STORY The story begins months before Black Friday when a domestic terrorist gets his hands on a vial of misplaced smallpox virus found at an abandoned FDA facility. The terrorist modifies the virus and prepares for its optimal release window: the Tha^giving weekend and Black Friday sales madness. The government, aware of the transaction having taiken place, is imable to find the terrorist and stop h i m i n t i m e . - ' , , 0 The virus is released in the center of Manhattan. In the days before it is confirmed as smallpox, it spreads across the nation and outside of the borderiS/'In New York alone millions are infected. Hundreds of thousands die. In an attempt to slow the spread to neighboring cities and the surrounding countryside the city is quarantined. The virus spreads like a ynldfire on Manhattan. Local martial law is declared. The U.S. National Guard is activated. The virus takes its toll on government forces, the chaotic violence that ensues makes it worse. The remnants of U.S. Department of Defense, CERA and local public personnel (the police^ firefighters, etc) form the Joint Task Force QTF) in order to organize relief and recovery. Despite their efforts, civil unrest increases. Now, the city is on the verge of collapse. Enemy factions that surfaced in the chaos are attempting to claim New York City for their own. In a last ditch effort to save New York, the President has invoked Directive 51. Hidden in the top secret annexes of this directive is an organization called the Division. The player is a Division agent, a self-supporting tactical agent embedded in society, prepared for the worst possible scenario and bestowed with executive powers by the President himself upon activation. When all else has failed, it is up to the Division to save what remains and take back New York. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtwrzaMiMeg Bitter survivor. Paranoid, angry and desperate. Wants everyone t IVIale 20--35 White NYC death finally comes for him. Male 30--45 Asian Neutral US Ethnicity should not show through in accent Female 30--45 Asian Neutral US Ethnicity should not show through in accent per Male 30--45 Black Neutral US Ethnicity should not show through in accent Jt Male 30--45 Black Neutral US Ethnicity should not show through in accent Female 30--45 Latino Neutral US Ethnicity should not show through in accent Male 30--40 White Va r i o u s U S ider Female 30--40 Latino Va r i o u s U S - Male 30--40 Black Va r i o u s U S nner Male 30--40 Latino Va r i o u s U S per Female 30--40 White Va r i o u s U S >cout Male 30--40 White V a r i o u s U S /ledic Male 30--40 Black V a r i o u s U S Female 30--40 White V a r i o u s U S Passionate brother. Totally wrapped up in the idea of destroying Male 25--40 Latino NYC, lower class what's been done to him and his boys, and he wants revenge. Class A criminal. Ambitious, smart, and observant. Using the ou Male 25--40 White NYC, lower class ranks. More than willing to kill JTF and others if it gets him to th Career-thug. Thickheaded and unambitious. Just going along wi Male 25--40 White NYC, lower class his last days drowning in hard liquor, pot and women. Leader. Smart, calculating, merciless. He won't suffer idiots. He Male 25--40 Black NYC, lower class crushed beneath his boot, and he'll do it any way he can. Devoted sister. Feels jaded, betrayed. Committed to the cause. F n Female 25--40 Black NYC, lower class waiting for that perfect shot. Not so conversational. Immigrant. American Dream has been shattered. She's more tha Female 25--40 Latino NYC, lower class gratitude toward the "home of the free" with her newly gifted RP Up-and-coming gangster. Crew up in and out of juvie. The systi him. With the Riker's gang, he finally feels like he belongs to soi lusher Male 25--40 Black NYC, lower class off as he feels like he has something to prove. He's cracked more than most of the other guys. There aren't toe world who would use chemical weapons in close combat. He doe Grenadier Male 35--50 Strong NYC, Blue collar just test subjects and the city has become his lab. Disgruntled, grim. Knows what it takes to win a dirty fight. Stub! Male 35--50 Strong NYC, Blue collar the job done. Worn, overworked. He sees only death: his own or someone else FACTION; CLEANERS Cleaners are a group of blue collar workers who have taken it upon themselves to rid New York City of the virus. As part of the relief effort, these guys were on the front lines when the virus struck, helping to construct barricades and quarantine areas. By the second week, they were digging mass graves. By the end, they were burning bodies. When the relief effort began to collapse, these workers realized how fruitless their endeavors had been. Their families were back home dying or dead, and they were out there working, for what? New York was only getting worse. If the army and everyone else called it quits, then everything they did, everything they sacrificed would be in vain. Even worse, they would be stuck in quarantined Manhattan with a disease that wouldn't die. No one would live. Not unless they stepped up and took m a t t e r s i n t o t h e i r o w n h a n d s . Thus the Cleaners were born. By the time we meet them, the Cleaners have become infamous. No one knows who they are. They only know them as merciless, masked men, stalking the streets and burning any and all evidence of the disease. Any place &at could be hoarding victims - clinics, camps, outposts - needs to be burned. Any person showing symptoms must be burned. The Cleaners see the disease as an infestation that must be purged. They haven't had time to truly reflect on their atrocities. If they did, they'd be horrified. The Cleaners walk in groups in a trance-like state. They don't talk much. If they do, it's normally the average work complaints about their knees aching or,the winter wind biting. Mostly, they just do their time and go back to base when the day is done. There, they distract themselves with booze or prayer - whatever works to keep the nightmares away. They treat their opponents like pesky rats. Some Cleaners just want to get the killing over with. Others taunt their prey before snuffing them out. It's just part of the job. Nothing personal. Unless someone injures or kills one of their companions. Then you bet it's personal. Accents/dialects: NYC accents, more blue collar. Heavily filtered through gas masks. • Serious, gruff. Edging on bitter. • Don't fully pronounce all of their words. "Gotta" and "outta" instead of "got to" and "out of" • Not too graphic or vulgar, although they toss out the occasional swear. • Not too emotional. No use getting worked up over something if they're all going to die anyhow. Saying that, they have a bond and will express immense anger when one of their companions is injured, killed or needs to be put down. CL/INCY-S ^1W 1^1 Archetypes: The following descriptions are traits that should be particularly emphasized depending on the archetype. While each archetype must still adhere to the faction description, these details offer each archetype a bit of individuality. Chemical He's cracked more than most of the other guys. There aren't too many people in this Grenadier world who would use chemical weapons in close combat. He does. His opponents are just test subjects and the city has become his lab. , s. Flamer Disgruntled, grim. Knows what it takes to win a dirty fight. Stubbe^n. Just wants to get the job done. Heavy Worn, overworked. He sees only death: his own or^meonselse'^^'s*^^ from Flamer years ofback-breaking labor. Groans and compels ^%t. " / Engineer Hasn't completely justified his actions to hi^el%^t. He c(M|par%ientalizes to keep sane. Boss says this is the best way to saV^the city!'^he doe^$ tliink about it, it'll just go away. \ - v - V - . Radio Jaded but perseverant. Coldly praqticWCet you don't ruin it for the Handler rest of us. Loyal and protectivf to his cr^. He d^^>|hat he needs to do to keep the team alive and the job done. ■■ Shield Overtaxed, embittered,.fis^^e bofer of aggrHsion. Someone has to pay for Rusher turning the city to shi^oesn't^l lil^he-^ts the respect he deserves. .>^TOM CLflNCY'S ^1 w SCRIPT INVESTIGATION TO READY The enemy has been looking for the player but can't find him. They essentially give up the hunt but still remain on edge just in case the player returns. CLEANER ( D a z e d - h e ' s n o t m a d e f o r this kind of pressure) S t a y a l e r t , s t a y a l e r t . CLEANER Don't. Relax. CLEANER D o n ' t t h i n k i t ' s o v e r y e t .