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Rick Valassi
Rick Valassi
"The Green Poison...where did it come from? Some yuppie scum millennial helicopter mom not wanting to give her kids a goddamn measles shot? I wish! I hate those morons!"
A reporter for a fringe publication turned Pirate Radio DJ, whose podcast, "Wouldn't You Know It?" plays in all of the Division Agents' safe houses.
- Armor-Piercing Question: He sometimes discusses a young mother who was beaten to death by a Rioter as her little boy watches. Rick talks about how the last time New York faced a crisis everybody pulled together and helped each other out, but now in the middle of this crisis, there are people beating mothers to death on the off-chance they have something they want. He closes the discussion with this question:Rick: "New York...what's happening to us?"
- Borrowed Catch Phrase: Paraphrases Walter Winchell's "Good evening Mr. & Mrs. America [...] and all the ships at sea" with "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. New York")
- Buccaneer Broadcaster: He runs a pirate radio podcast.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Possibly bordering on Hikikomori. One of his broadcasts implies that he hasn't been outside or even looked out a window since the outbreak (he couldn't tell if it was morning or evening), which means his radio podcast is his only contact to the outside world. Being isolated that much for that long isn't good for anyone's psyche. Not to mention that his podcast plays pretty much 24/7. Maybe he really is a paranoid insomniac.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: Other than his mistrust of the Division and suspicion that the government might be behind the Green Poison, most of his information is surprisingly accurate. A lot of it sounds like typical fringe radio conspiracy stuff, but from playing the game you know that most of it is spot on.
- Conspiracy Theorist: He has a few about the Division and Directive 51.
- Cue the Flying Pigs: Not literally, as that would be too fantastic, but Rick basically paraphrases the trope's name at the end of the sequel's Warlords of New York DLC admitting that despite Directive 51 and all of its flaws, it's really helped New York City in the long run. He even publicly thanks the agents that haven't gone rogue for "de-worming the city".
- Deadpan Snarker: Could possibly go round for round with Paul Rhodes in the snark department.
- The Ghost: Nobody has ever seen Rick in-person - not the player, not anyone in his audience, nor any of the factions present in the game - no one. Except one. In the "On Valassi's Trail" line of phone recordings, Ruth Massie claims to have seen him once, roaming near Morningside Heights. The last phone recording from her implies she got silenced by unknown forces for this discovery.
- Hope Spot: Averted. He shoots it down hard for the people of New York still in the city who think that everywhere else is okay. According to him, infection levels in cities such as Boston, Pittsburgh, Atlanta (and many more) are "through the roof."
- And to make things go from bad to worse just a little bit more? They're not getting the help they need because everyone who can help have been diverted to larger cities like New York. You think Manhattan is a hellhole? Imagine what Boston looks like.
- Interestingly he is currently in possession of a possible hope spot. A USB flash drive containing Vexix research data concerning a possible cure for the virus.
- Intrepid Reporter: Used to be one for some kind of fringe publication before he took to pirate radio. In fact, he was investigating Directive 51 and in contact with a corporate whistleblower before the virus hit.
- The Mole: The "On Valassi's Trail" set of phone recordings was created by a person named Ruth Massie, who believes this to be the case of Rick himself. She cites the fact that Rick is the only one in Manhattan who seems to have high-end, functioning radio equipment (possibly funded by the government) while everyone else has trouble getting even basic HAM radio services going. She may be onto something - her last phone call has her ceasing her search of Rick, claiming the story is "too dangerous".
- Overly Narrow Superlative: Wouldn't You Know It is the tri-state area's most popular pirate radio podcast...and probably is only one.
- Poke the Poodle: When he addresses "Mr. & Mrs. New York" to open one of his broadcasts (In the Style of Walter Winchell
's style of broadcasting), he pays homage to the other famous NYC hotspots—and even down to the garbage barges that originated from the city...Rick: ...except you, Staten Island; you're not a real borough. - Properly Paranoid: He doesn't call his podcast "for paranoid insomniacs" for nothing.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Every other word he says is a swear word.
- Stealth Insult: Considers garbage barges whose anchorage were in New York City to be more a part of New York City than Staten Island, one of NYC's actual boroughs.
Eva Acosta
Eva Acosta
The author of the entries of phone recordings labelled as "Urban Explorer." Eva Acosta is an urban explorer, spelunker and traceuse who decided that the outbreak of the Dollar Flu is an opportunity to explore the city. What first was thought to be an adventure soon became a huge dose of reality as Eva witnesses the tragedies consequent to the outbreak first hand.
- Ambiguous Situation: One Exotic piece of gear in The Division 2 is "Acosta's go-bag", and it can be looted in the D.C. area. Whether this means she actually survived the events of The Division or it's simply just her bag that made it out of NYC is anyone's guess.
- Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: Eva used to see herself as one of these. And then she sees just how bad things are when there really are bomb throwing anarchists in New York. And escaped prisoners. And flamethrower wielding psychopaths. And a mercenary occupation force shooting everyone in sight.Eva: "I always thought I was some kind of anarchist. Flipping off the man. Fighting the status quo. I camped out in Zuccotti Park for Occupy Wall Street. I protested the G7 summit. But this...this is just...sad."
- Call to Adventure: She initially saw the outbreak as an opportunity to go an an adventure and explore the city. It doesn't last.
- Downer Ending: Possibly. In her final entry, Eva finds she is unable to get out of the city, and so she decides to head to the Hudson Train Yards in the hope of finding safety in numbers. That would be the same train yards that are being attacked by Cleaners. And assuming she survived the Cleaners, the cough she has since developed could mean that she is quite possibly infected with the virus. Even if she wasn't, she is still sick in a city where medical attention or even basic medicine is extremely hard to come by. However you see it, it's not looking all that great for Eva.Eva: "If someone finds this recording, I'm hoping you can get a message to my parents in Teaneck, New Jersey. Isabel and Ramon Acosta. Tell them Eva loves them. Tell them...I'm sorry."
- Le Parkour: She is an urban explorer, spelunker and apparently has "mad parkour skills."
- Oh, Crap!: The chaos of the outbreak was all fun and games to Eva, as shown in her first two entries. By the third she looks at Manhattan and sees it as "peaceful and majestic" and a "perfect winter wonderland" now that there were no people around. Then she comes across a group of soldiers and then watches as they rounded up civilians in chains and then executed them. By then it just gets worse.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: By her fifth entry she is resolved to escaping the city. She didn't.
- The Unseen: You only find her phone recordings in the game, not the woman herself.
Saj
Saj
Introduced in the Agent Origins: Conspiracies short film. A Conspiracy Theorist who is Mia's neighbor and a friend of her boyfriend's. He believes that sleeper agents planted by the government are responsible for the viral outbreak hitting New York.
- Conspiracy Theorist: Is of the opinion that the government planted sleeper agents who were responsible for the virus, and that it was being transmitted via dollar bills (he even has one of the bills wrapped in two sandwich bags to help prove his point).
- Though one has to wonder how he knows it's an infected dollar bill to begin with, unless it's simply a prop.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: Saj isn't wrong actually on either dollar bills being the attack vector or the existence of government sleeper agents. He's just wrong about some of the details.
- Irony: "Sorry the truth chaps your ass so hard, Mia. But when The Man comes bursting through those doors you're gonna be glad that the Saj is on your side." Said the conspiracy theorist to the federal agent. Thirty seconds later a man does come bursting through Mia's door. He and Mia's boyfriend panic while she kicks the Rioter's ass before shooting him dead.
- Only Sane Man: Well, he thinks he is.
- Spell My Name with a "The": Refers to himself as "the Saj" at one point.
Asher
Asher
An unknown man who's trying to hack into ISAC.
- Big Bad: Of the ISAC.exe Weekly Missions.
- Malevolent Masked Man: He's wearing a gas mask as he captures Agent Jasmine.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Up until Operation ISAC Transmission 21, where he's revealed to be Agent Rainer.
