𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 & 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐔𝐏
Eveline was originally created in a Munich research facility by the international crime syndicate "The Connections."
BSAA dispatched a team to destroy Eveline. The mission, however, was not successful, and Eveline escaped.
Eveline was then transferred to America by The Connections via ship along with her caretaker, Mia Winters.
However, Eveline managed to escape during transport.
[.....] The aforementioned operation to eliminate Eveline was BSAA's failing. We cannot deny that as it resulted in Eveline infecting innocent civilians.
BSAA will have to take responsibility should these events ever come to light.
As such, we advise that a cover story is fed to the media and BSAA's involvement is kept quiet.
following the failure of the BSAA operation to capture and terminate eveline ultimately led to the infection and murder of several innocent civilians, the baker family, and the infection and injury of the winter family. chris oversaw the blue umbrella operation to eliminate eveline the second time, as well as capture lucas baker and interrogate him about his partnership with the connections - mostly against his will, especially due to his own personal history with umbrella.
this failure by the BSAA, as well as the coverup that begun - not only to keep the incident quiet, as another outbreak could be disastrous if the public found out, but also to save their own skin began to showcase to chris that the BSAA had begun to stray from it’s original noble goal and started down a path that he could not be a part of. with the connections being run by brandon bailey, ex-umbrella and oswell spencer’s right hand man, he was unable to simply leave the investigation as the mess it had turned into in louisana. since the arklay incident, it was he and jill’s goal to eliminate umbrella - including those who had escaped justice. this was no different.
with the winters location kept well-guarded and secret, as well as zoe baker being reported dead and given a new identity, chris was unwilling to leave it at that.
chris has always had an issue with authority, ever since the pre-s.t.a.r.s days in the army. so his impulsive behaviour to personally take over an elite squad, as well as classified information that he has access to, comes as no surprise. with his investigation into miranda and her ties to the connections as well as eveline and the project that created her, he knew that the winter family would be in danger - especially after mia became pregnant. after all, if miranda was promised her child by the connections, it was a high possibility that she would target mia - the woman who was responsible for the failure of eveline, and thus, “owed” miranda her child. not only that, but the two were both still infected - something that should have been obvious on any test, especially if they had been quarantined, but both seemed unaware of this - particularly ethan, whom chris had begun a friendship with.
chris has had a habit over the years of disobeying orders - the recovery and rescue of jill valentine only succeeded because of his refusal to pull out when ordered to - and after the treatment he was subjected to by the BSAA during the outbreak in china and edonia, he has only been allowed to keep his rank and powers due to his position as an original founder and his accomplishments. with the events in new york causing thousands of civilian deaths - despite curing some people - and how his remaining found family from s.t.a.r.s (rebecca) were put in harms way, chris’ behaviour has only grown more reckless and subordinate.
with the winter family cut off and isolated, moved to a location close to miranda’s base of operations, it almost seemed as if the bsaa were attempting to lure out miranda and use the family as bait. sending his warning letter to zoe with an attached note to notify her that she wasn’t safe (as meeting her in person would only put her more at risk), he departed with his team to eastern europe.
though he has not officially “gone rogue”, he is well aware that the BSAA has become what it was supposed to stop - it has been years since jill, barry, o’brian and himself have been in charge and called the shots. now it is run by the UN, distant and cold, and like any corporation, is subject to corruption. the revelation that the BSAA is sending in bioweapons is just another nail in the coffin.
during 2020, with the events in the village and the winters, chris has continued to stray further and further from the BSAA - acting on his own, with a team of those who are loyal to him, whilst maintaining connections to those he knows and trusts; jill, barry, sheva, parker, josh, quint and keith. he knows that if all of them left, it would only allow the BSAA to continue on unchecked and put them at risk too - so much like in 1998, with jill staying in raccoon whilst he went to europe, he has been operating of his own accord.
