11 BBY, October 25, outer space above Fondor Planet.
Alexia sat in her laboratory with one leg crossed over the other, looking utterly at ease as she watched the screen before her. It displayed extraordinarily complex biological DNA data, yet for this girl who looked only fourteen, reading it was even easier than reading a children's book.
She was still wearing her favorite purple dress, with a white lab coat over it. Beneath the long hem of her dress, her slender legs were clad in white stockings. She was not even wearing shoes, studying the screen barefoot with a cold smile on her lips.
An officer carefully entered. Seeing that the laboratory door was open, he swallowed and spoke softly from the doorway. "Ms. Alexia... General Tann... requests your presence on the bridge."
For several years now, the Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group had become incredibly strange in people's eyes—perhaps even terrifying. Ordinary civilians were less affected, as Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group had invested heavily in advertising to improve its public image, and it did indeed produce a great many medical and household products.
But to military personnel, Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group was a terrifying presence not to be spoken of lightly!
Countless horrifying biological experiments, even human experiments; grotesque mutant bioweapons that seemed to have crawled straight out of horror films... Every military officer who had come into contact with Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group, even if they knew only the tip of the iceberg, bore that terrifying impression deeply in their hearts.
There was also a particularly unsettling rumor. When people retired from the military, ordinary classified information usually required nothing more than signing a nondisclosure agreement. But every military officer involved in matters related to Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group had all relevant memories directly erased from their minds after retirement!
With all those terrifying