DC-62

DC-62, or Yellow Powder, is a chemical agent that appears in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Originally developed to combat the Green Poison, the substance was later discovered to become toxic under certain conditions, and is the primary reason for the existence of the Dark Zones in Washington, D.C.. Its basic form is a fine, yellow powder.
Stockpiles of DC-62 were later weaponized by the True Sons, who used it to wipe out the Castle Settlement and threaten the Campus Settlement before they were stopped by the Strategic Homeland Division.
== Overview ==
DC-62 achieves its purpose of eliminating traces of Green Poison, but becomes highly toxic when exposed to cold temperatures. Merely breathing airborne particles can cause respiratory issues, followed by death soon afterwards. Any items that come into contact with the substance must subsequently be destroyed or thoroughly decontaminated.
Its most common appearance is that of a yellow powder, typically stored in yellow barrels; it can also be condensed into liquid form. DC-62 loses potency over time and exposure to weather, but can still overwhelm mask filters in concentrated doses.
==History ==
Although Dr. Kavita Chandrasekhar's laboratory in Michigan had managed to synthesize a broad-spectrum antiviral (BSAV) capable of curing the Green Poison, analysts estimated that it would be twelve months before enough samples could be produced to inoculate the general public. 
With D.C. reeling from mass infections, the federal government desperately needed a more immediate stopgap solution. The result was DC-62, a chemical disinfectant proven to destroy traces of Green Poison; despite presidential staff requesting additional field testing, they were pressured by Joint Task Force leadership into granting approval for mass production and rapid deployment.
Due to the influence of Professor Victor Tranh, the upscale neighborhood of Georgetown was selected as the first testbed for DC-62. Its wealthy residents had erected walls to keep out the infected population, and the entire district was fumigated in the yellow powder. It was only after locals began dying from respiratory complications that JTF officials discovered the substance became toxic when exposed to cold temperatures. Georgetown was evacuated and sealed off, and later became known as Dark Zone West.
The vast quantities of existing DC-62 were moved into storage in the military staging grounds at Capitol Station. Some time later, an explosion at the stockpile facility blanketed the entire area in yellow powder, forcing a swift evacuation of all personnel and abandonment of vast amounts of supplies and military hardware. Like Georgetown, the area was walled off and renamed Dark Zone East.
The remaining supply of DC-62 was relocated to a new staging ground near the Waterfront. However, in early April, heavy rains caused the Potomac River to overflow its banks and flood a vast area of southern D.C., including the DC-62 storage depots and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel settlement. The waters became contaminated with the substance, forcing another evacuation from what would become Dark Zone South.
Following Col. Antwon Ridgeway's insurrection, the True Sons seized control of Jefferson Plaza and, with it, vast stockpiles of DC-62. A unit led by Cpt. Wilson devised a method to weaponize the substance into mortar shells, and began using the D.C. Metro tunnels to transport the munitions around the city, including beneath the Lincoln Memorial.
=== Tom Clancy's The Division 2===
In late May, The True Sons began pressuring civilians at the Castle Settlement to align with them, providing tribute in the form of food and supplies in exchange for protection. When their leader Mike Snow refused, they began a weeks-long siege on the settlement; ultimately, Ridgeway ordered his men at Jefferson Plaza to bombard the Castle with DC-62 rounds, killing all but seven inhabitants.
Agent Alani Kelso witnessed the attack and dispatched Division agents to Jefferson Plaza immediately. The agents eliminated Wilson and the rest of the True Sons responsible, and Manny Ortega sent in a team to dispose of the remaining DC-62. The Division also uncovered the True Sons' remaining stockpile of chemical munitions at the Lincoln Memorial and prevented them from being used against the Campus Settlement to the north.
During Black Tusk's invasion of D.C. after Ridgeway's death, a team led by Kathy "Poppy" Huang secured fresh barrels of DC-62 at Jefferson Plaza, hoping to reverse-engineer and mass produce it in liquid form. The Division managed to neutralize Huang and her team before they could transport the supply off-site.
====Hidden Alliance====
Inside the Jefferson Trade Center, Division agents met with True Sons breakaway Captain Lewis, who was being attacked by Black Tusk forces led by Jack Bonney as part of an initiation test to join the Hunters. During their final encounter with Bonney, Lewis attempted to help The Division by bombarding the Black Tusk with DC-62 mortars; in response, Bonney called in a Marauder quadcopter to reinforce his troops. After Bonney's death, Kelso ordered Lewis to stop using the yellow powder if he wished to ally with The Division.
==Trivia==
*DC-62 is similar in appearance to Compound Z8, a biological weapon used by the Operator Smoke in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege.
==Appearances==
*Tom Clancy's The Division 2
*Tom Clancy's The Division: Broken Dawn
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