First Rogue

First Rogue is the first season of Year 6 for Tom Clancy's The Division 2.
== Manhunt: ==
Year 5 Season 3 ended with a shocking revelation, Rogue agent number one and sworn nemesis of The Division, Aaron Keener is alive. In her hunt for truth, Agent Kelso located him and decided to join forces with him.
The line between light and dark, agent and rogue, keeps blurring as we learned that Keener was working with Faye Lau to undermine the Black Tusk and neutralize the Hunter threat during the events of Warlords of New York.
Keener is coming to Washington, D.C. and he has sent us an invitation to parley, but first we will need to pass his twisted trials and prove our worth. An alliance with Keener and his Rogues could be the key to stopping Natalya Sokolova and the Black Tusk. But what will the cost be? Can Keener be trusted? Is the enemy of our enemy truly our friend?
== One Endgame ==
With Y6S1 First Rogue we are unifying The Division 2 and Warlords of New York DLC owners in One Endgame.
All owners of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will now be able to level up their characters to level 40, without the need to own Warlords of New York. Players will be able to keep levelling their characters beyond 30 in the streets of Washington, D.C. and reach the level 40 cap, without any additional purchase.
Upon reaching level 40, the endgame will be available to all agents. This includes all level 40 items implemented in the past years, Seasons and all their activities (Leagues, Global Events, Apparel Events, Manhunts - including the new Y6S1 First Rogue Manhunt), level 40 Game Modes (The Summit, Countdown) and the recently released Incursion, Paradise Lost.
Warlords of New York remains available as an additional purchase, offering exclusive story content, New York South Manhattan map and special gear.
== Storyline ==
NOTE: The following storyline contains spoilers for the game. Read at your own risk.
Following the events of Vanguard, and the shocking revelation of Aaron Keener being alive as well as Kelso joining forces with him, Division agents get a message from ANNA, telling them to claim a "prize" that Vanguard left for them in the White House's server room. Answering the message, they get a recording from Keener, revealing he is in DC to parley with them, and that Kelso is vouching them to join his little organization. However, due to their past confrontation, he's not willing to recruit them on a whim and is putting a series of four trials, hoping by the time they get to see him face-to-face, they'll understand who's the real threat to the Division.
Their first trial is Echo, where Division agents must survive against Hyenas in Judiciary Square. They complete the trial, and Keener congratulates them on their effort through a recorded log, asking them for patience for their next trial, Hercules. 
During their Echo trial, comms between Keener and Bridgette Douglas were discovered, where the latter shares intel about her dad's whereabouts (including her personal history with him and how she had to play ball with rich folks to enrich her father's business). in addition to sharing intel on President Ellis. It was also revealed that Keener had Teagan "Luna" Silver leak Ellis's location at Camp White Oak to the Division so he could have more time working on deploying the Rogue Network. Keener left his first note to the agents, asking them if a "friend" would put them through this, though he'd argue that the current world they live in is an endless cycle of violence with no way out.
Agents embarks on their second trial: Hercules. They face True Sons personnel in Downtown East and succeed in the effort. Keener sends his message to congratulate them, hoping they begin to appreciate the reach of his network and considering what they could bring to the table. But for the time being, they should prepare themselves for Leto trial.
During the Hercules trial, more comms between Keener and his associates were discovered. In one comm with Melanie Hoskins, he attempts to convince her by playing an audio log he pulled out from ISAC, revealing Calvin McManus' negligence towards Gordon Amherst. In another comm, he gets an update about Hoskins' family and their safety in the stable farm. In his correspondence with Bridgette Douglas, its revealed that Mackenzie Meret was on a death warrant by Natalya Sokolova due to her refusal in joining Black Tusk. It is also revealed that Douglas was actively trying to escape Nat's leash. Keener tried to convince her in leaving Black Tusk, but she refused since she believed staying in Nat's good graces was the better way for "Cassandra" to fulfill her part.
Keener left a second note to the agents, admitting he kept asking himself if they're ready and whether they'll make it through. While he doesn't deny the agents' prowess, he wonders if they'll go all the way, feeling there's no guarantee, and remarking that he's not an easy man to impress.
Later on, the agents faces their third trial, Leto, where they fight off Outcasts across the Downtown West area. Once more, they succeed, and Keener sends his compliments while also glad the agents starting to see the truth about Manny Ortega. There's also one more test for the agents to undertake, Nyx, before Keener can tell them about DIAMOND.
Throughout their Leto trial, comms were intercepted by the agents where it involved conversations between Manny and Mari Singh. The first conversation involved Manny worried if Nat did something to her or their baby, though Mari assured him that's not the case and advised him to stop listening to Vik. The second conversation involved Kelso as Manny was trying to find her during the events of Vanguard. He also remarks ever since Birdie breached their security, Black Tusk has been going dark. In addition, Manny intercepted intel from the mobile SHD server regarding Keener and a place dubbed "redacted", wondering if ISAC wants them to go there.
In the third conversation, Manny got frustrated and angry when he learned that Kelso joined up with Keener, proclaiming that he and his rogues are the most dangerous people in the world. Mari helped rationalize things by making him realize there are more dangerous people than Keener (Natalya Sokolova and Calvin McManus, for instance) and that Kelso is trying to follow Faye Lau's footsteps in intercepting DIAMOND. In the fourth and last conversation, Manny is a bit frustrated over the fact that Keener believes ther former doesn't know what he's doing. With Mari's encouragement, he realized it wouldn't make a huge difference to him if he knew what the rogue agent is doing.
Keener left a third note for the agents, talking about the sacrifices being made, with him sacrificing time waiting for the agents to complete the trials he set up for them, admitting he doesn't have the luxury of delegating this particular task unless he had a full staff. He ruminates about the people in the Theater settlement, feeling if they realized what he and the agents have done and what they're about to do, they'd worship him.
Agents begin their final Trial, Nyx. During the first assignment, ANNA revoked comms from both Manny Ortega and Aaron Keener to allow SHD Agents complete the trial without interruption. Throughout the Nyx trial, they eliminated high-value individuals as well as taking over hostile control points controlled by various hostile factions such as Hyenas, Outcasts, True Sons. Their last objective to complete the trial had them finish off Black Tusk Forces in the Historical District Area. After that was done, Keener sends an audio message to congratulate the agents for passing the test. As proof of good will, he has data of Cal's Hunters roster as well as what he and his rogues set up in Brooklyn. The meeting between Keener and SHD agents were interrupted when Black Tusk intercepted the former's location at Federal Emergency Bunker.
Throughout the Nyx trial, Division agents intercepted correspondence between Aaron Keener and Melanie Hoskins. Turns out that the flash drive with a roster that Agent Hoskins recovered during her assignment contains a list of people who were recruited to the Hunter Program before the Division was activated. This frustrated Keener as he believed the Division was trusted to get the job done, though Hoskins argued that the powers that be couldn't trust SHD agents to get their job, so they authorized the Hunters as a failsafe and eliminate agents if they become a problem. Furthermore, in order to recruit and train new soldiers for what's coming, Keener and Hoskins set up a base of operations in Brooklyn and coordinated rescue operations for civilians in danger so Keener's reputation becomes less negative. Evidently, it worked, as dozens of civilians who were rescued by Keener and Theo Parnell spoke positively of them.
The agents make their way to the Federal Emergency Bunker, fighting off Black Tusk personnel and outsmarting the traps that "Glasses" had set up. After much fighting, they finally meet Keener to recover ANNA Gear for new recruits. However, a fight ensued with an experimental Warhound called Chimera. Due to its immunity shield, agents dealt with waves of striker drones while Keener focused on disabling Chimera's shields. After much persistance, Chimera was defeated. Keener takes the case that ANNA gear and leaves the bunker to meet Manny in person.
The agents make it to the White House, where they're promptly called up by Manny to visit someone in the basement. As it turns out, Keener was put in a cell in the panic room as Manny doesn't trust him yet. The rogue agent understands and doesn't hold a grudge, though he remarked that their operations will have to continue under a few conditions for the time being
During their mission in Federal Emergency Bunker, Division agents recovered comms that involved correspondence between Manny Ortega and Aaron Keener. After ANNA revoked their comms access, Keener proposed a cease fire and a discussion begins. Their discussion began with trust, as Manny can't trust Keener. However, he wants to trust Kelso (who now took Cassandra codename). Keener explains that once he showed Kelso everything he knows, she willingly joined him. Manny was curious what Keener showed, but the latter requested to meet in person
However, it would turn out an in-person meeting is more complicated as Manny demanded conditions. As soon Keener enters the White House through the Southern Gate, he'll have to give up his gear and weapons, leaving only his comms and watch. Then, he'll put into a cell for interrogation and will stay there until he brings up Kelso to vet him. Keener accepted without protest.
During custody, Keener shares a bit of intel to Manny about The Cabal, a shadow organization of powerful people where and Natalya Sokolova is a member. Cal has aspirations to become one, though he lacks the wealth and legacy and is just one of their lackeys. Manny finds it hard to believe, though Keener assures him it's true as there's more lackeys working for The Cabal.
Meanwhile, while agents go through Descent combat simulation program again, they intercepted comms that are not related to Ortiz Robotics, focusing on different topics and people. It first focuses on Agent Melanie Hoskins who was assigned by Keener to go to a town called [Redacted] and locate a USB driver with a roster in a Hunter FOB. Another topic involved a programmer/engineer Kevin Park building an autonomous communications tool and sharing his project with Mathias "Trig" Schneider prior to the outbreak. At one point, Park was concerned over the privacy violations that Claire's work on ISAC posed, but was silenced to intimidation from Trig. 
Then it goes into a topic between Manny and Birdie, where the latter clarifies the former about how the Division and Black Tusk's network as well as Black Tusk's biometric security systems. One topic of comms involved Calvin McManus activating a squad of Hunters and ordering to go to [redacted] and establish an FOB. A Hunter agent named Zabala called Cal to warn him about Hoskins being in [redacted]. Knowing what Keener is after, he ordered Zabala to wipe the roster off the SHD Database. A last topic of comms involved a Hunter agent named Donovan Tower whom he and his fellow Hunters were infected with a mutated form of Green Poison and desperate to find working solutions about the infection they were going through. 
== Events ==
June 11-June 18: Echo Trial
June 18-June 25: SHD Exposed Global Event
June 25-July 9: Crossroads Apparel Event 
June 18-July 2: Echo League
July 2-July 9: Guardians Global Event
July 9-July 16: Hercules Trial
July 16-July 30: Hercules League
July 16-July 23: Polarity Switch Global Event
July 30-August 6: Golden Bullet Global Event
August 6-August 13: Leto Trial
August 13-August 27: Leto League
August 13-August 20: Hollywood Global Event
August 27-September 3: Reanimated Global Event
September 3-September 10: Nyx Trial
September 10-September 24: Nyx League
September 10-September 17: Guardians Global Event
September 24-October 1: Golden Bullet Global Event
September 26-October 1: x5XP Event
== Trivia ==
* Twenty comms were added to Descent this season, making it a total of 72.
* The cosmetics in the Crossroads apparel event are based on key characters from Operation Crossroads novel trilogy. Namely, Maira Kanhai, Brenda Wells, Colin Harrison, Leo Fourte, and Rowan O'Shea.
* Yeong-Ja's apparel is in the premium season track from level 96-100
* The trials are named after tragic figures in Greek Mythology and the named enemies from the bounties in each trial are related to said figures
* As of TU21.4, a new "x5XP" event was added in the season's calendar.
* Unlike the previous three trials, Nyx trial doesn't have a Main Mission objective.
* The town that is redacted across a number of comms in First Rogue and Descent are very likely to be Silver Creek, the setting for the cancelled Tom Clancy's The Division Heartlands.
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