NE-T Virus = Non existant

[Kaiser]

The Nemesis Report is not canon, its written by a Chinese publisher, who used the US version of the game as their basis of information along with info ripped from the official Japanese guidebooks. Its not penned by the developers or anyone related to the developers.

Thanks for clarifying that News!

I thought that that file WAS cannon, but couldn't find it (mainly because it wasn't in RE3, but written on the side.

[News Bot]

Hm? But the NE-T virus is also mentioned in the Nemesis report.

http://projectumbrella.net/articles/Nemesis-Report

(NEMESIS CAUTIOUS MODE)
Although the black armour of Nemesis is slightly bullet proof, under heavy fire, Nemesis will still sustain damage. Then it will turn to "cautious" mode. There is no significant change in appearance, but the defence system will cause it to use part of its tentacles as a weapon now. In normal mode, the tentacles were only used to inject the NE-T virus into its victim. Now, the tentacles contain a liquid compound, which affects the nervous system of the victim, restricting the victim’s movement.

The Nemesis Report is not canon, its written by a Chinese publisher, who used the US version of the game as their basis of information along with info ripped from the official Japanese guidebooks. Its not penned by the developers or anyone related to the developers.

[Iron]

http://projectumbrella.net/articles/Business-Fax

There is no actual mention of a virus. The liquid medicine is used for culture fluid. "NE-T type" is actually abbreviation for "Nemesis T-Type". In this case, it is referring to the culture fluid used to contain the Nemesis.

Hm? But the NE-T virus is also mentioned in the Nemesis report.

http://projectumbrella.net/articles/Nemesis-Report

(NEMESIS CAUTIOUS MODE)
Although the black armour of Nemesis is slightly bullet proof, under heavy fire, Nemesis will still sustain damage. Then it will turn to "cautious" mode. There is no significant change in appearance, but the defence system will cause it to use part of its tentacles as a weapon now. In normal mode, the tentacles were only used to inject the NE-T virus into its victim. Now, the tentacles contain a liquid compound, which affects the nervous system of the victim, restricting the victim’s movement.

[News Bot]

Or, we can think that since the cop died in reason of the wound, the transformation process just accelerate (like Marvin transformation in RE2).

Its pretty much fact that the T-virus works faster on dead hosts than it does on living hosts. And by 2005, the T-virus had already undergone massive amounts of research and development, so the strain used in Harvardville would have been pretty advanced.

[Davi Redfield]

Or, we can think that since the cop died in reason of the wound, the transformation process just accelerate (like Marvin transformation in RE2).

[Andyfer_Ruu]

Yeah I noticed that, however there was an error in Degeneration with the first zombie (the cop in the airport, he turns into a zombie very quickly and was bitten alive).

Dont forget that this is a movie though you cant have an airport scene that takes a week to watch just for one guy to turn into a zombie.

[Shadow Stalker]

Lets just assume the T-Virus is aware that it is in a fictional world and consciously knows who is a major character and who is cannon fodder and acts accordingly.

That's not a bad assumption if you ask me.

[Mr. Ashford]

Well, looking back, the original T-Virus strains must have been slow acting, using Mr. Itchy Tasty as an example. The virus took days to work on him, but I think we can assume the virus slowly eats away at intelligence, brain function, something like that.

Then there's the fact that the T-Virus is always contained in a lab. Who's to say the researchers at said labs aren't working on ways to improve it? The T-Virus in Arklay, Raccoon and Rockfort/Antarctica could have all been very different because of how the researchers were tinkering with it.

[Kaiser]

^ lol, that would explain the 10 years it took for it to work on Marcus.

[Enrico Marini]

There is always the off chance that the T-Virus was constantly improved apon making it faster acting but we never see a Type 1, 2 or 3. Ahh the T-Virus, what mysteries it contains. Isn't the T-Virus supposed to have a very short life outside of a host?

Lets just assume the T-Virus is aware that it is in a fictional world and consciously knows who is a major character and who is cannon fodder and acts accordingly.

[Alexia_Ashford]

Well the new T-virus strain in CODE: Veronica was REALLLY fast, and spread by air.

That's because CODE: Veronica pwns!

Well in RE3, the T-Virus was relatively new and we know it can take days until someone actually transforms into a zombie. Jill wasn't out of it for very long and she got the vaccine fairly quickly.

If it never said about an NE-T virus though, where did we all get the idea from in the first place?

I'd never really thought into it that much to be honest because the idea of a different virus had always confused me a little. Especially how a bog-standard vaccine that Carlos had manufactured had managed to help Jill as well when it would have been a different strain had the NE-T virus existed, so it wouldn't have worked. I don't think the T-Virus would have altered a great deal inside the Nemesis though due to the NE-Alpha parasite, given the two were at odds with eachother towards the end of the game. The parasite wanted to continue with the mission, but the virus couldn't contain itself because of all the damage sustained, and in true RE fashion, turned him into a big blob.

With the "travel by air" argument in CV, I know one part of the game says it does (when you check the vent where the hunter broke out from), but that's Chris' assumption and never with hard fact. I think it was something along the lines of "This must be where the virus broke out from". If it was highly infectious though and did travel by air, surely everyone would have been infected. Rodrigo, Steve, Claire, Alfred, Wesker. That vent was in the Antarctic facility I believe, but when you first talk to Alfred he accuses Claire of releasing the "experimental T-Virus" onto the Island, so I'll assume it was the same one present in Antarctica.

[News Bot]

Well the new T-virus strain in CODE: Veronica was REALLLY fast, and spread by air.

[Mr. Rod]

THAT or the writters simply forgot how humans changed into zombies in the past games!

[News Bot]

Yeah I noticed that, however there was an error in Degeneration with the first zombie (the cop in the airport, he turns into a zombie very quickly and was bitten alive).

Different strains of the T-virus are also a factor, by 2005 it would have been pretty fast acting. Haha

All of the zombies in Degeneration don't take very long to change. Greg, the zombies on the plane etc.

[Mr. Rod]

Yeah I noticed that, however there was an error in Degeneration with the first zombie (the cop in the airport, he turns into a zombie very quickly and was bitten alive).