Black Tusk

The Black Tusk also known as the Black Tusk Special Unit or B.T.S.U., is a major enemy faction that appears at the endgame in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Operating as a large Private Military Company with ties to the U.S. government, the B.T.S.U. invaded Washington, D.C. shortly after the True Sons were pushed out of the Capitol Building.
The Black Tusks took back the former faction Strongholds and mission locations. Although when Tidal Basin, the Black Tusks' main Stronghold was secured by The Division, they still operate in D.C., securing other landmarks and locations. 
As an endgame faction, the Black Tusk only appears once the player has completed all the Story missions and Strongholds during their level 1 - 30 experience. They also share similarities with the Last Man Battalion and Hunters from Tom Clancy's The Division.
== Background ==
The mysterious Black Tusk faction is The Division's most recently established nemesis, one that is still imperfectly understood. Known as a highly trained, well-equipped, and brutally efficient special operations unit, the Black Tusk appear to be seeking control of the United States federal government. But unlike other factions in both New York City and Washington, D.C. who share the same goal, the Black Tusk seem to have high-level backing. They have unlimited funding support, eerily precise Intel, and access to remarkably advanced and even experimental technology.
Reports coming into Division headquarters suggest that under cover of the Green Poison pandemic's spreading disruption, Black Tusk operations have already secured key strategic locations around the country: military bases, power-grid and utilities infrastructure, media-communications hubs, Internet server farms, certain financial institutions and high-tech corporate campuses, and so on. Now it appears they've been called to Washington, D.C. to neutralize federal resistance and counter The Division activations mandated by Presidential Directive 51. 
Although its exact origins remain shrouded in mystery and what looks like deliberate misinformation, the Black Tusk group is comprised of both military and paramilitary units with a long history of working for shadowy elements of the United States government in conflict zones around the world. Black Tusk operatives have been active in everything from covert regime-change operations to on-the-ground counterinsurgency efforts in a wide array of hot spots in Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and North Africa. 
The group's current configuration is clearly recruited in direct response to the bioterror attack last December. Black Tusk units and equipment began shipping back to the United States in the very early hours of the outbreak - indeed, before the full extent of the crisis was even known, which suggests the disturbing possibility of fore-knowledge. Intel intercepts since indicate a desire to "cleanse, pacify, and police the emerging New America".
== Intelligence Brief ==
The Black Tusk are extremely well equipped, supported by cutting-edge field technologies and military-grade spec-ops vehicles that can deploy troops rapidly anywhere: land, sea, or air. The group features a large force of veteran operatives with extensive experience in conflict zones, including some of the hottest hotspots in the world. And they have a very targeted set of goals:
*Eliminate all hostile factions and groups in Washington, D.C.
*Ruthlessly suppress civil unrest.
*Disarm and control the settlements.
*Neutralize the Strategic Homeland Division and any armed forces allied to it.
Although the Black Tusk group is a private military company, it is not strictly work-for-hire like other companies of mercenary soldiers. Black Tusk are ideologically driven as well. They operate based on their chilling vision of a new world order, and they fervently believe in their role as the harbingers and military guardians of that order.
Belief in their vision's purity lets the Black Tusk terminate anything that threatens it - U.S. soldiers, national security operatives (like The Division), civil servants, civilians - without hesitation or remorse. Men, women, children, the elderly... nobody is an innocent bystander according to Black Tusk rules of engagement. 
== Relationship with other factions ==
Prior to their invasion, the Black Tusk monitored and kept tabs on all the warring factions in Washington, D.C., especially The Division. Only after all other factions were defeated in their strongholds, did they make their move to invade, facing little resistance.
One of the Black Tusk's objectives was to sabotage and eliminate The Division and their operations. Several ECHO's scattered across D.C. reveal that the B.T.S.U. led by Bardon Schaeffer has monitored Division agents' activities, sabotaged their SHD Network, and captured/killed several agents all while remaining undetected by every faction.  
Despite this, Black Tusk holds some level of interest in The Division as they likely scaled back on their sabotage when The Division began to gain momentum against the other factions eventually defeating them. This was most likely done so that all the factions would be weakened in the fighting, allowing for a much smoother and easier Black Tusk invasion.
One ECHO's reveals that two B.T.S.U. operatives, Elijah Sumner and Jack Bonney, hold some level of respect for Division agents. They describe fighting them as invigorating and compared it to fighting a team of superheroes.  
Black Tusk does not kill civilians, but if they encountered a civilian that works with The Division and the JTF, they will kill them.  
Before their invasion in Washington, D.C., they considered the Hyenas as a low threat and supplied the Hyenas with supplies, just to keep to other factions busy and keep their numbers in check.  
There are some incidents where some skirmish took place between True Sons and Black Tusk.
They also appear to hold some interest in the True Sons as they have also adopted their strategy of weaponizing the chemical DC-62.  
Despite all the factions fighting each other for control of positions within D.C., none have bothered to take back their stronghold from the Black Tusk nor attack their beachhead, being too weak and powerless to do so.  
In New York, the Black Tusk is revealed to be supplying the Last Man Battalion with Carl Gustav's and other heavy armaments as shown in the comic Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis.
When Wraith came from hiding, it was revealed that a global corporation hired Black Tusk. As Kestrel got out of hiding, it was also discovered that Black Tusk was founded by Natalya Sokolova who allegedly used her family's fortune as a vehicle to dismantle the old government and replace it with that of Black Tusk. Only time will tell how Black Tusk's plot will unravel.
== Gameplay ==
Black Tusk is the last major enemy faction that the player encounters, only appearing once the player has reached Level 30 and defeated the True Sons at their Stronghold in the Capitol Building. Once they are introduced to the game, they gain control of every Stronghold and most of the Story Missions.
Each area of the map that contains a Black Tusk stronghold will be marked in red as an "invaded" segment. The player must replay each of the Strongholds and Missions against Black Tusk; once all these have been completed, the invaded sections of the map will be restored to normal.
Sections of D.C. that are under the Black Tusk invasion will house Black Tusk activities, such as Public Executions and Territory Control. However, Black Tusk cannot capture Control Points. After the Black Tusk appears in the game, randomized patrols of Black Tusk troops in the streets of D.C. become common, even in non-invaded sections of the map.
In combat, Black Tusk troops are heavily reliant on their abilities; they will deploy various types of drones, including aerial Seeker Drones that explode when near the player. Black Tusk troops also favor firing from cover and behave more cautiously than Hyenas or Outcasts, generally keeping a safe distance from the player. Black Tusk is also distinct from the other factions in that they employ autonomous robots against the player. The Warhound is a quadrupedal, heavily-armored robot with a large-caliber gun that can inflict high damage on the player, but it is slow-moving and its gun has to charge before it fires.
The UGV is a tracked weapons platform with a machine gun and grenade launcher that can be disabled by shooting its treads or destroyed by killing its Controller operator. Most Black Tusk troops have a distinct weak point, highlighted in red, usually located on either on their back or thigh, which can be targeted by the player to cause explosive or effect damage to the victim. During some missions, they fast-rope to the ground when leaving one of their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
== Named Members ==
== Weapons Used ==
== Events of Tom Clancy's The Division 2 ==
Shortly after the outbreak hit New York City, Black Tusk was hired by an unknown organization to pave the way for a "new dynasty". This included orders to dismantle and eliminate any functioning order of the U.S. government, including the Strategic Homeland Division.
A small but elite unit known as the Black Tusk Specialist Unit (B.T.S.U.), led by Bardon Schaeffer, was assembled to infiltrate the city and specifically target The Division and succeeded in killing and capturing a few D.C. agents before sabotaging the SHD Network, leading Manny Ortega to recall agents across the United States to Washington, D.C. The B.T.S.U. planned to hunt down the surviving agent but were abruptly called off by their client, who came to believe The Division could become allies to their plan. The Black Tusk is also responsible for the death of (then) President of the United States Thomas Mendez as Bardon convinced two secret service agents to kill him and frame his death as a suicide. This was done to further destabilize the U.S. government.
After The Division destroyed the strongholds of the three major factions in D.C., Black Tusk was sent in to take full advantage of the situation and forcibly seize control of the city while the factions were weakened. Launching a full-scale invasion of the capital, they gained control of the faction strongholds at the District Union Arena, Roosevelt Island, and the Capitol Building. They also dispatched units across D.C. to certain locations and attempted to hack and sabotage the SHD Network for a second time to cripple The Division.
An ECHO later incriminated President Ellis in handing over the Broad-Spectrum Antiviral to the B.T.S.U. in an attempt to extract it through their base at Tidal Basin, betraying both the JTF and The Division. However, The Division launched an all-out assault on their Tidal Basin Stronghold and recovered the Antiviral, while eliminating B.T.S.U. operative Milla "Wyvern" Radek as she attempted to launch a missile at The White House.
Soon after their defeat in D.C., Black Tusk then took over the Washington National Airport to coordinate their operations. The Division dispatched their agents to stop them and take it back, after defeating several high ranking operators; Black Tusk was ultimately defeated when The Division destroyed the DDP-52 Razorback, a dangerous drone platform, and recaptured the airport.
While The Division and JTF were conducting operations in the outskirts of Washington, D.C., Black Tusk was found securing Camp White Oak. Quickly launching an attack at the camp in a Division-JTF joint operation, Black Tusk personnel desperately try to hold them off. It is confirmed that Ellis Galveston, a member of Bardon Schaeffer's B.T.S.U. Team is guarding President Ellis at the compound, dubbed "Chickenhawk"; during the attack, a helicopter is scrambled to evacuate him.
Despite the best efforts from Division agents, President Ellis escapes in the helicopter, but they managed to eliminate Galveston and secure Camp White Oak.
In an attempt to stop the JTF from acquiring data and information in Camp White Oak, they staged an offensive and took down the JTF troops stationed there. However, the Division agents turned the tables on them and stopped the offensive. Including killing the officers who were part of Bardon's "rebuilt" unit: Riley "Knife" Carter, Zach "Loot" Miller, and the twin Sniper sisters, Teagan "Tails" Price and Harper "Heads" Price. In frustration, Bardon called his boss, telling him to stop sending clowns to rebuild the unit.
When surveillance footage of Black Tusk making their move on The Pentagon was sent to The Division, their agents took action and breached their defenses. Throughout their assault, Division agents managed to stop Black Tusk in digging further into the Pentagon and stop them from extracting the perfusion reactor, killing dozens of Black Tusk officers, including Petrus Brenner in the process.
With the perfusion reactor in The Division's hands, Black Tusk suffers a major setback. Their invasion on Manning National Zoo reveals the scars left by their war with The Division, as they are using the zoo as proving grounds to recruit new staff from their less experienced reserve after losing much of their elite forces in failed operations.
Catching wind of the recruitment event, Division agents wiped out all recruitment participants on-site (including all Black Tusk assets the PMC might've brought in for the quasi-invasion). With the recruitment event done for, Black Tusk was set back considerably.
Later on The Division found out that the missing Russian virologist Vitaly Tchernenko was being held captive by Black Tusk on Coney Island after they made a deal with rogue agent Aaron Keener. The Division quickly moved in to liberate Tchernenko fighting their way through the Coney Island Ballpark, eventually liberating the virologist and eliminating B.T.S.U. operative Elijah Sumner. Only to be suprised by a sudden attack on Coney island by the Cleaners, orchestrated by Vivian Conley and Keener. Dolores Jones figures Keener is still inside the park and B.T.S.U. Commander Dolores Jones orders her men to find and kill Keener. This leads Division agents to use this information to try and capture him before he gets away. Fighting their way through the abandoned Coney Island Amusement Park killing both Black Tusk and Cleaners in the process. However, the Cleaners blow up the rollercoaster, killing most of the remaining Black Tusk in the process and cornering in Jones and what is left of her forces. Division agents then finish off what is left of the Black Tusk and neutralize Jones. Dealing a major blow to the Black Tusk branch in New York.
The faction, however, gained surprising allies from New York during the Warlords of New York campaign, recruiting the remnants of LMB into their force. With their new troops, the Black Tusk has mostly regained their attack power. Their new troops introduce new archetypes into Black Tusk. The new archetypes are ex-LMB Rushers and ex-LMB Supports.
Prior to Warlords of New York, Faye Lau made contact with Bardon Schaeffer regarding the exchange of a fellow rogue agent Alicia Coswald. She willingly let Black Tusk have her in exchange for information about their own supply routes in New York City.
Later on, The Division made their move on Liberty Island to eliminate Aaron Keener. Black Tusk made every effort to stop the agents from eliminating Keener as they had their own agenda against the rogue agent. Despite their efforts in stopping the boat the agents took in and deploying the Razorback on the island, they failed. They suffered a major setback when Keener hacked their last Marauder Quadcopter and a number of Warhounds and had to retreat.
Intercepted through Keener's watch after his death, Schaeffer was conversing with Faye Lau (who is now rogue) regarding the activation of the Rogue Network. While Bardon was concerned over the number of rogue agents scattered throughout the country, Faye reassured him that it will bring The Division to its knees and they will be able to end them once and for all.
Months after the Warlords of New York, several squads of Black Tusk soldiers came into Titan. They joined up with him for a bit before being killed by Division agents, along with Titan himself. In addition, Schaeffer tried to recruit Carter "Hornet" Leroux into the fold but got rebuked by the Rogue Agent, informing Schaeffer that he (Hornet) made himself clear that "Keener lives on in more ways than he could think of," making it clear that Hornet's only boss is Keener, and no one else.
A few weeks later, Bardon decided to lead a manhunt cell and send his lieutenants to recruit Hyenas, Outcasts, True Sons, and Rikers to wreck havoc on The Division. Shade has recruited Rikers to cause havoc while she recruits more rogue agents for Black Tusk. Wraith recruited Hyenas to wreck havoc while other Black Tusk troops recruit more rogue agents.
Eventually, after The Division takes out Schaeffer's rogue agents. They track him down to the Coney Island Amusement Park and try to apprehend him before he moves. The Amusement Park is full of Rikers which seem to be looting the place. There is also a Hunter on site which the agents assume is there to eliminate Schaeffer. Fighting through the park, the Hunter seems to be toying with the agents until Schaeffer tells the Hunter to "stop playing games, finish it". After the agents neutralize the Hunter, Schaeffer can be heard talking to Natalya Sokolova telling her the Hunter is dead. She responds with "that it's now up to him and his elite B.T.S.U. operatives". In the end the agents eliminate Schaeffer's operatives and critically wound him, leaving him in a coma. Effectively eliminate the B.T.S.U. threat.
A short time after Schaeffer was apprehended, The Division got word of the ex-Division commander Faye Lau having assembled a group of rogue agents: Bridgette "Viper" Douglas, Felix "Kestrel" Sokolov, Dustin "Magnus" Xavier and Alicia "Circe" Coswald for a secret mission.
After The Division eliminated the rogue agents, they tracked Lau down to Camp White Oak where she has set up a meeting with President Ellis. The agents move in to apprehend Ellis and takedown Lau. After Division agents take down Ellis and his personal bodyguard they find out that Faye has assassinated the President and is trying to frame it on The Division. The agents move in to neutralize Lau while a chopper is on it's way to extract her. The agents find Lau and take out the chopper forcing her to engage the agents in combat. After a harsh fight, the agents eliminate Lau. 
Not long after Faye's death, The Division discovered that she was working as a double agent and left some recordings between her and Schaeffer. She also left recordings between Natalya Sokolova and Calvin McManus. At the same time The Division found out that the Black Tusk has been working with the True Sons. This alliance however quickly faded after the death of rogue agent Dusk. 
In an attempt to take down Captain Lewis, The Division went to Jefferson Trade Center, from which the True Sons captain had sent a distress call after encountering heavy Black Tusk resistance. The agents then team up with Lewis to take out the Black Tusk and take back the Trade Center. While encountering heavy Black Tusk resistance themselves, the agents keep encountering "the recruiter". A Hunter that is there to evaluate B.T.S.U. operative Jack Bonney and see if he is a good fit for the Hunters. After being ambushed, Captain Lewis calls in a DC-62 airstrike in attempt to stop Bonney from escaping. The agents then engage Bonney, who has his own air support in the form of a marauder quadcopter. Nonetheless, he falls prey to the agents. But before they leave they retrieve his SHD Watch which has the status "classified". Leaving the agents with more questions than answers.
Shortly after the events that took place at Jefferson Trade Center, 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. 
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 and taking out Nico "Brain" McPherson. The agents running out of time made the call to extract rather than pursue Anderson. While waiting for their extraction the agents would have to defend their position fighting off Black Tusk and True Sons led by Bibichev, who would be killed by the agents. While the agents fly away, a fleet of Black Tusk hovercraft can be seen leaving the power plant. Aboard one of these are Anderson and Natalya conversing about what's next while Anderson tells Natalya that his True Sons are at her disposal. 
After the events at the Pentco Fairview Power Plant, the Black Tusk and True Sons have successfully re-built their alliance and are working together to destroy the Division once and for all. "Stovepipe" and him team are tasked with gathering intel on the White House to try and find out Bardon Schaeffer's status after his capture, while Sokolova herself had her own plans and motives in mind. 
After eliminating Charles "Chunks" Crawford, Lieutenant Martin Bantam, Mort "Cursed" Kellogg, and Beatrice "Auntie" Kaplan, the Division would discover Stovepipe's location on Coney Island, as well as Sokolova's plan to use dirty bombs to carpet bomb Lower Manhattan. After hearing a decrypted conversation between "Stovepipe" and Sokolova herself over her secrecy and how he began to become disillusioned with the Black Tusk, agents were sent to Coney Island Ballpark to find him and try to recruit "Stovepipe" to help them defeat the Tusk. 
Upon arrival, agents made their way to Stovepipe's location near the mortar launchers left behind from the last Black Tusk mission on Coney Island, they soon discovered that Sokolova had killed "Stovepipe" for his disloyalty well before they arrived, and were ambushed by a plethora of Black Tusk UAVs, Minitanks, Warhounds, and even 2 XB-31 "Marauder" Quadcopters. As the agents fought their way through the machines to the extraction point, they were met with a final challenge: Sparkle, a prototype Flamethrower Warhound.
The agents fought against Sparkle who despite having support from other lesser Warhounds and UAVs, was destroyed. As agents signaled Torres to extract them, "Wally", who had been acting as mission control, revealed that "Stovepipe" and the ambush was a diversion: Sokolova sent the Black Tusk to breach the White House and eliminate a comatose Bardon Schaeffer. Despite the countermeasure they deployed, the Division managed to push them back from the White House, although the base of operations suffered damage. Additionally they managed to capture the perfusion bioreactor in addition to kidnapping Vitaly Tchernenko and Harlan Lloyd. And to add further insult, they also kidnapped several key civilians from the Castle Settlement which includes: Mari Singh, Eva Garcia, Lauren Fong, Mitchell Billings, Cindy McAllister, Mel Arnold, Jack Arnold, and Vikram Malik. 
Realizing that a strong force wasn't enough and in order to present themselves as legitimate, Sokolova had the Black Tusk treat the kidnapped civilians humanely and arrange them work based on their skills and background. But it was only a matter of time till the Division recovered and rescued the first group civillians from their captivity. And despite best efforts from high-ranking Black Tusk officers, agents also rescued Mari Singh who was held in Manning National Zoo. A Black Tusk drone intercepted the Castle Settlement, with the drone operator confirming to Sokolova that the asset in place and awaits her orders.
As Division agents rescued more civilians from Black Tusk with the help of Agent Brian Johnson, they also deploy to Camp White Oak to rescue Birdie while also bringing the Mobile SHD Server to Johnson's custody. However, a layer of deceit would uncover as it turns out Johnson is the Recruiter for the Hunter Program and was attempting to put an end to the Division once and for all by escaping Camp White Oak with the mobile server. Thanks to Birdie's help, however, Black Tusk didn't succeed and the Recruiter was off the board. Nonetheless, with the revelation that Hunters are embedded in the Division and whether Kelso could be trusted, Sokolova used the opportunity to spread her propaganda through broadcasts so she could sway civilians to her cause and side with Black Tusk.
While Division agents followed Agent Kelso's trail in New York, Black Tusk sent some squads to intercept Kelso as well. This trail would turn into a full-blown fight when Kelso's location got pinged on the Stranded Tanker. Black Tusk forces alongside the True Sons were sent there to find and capture "Cassandra" under direct orders from Natalya Sokolova. However, they found themselves against the Division who went there to find the missing agent. Despite a number of high-ranking officers, a Marauder quadcopter, and a Hunter who were there to stop them, they were defeated, leaving Sokolova frustrated. 
While the agents were focused on completing the third trial Leto as part of Aaron Keener's tests, they intercepted comms between Manny Ortega and Mari Singh. One comm in particular reveals that Black Tusk's communications has been going dark ever since Birdie breached their security back in Camp White Oak. Furthermore, DIAMOND, the AI system that acts as the backbone for Black Tusk's forces was mentioned by Keener after the agents finished Leto trial, as he told them once they finish the Nyx trial, he'll tell them what he knows about the AI. 
When SHD agents focused on completing the Nyx trial, Black Tusk was part of the final objective as a squad to be eliminated. Additionally, they intercepted comms between Keener and Manny, allowing them to locate the rogue agent in Federal Emergency Bunker. In a race against time, agents fought through Black Tusk personnel while making their way through the traps. Eventually, they met with Keener and were confronted by Chimera, an experimental Warhound using mixed abilities from previous Warhounds chassis (Marksman, Minigun, Grenadier), immunity shield, and can heal itself when sustainng critical damage. 
With Keener's help, Chimera was put down for good by the agents, denying Black Tusk their victory. When Keener was put in incarceration in the White House, he shared information to Manny about the Cabal; a shadow organization of powerful people, in which Natalya Sokolova is a member. 
== Branches ==
Much like the Last Man Battalion from Tom Clancy's The Division, the Black Tusk is the only faction in Tom Clancy's The Division 2 that has multiple branches in its ranks.
=== Black Tusk ===
The main entity out of the three branches, but the only time they are encountered is the invaded stronghold of Manning National Zoo during a recruiting event. They share the same uniform as their B.T.S.U. counterparts. According to Agent Kelso in an audio file, Black Tusk specializes in low spec ops: get in, do the job, and get out.
=== B.T.S.U. (Black Tusk Special Unit) ===
The Black Tusk Special Unit (B.T.S.U) is the most common enemy encountered in the streets and in the invaded missions. They share the same uniform as their regular Black Tusk counterparts; however, they have access to more powerful and technologically advanced equipment, giving them the edge they need to specifically target Division agents.
=== White Tusk ===
The White Tusk is the strongest branch out of the three and only seen on Legendary strongholds. White Tusk is controlled by the Black Tusk directly, rather than the B.T.S.U. They are the opposite of their Black Tusk and B.T.S.U. counterparts: on top of their uniforms being pure white, their job is to hold a high-value position with heavy firepower. They are composed predominantly of former LMB and other Black Tusk units.
==Quotes==
* Drones in the air! - Warning other fellow Black Tusk members of such UAV usage
* Shoot 'em, dammit! - a male Black Tusk member getting frustrated that other Black Tusk soldiers are not pouring it on the Division agent
* Pour it on!
* Agent's back on their feet! - A male Black Tusk member catching a Division agent red-handed using an armor kit or healing skill
* You'll pay for killing one of ours! - A male Black Tusk member being fatally shot by a Division agent
* K.I.A! - A Black Tusk member is fatally shot by a Division agent
* Operator is down! Repeat! Operator down! - A Black Tusk member gunned down by a Division agent
* You're not heroes, you're traitors to your country! - Black Tusk member taunting Division agents
* Vaya con dios, Assholes!
== Gallery ==
File:BTSU Assault.png|B.T.S.U. Assault
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===B.T.S.U. Concept Art===
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File:Stuart-ellis-stuartellis-div2-blacktusk-controller.jpg|Concept art of the Black Tusk Controller.
===B.T.S.U. Technology===
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===Other===
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===Characters===
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File:Sumner Gear.png|Elijah Sumner
File:Gear Ellis Galveston.png|Ellis Galveston
Zach Fluffy Foster.png|Zach "Fluffy" Foster
Luka Horn Milic.png|Luka "Horn" Milic
Samson Fringe Baker.png|Samson "Fringe" Baker
August Lumpy Lee.png|August "Lumpy" Lee
File:Bardon Schaeffer gea r.png|Bardon Schaeffer
== Trivia ==
* To an extent, the B.T.S.U. can be considered a foil faction to the SHD:
** The B.T.S.U. has clear-cut Archetypes within their ranks, while The Division (aside from Specializations and rankings in clans) have no clearly defined Archetypes.
** The B.T.S.U. have heavy and bulky technology (such as their UGV and the Medic's revive drone) while The Division has more light and smaller technology (such as seeker mines and turrets)
*** An example of this is each faction's variant of the Minigun: the B.T.S.U's Heavy has a minigun that is constantly deployed, has an exposed belt connecting to a feeding pack, and usually requires short breaks between firings; on the other hand, The Division's Gunner has a compact minigun that can be deployed and retracted in an instant, has the magazine belt built directly on the weapon, and a special motor that keeps the weapon from overheating, allowing the agent to fire continuously.
** The B.T.S.U. has a more interconnected uniform, while outfits can be vary between each agent of The Division.
** The B.T.S.U. has a clear chain of command within its ranks, while The Division is an autonomous networked structure.
*** Both of these structures are double-edged swords for each faction: while the chain of command means that the B.T.S.U. is well disciplined, eliminating high-ranking officers slows down and possibly halt their mission of taking over D.C. (which led to the Black Tusk taking over Manning National Zoo for a recruiting program); meanwhile the autonomy a Division agent has given them the freedom to go rogue, but it means that killing off specific field agents won't be detrimental to their overall focus.
* Throughout the events of Tom Clancy's The Division 2, it is shown that while the Black Tusk field commanders are strategically smart, they often butt-heads and compete with each other. This has been an Achilles' heel for them in some of their more high-value operations.
* Some civilians know of the Black Tusk's existence with one even saying "Black Tusk are paranoid. Who wouldn't be?" Given the Black Tusk's secrecy, It is unknown how they even have knowledge of the Black Tusk.
* Their code names seem to based off of aspects of themselves. Ex. Tanner "Kegger" Brown is a heavy drinker, Carver "Edward" Butler watched Twilight, Phaedra "Puck" Lao is a prankster.
== Appearances ==
*Tom Clancy's The Division
*Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis
*Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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