Carter "Hornet" Leroux

Carter Leroux, callsign Hornet, was a rogue First Wave Division agent, and the named boss of the mission Russian Consulate. He initially worked under Aaron Keener who himself cooperated with the Last Man Battalion, but later honored his boss during the events of Warlords of New York to lead a rogue cell to give the Outcasts a new purpose and to avenge his boss's death.
== Biography ==
Carter Leroux studied economics. His parents had a career path mapped out for him in the family business; however after briefly interning for their firm, he felt discontented and chose to sign up for the armed forces. Leroux joined the U.S. Army and served in Djibouti, Africa. During this time he struck up a close friendship with Aaron Keener, who was also serving in the armed forces at the time. After returning unscathed, family tensions left Leroux feeling alienated and alone. During this period, he maintained his friendship with Aaron Keener, who convinced him to sign up for The Division. When Keener turned rogue, Leroux was the first active agent to answer his call. During an assault on through the Russian Consulate to secure Vitaly Tchernenko, Leroux was downed by Division agents and almost killed. Keener rescued him, and with the help of Lori Baker, nursed him back to health. He subsequently became Keener's closest ally and a key member of the rogue cell.
After turning rogue, he is one of Keener's trusted associate that was well-informed with Keener's plans, unlike other rogue agents Keener worked with which he kept them in the dark most of the time.
== History ==
Leroux and Keener both got in touch with Division recruiter Elijah Le, who signed them up for The Division due to their capabilities and experience.
Leroux was activated as a First Wave Division agent. Due to the disastrous events of the Joint Task Force's failure to control the Dark Zone, which had resulted in large amounts of civilian and Division casualties, and allied himself with rogue agent Aaron Keener. On one occasion, Leroux and Keener ambushed several JTF personnel and killed them. Right afterwards they encountered a fireman and his family that was held at gunpoint by Rioters. Keener stepped up to the rioters and saved the family. Despite Leroux's objections, Keener insisted on helping the family to get off the island of Manhattan to safety. After they helped the family get on transport to Jersey, Leroux questioned Keener's intentions on helping the family as they are rogue agents and have no obligations on saving civilians in need. Keener told Leroux that he found the fireman admirable of stepping up to the rioters while the smart thing to do is run away.
After Keener sought to ally himself with the Last Man Battalion, he followed him to do that as well.
After the Second Wave Division agents were activated, a squad was called upon to retrieve the Russian Virologist Vitaly Tchernenko in the Russian Embassy in Midtown Manhattan due to his knowledge of the Green Poison as he had worked with Gordon Amherst. Keener, with the help of intel supplied by Tegan Silver, tasked Leroux to secure Tchernenko alongside an LMB force, due to the virologist being valuable to his plans, as well as to prevent The Division from extracting any valuable data from the consulate. Leroux arrived at the consulate and found Tchernenko locked up in a safe room, along with The Division onsite trying to download information from the consulate’s data center. Leroux then disrupted the agent's SHD tech and rerouted all extracted data to his Smart Watch.
Leroux then used a breaching charge to blow open the wall from behind the safe room and grabbed Tchernenko for extraction. Division agents followed Leroux and Tchernenko outside but were too late to retrieve Tchernenko, whom Leroux had extracted with an LMB helicopter. Leroux then asked Keener for permission to engage the agents, which was granted as Keener was interested in pitting him against the Second Wave. The Division managed to defeat Leroux and the remainder of the LMB squad under his command, then extracted the data from Leroux's SHD Tech before leaving.
Afterwards, Keener found a severely injured and dying Leroux outside the Russian Consulate. Keener brought Leroux to Lori Baker, a rogue Division agent and former army surgeon, to treat Leroux's injuries. Though Baker was skeptical of Leroux's chances of survival given the extent of his injuries, Keener persuaded her to carry out the operation regardless. Baker succeeded in treating Leroux afterwards, and he made a recovery and continued to work with Keener, promising him that he wouldn’t fail him again.
During Keener's attack on Lower Manhattan, Keener gave Leroux some Eclipse Virus bioweapons that Tchernenko had been working on, along with the instructions to create more of the virus. Along with this, Keener tasked Leroux to go to Washington, D.C. to recruit members for his cause. Leroux suggested the Outcasts since they are currently leaderless and in need of a purpose. Leroux then set out for D.C. to recruit the Outcasts along with four other rogue agents, consists of Termite, Titan, Luna, and Huntsman.
Leroux spoke to an unknown rogue female division agent regarding the insubordination of his rogue agents. The female rogue agent suggested that if death isn't scary enough for them to fall in line, trying to give them a cause will make them loyal until their last breath.
The death of his four rogue Division agents led to his location being exposed. As he was planning to move out with his new Outcasts recruits and his supplies of Eclipse Virus, he was interrupted by a Division agent assaulting Tidal Basin. Leroux launched a counterattack by releasing the Eclipse Virus all over the base in an attempt to block and kill the agent. Using the modified trap found in the base, the agent was able to install it in a disabled Warhound. With Kelso's help, the Warhound was hacked and able to provide support on the agents' assault. Eventually, the agent got through all the Outcasts forces and the Eclipse Virus at the base and reached Leroux. The agent destroyed Leroux's Eclipse supplies and eliminated him. This time, ISAC scanned his vitals and confirmed Leroux is dead for good.
== Abilities ==
=== Tom Clancy's The Division ===
*Hornet is a Rank I LMB Agent armed with a customized ACR, Base Seeker-Mines, Base Turrets and EMP Grenades, he can also hack the player's skills.
=== Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Warlords of New York ===
*Hornet is a Rogue Agent armed with a Lightweight M4, Tactical AUG A3P, Blinder Fireflies, Stinger Hives and Eclipse Virus Grenades.
== Gallery ==
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Hornet Loadout.png|Hornet Loadout
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== Trivia ==
* Despite never using it in-game, Hornet can be seen armed with SPAS-12 shotgun in both the Season 2 trailer, his in-game artwork for the manhunt menu and the in-game briefing cutscene.
**Additionally, Hornet can also be seen with a Black Market AK-M strapped to his back in his promotional artwork for the season, which he also never uses in-game.
== Missions ==
=== Tom Clancy's The Division ===
* Russian Consulate
=== Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Warlords of New York ===
* Tidal Basin Manhunt: Hornet
== Appearances ==
*Tom Clancy's The Division
*Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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