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Project W is Spencer's eugenics program that resulted in the creation of Albert Wesker. In short: Spencer wanted to become a "god" for a new race of superhumans, and Wesker wasn't his "employee," but a lab-grown experiment.

Here's how it worked and why it failed.

🧬 How it all worked

Spencer believed humanity had degenerated and dreamed of replacing it with a "perfect race" over which he would rule. To this end, he launched a program named after the project's first leader (a certain Mr. Wesker).

Child Abduction: Hundreds of children with "outstanding" genes and high intelligence were kidnapped worldwide. Their memories were erased and they were given a new surname—Wesker.
· Virus Experiment: Children were exposed to the Progenitor Virus to see if their bodies could adapt and develop superpowers.
· Final Stage: The survivors had to return to Spencer and acknowledge him as their "god".

💀 Result: out of hundreds, only two survived

Almost all the children died from direct exposure to the virus. Only 13 candidates reached the finals, and even of those, only two remained alive by 2006:

1. Albert Wesker (Specimen #013): The original STARS captain. He was unaware of his origins until Spencer personally revealed everything to him in 2006. Enraged at having been someone's puppet his entire life, Albert killed Spencer by smashing his hand through his chest.
2. Alex Wesker (Specimen #012): Another surviving "child." Unlike Albert, she knew about the project and worked for Spencer, trying to find the secret to immortality for him, but ultimately escaped with the results of her research.

🏰 Spencer Mansion (Arklay Mountains)

· Location: Arklay Mountains, USA (near Raccoon City).
· Type: Disguised laboratory + training base.
What was there: The first major research center. Beneath the mansion are the laboratories where Marcus developed the T-virus and Birkin and Wesker studied.

🏭 NEST Lab (Raccoon City)

· Location: Underground just below Raccoon City.
· Type: Main secret research complex.
What was there: William Birkin worked on the G-virus here. It was the "heart" of the corporation in America.

🏢 Personnel Training Center (Arkley)

· Location: Next to Spencer's mansion.
· Type: Management Training Center.
· What was there: Wesker and Birkin studied here.

🏭P-12A Plant (Raccoon City)

· Location: Raccoon City Outskirts.
· Type: Waste incineration plant / cover.
What was there: It was used to dispose of biological waste from NEST research (tons of contaminated tissue passed through it). It was also used as a "graveyard" for failed experiments.

🏝️Rockfort Island

· Location: Private island in the Atlantic.
· Type: Prison + training center.

· Full name: Hector Hivers/ nickname: Beltway
Age: 29 years (as of 1998)
Race: Human, male (Puerto Rican)
Appearance: A large man. He wears a standard USS suit with a gas mask. His most notable feature is a bionic prosthetic left leg below the knee, which he received after being wounded. He also wears heavy armor with a grenade belt.

Personality: A sadist with a sense of humor. From an early age, he understood that making people laugh was a way to gain trust, but his jokes quickly became cruel and humiliating. He lacks compassion, and his "humor" almost always involves explosives. He is vulgar and constantly swears. He is considered an unstable element in the squad, requiring constant supervision.
· Position: Demolitionist of the Delta Squad (Wolf Pack).

· Notes:
Achievements: Explosives expert. In Operation Raccoon City, he participated in clearing Umbrella's tracks (city hall, hospital, water plant).
Connections: Teams up with Lupo, Vector, Spectre, Bertha, and Erudite. Umbrella "bought" him out of the military, preventing a court martial.
Background: Originally from Puerto Rico, he immigrated to the United States. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers but was discharged for repeated disciplinary violations. It was during this service that he suffered an injury that led to the amputation of his leg. After his discharge, Umbrella recruited him to the USS.
· Favorite/Traits: His equipment includes Blast Armor (reduces damage and prevents him from falling from explosions), Fragmentation Mine (detonates remotely), Timed Sticky Explosive (sticky bomb with a timer), and Laser Trip Mine (detonates when it crosses a beam). His signature move is shoving explosives into his victim's mouth during the finishing move.

· Full name: Christine Yamata/ nickname Erudika (Four eyes)
Age: No exact age given. Appears young for her age (there's a comment online that "at her age, such an obsession with science borders on illness").
· Race: Human (Japanese/Asian).
Appearance: Wears a standard USS suit with a gas mask. Her most distinctive feature is her four-lens goggles (hence her call sign), which are likely used for sample analysis and visual diagnostics.

Personality: Detached, cold, obsessed with science. Emotions are an abstraction to her. People are merely "incubators" for her one love: virology. She feels no compunction about experimenting on living people (the wounded, prisoners). Her actions have repeatedly jeopardized missions, but her practical knowledge as a virologist is indispensable.
· Position: Field virologist of the Delta squad (Wolf Pack).

· Notes:
Achievements: Devoted herself to science since childhood, without developing social skills. In the USS, she doesn't so much fight as collect and analyze samples, and "heal" allies (often without anesthesia, for her own benefit).
· Connections: Works on the same team with Lupo, Vector, Specter, Bertha and Merry.
· Past: She cares nothing for money or fame. The USS is the perfect place for her: access to the world's deadliest outbreaks and Umbrella's cutting-edge viral research.
· Favorite/Characteristics: Unlike Bertha (who "heals" sadistically), Erudite is a pure scientist. Her "help" is a byproduct of her experiments. In gameplay, her abilities involve infecting enemies and analyzing viruses.

Full name: Vladimir Bodrovski / nickname Spectre
· Age: 34 years (as of 1998).
· Race: Human, guy (Russian).
Appearance: Face concealed by a standard USS gas mask. Wears a goggle-like device that allows him to see through walls or illuminate objects like thermal imaging. His build and social background are deliberately "inconspicuous."

Personality: Cold-blooded and cynical. A former spy who has developed a taste for the "dirty side of life"—blackmail and manipulation. His primary motivation is profit, not ideology. He keeps to himself within the squad, but performs his duties impeccably. He is taciturn and speaks slowly, with a noticeable accent (English is not his native language).
· Position: Scout (Observer class) of the Delta squad (Wolf Pack).

· Notes:
Achievements: A Cold War veteran and former Soviet intelligence agent. He blackmailed high-ranking officials, forcing him to flee Russia. His surveillance and intelligence gathering skills made him valuable to Umbrella.
Connections: Works on the same team as Lupo, Vector, Bertha, Erudite, and Happy. He was transferred from Umbrella's European branch to the Wolf Pack when management realized how useful his skills were.
Past: His body "has no outstanding physical or social characteristics," making him virtually invisible in any situation—perfect for a spy. It's hinted that he may have resorted to cannibalism in the past to survive (remark about the "Soviet winter").
· Favorite/Characteristics: His equipment includes a multi-functional visor: sonar (sees enemies through walls), biometric vision (highlights living beings), and a threat scanner (transmits data to the team). His call sign is a reference to the game SOCOM US Navy SEALs by Slant Six Games.

· Full name: Michaela Heinzwaffen / nickname Bertha
· Age: 34 years (as of 1998).
· Race: Human, girl (German).
· Appearance: Blonde (in canon, under a mask), wears a standard USS suit. Her "calling card" is a first aid kit on her belt and a hypodermal injector (Hypo Gun).

Personality: A sadistic medic. Cold-blooded, but with a perverse love of pain. She believes anesthesia is for weaklings. She can calmly talk about how someone would be "funny" being eaten by a zombie, while masterfully stitching up her allies' wounds (without anesthesia). For her, healing is simply maintaining the body in working order, and pain is a tool.
· Position: Medic of the Delta Squad (Wolf Pack).

· Notes:
Achievements: In addition to field medicine, he works as a professional executioner/interrogator for Umbrella. Using his knowledge of anatomy and love of suffering, he extracts information, leaving his victims on the brink of life and death.
· Connections: Works in the same team with Lupo, Vector, Specter, Erudite and Merry.
· Background: Former military doctor. She struggled to adapt to civilian medicine due to a complete lack of empathy for patients' pain. At USS, her "uncompromising approach" was appreciated.
· Favorites/Features: Her abilities include increased health kit capacity, increased healing, Stimpack (speed and accuracy), Neutralize Infection (heals virus/damages infected), and Painkiller (reduces damage taken).

· Full name: Classified. Known only by the call sign Vector.
· Age: 30 years (as of 1998).
Race: Human, male. According to some sources, Japanese (nationality).
Appearance: Height and weight unknown. Wears a modified USS tactical suit with active camouflage (invisibility system) and mimicry technology (can take on the appearance of other people). His face is hidden by a standard USS gas mask.

Personality: Absolutely silent and unnoticeable. His movements are "instinctive and smooth," and at rest he resembles a statue. He's the perfect reconnaissance and saboteur: he doesn't fight so much as disappear and reappear at the right moment. Cold-blooded, but not cruel unless necessary.
· Position: Reconnaissance Squad "Delta" ("Wolf Pack") in the USS Specialization: Stealth, infiltration, information gathering.

· Notes:
Achievements: Trained on Rockfort Island under HUNK's personal supervision. During training, he fought HUNK in hand-to-hand combat and drew, earning his respect. He also defeated Nikolai Zinoviev in training matches.
Connections: Mentor – HUNK. Vector requested to be assigned to the same squad as HUNK, but Umbrella command decided to split the valuable asset between different teams (to avoid risking both at once).
Past: Before joining the USS, he trained in martial arts (especially knife fighting) under several Japanese masters. He was then recruited by Umbrella and sent to Rockfort. After graduation, he joined the new Delta Force.
· Favorite/Features: His unique equipment includes active camouflage (short-term invisibility) and mimicry (disguise himself as an enemy). He also doesn't show up on enemy GPS radars.

Full name: Karen LesProux / Nickname: Lupo
· Age: 38 years (as of 1998).
· Race: Human, girl (French).
Appearance: Her face is hidden by a standard USS gas mask. She wears reinforced armor. Her appearance beneath the mask is not detailed, but she is a woman in her prime, a leader in spirit.

Personality: "Wolf Mother." Psychologically the most stable in the squad, but with a caveat: she cold-bloodedly killed her husband to protect her children (she was acquitted). She transferred the same overprotective attitude to her squad. Disciplined, effective, but deeply traumatized by her role as a soldier mother.
· Position: Leader of the Delta squad (Wolf Pack), Assault Specialist.

· Notes:
· Achievements: Assembled and trained the USS crew after the destruction of the previous Delta Force on the Ecliptic Express.
Connections: Former member of the elite GIGN unit (France). Works with Vector, Bertha, Spectre, Erudite, and Merry. She has four children, for whose sake she signed on with Umbrella.
Past: After her husband's murder, she was unable to find civilian work. Umbrella offered her a lifetime contract, guaranteeing a future for her children.
· Favorite/Traits: Has obsessive-compulsive traits. Her abilities include enhanced armor, fast reloading, and "Super Soldier" (a temporary boost to accuracy and damage).

· Name: Unknown. He is known only by the call sign HUNK. Real name, age, nationality - everything is classified.
· Age: Unknown (looks like a middle-aged man).
· Race: Human, Male
· Appearance: Height and weight unknown. He wears a standard black U.S.S. tactical suit and a signature gas mask with red lenses, which he almost never takes off. Without a mask, he was seen only in a few non-canon regimes.

· Personality: Silent, cold-blooded and absolutely emotionless. This is not Wesker-style sociopathy, but rather professional detachment: he simply performs a task without asking too many questions. At the same time, he is not devoid of a kind of "team spirit".
· Position: U.S.S. Operative, Alpha Squad Commander. Specialization: Survive and complete tasks at all costs.

· Notes:
· Connections: His mentor and commander at one time was HANK (trained Vector on Rockfort Island). The competitor is Nikolai Zinoviev from U.B.C.S., whom HANK surpasses in "efficiency" (both are masters of survival, but Nikolai betrays everyone for this, and HANK simply survives).
· Nickname: "Death" (Grim Reaper). He got it because of the statistics: everyone who works with him in the same team dies. He is always the only survivor.
· Past: Trained at the Umbrella Training Center on Rockfort Island. Judging by his voice and old artillery, he is not Japanese (more like a European or American). Reports from Code: Veronica indicate that HANK is unaware of Umbrella's real plans - he is just a soldier following orders.
· Favorites/Traits: His "calling card" is snapping the necks of enemies in close combat (signature move in Mercenaries)

· Name: William Birkin·
Age: 36 years ·
Race: Human, Male
· Appearance: Height 175 cm, weight 70 kg. Dark hair, brown eyes, thin-framed glasses. He wears a white scientist's coat.

· Character: Brilliant, but vain and easily succumbing to pride. A workaholic, obsessed with recognition. Unlike Wesker, he was not a sociopath - he loved his wife Annette and daughter Sherry, although he was a bad father. In a moment of despair, he is ready to do anything for the sake of survival.
· Position: Head of the NEST Laboratory in Raccoon City. The main developer of the G-virus.

· Notes:
· Achievements: Created the G-Virus.
· Connections: Mentor - James Marcus. Colleague and rival - Albert Wesker. His wife is Annette Birkin (Umbrella scientist). His daughter is Sherry Birkin.
· Past: Since childhood, he was a child prodigy, fell under the wing of Marcus.
· Favorite: Proud of the G-virus as "my child". He collected scientific awards. His weakness is his family.

· Full name: Albert Wesker. Real name unknown.
Age: 48 years
Race: Human male (carrier of the virus prototype). Upon awakening, he became a superhuman.
Appearance: 190 cm tall, 84 kg. Light (almost white) hair, icy blue eyes. Wears dark glasses that hide his red-yellow "cat-like" pupils after the mutation. Clothing: a black tactical suit or an elegant black suit with a red tie.

Personality: A complete sociopath and manipulator. Cold-blooded, sarcastic, and incredibly self-confident. Convinced of his own superiority. He despises "weak" people, but doesn't lose his composure even when losing.
· Position: Captain of the STARS squad (cover). Double agent for Umbrella.

· Notes:
· Achievements: Betrayed STARS in the mansion.
Connections: Mentors: Spencer and Marcus. Colleague and rival: William Birkin.
· Past: Raised as the "perfect soldier" in the Spencer Project.
Favorite: Sarcasm and monologues about the "new era." Hates being called a "child" or underestimated. Weakness: Overconfidence.

Marital Status: Single. However, he has a son, Jake Muller (his mother is an unknown woman), whose existence Wesker apparently didn't know about or care about.

· Name: James Marcus·
Age: The exact year of birth is unknown.
· Race: Human, Male
· Appearance: Not detailed in the canon. He is known as "the man with long gray hair" and glasses. He wore a classic scientist's costume.

· Personality: Brilliant, but obsessive and arrogant. He is fanatically devoted to science. Unlike Spencer, he did not seek world domination - he was interested in the very essence of the virus. Touchy and vindictive.
· Position: Co-founder of Umbrella. Head of the research center in the Arklay Mountains. Creator of the T-virus.

· Notes:
· Achievements: First to cross the progenitor virus with leech DNA, obtaining the T-virus. He trained Wesker and Birkin.
· Connections: Formally, he is a partner of Spencer and Ashford. He was the mentor of Albert Wesker and William Birkin. Was he married? No data. His "pets" are leeches.
· Favorite: Gave lectures, kept diaries. Probably, he was proud of the "T-virus" as his main child.

· Name: Ozwell Edward Spencer·
Age: 83 years old (born 1923, died 2006)
· Race: Human, Male (British)

· Appearance: Height 179 cm, weight 65 kg. Blue eyes, gray curly hair.
· Personality: Misanthrope, convinced eugenicist and narcissist. Cold-blooded, calculating and incredibly arrogant. He considered himself a "god" who had the right to reshape humanity.
· Position: Founder, President and Owner of Umbrella Corporation.

· Notes:
· Achievements: Discovered a progenitor virus in Africa (1966). He founded Umbrella in 1968. He created a project to breed a "new race of superhumans".
· Connections: Founders-colleagues: James Marcus and Edward Ashford. He was a mentor and patron of Albert Wesker and William Birkin. He was inspired by Miranda's research.
· Background: Started as an ordinary medical student, but after meeting Miranda, he imagined himself to be the chosen one. In cold blood, he killed architect George Trevor and his family to keep the mansion a secret.
· Favorite: I collected my own portraits.