Washington, D.C., also known as D.C. or just Washington, is the capital city of the United States.
Fictional History[]
Rewind / The Fate of Flight 700[]
Following an incident in which a civilian airliner was deliberately shot down, a representative from the White House was sent to ensure the truth didn't get out. When an aide working in the White House learned the truth, they informed a reporter about where the evidence to expose it could be found, though when this leak was discovered soon after, the aide was silenced.
Shane Schofield Series[]
Ice Station[]
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Area 7[]
At an unknown time either before or after the President was inaugurated, Charles "Caesar" Russell arranged for fifteen Type-240 warheads to be placed at several major civilian airports in major cities in America's northern states. One of these was situated in Washington's Dulles International Airport. The warheads were programmed to detonate should a satellite receiving a signal from a device on the President's heart stop transmitting.
During the broadcast to issue his challenge to the President, Caesar revealed the locations of the warheads to the President, including the one in D.C., and how his own beating heart would keep them from detonating.
Ultimately, Caesar's coup failed, and once the satellite transmitting to the warheads was destroyed, the warheads were disarmed by military forces and relocated.
Scarecrow[]
Shortly before mid-2003, the "billionaire's club" Majestic-12 decided to enhance their overall fortunes, and began planning to initiate a new Cold War, which their individuals businesses would benefit from and improve their wealth. Deciding to utilise a pair of top secret American projects known as Kormoran and Chameleon, which involved disguised battle tankers and clone missiles respectively, M-12 could make several western countries believe they had been hit by terrorist missiles. As M-12's plan began to take shape, the Kormoran ship MV Ambrose, stationed in New York Bay, was surreptitiously loaded with Chameleon clones of Iran's Shahab-5, which would launch missiles targeting Washington, D.C. and New York City.
In the midst of Majestic-12's Bounty List to eliminate those who could stop their plans, David Fairfax, being in Washington, was asked by Shane Schofield to visit one of the bounty hunt's targets, Dr Thompson Oliphant, at St. John's Hospital. However, Fairfax and Oliphant came under attack from the Zulu, and while the bounty hunter was killed following a brief chase, the Ice Queen killed Oliphant.
Though the Mossad agent Benjamin Rosenthal was killed before he could share what he knew of M-12's plan with Schofield's allies, Book II was able to collect several of his notes, and he and Scott Moseley discovered what M-12 had planned. Since Schofield was the only one who could disarm the CincLock-VII security system, the President dispatched Andrew Trent and his unit to go to the Pentagon to collect Fairfax and take him to San Francisco so that he could provide a satellite uplink from the Kormoran ship to enable the Marine to abort the launch. Book II did the same from the Ambrose in New York, and soon Schofield aborted that ship's launch and saved Washington.
Jack West Jr Series[]
Seven Ancient Wonders[]
In the week leading up to the day of the Tartarus sunspot's next alignment with Earth on March 20th, the excess heat the sunspot gave off was at first barely noticeable with mild increases in temperature. As dawn began on the day of the Tartarus Rotation, it immediately became apparent that global temperatures were quickly rising. The sunspot was quickly identified as the source of the problem, and people began looking to the White House for solutions to the threat of flooding in coastal cities, but with the CIEF already in Giza, the President made no public statement.
The Two Lost Mountains[]
As Hardin "Sphinx" Lancaster prepared to head into the Supreme Labyrinth, he sent his forces to many of the world's major cities, including Washington, and had a Siren Bell rung over them, sending the citizens in those cities who heard the bells' tone into a coma-like state, with Sphinx intending to wake the people as his slaves once had had prevented the Omega Event. The incident of Washington and the other sleep-struck cities caused the world to cower in fear of what would happen next.
The One Impossible Labyrinth[]
During the planning for Sphinx's takeover, it was decided that he would begin his address from the White House, with John Marren being aware of the preparations. After kidnapping Marren, Pooh Bear, Stretch, Lynda Fadel and Tracy Smith began flying with their hostage towards Washington, with the intention of proceeding on to the Raven Rock shelter from there. However, their plane was remotely hacked mid-flight, and they were diverted directly to Raven Rock instead.
Once they had secured the Orphean bell, Iolanthe Compton-Jones and Nobody proceeded towards Washington so that they could use the blue bell the awaken the sleep-struck citizens.
The Great Zoo of China[]
After returning to the U.S., the ambassador to China, Kirk Syme visited the President at the White House to give a private, verbal report on the events in China regarding the Great Dragon Zoo of China and the dragons.
Interceptor[]
During the planning stage to destroy the United States, Russian terrorists chose Washington as one of their targets. As Alexander Kessel and his mercenaries began their attempt to hijack control of the SBX-1 interceptor platform in the Pacific Ocean, President Wallace and her National Security staff gathered in the White House's Situation Room and made contact with Captain JJ Collins, who advised them on the situation.
After Kessel's team usurped control of SBX-1, they hacked the Emergency Broadcast System and began televising events across America, including Washington, with Kessel announcing that the city was one of their 16 targets. Fortunately, Collins was able to set back Kessel's plan and ultimately foil him by destroying the terrorist missiles, saving Washington from annihilation.
Cobalt Blue[]
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Mr Einstein's Secretary[]
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Notable Locations[]
The White House[]
The official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. Several meetings and debriefings have been held in the Oval Office to discuss incidents with world-ending consequences, and occasionally secret medal-awarding ceremonies as well.
The Pentagon[]
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The Washington Post[]
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Trivia[]
- Washington, D.C. was named for George Washington, the first president of the United States and a Founding Father.