The T-011 was evacuated from the Arklay Laboratory in July 1998 to take part in this project. Umbrella had considered alternatives to the Tyrant Project early on, such as the Talos Project, which was to pioneer computer-controlled B.O.W.s to solve intelligence problems. Most new Tyrants engineered after the start of the Mansion Incident were modified clones of T-002, though there were other parallel developments. With the creation of the first Tyrants and the ε strain, Umbrella finally gained the ability to mass-produce B.O.W.s. When the Arklay Laboratory experienced an outbreak of its new virus, a cloned embryo of T-002 was developed and evacuated out for further research to avoid any risk of the Tyrant Project being a waste. This oversight otherwise helped the R&D team in perfecting their technique in creating the T-002 and T-011. Work on the T-001 was abandoned when it suffered from mental degradation, which the R&D team concluded was the result of administering too high a 'dose' of t-Virus, also leading to dermatological necrosis. By carefully infecting the body parts of compatible subjects and performing surgery where needed, the Tyrant Project team was able to ensure a largely successful development. How many took part is uncertain, though as the three surviving Tyrants were numbered T-001, T-002 and T-011, there could have been as many as eleven participants. The R&D team were able to arrange for a number of convicts to be shipped to the Arklay Laboratory for use as test subjects, and testing began.
However, the trade-off was that the rapid physical changes were potentially fatal, and a test subject could die in the process. The virus was capable of causing mutations at a much faster rate than previously seen and could greatly increase the subject's size and strength. The Tyrants finally entered prototype production in the late Spring of 1998, when the ε strain was completed.
Consequently, the Tyrant Project had to be delayed while a new strain of t-Virus was engineered which would expand the number of genetically-compatible test subjects. Such people were projected to be statistically uncommon at one in ten million. Research by the staff at the Arklay Laboratory determined that in order to experience mutations of this scale the test subject would require certain genes relating to intelligence, which were found to change how the t-Virus would mutate a person. The Tyrant Project would have, theoretically, bridged that gap in creating a human bio-weapon of like or near-human intelligence, possessing great physical strength while still being able to interpret a wide array of commands. This led to Umbrella USA and Umbrella Europe taking alternative research paths, with USA focusing on creating physically powerful B.O.W.s, and the European continent focusing on preserving intelligence. Due to the t-Virus' typical effect of brain matter necrosis, the number of successful B.O.W.s was limited, with the Cerberus Project and Hunter Project being the most successful. The Tyrant Project began in 1988 with the intent on creating an advanced Bio Organic Weapon for military use.
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