General Anderson

General Peter Anderson is the newest leader of the True Sons, after founder and previous leader Antwon Ridgeway's death at the hands of The Division. After Faye Lau's death, he sent Captain Lewis and his lieutenants to Washington, D.C., as the frontman for an unknown purpose. Anderson is the Prime Target in the Price of Power season.
== History ==
General Peter Anderson was never an extraordinary man, but he always considered himself an exceptional man. Proximity to power and control was the way he sought value. He is very status driven. Serving his country in the Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard was a way to show that he was not just a paper pusher but was still a "real soldier".
Teased relentless as a child for being fixated on order and efficiency, he surrounded himself with charismatic popular people to learn how they managed to gain that social currency. He realized charismatic people are very rarely interested in process and saw an opportunity to build himself a sheltered and protected position as the man who knew where all the bodies were buried and how the system worked, allowing the leaders to be charismatic while he held the real power behind the scenes.
Now that Ridgeway is gone and the True Sons are looking for direction, Anderson can put his years of studying the narcissistic mind to his advantage. Ridgeway's vision was small, Anderson will take the True Sons national. He will set up a network across the country and use Ridgeway's death to reframe him as a martyr and vilify the Division.
At some point after the Green Poison outbreak, Anderson became one of Antwon Ridgeway's True Sons, eventually ranking up to be one of his top strategists and advisors. After Ridgeway's death at the hands of the Division, Anderson became the new de-facto leader of the True Sons.
During the events of Concealed Agenda, Anderson was in direct contact with Natalya Sokolova, founder and CEO of the Black Tusk, forming an alliance with them due to their shared operative, Linette "Dusk" Edwards. After Dusk's death, Anderson was contacted by a furious Sergeant Daniels, who wished to avenge her former ally and friend, however, the now General Anderson would instead instruct her to act with caution, as they both agreed that the B.T.S.U. had way too many Rogue Division Agents in their ranks and would be a liability.
Shortly after, he would be contacted by B.T.S.U. Leader Bardon Schaeffer to send his condolences for Dusk's death, however, the General informed him he would no longer need his services as a "glorified errand boy", ending the negotiations with him and the Black Tusk. Later, upon being told by Major Xander that Faye Lau tried to contact her via her former relationship with Bridgette "Viper" Douglas, Anderson called Sokolova to question her trying to persuade his men to join her side, instead, the General discovered she was unaware of this, once again stating the end of their alliance and telling her to stay away from his troops.
After the events at Camp White Oak, Anderson would begin a mysterious operation in D.C., seemingly to investigate the connection between the Hunters and the Black Tusk, leaving Captain Lewis in charge of the operation. Later, Lewis's men would be swarmed and killed by B.T.S.U. troops led by Jack Bonney and The Recruiter at Jefferson Trade Center, where the Captain would later be saved by Division agents.
Sometime after, General Anderson realizes his True Sons don't have enough supplies and manpower to sustain a long-term conflict against The Division or the B.T.S.U., so he contacts Sokolova once again to rebuild their former alliance, with the PMC's CEO sending an advance team comprised of Mathias "Trig" Schneider, Shawn "Micro" Clarke, Sandra "Chirpy" Patterson and Mitchell "Lucky" Woods to aid the True Sons General in his operation.
During the operation, Anderson would notice Captain Lewis's discomfort working alongside "Trig", which would slowly lead him to question the Captain's loyalty to their cause. Eventually, Sokolova would share a recording of Lewis speaking to Manny Ortega, as the two plotted against the True Sons and Black Tusk. Anderson would then order "Lucky" to end the B.T.S.U.'s support to the Hyenas and "Chirpy" to imprison Lewis and his fellow traitors.
After all, four of his Black Tusk lieutenants were taken down, Anderson prepared for his meeting with Natalya at the Pentco Fairview Power Plant, where he had also imprisoned the rogue Captain. Eventually, Division agents would arrive on-site to rescue Lewis and attempt to kill Anderson. Anderson would be escorted to the docks by his bodyguard Hank "Bough" Bibichev, where he would board a Black Tusk hovercraft and escape the agents, who were successful in rescuing his former subordinate.
== Abilities ==
Despite never directly engaging the agents in-game, General Anderson is depicted as a Black Tusk Assault armed with a Tactical Mk16 Assault Rifle.
During his final mission, Anderson escapes while leaving his Black Tusk bodyguard, Hank "Bough" Bibichev, to fight the player instead.
== Gallery ==
File:Division 2 Season 10 wallpaper 1.png|General Anderson with his lieutenants.
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File:General Anderson and Sokolova.jpg|General Anderson with Natalya Sokolova during Season 11 Trailer
== Trivia ==
* Despite the Pentco Fairview Power Plant (Manhunt: General Anderson) mission log showing "Peter Anderson" as it's only boss fight, Anderson himself is never encountered in the mission, while Nico "Brain" McPherson and Hank "Bough" Bibichev are the actual boss fights during the mission itself.
**This is made even more curious considering promotional materials and trailers for the season depict him as being armed with an assault rifle (Military P416 in the artworks and Tactical Mk16 in the briefing cutscene), further implying that he would eventually be a boss fight during the mission. It is unknown if this was purposefully done to trick the player into thinking Anderson would be fought, or if he was indeed meant to be faced at some point during development.
*General Anderson is the second Manhunt prime target to never engage the player in combat. The first being Captain Lewis. All previous Prime Targets engaged the agent as boss fights by the end of their missions (Aaron Keener, Jupiter, Hornet, Bardon Schaeffer, and Faye Lau).
**While Lewis never becomes a boss due to allying himself with the player, Anderson is instead never actually physically encountered during his entire mission, choosing to escape from the agents instead of taking the risk of facing them.
**This also marks Anderson as the first prime target to not ever physically encounter the agent at all.
*As confirmed by game director Yannick Banchereau, Anderson's jacket is the same one that belonged to General Ridgeway prior to his death.
== Missions ==
* Pentco Fairview Power Plant: General Anderson (voice/cutscene only)
== Appearances ==
* Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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