The Story Behind Year 5 Season 2 || The Division 2

Year 5 Season 2 || Story / Lore Compilation Wrap-up || The Division 2
Agents, we've recovered five of the hostages taken in the attack on the White House.
But, with each member of our community, we learned Natalya Sokolova is not the murderous psychopath we assumed.
I don't know if it's General Anderson's influence on her organisation, or if spending her life on the move is getting to her… but it appears the Black Tusk have adopted True Sons tactics, and are looking to shore up infrastructure, and build something.
What that something is… it’s too early to tell without Vik.
As Mari says, "he knows her operation, he helped build it"
Agents, if we want to rebuild the Castle, and know what Sokolova is really up to, we need to get Vik, and unmask the asset.
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[@spartan_12omega87]

You know I had kinda forgotten that Kelso was in New York for so long. But then you get gems like "what the hell is going on? what the he** is wrong with Cindy? Who the he** is mari" I freaking died💀

[@neofulcrum5013]

I hope we don’t have to wait long for season 3. Things are getting really spicy now.

[@Dankusmemes]

I love how you add in quips and jokes from your own experience into this and not taking the video too seriously. Its a nice change

[@dazzlingsky8863]

Dang really told her to get off the computer and go touch some grass lol

[@tyranttype1984]

So technically speaking... we are rouge agents

[@rob5984]

Always fantastic to see the whole season brought together. Thanks for doing these, mate!

[@Trepanation21]

For real. I love following along video to video since I found the channel, but I *really* like that NGN is doing videos like this that fully tie it all together. The options for consumption are very much appreciated and respected, @NGN 🙏

[@_The_Black_Cerberus_]

It’s funny hearing manny tell Cindy to touch grass glad to some devs know about current memes 😂

[@Life-mo5mw]

I want it to be known, ive watch your videos for years since div 1. i told my grandmother who loves apocalyptic/survival stories to watch your channel. She ended up watching a lot about div 1, and shes hooked on the story line of the game and shes intrigued at how this virus could easily become a reality if handled in the right hands. She got so into it, she ended up ordering some books.

[@NGN]

Omg thats awesome. These are athe sort of comments I love to see. Thank you for sharing 🙂

[@quixote_7]

plot twist: she bought books on virology

[@kawi5827]

It has gotten to the point where I see the black tusk as the good guys here

[@neofulcrum5013]

…How?

[@Bandit_in_boots]

@@neofulcrum5013 the black tusk is a private military company, contracted by the united states government and also work with the director of homeland security. the division the other hand works for no one, they are a rogue agency

[@wilsonsantiago3095]

I feel that way towards the hunters

[@Snowy673]

I dont see them as bad guys but they arent the good guys cause they are working with the president

[@FatalFist]

They're just the New World Order trying to establish a new America on top of the Old A. Anyone not on board of course is all every man and woman for themselves, the seat is open and someone should take it. Keener wanted Chaos, Kelso wants to help everyone, Lau saw Homeland Security taking advantage of a crisis that caught the whole world by surprise, Bardon was a patriot trying to keep the lawless in check, and Johnson was apart of the failsafe program to prevent absolute power from corrupting absolutely. It just doesn't answer why the Hunters were so brutal in their executions.

[@SuniSaurusRex]

Wow I so enjoyed this video and your sense of humour is very Entertaining :) I pick recordings up and listen to them but never could I even begin to imagine the whole story. Thankfully we all have you and only YOU know how to put them all together for us. Thank you for another amazing video Mr NGN😘

[@NGN]

SUNI!!!! I was so happy to see your name pop up! Thank you so much for your kind words 😍

[@SuniSaurusRex]

@@NGN hee hee hee you making me feel like a celebrity 😳 i so enjoy your lore videos.

[@darson100]

I really appreciate all the work you put into these videos, the results speak for themselves. Thanks mate.

[@NGN]

Thanks mate 😊

[@HeavyIronsProduction]

As always, beautifully narrated, and well composed. what I love the most is all the comms i skip you put them back into life with context. thank you for these.

[@CerebralAI-X]

I find the lore from the division so fascinating, great video!

[@aaronk.3460]

Just found your channel the other day and really appreciate these videos. Been playing Div 1 and 2 since they both launched, but I never really piece the entire story together. I get the big picture, but I really never pay too close attention to all the comms that we pick up. Plus sometimes it’s months, or many months, between new content and I forget things. Your videos explaining the story in detail makes the game so much more interesting and meaningful.

[@zombiepiecesgaming5018]

That was just wonderful to hear it all brought together ^_^ great vid as always dude! Happy new year 🥳

[@zombiefiasco2618]

Thank you for making this video and all you do. I get lost on what is going on in the story and your videos are really helpful.

[@jallera5035]

My thanks to you for these videos. I started playing D2 in late 2020 and was quickly immersed in it, but I always felt a bit confused with the story, having come in so late after several seasons had already passed. It was hard to catch up with all the details and I felt I was missing important details. The game quickly became my every day pastime, and eventually I felt I was getting pretty good at putting builds together, learning the mechanics, etc., reaching SHD level 1800 +. A large life-change came my way in August '22 and I had to move across the country, and my D2 couldn't come with, sadly. I really miss it, the story, the soundtrack, my agent, getting stronger and better, etc. I literally had tears come to my eyes when I listened to the soundtrack on You Tube, the first time hearing it in over a year. I realized then how much this game meant to me. Your videos help me stay connected to a game I love, but might not ever get a chance to play again. I wish I could discover these story details myself, but that doesn't seem likely, so thank you again for the videos so I can keep up with the Division universe.

[@sinner2133]

I may be the only psychopath in the Base of Operations, but I actually much prefer seasons focused on killing targets rather than rescuing them. All jokes aside, I don’t care for most of the civvies we rescued, but some of the comms they gave us were huge. I loved The Recruiter, who he was, his character and motivations. I feel like his reasons for joining the Hunters actually makes sense. Solid season overall. However, I REALLY dislike how they didn’t give us the satisfaction of actually killing The Recruiter with our own hands

[@ItsDobbie]

I’m kind of annoyed that the Recruiter just turned out to be one of the original three agents from the cover art. The Recruiter was one of the most “shrouded in mystery” type characters we’ve seen in the franchise since Div 1 Keener, and he just turned out to be an agent from the cover art. Honestly, making him an entirely new character that we’ve never heard of would have been more exciting imo. Also, for a franchise that has historically been great at throwing in plot twists and double agents, etc… they made it way too obvious that Agent Johnson was the Recruiter. Idk, I guess you can’t have an incredible plot twist for every piece of narrative content in the game, then it just gets repetitive and boring 🤷‍♂️

[@sinner2133]

@@ItsDobbieI mean, yes, Johnson was in the cover art, but apart from that (and the fact that he was featured in the books), he really wasn’t that special. I think the reveal would’ve been way less impactful if it was someone completely new we’d never heard of. I would’ve been like “wait, who’s this asshole?” and that’s it. I didn’t need someone I knew a lot to be the recruiter, just a familiar name.

[@mohammedalhameli3594]

U sir Are Amazing this is by far the best Division content related channel.

[@ALFA_LEF]

Appreciate your great efforts in the videos mate. Unfortunately this Manhunt was a huge disappointment for me personally. I do love the Division Lore and I'm always amazed by how brilliant the writing of the story is considering how restricted their hand is with giving us the lore in between missions with comms and 15 sec videos. The ability to build up fascinating story like this is outstanding. BUT the moment we guessed the Recruiter was agent Johnson (which for me was the moment they reintroduced him this season) I feared for the worst. I have couple of major issues with this season and manhunt: 1. I hated the Idea of Johnson being Recruiter at the beginning, but I have to admit they did a brilliant job with giving us bits of backstory specially through Descent as to why he was close to McManus. It made it quit acceptable tbh. Still in my opinion Recruiter should have been and OG Hunter, Which Johnson certainly was not. He just became a Hunter after Div 2 events started, earliest. 2. Why no one talk to each other about experiences ?! why Mari didn't tell us about Johnson who gave him comms ? Why didn't Manny find out about Johnson sending Jack to Kennly with SHD servers ?! It's just cheap that there are obvious plots who no one connects them together. 3. They want us to believe the Recruiter, arguably one of the best Hunters, just fucked up this massively in the last minute ? Like why the hell would he leave Birdy alone behind the systems ? Doesn't he know how proficient she is ? How did Natalia even green lighted that, considering the amount of knowledge Birdy has about their operation. Recruiter just leaves her alone to do wtv she wants. Also Recruiter, the top Hunter, has no Hunter back up for this big of a mission. as he said if they get the SHD server to Nat it is over. this is the mission to end it all. 4. What the hell was the point of Recruiter observing us for 3 seasons ?? to just call us off mission ? that's it ? all that build up for him to be yet another "bad guy" that we kill at the end of the manhunt ? not even a single attempt to actually "recruit" us ? just a generic "I am right you are wrong" monologue at the finale ? 5. I always hated the fact that we have to kill off important characters like this. It was the same with Keener, Fay Lau and now Recruiter. I hated the fact that they have loads of info but they just die and we are only left with couple of Audio logs after they are dead to expand a bit on their lore. There are so many opportunities and ways we could take this. Like we could have saved the Server in this mission but Recruiter would disarm us just to talk to us without anyone hearing (comms jammed). Sorry for the long rant. I know many people liked the Manhunt and the way it went, but for me it was a huge let down. I hope the story continues to be better and better, just sad that we missed a fantastic opportunity on one of the greatest mysteries in the game.

[@insert_name_here6487]

1)if you ask me there's more than 1 recruiter and Johnson was just one of the many there are 2) as for point 5 yeah that's bollocks that couldve been an opportunity for the agent to join the hunters

[@MaestroDogg]

Also agree on point 5. unfortunately they're going to keep going with that option until they "run out of content".

[@thecaptain1785]

Guys…. Are we the baddies??

[@neofulcrum5013]

The BT kidnapped our people at gun point and we saved them. That should answer your question.

[@questionmark05]

Love these videos, thanks! The ouroboros is awesome with striker, so much rpm! I can't wait for golden bullet!

[@Spirallingdown23]

Thanks for the upload ❤

[@hiwayhighway9925]

He's my summary. Evil sponge walks by doing something. Shoot a million bullets at it. That is how the alternate universe where the Division series exists works

[@Samurai-xm2yn]

Nuclear Winter Survival. Goal is to reach the underground nuclear-proof city before the nukes drop. Entrance computers activate the doors to enter, but they take a few minutes to open so other players can hijack or join your entrance.

[@XNXVZR]

The works this man does to put everything in order and to have it making sense is unreal

[@FatalFist]

What was weird to me is that when we face our first Hunter in the initial series of manhunts with Bardon, we encounter Wraith who does speak/scream in something like dial-up. Even Cal says that Hunters are instructed specifically NOT to speak. Yet during Mari's rescue, you can hear someone talking to Mari about when the coast is clear for her to come out. Undoubtedly this was Johnson speaking to her but then why would he choose to speak to her. What would be cool is if it turns out Kelso had a hand in helping us from New York by getting into ISAAC and guiding us away from falling into BTSU traps. What if she disabled the protocol that masked the Hunter's speaking recognition which allowed us to hear the exchange between Johnson and Mari. I also wonder if Johnson was also being fooled by Cal in thinking we were helping him get the SHD server to Natalia when in fact Kelso was guiding us to rescue Birdie which would explain why he seemed confused by our "actions".

[@ItsDobbie]

You’re thinking of the Deceit Hunter on Coney Island. Not Wraith.

[@FatalFist]

@@ItsDobbie Yeah

[@xxfanboixxgaming4716]

holy shit that got wild around the 1 hr mark amazing content

[@Dirty_D_YT]

45:23 who was he throwing that at? The hunter who’s stalking him😂

[@_The_Black_Cerberus_]

Every once and awhile I check on shaeffer make sure he’s doing ok and I noticed something the devs changed his appearance he now has a beard and his hair seems longer and uneven I wonder if when he wakes up finally hopefully for Vanguard season he’ll get cleaned up and be another NPC wondering the white house or relocate to the castle to aid in the battle against black tusk and the hunter since being the formal leader he must have lots of secrets about their organization

[@robertfontaine6491]

Awesome video as always. I also think that Nat isn’t building a necular proof city just to drop a bomb. No she’s building a new City that is sustainable. Think about it. Right now the world (or at least the USA is a string of settlements. Each with their own resources, but each operating independently. Think of it like the Wild West all over again. If you could build a city that housed 500,000 people think of the resources you could leverage. You would have enough food, power materials,schools ,etc. the City would become the new capital. From there, you could take over the smaller settlements not by force, but through trade, or just convincing people to move to your larger City that has stable power, stable food, etc. that’s Nat’s end goal. She’s setting herself up to be the new president. Or at least my opinion.

[@Tehstampede]

I love these videos my dude keep them coming! EDIT: Finished the video; so according to what Johnson said...it sounds like Keener was right the whole time.

[@jaimeoc2747]

Pretty cool that Johnson the white Knight cover boy of the division was the bad guy all along, although gotta say, killing injured agents with an axe to the back of their heads, doesn't seem like Johnson style

[@DroFrmNYC]

Bro you really are a life saver

[@Azhureus]

"coming" in the bucket :D :D :D Anyways, thanks for this choom. I didnt finish all them rescuing missions and missed some lore.

[@whitelampmrz]

Division 3 is coming as well. Christ, I wonder how it will tie in with the lore from the second game we have here. I have a feeling that, at the official "ending" of division 2, whether we kill Mcmanus + sokolova, it gets me thinking what we'll be going up against in the third game. As if sh** wasn't bad already. But considering a third game is coming, hopefully it'll be a continuation from the second.

[@HardHitterGaming0372]

I've enjoyed your content since I fell in love with Division. I have been M.I.A. since COD MW2 2022 dropped. So I needed to catch up now that I'm back at it with D2. Thanks for catching me up. Keep it up and congrats on your videos being recognized by Yannick and Ubisoft. Keep it up!

[@Brickman-ob8tx]

Has anyone noticed Kelso is no longer standing by the Hunter masks in New York or is it just me?

[@gingervikingjesus2351]

Fun fact: There are 232 census records available for the last name "Chernenko". 😳🤣

[@lyl14ghost]

Damn Manny really told Cindy a gamer to touch grass. What are you implying Ubisoft?

[@erikruiz4672]

See ya all in next season

[@davestationuk7374]

If Cal is the new POTUS could he not just order the division stand down as well as being the overall director of the division

[@shdghost8872]

It's how the Division was set up that was the problem. Before they were activated they were on paper under Homeland Security, after they were activated they report only to the President and no one else. Right now the next president should be the SecDef, since he was next guy in the Presidential Line of Succession. Since McManus haven't set foot in the White House to order everyone around, shows that their still someone in the Presidential Line of Succession still alive. Meaning he ain't the President right now.

[@hacbluefreeman]

😢thank you

[@CamGutier86]

When the Agent get new Intel the most important question is... Who gave us that Intel ? When ISAC said "intercept communications" that means someone use a open or unsecured chanel even if before was using a secured chanel.... The question is why? Why they decide gave us vital information?

[@sheepkashur3308]

Hey NGN, do you plan on making an update to the “who are the hunters?” Video series? I think with the info we have now there is more to speculate with some information now set in stone. One thing im particularly interested for your take is the events of survival, if hunters are they to dispatch agents who are off mission, what about our mission to recover anti virals was off mission?

[@1rgam3r]

Nice wrap up. I think Kelso and Faye are cut from the same clothe white come to motive. Profile comms will probably proof this out. Remember context of when, where, and who is being talked to.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

So did Johnson potentially have eyes on us as potential candidates for recruitment into the Hunter Program? Our Agent character is a pretty talented individual, if you ignore the plot armor.

[@christopherortega2812]

Easter egg: That line, "Clever Girl" is from Jurassic Park, when the guy say that about the Velociraptor.

[@ETPOG]

What if Kelso is the new rogue leader? because who leads the rogue agents now?

[@ChangedCauseYT-HateFoxNames]

People *REALLY* want Kelso to be rogue. Why? Suck cost fallacy?

[@abdurrahmanzaid5943]

i hope the future can be a movie.. i wish it's so cool timeline

[@Ursusvandraco]

I agree on the point that it is higly likely that McManus has by law the right to become the next POTUS. Or at least Johnson and Natalia think of him as the acting one. But that I wrote to your single video about the Recruiter Mission. The thing between Johnson and Kelso on the other hand goes deeper in my opinion. I can imagine Johnson was one of the two who evaluated Kelso befre the Division Recruitment. Back then it was stated that she "has problems with authorities". must be quite a thorn for the rulelover Johnson

[@aaronfilipowich3877]

The one thing I never understood was why Agent Johnson would ever bring attention to the Recruiter? If he had said nothing he could gotten away with the mobile SHD server while the agents were rescuing civillians. No one would have known, he could have pretended to have been ambushed and injured and the Black Tusk could have walked off with the server. Seems overly stupid.

[@ItsDobbie]

Actually, now that I think about it, you’re kind of right. Only thing I can think of is he realized we were catching on to his tail and he thought he could play double agent if he played his cards right, and if Birdie didn’t outright expose him.

[@aaronfilipowich3877]

@@ItsDobbie but he mentioned he was tracking the recruiter in the very first cut scene.

[@NGN]

It was a sure-fire way of getting the agents to attack Camp White Oak AND get the server brought along

[@aaronfilipowich3877]

@NGN but he could have gone with the plan of rescuing Birdie to get them to bring it. The Black Tusk have a ton of jamming equipment to sell them on bringing the server. He could have sent them anywhere and if he was smart, not have Birdie there. Then he could have kept the agents busy throwing BT grunts at them and scammed and handed off the server to Nat. For the price of a bullet wound he could have sold the whole scam. Tactically and logistically he went with the wrong plan. He messed up his own false flag operation by making himself the target.

[@DonnieZX10R]

What if Vik was right when he mentioned putting something in Mari? Something is disrupting the Mobile SHD Server, and to do that, Nat would need something small, something that couldn't be seen and can be told what to do. Nat doesn't want to destroy the Mobile SHD Server, she wants to use it. She can't risk breaking it. So, perhaps whatever device that showed her a picture of her baby may be jamming it, or something to do with nanotechnology, which was mentioned in the Descent comms regarding support stations. Mari has got to be the "asset" Nat refers to, or at least something Mari has & probably doesn't know about.

[@RonaldJapenga]

I would like to see Manny getting some respect. All these girl-bosses are continuously berating him and it's annoying as heck. These stories are written as a bad sit-com with the laugh-track missing. Everyone is so sarcastic and there is no sense of danger when I'm listening to these casual conversations. No one sounds scared, scarred or interested. With project Resolve and onwards I hope they bring in writers who respect the Tom Clancy legacy again.

[@CHIEFLUKE101]

Yeah the constant shitting on Manny is definitely annoying.

[@ineedzemedic5810]

Its funny lol. Either way Manny is the leader in all this. They do respect him, they just poke fun at him because they are close friends or just friends.

[@RonaldJapenga]

@@ineedzemedic5810 How am I supposed to be immersed in a story about abductions, traitors, constant threats and rebuilding of a collapsed society when it's all about friends cracking jokes at the detriment of the 'leader'. The voice memos are getting even worse when all parties are communicating with each other now like it's some IG live spat. I'm not against fun and I know it is a needed coping mechanism, but this isn't what this is. It's writers pushing their personal beliefs which are far far from Tom Clancy's original script.

[@ineedzemedic5810]

@@RonaldJapenga brother. I agree with you that the humor is out of place and we need to have more serious moments. But to say stretch as far to say "its writers pushing their personal belief" based on female characters dogging on their male leader is pretty milquetoast. Considering this story is about anti fascism and about protecting the people and not the government. If you ask me. Thats a personal belief the writers are pushing. And its something i agree with and hopefully you agree with too. If you really want a better argument that doesn't breakdown your point. I'd say the writers need to give the female characters a better personality than the same mean girl ones because it blends in together and it makes them all unlikable and it seems to stem from the fact they cannot write characters. And if you ask me. A lot of characters in the divison lack personality. Thats a better argument. Im not shitting on you, i agree with you but you really need to word your arguments better, respectfully.

[@RonaldJapenga]

@@ineedzemedic5810 That is some prime gaslighting here. "The story is anti-facist and if you don't like that well...". Hahaha well played.

[@Amell_Wesker]

Here is something funny: Johnson justifies himself like a typical boy scout by saying that the hunters' job is to take care of any rogue agents. If this is the case, how come none of these hunters were sent after Keener, Jupiter, Hornet and their cells? And BTW, what happens if the hunters make a mess of their own? Who cleans it up? As someone who used to be a police officer before being activated, Brian Johnson has forgotten that keeping in check goes both ways. Just like the cops keep people in check and vice versa, the same goes for the Division and the hunters.

[@PWNDstudio]

Is agent Johnson the same person who gave Mari the division comms?

[@ERum9700]

Loved the way u told the story me on ps4

[@dr1p_gz_]

So the Recruiter took Deceits position for leader as a hunter so who else is next in line for leadership for them ? We ain’t seen the last of them for sure

[@Rooachie]

I really want to get invested in Div2 again but this manhunt was so unbelievably broken that i just cant bother

[@seedMode]

now, what about general anderson? kinda gotten dumped after the other season ended.

[@ineedzemedic5810]

Hes probably still alive. True sons still work for the BTSU. If anything im predicting Nat is gonna kill him soon. If you read his hio he's pretty gullible and is a pushover and seems to lack any good leadership skills.

[@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk]

Cool

[@BlankMimic]

funny how you got most of the stuff you said right

[@donthorpe6301]

another great vid.. thanks

[@LilOursUp]

as always a really good video, love the work and the lore it give us. only note is I found the background music too loud sometimes ? like it's not bothering and I can hear you over it no problem, but at the same time heeeh a little lower would be better.

[@BanzaiSoldier117]

What’s your build setup? You’re just melting through them on heroic

[@NGN]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH6woX-PaauDj8k It hasn't changed too much from this.

[@Crimsomreaf5555]

i didnt play much of this season, wish i did

[@jack727dave5]

The black tusk is hopefully very weak right now. Their attack on the capital reminded me of the LMB, they were trigger happy because they couldn't afford losing soldiers. Likewise, with how they funded the hyenas to weaken everyone else in the capital and even attempted to shut down the SHD network. Our operations against the BT from then on continued to cause them to take loses until they were forced to start recruiting outside factions. If the black tusk were anywhere as strong as they claimed, they were they wouldn't have needed to join with the true sons and in current operations Nat is getting forced to rely on Cal's resources. Plus, our servers are in the Midwest, funded by the Government and built for redundancy. Theirs are in Alaska and with only Nat's funding, chances are if we're having it bad outside the cities the Black Tusk are having it worse. Add in that as a Mercenary group their numbers are going to be limited even before the green poison and they can't replace any soldier they lose because unlike any newly formed faction their soldiers are heavily trained and experienced. Heck look at their recent operations. In Rain of fire they had to lure the agents away from the White House before they felt safe enough to attack it, In Price of Power they fled the power plant instead of trying to deal with the agents. Broken wings were them desperately trying to build a supply chain before their stores run out by kidnapping people with the skills they need and in Puppeteers they are forced to use a traitor in an attempt to piggyback their AI off the SHD network. Sokolov acts in control and arrogant because she knows that if we knew how unstable her position was it wouldn't take much to knock it down. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

[@FatalFist]

Bardon is the key we have to her whole operation so I'm really hoping the next Season gives us a lot more context.

[@ItsDobbie]

The last time we really saw how many resources and man power the Black Tusk had was when they sent a full on assault on Liberty Island to neutralize Keener. They sent an entire hovercraft, a marauder class quad copter, warhounds, drones, and a razorback and still couldn’t even compete with the tech that man had.

[@Sheeshee-th2hb]

Returning player here, I’m so far out of the loop. Is this a good video to tell the division 2 story so far?

[@quixote_7]

I'm a little confused. are these tapes in the past? or Is keener still alive?

[@thesoviets952]

13:02 what was the exotic tho?

[@XNXVZR]

I said this before but I think we’re the hunters btw

[@t047official3]

Did we really have to kill Johnson!? Like is it wrong if I sympathize with him?

[@FatalFist]

To be fair, ISAAC doesn't say he's dead. They had to fix that with Lau to confirm so... maybe he's unconscious - but we haven't had near enough hints like what we got with Shaeffer.

[@davidmcc9141]

If you sympathize with the fact that he was manipulated and led a stray from his cell by McManus, then yes. If you sympathize because you think he was acting on mission? That's a no in my opinion. McManus has covered, in my eyes, multiple of the scenarios that define a catastrophic emergency that the division is activated for. 1)He has tried to acquire nuclear armaments(the Football) 2) worked with an invasive force (Black Tusk) 3)taken part in a coup d'etat (had to have a part in the OG presidents death, the events leading to Mendes un-aliving himself, and co-opting Ellis.) And the fact that Johnson says that McManus is President? Ellis was third in Succession. McManus is 18th. That is 15 other high officials bodies in holes somewhere. Johnson willfully in his grief and hurt looked to an authority to give him direction and in doing so shoved his head in the sand. He willingly became a bag man.

[@ItsDobbie]

@@davidmcc9141Exactly. I like the theory I heard someone else mention somewhere. That, since ISAC is an Analytic Computer, (Intelligence System Analytic Computer) it’s smart enough to acknowledge that McManus has likely taken part in illicit activities in order to garner his position as the “top brass”, therefore that is the reason why our agents are not marked as rogue, because even if we are technically off mission, (and Agent Johnson was right) and the Department of Homeland Security does technically become who we take orders from in the event of the POTUS expiring prematurely, ISAC knows that McManus is only in that position due to illegal means (having to do with assassinating the previous president, etc.) Essentially ISAC is able to understand Morals and ethics and adapt alongside us agents, which is something I don’t think ANYONE expected ISAC to be capable of doing, hence why Homeland had the president assassinated, to secure a place of power, but it didn’t work since ISAC is smarter than anticipated.

[@neonichigo]

Bro really broke the 4th wall and spoke to us about how we are on the game to much

[@VIGONI]

Agent Kelso its not to be trusted. 😅

[@libor2010]

Lets hope they will uncover more about Keener because tbh it was only interesting character in this whole IP .

[@mikestion4629]

Sucks that I had to gank the Recruiter. However, it's nice that I got to gank Agent Johnson. Edit: Actually, nevermind, 'Birdie' stole that one from me. I'm kinda miffed about that.

[@sinner2133]

Yeah, that kinda sucked

[@nickrivas6429]

Well you can say it's part of why the Division is winning. They aren't solely reliant on their tech or other agents. The people are also there to assist in anyway they can. The Recruiter was solely relying on his counter tech and skills. Could it have played out better? Sure, it could've been way better, but from a story perspective it fits

[@romanz-cz6887]

hi, I had a bug there, it couldn't be finished

[@eduardomelgar3267]

Try resetting the manhunt and run the whole thing solo in order, worked for me.

[@Andyzilc]

Can’t even finish the manhunt cuz it’s bugged 😂

[@ledaric7742]

Are we the rebel scum now ?

[@matthewbell8950]

dude i love your videos, please quit your day job and make lore videos on destiny diablo and warframe too! jk, seriously tho, great job!

[@CATALATIC]

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[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@colbywhite7198]

God the characters they keep introducing are so one sided and annoying. Maybe they need to start using chat GPT...