Talk:Operation Bacillus Terminate

message: I cleaned up a lot of spelling and grammar errors and edited the article for clarity.  I also removed several theories that didn't have any facts to back them up.
Girtman 20:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Grammar and Theories

message: I've removed all the fan speculation about this as it wasn't based on actual facts.
Significant EMP effects are only generated in a high altitude burst. At low altitudes, under 10 km, anything the EMP could potentially effect would be well within the area subjected to the blast and thermal effects of the explosion.
The same can be said for the radiation argument. The range for instantly lethal and eventually lethal radioactive doses are within the range of the other two effects. So anyone that could worry about significant radiation would more than likely be a burning, melting corpse flying to pieces at supersonic speeds anyway. The slower radioactive fallout effect takes days to come into play.
Effects of nuclear explosions
Dr. Lobotomy 02:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not speculation.  This is a significant area of contention for fans of the series.  Nobody is speculating that "An argument may occur regarding the event".  If you have played Resident Evil 3, it would be obvious that any type of nuclear-based EMP field would be large enough to have affected the helicopter at such close range. Gamer Junkie 04:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Electromagnetic Pulse As I said, the EMP effect's range would be within the THERMAL(the heat) and BLAST(the two supersonic shock waves) range! Had the helicopter been close enough to be affected by the EMP  would have been blown to bits anyway! Since it wasn't, it's really safe to assume it was out of range. The B-29s who dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki didn't fall from the sky now did they? Nor did any of the countless other aircrafts involved in low altitude nuclear tests as long as they weren't within the explosion's radius. But whatever, a fictional game series with magical plot viruses can have magical unrealistically powerful conventional warheads and/or magical EMP that ignore facts as well for fans to argue over I guess.Dr. Lobotomy 19:04, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Magical viruses? Have you even played Resident Evil? As I stated before, none of this is speculation, anyway.  It is one of the most contended topics regarding the Resident Evil universe, and while I may not get involved in the debates, myself, it is a notable fact that many hardcore fans do. If you don't like it, fine, but stop complaining about the people who do. Gamer Junkie 19:36, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the "Biohazard 3 Last Escape Official Guide Book" contained an interview with story planner Yasuhisa Kawamura and director Kazuhiro Aoyama (http://www.survivhor.com/morbidcreations/re_behind/re3_qanda.htm). That should shed at least some light on the nature of the bomb. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Prime Blue (talk • contribs) 15:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That interview states that the bomb was a fictional "vapor bomb" of some sort.  I don't know if this information can be considered accurate, though, as this interview is from 1999, long before the Outbreak titles were released.  He even states that the Raccoon General Hospital was "just a hospital" and that Umbrella had no laboratories inside.  This is obviously not the case in latter titles, since Resident Evil: Outbreak pits the player against a monstrosity created inside Umbrella's basement laboratory within this same hospital.  The player must actually use Umbrella's laboratory to destroy the Leechman.  If we could get an up-to-date interview from last year, perhaps, that would help us considerably. Thanks, though, I'll make the addition regarding this so-called "vapor bomb" when I've got more time. Gamer Junkie 16:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The arguments against Raccoon City being destroyed by a nuclear weapon

message: Ok, an EMP from a nuke can travel for milesand far out reach the other direct effects(heat, fire, the explosion stuff like that,not anything that has to do with fall-out) of the blast. So unless it was a up-to-date military helecopter, which are all hardened against EMP, it would have crashed after dentonation. Gundam94 16:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The EMP