Point of Contact

Point of Contact is a map in Call of Duty: Ghosts Extinction mode.

It is the first map in the Extinction chapters and takes place in a post-apocalyptic world ruined by Aliens and the ODIN Strike. There are three main areas of the map which contain various weapons available for purchase, Challenges, Search Piles and fourteen Hives, including two Barrier Hives. It takes place in Colorado.

Story
When the Federation captured the Odin Space Shuttle, a volley of missles fired down along the U.S. shores. One of these missles opened up a Cryptid hive, releasing these creatures. The military dispatched a squad of troops known as Extinction Squads to the area, only for the military to discover that the team was eradicated in the first hour of deployment. So, with no choice, the President authorized a nuclear bomb to be placed in the main crater marked Point of Contact. Sending in Extinction Squad Number 2, codenamed Spectre 1, the squad is tasked with the mission to destroy the hives and eliminating the Cryptid inhabitants.

Gil's Lodge Motel
There are four Hives with six possible Hive locations (the first hive must be cleared to access the entire Motel map) and a Barrier Hive. There are three mounted minigun turrets (costs $750). There are two Electric Fence traps and one Fire Trap. After destroying the Barrier Hive, there is always a money pick-up you can get that gives $3000 ($2250 with the Smaller Wallet Relic).

Weapons available:
 * AK-12 for $1500 next to the Welcome sign
 * MR-28 for $2000 on a rock in the field
 * SC-2010 for $1500 at the top of the cliff
 * Vector for $1500 on the side of the road
 * FP6 for $1500 under the balcony
 * Panzerfaust for $2000 in the alleyway behind the motel
 * Vepr for $1500 next to the Barrier Hive
 * VKS for $1500 on a small hill next to the arch where you find the Vector

City
There are three Hives with four possible Hive locations and a Barrier Hive. There is also a laptop which can be paid in six (three in Solo) $1000 increments to call in an Attack Helicopter. The Attack Helicopter cannot be called in when the Barrier Hive is being attacked. There are four mounted minigun turrets. There are four Electric Fence traps and two Fire Traps.

Weapons available:
 * SA-805 for $2000 on the side of the road
 * M27-IAR for $3000 on a small fort
 * Bulldog for $2500 on the side of the road
 * CBJ-MS for $2000 on the side of the road
 * IA-2 for $2000 opposite the small fort
 * Bizon for $2000 in a corner
 * Kastet for $2000 on the roof

Cabin
There are five Hives in this area. One of the hives opens the basement with the Panzerfaust and another laptop to call in an Attack Helicopter. There are three mounted minigun turrets here. There are also four Electric Fence traps and two Fire Traps.

Weapons available: (There is also a "Crater" area for the final two hives and the nuke computer. No weapons are found there but two mounted minigun turrets can be found here)
 * L115 for $1500 outside the shed
 * Panzerfaust for $2000 in the basement of the Cabin
 * Bulldog for $2500 on the balcony
 * VKS for $1500 under the balcony
 * Honey Badger for $2000 on the first floor of the barn
 * Chain SAW for $3000 on the second floor of the barn
 * MTAR-X for $2000 on a ridge in the Crater
 * MTS-255 for $2000 in the first area of the Crater

Ending
To conclude Point of Contact, there are a total of fourteen Hives that must be destroyed (two of which require aid from a helicopter). After destroying the fourteenth and final Hive, the players must arm a nuclear device simultaneously. Thereafter, they will have a total of four minutes to rendezvous at the starting point of their mission for extraction. During this period of time, a massive amount of Cryptids will be pursuing them. Once they have reached the starting point, a helicopter will be waiting to extract them. As the players escape in the helicopter, the nuclear device will explode in the distance.

Trivia

 * In the beginning of Point of Contact, the soldier who gives the player(s) the drill says, "Intel reports the last Extinction squad to come through this town went MIA. Ugh, look at this place. It's been a bloody battleground since they were unearthed. Spectre 1, take this drill and destroy any hives on your way to the crater. Arm that nuke and haul ass back here. Let's go. Good luck, gentlemen!"
 * Also, an e-mail sent by Call of Duty explaining Extinction explains that the ODIN Strike unearthed the Alien Hives and caused them to become hostile.
 * If the letters "LOL" are shot in order within five seconds, with any weapon (preferably a sniper rifle) on the Gil's Lodge Motel sign, the phrase will appear across the screen in bright blue and purple text. Every alien the players then kill for two minutes will explode into a pile of golden alien plush toys similar to those seen in the upstairs room of Nuketown 2025 in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
 * The laptops that allow the player to buy an Attack Helicopter disappear once the nuke is activated at the last Hive. It is still possible to buy an Attack Helicopter right before arming the nuke, allowing the players a little breathing room on their first stretch away from the nuke.
 * Characters will sometimes say "I sure could use an upgrade." They mostly say this when skill points are available for use and when searchable items can still be found.
 * At the beginning of a game, the player's allies will talk about a team that went missing-in-action in the area, and now it is the player's job instead of theirs.
 * Falling off the map results in death, but players can still be revived from the dog tags that spawn.