In 1963, after Oswell E. Spencer placed an order for the mansion to be built in the Arkley Mountains and accepted the plans for the structure, he was invited to a party together with other well-known scientists and wealthy people. Spencer is just unwinding after a long day of work, so he engages in idle chatter with everyone else until he overhears a conversation about how human decadence will pollute the environment and how the intelligent and powerful must collaborate to fix humanity. Spencer's head freezes when he sees what is being discussed. After the man finished speaking, nobody cared a damn about what he said, and they essentially ignored him the entire time. After discovering that the man's name was Dr. Wesker, Spencer would approach him and begin a dialogue about how he and the other person felt about humanity.
After that, Spencer would inform him of the plans his eugenics group had to transform society into an ideal society with intelligent people. Dr. Wesker has volunteered to work with Spencer on the planning of the project in order to assist in bringing Spencer's vision to existence.
In 1966, after identifying the virus that was going to be used in the experiment, Spencer discloses this information to Dr. Wesker and requests a definitive list of children who are going to be studied. This takes place after Spencer has already discovered the virus. Because Spencer felt that Progenitor would only be beneficial to mankind if the offspring could be trusted with its capabilities, he required that the genetically superior humans accept his ideas in order for them to become the Übermenschen. Spencer believed that the progenitor would only be valuable to humanity if the offspring could be trusted with its powers. Dr. Wesker was sent to Raccoon City so that he could assist with future planning while Spencer's home was being built there.
In 1968, Umbrella Pharmaceuticals was created, and that same year, it began working surreptitiously with the United States government. This was done in order to facilitate the funding of the Wesker project. Within the span of a single month, hundreds of children between the ages of seven and ten were adopted, either formally or informally, on the basis of a criterion based on the commitment of their parents to humanity. They were all given the surname Wesker, placed in houses with anywhere from eight to sixteen children, given the best education that money could buy, brought up to embrace Spencer's values, and constantly supervised by the Project W staff. Dr. Wesker was in charge of the children, and Spencer was trying to stabilize the progenitor virus so that it might be used in the future on the children. The project was proceeding according to plan.
Three of the most intelligent children living in a household with some of the youngest children did not complain about the changes that were taking place in their lives because they believed that their parents were keeping them from realizing their full potential. They were closer than the other whiny and useless youngsters, and Albert, who was arrogant, had a lot in common with Alex, who was pompous, and William, who was the most Sirius.
The events in this chapter take place during most of chapter 2