CHAPTER 21: Dissolution of S.T.A.R.S

Umbrella's senior management quickly became aware of the matter through the intelligence network, and Umbrella immediately used its power to cover up the truth, and 26 minutes after the press conference, all evidence was eliminated.

As Irons 'found' no suspicious evidence at the scene, the words and actions of the five were considered by authorities to be idle suspicion and an excuse for not being able to complete the task. Because of this, none of the S.T.A.R.S members were able to sue Umbrella.

When Barry returned home and asked his wife and two daughters to leave for Canada the next day, he was worried about his family's safety.

The Raccoon City Times first reported on the "Spencer Mansion Explosion" on July 25.

'At approximately 4:20 am on July 25th, residents living on the shores of Lake Victory were awakened by a large explosion coming from the northwest of Raccoon City Forest.'

'A huge fire burned the uninhabited Manda Spencer to the ground. According to rumors, the fire was caused by a gas leak in the pipes of the mansion's old basement.'

Brad Vickers left Raccoon City because he couldn't stand the media comments and mental pressure.

At the same time, Rebecca and others submitted a request for an investigation to the higher department at S.T.A.R.S headquarters in New York and received assurances from Vice Commander Tom Katz.

On July 28, 1998, Raccoon City authorities held a press conference regarding the results of the missing and murdered persons investigation. Raccoon City Councilman Edward West used 'incompetence' as an excuse and decided that S.T.A.R.S would no longer investigate missing and murdered people.

At the same time, a spokesperson for the Raccoon City Police Department also agreed with Councilman Edward's decision, and Director Irons also said that he was considering punishing the incompetent members of S.T.A.R.S.

On July 29, "Raccoon City Weekly" preemptively reported the contents of the press conference held the previous day. The report mentioned the loss of personnel and equipment due to the incompetence of S.T.A.R.S, as well as the loss of personnel and quoted one of his words: "We have reason to believe that members of S.T.A.R.S may have taken hallucinogenic drugs or drunk a lot of alcohol before carrying out the last mission, so they had no choice but to abandon it."

In addition to Edward West, Mayor Warren's agent Sierra Jacobson and police headquarters chief J.C. Washington also answered reporters' questions at the press conference. However, Police Commissioner Brian Irons and the S.T.A.R.S survivors have not commented on the situation.

By August 7, 1998, they were all recovering in the hospital and were released from the hospital a week later. However, the trauma in their hearts still could not be healed. Richard took his wife and children and left Raccoon City.

Sullivan left shortly after, and Enrico had one last conversation with Chris and Director Irons. Although he tried his best to confirm what he had experienced in the mansion, Irons remained unmoved.

Chris knew the director had believed in him, but the Umbrella Corporation was already the cornerstone of the city. The people in the city who knew the truth were too afraid to speak out, but he didn't know about most of the inhumane experiments in the Roccoon city branch of the Umbrella Corporation.

On August 13, many days of nightmares and doubts from those around him made Chris extremely angry, so much so that Chris repeatedly got into fights with his colleagues. He decided to meet Jill and others to discuss the next step.

On August 15, Jill, Javier, and Enrico met with Chris at his apartment and learned that Chris was planning to go to Europe to continue the investigation after learning about the g-virus. Enrico decided to go with him.

For safety reasons, he did not tell his sister, who was studying at college, anything about this decision.

The sewer manager discovered that Director Irons was in a very bad mood. When he tried to make Irons happy, he had a pistol pointed at his head.

Irons' mood did not improve until William Birkin deposited $10,000 into his account.

On August 17, Javier felt that Raccoon City was strange at night. Something seemed to appear on the dark side of Raccoon City. However, everything was normal during the day. Javier realized that Umbrella had started to take things one step at a time.

On August 21, William Birkin ordered the sewer manager to temporarily shut down the operating sewer system because the police had begun investigating Umbrella.

On August 24th, Director Brian called together everyone who survived the mansion incident. At this time, only Jill, Rebecca, Enrico, Chris and Javier were still in Raccoon City, he then announced that he would significantly reduce S.T.A.R.S.'s armaments.

At 4:40 pm, everyone collectively submitted their resignations. Brian announced that S.T.A.R.S would be officially disbanded from now on. Chris and Enrico immediately caught a flight to Europe that afternoon.

Barry was preparing to go to Canada to reunite with his family, but Jill decided to stay. So Brian reassigned a group of people from the agency and established the "Selected Police Force" (SPF) to replace S.T.A.R.S.

Afterwards, with the exception of shy Brad, the surviving members of S.T.A.R.S organized themselves to take part in the action against the Umbrella Company.

On August 24, a drug store in Raccoon City signed a very large order with the Umbrella Company. The subject was a new hair growth agent launched by Umbrella.

On August 25, an RPD night watchman was reassigned by Director Irons to guard the clock tower because his presence disrupted Irons' plans.

While Javier was there, he convinced Mike to resign and ordered him to get his family out of Raccoon City. That was the most he could do, and he also gave Mike a sum of money.

On August 26, the "Raccoon City Times" prepared the "City Security Plan" released by the mayor on the afternoon of the 25th. The city council decided that the Raccoon City Police Department would hire at least ten new police officers. These newly hired police officers are the corresponding strategy to replace S.T.A.R.S.

Brian Irons and all Raccoon City Council members attended this meeting. The mayor once again emphasized to the citizens present at the meeting and various media outlets that, in order to protect the safety of the general public's daily life and normal work, the curfew must continue. The previous eleven "cannibalistic" homicides and three homicides caused by wild animals remain under investigation.

Furthermore, in order to build the public's trust in himself and prevent the citizens of Raccoon City from falling victim to violence, he also devised three plans in detail. This includes hiring 10 to 20 new police officers; The citywide curfew system will last until September, and Irons will be responsible for implementing the police command work that will continue to respond to the back-to-back murders in May and June.

(End of chapter)

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