With Blackwatch and Gentek experimenting on the citizens of New York, the city was split into three zones, and Manhattan Island was designated as the Red Zone. Red Zone įor the next 14 months after the Second Outbreak, Blackwatch was unable to control the infection which led to the zone being quarantined by the destruction of all bridges and attempted sealing of tunnels. Mercer returned to Penn station, the place where his death had occurred and he had become a host for the Blacklight virus and unleashed the virus once more.

However, Alex Mercer returned to the city with the intention of ushering a new age, and Manhattan was to be the first city to fall under the new regime. Second outbreak įor over a year, the populace assumed the viral outbreak had been completely cleansed. In the following weeks the city had returned to normality. Blackwatch decided to nuke Manhattan to completely destroy the virus but Alex saved Manhattan from the blast by taking the nuke away from the island. Upon Greene's death, the infected population was drastically reduced. Eventually, the infected population had increased to cover 80% of the island. These Hives increased the rate of infection within its vicinity. Īfter Greene's escape from Gentek, infected Hives were seen across the city. Despite the large fort-like structures cropping up across Manhattan, however, there were constant battles between the military and infected forces. They also, presumably, set up shelters within large civilian structures, namely the large Football stadium located in the center of Manhattan, although this station was apparently overrun quickly.

Zone control īlackwatch established their base of command (call sign Red Crown) at the island's port, while the Marines operating within the city managed to setup temporary bases using the existing buildings. However, the city was deteriorating fast while Blackwatch tried to capture Alex Mercer and Elizabeth Greene. While the Marines were the public face, a black ops military unit, Blackwatch, operated within the city in a largely unethical role.

In order to contain the infection, a military quarantine was placed on the island, martial law was implemented on the island and the NYPD was quickly replaced with Marine forces. The initial outbreak areas were quickly established and the Police and then-present minor military force was unable to stem the spread of the infection. The citizens infected with the virus were mutated into mindless creatures who served Greene's purpose of spreading the virus. In 2008, a viral outbreak caused by Alex Mercer and further spread by Elizabeth Greene, ravaged the once relatively safe island.

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