The Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service is a fictional special forces unit featured in the video game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, as well as in the Resident Evil Outbreak series. They're owned by the Umbrella Corporation and are a different unit from the Umbrella Special Forces Unit (HUNK's unit, also known as the Umbrella Security Service) and specializes in rescue operations during biohazard outbreaks. Although they've been very successful in every operation, due to their high mortality rate the unit is comprised almost exclusively of convicted war criminals and mercenaries for hire from around the world that served their national militaries and joined the UBCS as an alternative to capital punishment for any crimes they may have been caught committing. The unit is comprised of almost 120 operatives, divided between four platoons (with two or three squads per platoon).Involvement in the Raccoon City incident
The U.B.C.S. was deployed to Raccoon City during the T-Virus outbreak on September 28, 1998 under the guise of reinforcing the RPD (Raccoon Police Department), halting the spread of the T-Virus infection, and evacuating any survivors from the worst affected areas (although Umbrella employees were to take priority, and members were encouraged to use regular civilians as decoys or human shields if their situation became dire). However, the Umbrella Corporation's true motives involved using the unit as cannon fodder for their bio-organic weapons (particularly the Nemesis and Hunter models), as well as any other irregular creatures that resulted from infection during the outbreak. Because of this, almost all of the unit's members were killed before they could effectively even begin their mission. Carlos Oliveira was the only confirmed survivor during the outbreak although rumor has it that Nicholai Ginovaef, one of the Supervisors (see below), and several U.B.C.S. regulars that caught wind of Mission Code: XX (the bombing of Raccoon City to end the threat of further infection), also escaped the city alive. Now you know...Uniforms and Equipment
Due to their involvement in tactical, hazardous, and combat operations, U.B.C.S. operatives wear and use military grade tactical gear. Operatives are seen wearing black combat boots, khaki-colored fatigue pants, a green fatigue shirt, and a black tactical vest with the U.B.C.S. logo printed on the back. They utilise a variety of heavy and light smallarms such as 9mm pistols, assualt rifles and SMG's like the Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft SP2009 9mm pistol, the Colt Firearms M4 Carbine assualt rifle, the Heckler & Koch MP-5 sub-machine gun, the Beretta 92FS 9mm pistol, the Franchi SPAS-12 combat shotgun, the Heckler & Koch PSG-1 precision sniper rifle, the Magnum Research Desert Eagle pistol, the United States Army M67 fragmentation hand grenade, and the experimental mine thrower.Supervisors
Supervisors (or Observers) were special operatives within the U.B.C.S. Their purpose was to gather combat data from B.O.W.'s and the various other infected creatures wandering Raccoon City whilst maintaining a clandestine profile within the U.B.C.S. ranks. They were also tasked with gathering samples and destroying all evidence of the Umbrella Corporation's involvement in the research and production of the T-Virus. To better coordinate their efforts, Supervisors were acquainted with each other prior to the beginning of the operation. Due to the traitorous nature of this occupation, Umbrella selected only the most heinous of war criminals, specifically those displaying anti-social and sociopathic tendancies, and absolute disregard for their fellow members, as it's Supervisors. Nicholai Ginovaef and Tyrell Patrick were merely two of several Supervisors within Raccoon City conducting Operation: Bravo-16 (the code used throughout the mssion by Supervisors regarding their true objectives). Supervisors were naturally given preferential treatment over regular mercenaries, as they were provided with means of communications to contact their superiors, were implanted with higher-quality vaccines and were provided with instructions on how to reach certain extraction points.[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service ]
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