To Understand the End, One Must Know the Beginning
Of course, before we can get into the ending, it’s a good idea to know what led to that in the first place. As many already know, your job in The Division is to enter a New York City that has suffered a terrorist attack and rebuild it. Civilized government is out of the picture, and survivors have nobody to turn to as different factions try to seize the city for themselves. For some, it’s a matter of owning New York, for others, it’s a matter of cleaning it out.
The attack in question though is what’s most important. Instead of a mass shooting or a bomb, a biological agent was used to bring the city to its knees. An enhanced version of the Smallpox virus was spread using currency on Black Friday, one of the busiest commercial nights of the year. The reason why it happened, and exactly who carried out the attack is unknown at the beginning of the game, so you will have to figure it all out.
A First Wave of Division agents were sent in to control the situation, but as the name implies, there was a Second Wave built in to actually finish the job (that’s you). The fate of many First Wave agents are unknown, and many that survived harbor resentment and anger towards the government and even Second Wave agents like yourself. It’s another mystery that you will have to unravel as you work to discover the truth behind the virus. All you have is a suspect, Dr. Gordon Amherst, and some whispers regarding his whereabouts.
What makes matters worse is that all throughout NYC lawlessness is running rampant. Civilians, soldiers, criminals, and more are out and about. Essentially, you are dropped into the middle of a warzone. Even with different strategic partners (a doctor, a technician, a police officer, and a few others) that you can save and recruit, your work is cut out for you as you forge your own path through the city.
Each person you meet, and location you discover opens up a new avenue of information that leads ever closer to the center of The Division. As you complete missions, you will start to put an end to each of these threads.
