Washington D.C. (Universe 336)

As the Green Poison outbreak wreaked havoc in New York, officials in D.C. scrambled to figure out a viable solution to the chaos that was enveloping the nation. After much deliberation, President Waller signed the executive order known as Directive 51 into law, activating agents of the Strategic Homeland Division and sending them into New York. Shortly afterward, the President died of a heart attack.

The disease soon spread beyond Manhattan and found its way to the capital, with devastating results. Initially, those infected with the Green Poison were forcibly quarantined on Roosevelt Island, but the quarantine was unsuccessful, allowing the disease to spread throughout the city. The survivors of the Roosevelt Island quarantine would become the faction known as the Outcasts.

CERA, the JTF, and newly-appointed President Mendez attempted to maintain control of the city, but their attempts ended in disaster. Government officials tried to snuff out the virus by dousing infected areas with a chemical known as DC-62, but the chemical ended up being far more toxic than anticipated and left the areas uninhabitable, leading to the creation of the D.C. Dark Zones. The JTF crumbled when several of their members defected and formed a rogue paramilitary faction known as the True Sons, led by General Antwon Ridgeway. Finally, President Mendez died barely a week into his term, allegedly taking his own life.

Declaring the capital a loss, officials ordered a mass evacuation of all personnel and civilians. Remaining members of the government evacuated via helicopter, leaving behind a skeleton crew of JTF operatives at the White House Base of Operations. As a result, the city descended into anarchy, with Outcasts, True Sons, and a scavenger faction known as the Hyenas establishing territory while looting, killing, and pillaging at random. The United States capital became a full-blown war zone, with innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. These civilians would eventually band together as a ragtag militia, forming settlements and supply chains across the ruins of the city and fighting to regain territory from the rival factions.

Sometime after the evacuation, while transporting newly-appointed President Ellis, Air Force One was shot down over D.C. by unknown forces, causing it to crash in front of the Capitol Building. No trace of the President was found at the crash site, and he has been missing ever since.

Six months after the outbreak, the SHD network experiences a global blackout, and Division agents receive a distress call from Washington, D.C. Upon arrival, the city is in ruins, with various factions fighting over territory and civilians caught in the crossfire. Division Commander Manny Ortega is in charge of SHD operations in the D.C. area, and tasks agents with various missions to help restore the SHD network and reclaim the city from the warring factions.

With the help of JTF personnel, the Civilian Militia, and the still-alive President Ellis, the Division wages a campaign against the factions, culminating in a full assault on the True Sons-occupied Capitol Building. With all the faction leaders eliminated, the SHD network restored, and the territory reclaimed, the survivors of D.C. celebrate. However, the city is soon thrown into chaos again when a new faction known as Black Tusk invades D.C., turning the city into a full-blown war zone. The heavily-armed PMC group has been tasked with eliminating the Division and taking back the capital, as well as securing a series of broad-spectrum antivirals for use against future outbreaks. The Division eventually mounts an assault against their stronghold, stealing the antivirals and disabling their transportation. A Black Tusk operative named Wyvern goes rogue and attempts to blow up the White House, but is neutralized by Division agents.

At some point, the skies above the city turn red, the city is than destroyed by anti-matter during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, the city and the rest of the universe are then rebuilt after the sacrifice of Oliver Queen.