Ubisoft He managed to get a lot of people’s attention with The Division, although he ended up losing it just as quickly as he gained it. Later, the story was repeated with The Division 2, although in this case the company did not even make an effort to hide the abandonment of the video game and the half-truths about future content.
The Division could have sat on the throne of the looter-shooters in first and/or third person. He had everything to succeed, but all he did was roll out the red carpet for Destiny 2 from Bungie. One of the aspects that most conquered the fans was the setting of the city of New York and all the mysteries that his story hides.
By way of summary: The Division begins when the (artificial) virus “deadly money” is spread through dollar bills and certain brands of toys during the Black Friday (Black Friday). Its mode of action was similar to smallpox and the flu, with the difference that it killed 95% of the world’s population, it can remain dormant for several days and remains in the body for some time after death.
In this chaos, the president of the USA activates the SHD or The Division agents by means of the Directive 51. They are highly qualified, trained people with the power to act as they see fit in the event of being activated by an extreme disaster. The matter is much more complex, but this summary is enough to put you in context.
And if I tell you that the The Division Directive 51 Is it inspired by a real directive from the United States, which was created after two events that managed to worry the United States to unsuspected limits? We must not forget that we are facing a history of the brand Tom Clancy.
The Division Directive 51
The book The World of Tom Clancy’s The Division and various collectibles (audios, videos and texts) from The Division 1 and 2 reveal many details about the nature of the Directive 51. Both in real life and in the video game, this directive has its origins in World War II and the Cold War, especially the paranoia that the latter caused.
SHD or The Division Agents are highly qualified people who live throughout the United States forming latent cells. Their only function is to lead a normal life until Directive 51 is activated. This alone already sounds like Cold War.
However, two troubling events have to occur for the President George W. Bush I ended up signing the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 51 (NSPD 51)which basically centralizes all power in case of a total catastrophic emergency (and in-game activates SHD Agents).
- Operation Dark Winter: was a test conducted in the United States in 2001. Federal agencies simulated the country’s ability to respond to a large-scale bioterrorist attack. He envisioned an outbreak of smallpox in Oklahoma City and occasionally in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The results were not up to par and the authorities got their act together. This is not something unique to the US. Many countries have performed these simulations.
- September 11, 2001: the attack on the Twin Towers marked a before and after in the security of the United States. Anti-terrorism measures skyrocketed and the strong measures were noticed even by civilians at airports.
The The Division Directive 51 It has some additional fantasy aspects and one of them is the Agents of The Division. In the game, all political power falls in a matter of months, so SHD Agents become the highest authority, above even the army and other law enforcement.
The fame of Directive 51 and The Division increased a couple of years ago, when the COVID-19 put the whole world in jeopardy. The similarities with video games were not long in coming. To this day, many people continue to debate the reliability of these measures In all countries. In The Division of course they did not work and in real life you could say that they prevented it from being much worse.
So now you know: Directive 51 of The Division has a real basis, dating back to World War II, the Cold War, simulations of bioterrorist attacks and finally the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, USA. until we see watches with orange and red circlesfiction will continue to surpass reality… and we hope it will continue like this for a long time.
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