Battle of Liberty Island

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* Aaron Keener is killed, stopping his plans for a horrific biological attack on Lower Manhattan
* The rogue network is activated, with several rogue cells loyal to Keener plotting future attacks to fulfill Keener's "legacy".

The **Battle of Liberty Island** was a three-way confrontation between a team of Division agents, Aaron Keener, and Black Tusk forces under the command of Bardon Schaeffer. It served as the final confrontation in the Hunt for Aaron Keener.

## Prior to the Battle

After systematically taking out all four of Aaron Keener's lieutenants, Vivian Conley, James Dragov, Javier Kajika, and Theo Parnell, the Division were able to use the rogues' Smartwatches to pinpoint Keener's base of operations underneath the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. A team of four agents, Alani Kelso, Megan Collins, Bruce McGregor, and Richard Parker, were deployed to apprehend or eliminate Keener.

However, unbeknownst to the agents, the Black Tusk had been hunting Keener for unknown reasons, and had been carefully waiting until he was located, allowing the Division to do all the hard work before they moved in. Faye Lau, a senior Division commander who had been secretly turned to the Black Tusk by Alicia "Circe" Coswald, attempted to delay Kelso and the agents from going, but was unsuccessful. Instead, Lau informed Schaeffer about Keener's whereabouts and disappeared, making her way to a nearby Black Tusk hovercraft.

## Fighting the Black Tusk

Kelso had gone ahead of her team to secure transport to the island but was surprised by the sudden appearance of a sizeable Black Tusk strike team, forcing her to hide on the bridge of one of the ships. The Black Tusk proceeded to lock down the port and rig the remaining boats to explode in an attempt to prevent the Division from getting to the island.

The Division agents proceeded to fight through the Black Tusk forces, getting closer to Kelso's position. While the hostiles managed to detonate one boat, it was not the one Kelso was aboard, and the team were able to disarm the remaining explosives before fighting off the remaining Tusks at the port.

With transport secured, the four agents made their way towards the island. However, they were noticed by a nearby Black Tusk hovercraft, and fired upon, all while Keener smugly watched from the safety of his bunker. Damaged, the ship ran aground on the island. The agents survived the crash, although Kelso had injured her leg, leaving Collins, Parker, and McGregor to finish the job.

Kelso kept on comms with the agents but cut off when Keener tapped in and began to taunt them. Now completely on their own, the trio fought their way through heavy Black Tusk resistance, destroying a DDP-52 Razorback, which the Tusks were attempting to use to flush out Keener. After the agents destroyed the Razorback, Schaeffer ordered the deployment of a XB-31 Marauder-class Quadcopter. He was informed by a Black Tusk officer that it was the last one they'd brought with them, but Schaeffer insisted, deploying the Marauder alongside several Warhounds and an elite strike force of their best troops.

However, Keener appeared, hacking into the Razorback and the Warhounds, slaughtering the assault force before turning it against the agents. The agents dispatched the hacked drones, before making their way inside the statue. With their forces decimated, Schaeffer ordered the surviving Tusks to pull back from the island.