WMD (mission)

"WMD" is a planned mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The player will start in an SR-71 Blackbird. They will then guide four other soldiers through a facility from the air, afterwhich the perspective will switch to one of the soldiers on the ground, in a manner similar to an RTS game. It is set in 1968, at the height of the Cold War. In this level the player can obtain a new weapon: the Crossbow.

Starting off in this level, you're suited up and ready to pilot the Blackbird which sits on a runway in California. After approaching the vehicle, you're saluted and begin to board the plane.

Big Eye 6, you have the sky.

After requesting for takeoff, you're told "Your aircraft sir". You're then prompted to press a control to engage the boosters, then must pull back on the thumbstick to begin your ascent. After a short cinematic of Big Eye 6 in orbit, the screen cuts to a first person view of the cockpit.

Big Eye 6, this is Kilo 1 requesting tactical recon.

The view is that of a heatmap screen where the 4 man team (Kilo 1 - SOG) can be seen prone in the snow. Your job is to assist them past any enemy troops that may be present. After providing them with recon, the screen fades, and you're then put into the boots of one of the members of the black ops patrolmen on the ground.

This is where we first got a peek at the modified crossbow that you've been hearing about. You lie prone in the snow with your squadmates on your flanks. Power lines can be seen in the distance. Your breathing can be heard, provoked by the frigid climate of the Ural Mountains. At that moment, a group of Russian soldiers on patrol slowly creep by to north. Their cold breath can be seen in the air, their boots crunching the snow beneath them. Luckily, you're not detected and the troops continue on their path.

Your objective is to make your way to a substation. The point of interest is that of a weapons manufacturing facility, obviously not a facility that one wishes to inhabit...that is, unless you're a member of this group of men who show no fear in the face of adversity. Making your way down the snowy trails, you're met with your first enemies. Shouldering your crossbow (click thumbstick to hold breath and steady aim), you pick off any targets while remaining completely silent.

Making your way further down, you're then required to hook up and rappel down the steep face of a mountain. One might imagine this would be where you cut to a cinematic sequence, but not in Black Ops. After hooking up your ropes and beginning your descent, you're required to push off of the mountain and put the brakes on several times before finally making it to the landing below. Shooting through the facility's windows with your silenced AUG rifle, you're immediately met by a hoard of Russian soldiers. Nothing you can't handle though.

Once you've taken the substation, your objective is updated and are asked to move to the "com-stat".

Kilo 1 is approaching the objective.

Making your way further down the mountain, you soon meet a group of enemies that require a bit more firepower. Switching over to explosive tips on your modified crossbow, the enemy never has a chance. One enemy is shot directly in the leg, in return exploding not only him but a few of his comrades. This is when the music kicks in and the **** gets thick. After you've taken out the enemy troops and taken the storage shed, you move onto the power room.

Alarms are sounding, enemy chatter can be heard. Switching to an assault rifle, you head towards the power room. Moving behind your teammate, he opens a door and is immediately met face to face with an enemy. What does he do? What any black ops badass would do...he quickly pulls out his blade and throws it at the enemy, impaling him in the neck. And the crowd goes wild!

Making your way through the facility, the opposition is heavy. Chaos ensues, but only shortly as you make short work of the enemies inside the facility. Moving to your objective, you find the relay and yank the fuses from the box. Objective complete.

Once you've cleared the mountain and completed the objective, there's only one more logical action scene that could possibly take place. Insert epic avalanche. Jumping across opening crevices, you follow your team to what you hope to be safety. As the snow rushes behind you, you have no choice but to jump.....

Trivia

 * This date may be a misprint, because many important events during the Vietnam War happened in 1968, which were stated to be included in the game.
 * WMD stands for "Weapons of Mass Destruction", and from what has been released so far, a Soviet facility is being infiltrated. This raises the possibility that a nuclear facility may be infiltrated in the mission, or something else related to weapons of mass destruction will occur in the level.
 * This level is most likely the one to be put into the demo because of the new elements show in this level (the crossbow weapon with alternate ammo, flying the Blackbird, rappeling and skydiving at the end).