Mia's backstory (spoilers)

[Mordred Morghul]

Why does Mia work for the connections in the first place? Maybe I missed it, but I do not think that was ever explained. Her bio descibes her as a kind and gentle person and a loving wife. Why would she work for a criminal company that develops bioweapons? It just seems to me like there is some refrigerator logic going on.

[DessIntress]

I can't remember any reason...
But well, the question could be asked about each employee. In such companies aren't only persons who are fundamentally evil and want to set the world on fire, but also ordinary people are employed. They just showed us the other side.
IMO they are simply employees and it shouldn't mean anything yet. Mia and the others work for the money, advancement opportunities, fun at work and probably some fun in the research of the unknown.

The other thing is that BOWs are a big thing in this universe. It's maybe nothing else than working for S&W, H&K, Darpa or some Pharma companies. Roughly said: The only difference is that she work for the black market instead of killing people by the legal way.

[talgaby]

Being gentle and a loving wife does not necessarily contradict the fact that she was working for the criminal underworld. Granted, the fact that she worked there as a hired gun kinda does, but to be honest, this is the kind of ludicrous plot element that is widely common in the world of Resident Evil. If a renegade clone could somehow amass enough money to build a city-sized underground laboratory complex and fund a worldwide terrorist organisation just because she had some daddy issues, a housewife turning out to be a mob mercenary is mild in comparison.

[Lanzagranadas]

Maybe she didn't know they were an undergound criminal organization when she was recruited, maybe she needed the job and the money so much that she had to turn a blind eye on what was going on.

I mean, not everyone working for evil or corrupt organizations is necessarily going to be an evil person. Sometimes low-range employees have no idea on what the higher ups are ploting, they just know what they need to know to do their job and simply follow orders because that's why they're paid for.

[Mordred Morghul]

Lanzagranadas, That is what I was thinking. Maybe she didn't know, and by the time she found out they had hooks in her; blackmail, threats, etc...

[talgaby]

Yes, because blackmailers would just have set up proper job contracts and she could have just sent out a video message saying she is about to finish the job and come home.
She was just a hired hand, simple as that. All large organised crime has totally legit paid full-time employees. Sometimes even armed ones.

[Mordred Morghul]

Originally posted by talgaby:

Yes, because blackmailers would just have set up proper job contracts and she could have just sent out a video message saying she is about to finish the job and come home.
She was just a hired hand, simple as that. All large organised crime has totally legit paid full-time employees. Sometimes even armed ones.

She was a researcher who worked on the project from the get go. Read the wiki before you spout ignorance.

[talgaby]

A researcher who just happened to know how to use a military-grade machine gun she also happened to casually have on her, alongside the explosives that take years to learn how to handle without blowing your own limbs off? That is one heckuva researcher right there. :)

[Mordred Morghul]

"In 2010, Mia became a researcher for The Connections, an international criminal organization specializing in producing bio-weapons for the black market"