella would deploy the T-Virus itself as a bio-weapon. We've never seen any indication that they really want to. They always focus on using it to create weapons, like Tyrants, rather than as a weapon in and of itself.

If they did use it then they'd be destroying themselves. They have to have realized that the virus is uncontrollable. And it would be worse than a nuclear attack since a nuke affects a single area where as the T-Virus can, potentially, spread across the world. The only way to use it would be if Umbrella had a anti-virus, and even then they'd still go down to sheer weight of numbers as there foes succumbed.

[The Creature]

Yeah. If they were in control, you'd be damned. They could infect the water supplies, hold the world to ransom, etc. The list would go on for a while too, so just use your imagination and see where it takes you! I think being on the bad side would be better in that case...

[Darkmoon]

That's just it though. It wouldn't, because they'd destroy themself just as surely. Even if they have a cure for the T-Virus a zombie or licker will kill you just as surely as anyone else. And if you've infected all your enemies then you'll be facing a huge number of undead.

Simply put, if Umbrella was likely to use it as a weapon...they would have, when the Corporation was destroyed before 4.

[Stars1356]

The virus itself is more dangerous than the Tyrants or any of the other creatures. I don't think Umbrella would purposely release the virus but it does have a way of getting out. Just look at RE 0 threw CV. If the virus got out on a global scale, world be like the thrid movie just without all the Alice clones.

[Twist]

Well, if we know the virus itself would/could destroy the world, what would the B.O.W. be used for if they were made into armie's?

Tyrants aren't smart enough to act as General's and command a group of Hunter's, and so on.

Hunter's. maybe Hunter's are Umbrella's foot-soldiers?

[BLSR1]

The virus itself is more dangerous than the Tyrants or any of the other creatures. I don't think Umbrella would purposely release the virus but it does have a way of getting out. Just look at RE 0 threw CV. If the virus got out on a global scale, world be like the thrid movie just without all the Alice clones.

no, no, it would't.


The entire world would not be a desert and mad max rip-off.



I doubt umbrellas military prowess with their current BOW set. Plus there is a problem with their motive. Why would they take over the world?
Mr. X's would probably be their strongest force. They are controllable and can be mass produced. Now Creatures like Nemesis and Lisa would be the stronger but rarer units. They are damn near indestructible, adaptable, controllable, and mutate into more dangerous forms. All of these would be extremely expensive and might be overwhelmed by missile strikes and tanks.
Lickers and hunters would be good assasin type troops. A couple of either of them planted in a building or key location could wipe out key figures or undermine enemy forces. But both would be very uncontrollable.

Now if the G-virus had been used to create bows it would be a completely different story. If the G-types were made controllable you would have a BOW that constantly changes into more dangerous forms, can reproduce. It would have the potential to create the ultimate weapons. Or create super soldiers like Wesker. There are also the new hunters that wesker developed that follow the signals from automatic droids. They are controllable and some are even poisonous.

[Vogue_Dirge]

If it matters, Umbrella is number 14 on Forbes's most powerful fictional companies.
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[Nomad9026]

Ok, just curious, who's the first?

[Stars_g36]

#14 Umbrella Corp.
Headquarters: London, England

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

CEO: Ozwell E. Spenser

Est. 2007 sales: $22.6 billion

Company continues to milk extraordinary success of Aqua Cure, an instantaneously acting liquid medicine for open wounds and the key ingredient in first aid sprays, health power-ups across videogame world. Despite vast profits, secrecy-obsessed management continues to insist on housing researchers in creepy mansions tucked in out-of-the-way locales like Raccoon City; morale suffering. CEO categorically denies rumors of bio-weapon development, insists zombie-like pallor of workers is "natural for someone in this industry."

Featured in Resident Evil.

http://www.forbes.com/books/2007/12/10/largest-fictional-companies-oped-books-fict1507-cx_mn_de_1211company_slide_15.html?thisSpeed=30000

[Project Omega]

Ok, just curious, who's the first?

http://www.forbes.com/books/2007/12/10/largest-fictional-companies-oped-books-fict1507-cx_mn_de_1211company_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=30000

#1 Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles (CHOAM)
Headquarters: Planet Kaitain

Industry: Pharmaceuticals

CEO: Shaddam Corrino IV

Est. 2007 sales: $1.7 trillion

Company's monopoly of spice melange drug is central to enormous success; spice accounts for 80% of all CHOAM's revenues and even a higher percentage of profits. Enviable customer-loyalty model: One dose of spice is enough to addict a person for a lifetime, continued use extends lifespan by hundreds of years, and quitting is invariably fatal. Several intergalactic tobacco companies rumored to be investigating partnerships.

Featured in Dune.