On July 24, 1998, a series of bizarre murders erupts on the outskirts of Raccoon City. When Bravo Team of the RCPD's S.T.A.R.S. goes silent investigating, Alpha Team is sent in. They find Bravo Team's crashed helicopter but are immediately attacked by monstrous dogs, killing one of their own. Pilot Brad Vickers panics and abandons the rest of the team. The remaining members — Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, and Barry Burton — take refuge in a nearby mansion, where it becomes very clear very fast that the undead walk these corridors and far worse things lurk in the dark.