Washington D.C. Attack

Washington DC Attack
Previous conflict		Costa Rican Incident
Concurrent conflict (s)		Nil
Next conflict		First Investigation of PHARCOM
Location		Washington D.C.
Result		Erich Rhoemer fails to infect Washington The Agency investigates Jonathan Phagan Black Baton suffers innumerable casualties Washington subway system heavily damaged
Factions
The Agency Chemical Biological and Defense Command		Black Baton
Commanders
Thomas Markinson Unidentified CBDC commander		Erich Rhoemer
Combatants
Gabe Logan Multiple CBDC forces		Black Baton thugs Mara Aramov Jorge Marcos Pavel Kravitch Anton Girdeux
Casualties
Waves of CDBC personnel		Undisclosed quantity of Black Baton grunts Jorge Marcos Pavel Kravitch Anton Girdeux

The Washington D.C. Attack was a major confrontation of Syphon Filter, involving The Agency and the CBDC fighting against Black Baton forces attempting to infect the area with an unknown virus. The latter two organisations eventually won despite suffering substantial casualties.

The D.C. attack was carried out on the behest of Erich Rhoemer, who had earlier escaped from Gabe Logan following a duel between the two. Rhoemer failed in his operation, and this conflict eventually led to the Agency's investigation into PHARCOM.

Events

With his successful escape from the aircraft he fought with Gabe on, Erich Rhoemer proceeds to overtake Washington, deploying multiple bombs within the park, one within Freedom Memorial and sending troops all over the area. In response, the Agency orders Gabe Logan to infiltrate the area, along with CBDC operatives providing support.

Logan first investigates a bar where Kravitch has placed communications equipment, and gets into an intense duel with the computer geek, ultimately emerging the victor. He destroys the radio devices and activates a power switch. He then heads to a bank where terrorists have placed an explosive device. A CBDC agent diffuses the bomb while Gabe provides cover for him. 

Entering the subway station, Gabe pursues Rhoemer. He fails to find the enemy, but locates another device. He attempts to diffuse it, only to realise it is not a normal viral bomb; he sprints away and dives for cover just as a timer counts to zero. The bomb's detonation demolishes most of the Washington subway system.

With the area now burning, Logan pushes on and finds a stash of C4 explosives. While taking down more Black Baton thugs, he finds and shuts off the gas mains. He destroys a passage, allowing a CDBC operative to enter and diffuse another explosive. When attempting to find Rhoemer, he instead encounters Mara Aramov for the first time. She runs off through the main subway system, forcing him to pursue her while dodging trains; he contends with terrorists along the way. He incapacitates her but she is knocked out before surrending any information.

Returning to the surface, Gabe heads to the Washington Park where multiple explosives have been set up. Racing against time, he diffuses them with the help of CBDC agents and allows a few operatives being hed hostage to escape. As he proceeds further, he comes across a satellite uplink and interacts with it to locate Jorge Marcos. As he enters a park maze, Marcos and a few henchmen greet him, causing him to take them down. With this done, he heads for Freedom Memorial.

Inside, he finds Anton Girdeaux guarding the main explosive, and both engage in a duel. Forced to use non-explosive weapons against his enemy, Gabe discovers a fuel tube on Girdeaux's backpack. He shoots its weak spot, causing the Frenchman to be incinerated from the inside out. Logan leaves the area as CBDC personnel rush in to diffuse the last bomb.

Aftermath

With his operation a failure, Rhoemer retreats from the area and this allows the Agency to trace Phagan for the time being. Rhoemer's men would later surface again when Gabe is sent to sabotage his base.