Timeline · Washington · 2021
Tidal Basin
The antiviral and a missing president
Division recovered a Green Poison antiviral from Black Tusk. Ellis walked into the fog.
After Ellis was pulled from Hyena custody, he pointed the Division at a Black Tusk-held antiviral. The Tidal Basin assault killed BTSU commander Wyvern and recovered the briefcase. Ellis used the chaos to disappear. Whether he was extracted by Black Tusk, running to them, or playing both sides became the presidency's last riddle.
The antiviral itself is not a magic reset. It is leverage. Black Tusk wanted monopoly on survival. The Division wanted it in civilian hands. Whoever holds production — perfusion bioreactors, Amherst's printer, Tchernenko's notes — holds the next decade.
Tidal Basin is the end of the 'save the capital' story and the start of the 'who owns the country' story.
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