Cindy McAllister

Cindy McAllister is a Joint Task Force Drone Operator who operates the UAV drones in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. As of Year 5 Season 2 Puppeteers, she's stationed at the Castle Settlement. In the past months (in-game wise), McAllister used to be stationed at the White House, operating drones to alert agents of surrounding and incoming enemies. 
== Profile ==
Cindy McAllister grew up in a military family. The youngest of six, with 5 older brothers, Cindy was one of the boys and an avid gamer. She enlisted in the Army, and ended up in the National Guard as a drone pilot. When the crisis hit, she joined the JTF and, due to her excellence, she was recruited by the Division. 
After helping to recover Tchernenko and the bioreactor, Cindy took a step back from active duty. She found herself making questionable choices to get the job done, and focused on reconnaissance, intel, and security support. Manny pushed for her to help with the Castle and build a sense of community and relationships with the people there. He thought that getting her out of her digital world might help her regain her humanity. 
== Biography ==
When the Division agents set their sights against enemy factions in Washington, D.C., McAllister helped the agent scouting threats at different locations, and alert the agent of enemy presences and ambushes alike.
During the Russian scientist Vitaly Tchernenko's resurface on Coney Island, McAllister used a remote drone to work with the Division agent and coordinate the JTF forces on Coney Island to locate and extract him. When the Black Tusk resisted, McAllister helped hacking into the mortars and turn it against them. 
After Division agents successfully extracted Tchernenko, McAllister located the remaining Black Tusk forces on the Coney Island Amusement Park that are being assaulted by the Cleaners. She guided the agent to the amusement park area of the island and to clear all hostile factions on the island. After the agent killed all the remaining forces, her drone was hacked by rogue agent Aaron Keener. 
Before the drone was destroyed, Keener sent his message to the agent, claiming that he is always and will be one step ahead of them. McAllister wasn't happy about the fact that she and the SHD agents were manipulated by Keener, but nonetheless thankful that she did her part helping the agents. 
== Relief of Duty and Kidnapping ==
After the events at Coney Island, McAllister was questioned by Manny Ortega for her actions, fearing that she's spending too much time operating Drones and not enough time with people. She was relieved of her duty and attended a therapy session with Dr. Mitchell Billings, venting her frustration about her state of mind. Not long after, she'd be sent to The Castle settlement to help with farming. 
Agent Kelso was not happy about this state of affairs, as she saw McAllister very valuable as a drone operator. Nevertheless, McAllister struck a friendship with Jack and Mel Arnold as well as Vikram, even though they make jokes at his expense. McAllister was also introduced to Candice "Wally" Wallace and got to know her, even asking her for asssitance in decrypting an encrypted file she recovered from a Hunter Drone. 
Later on, Cindy was kidnapped alongside Mel/Jack Arnold, Vikram Malik and other civilians by the Black Tusk forces during their attack on the White House. 
== Rescue and Finding Peace ==
After the Recruiter made his presence known, McAllister was found at the Air & Space Museum, held hostage by Black Tusk and True Sons when the Division agents finished combing through the East Mall area. The agents intercepted her location, and eliminatied their enemies so their allies could rescue McAllister. 
After her rescue, she was sent to The Castle settlement, and was debriefed by Manny subsequently asked to help Wally with issues that the Mobile SHD Server suffered at the time. McAllister continues working in the settlement as a recruiter for civilian militia and doing her part a farmer. While it's not the same as her former occupation, Cindy would find some measure of peace doing her part in helping and socializing with people. 
== Possible Candidate ==
Cindy McAllister was one of the candidates for Aaron Keener's settlement, which the Divison learned during their incursions in the Descent simulation facility while gathering intel from NSA Databases. Keener saw an opportunity with the former dorne operator, due to the fact that McAllister took over Black Tusk's mortar systems during the events at Coney Island and enjoyed using their mortars against them.
However, Bridgette Douglas mentions that thanks to Manny Ortega, McAllister is in therapy and grounded. Keener got a bit frustrated, claiming that Manny doesn't know how to spot talent, but Douglas argues that Manny doesn't to encourage people's bad behaviors. Keener, on the other hand, sees bad behaviors as necessary skillsets, even commenting "Rogue agent potential". Douglas protests that McAllister is not an agent, she's a normal person, which led to Keener commenting that all Division agents were normal people before their activation. Douglas argues she was never normal, which made Keener comment that not every agent was born with a golden bullet in the chamber.
== Gallery ==
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File:Iy0usswtnorccelkz5j4.png|Cindy typing on her computer at the White House
== Appearances ==
*Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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