Blackout (Call of Duty 4)

"We take care of our friends"

- Captain Price

 is the fourth level in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Taking place the day after Khaled Al-Asad's coup in the Arabian Peninsula, this level sees the Special Air Service team, led by Captain Price, joining forces with Russian Loyalist troops in the Caucasus Mountains to rescue a British informant and liberate an Ultranationalist-controlled village.

Plot
Shortly after Al-Asad makes his move and overthrows the government of President Al-Fulani, the SAS learns that Nikolai, their double agent infiltrating the Ultranationalist leadership, has been compromised and taken prisoner by the rebel forces. Nikolai provided the SAS with the intelligence relating to the nuke smuggled aboard the Estonian freighter, and Price is hesitant to lose someone who has provided and possesses concrete information relating to the Ultranationalists' plans. Realizing that the Ultranationalists intend to execute Nikolai as a traitor, Price leads a rescue mission into the Caucasus to retrieve the informant, remarking that "We take care of our friends." Landing near Nikolai's position, the SAS team meets up with Russian Loyalist troops lead by Sergeant Kamarov.

It is clear from their discussion that Price and Kamarov, despite having fought alongside each other in the past, have very different objectives in this mission. For Price, Nikolai's survival is paramount and beyond all other considerations. Kamarov, meanwhile, hopes to free the nearby village from Ultranationalist control and eliminate the threat posed by their BM21s. Since both need the other's forces in order to be successful, a great deal of tension exists between the two men. As the Loyalist troops make their assault upon the village, MacTavish provides sniper support from the nearby ridge and eliminates a force of Ultranationalist helicopter troops flanking from the left, allowing the Loyalists to make greater gains in the village.

Eventually however, Gaz, frustrated with Kamarov's stalling, beats Nikolai's location out of him, a house at the end of the village. Abandoning their Loyalist allies, the SAS team makes their way to the house. MacTavish and Price enter the house as Gaz cuts the power, and the team successfully secures Nikolai. With the informant secure and the village in control of the Loyalists, the team is extracted in a helicopter that heads for a German safehouse.

Getting Started
You'll spawn in a swamp. Take out your sniper rifle and go forward until you see a dock in front of you. Go back and snipe teh troop on it and a troop near a truck to the back. When they're out, keep going forward.

Eventually, you'll see a house on your right. There are troops on the dock, so snipe them. This will draw out two troops from a shed to the right of the house, so take them out as well. When they're out, go near the house and head forward until you see a house past it. Go in and take a right. Price will open the door to a field that has some allies.

Sniping Fun
After you meet your allies, take a right and go up the hill. Follow your allies until you get to a ridge overlooking a very large rocket launcher. Get near the post that's between two of them, and open fire. Keep an eye out on the house to the left. Two LMG troops will start firing from it soon, so get ready to take them out. For the one on the left, you have to shoot the wall near him to get him.

After a while, you'll be told to move forward. Do so until you're at the bottom of a hill with a power station at the top. Troops will pour in form the top, so hide behind some debris and begin sniping them. Some may not pop their heads out, so in that case take out your Grenade Launcher and flush them out. When they're dead, don't advance yet; another wave will come from the station!

When both waves are down, go to the power station and take a right when you're in it. After a cutscene, you'll be told to rappel down. Find the glowing rope and press the use key.

When you're down, take a right and go into the house on the right. You could go through the field and enter a house on the other side, but that's way too dangerous. When you can see the end of the house, troops will come in from the end. You can either stun them with a flashbang or blow them up with your grenade launcher. When they're dead, go into the next house. Try to run though this house; the troops in the field will notice you here and will attack. At the end, a troop will usually come in. You can take him out in any way.

After you get out of the second house, go forward and you'll see a medium-sized house on a hill. Get to the right until you see a door, turn on your night vision, and wait for Price to open the door.

The Rescue Job
When you get in the house, go forward, then turn left. You'll see a troop, unaware that you're here. Take him out, then turn right until you see some stairs. Near the stairs, you'll see a troop slowly waling around. Take him out, then go up the stairs.

At the end of the stairs, turn left and you'll see a troop huddled in a corner. Take him out, then turn left. There's a troop hiding behind a sofa, so spray the sofa with bullets, and you'll take him out. Get to the sofa and turn left. There's a troop hiding behind a door that occasionally peeks in and takes a few shots. Fire at the door until you see his body come out. Get near the door and turn right. You'll see Nikolai, but there's a troop hiding behind right wall. Spray the right wall with bullets, then go in and run up to Nikolai.

After that, get out of the house and you'll see the exit on top of the hill. When your allies get close to it, press the use key near it and you'll exit the level.

Tips

 * Don't go to ahead of your team, they will assist you.


 * When sniping in the gap between the fence, be careful. You may be pushed off the edge by Kamarov walking forward.


 * In this level, there are many occasions when there are enemies in the 180 degrees in front of you so try and find cover for the area you are not shooting at.


 * When sniping, watch out for the RPGs and people who are a threat to your team mates if you find that you care about the characters or think they help you.

Enemy Intelligence

 * Laptop 3 is located in the first shack upon a table.


 * Laptop 4 is in the house with Nikolai in, the laptop is in a toilet on the second floor.

Xbox 360 Achievements

 * Dancing in the Dark is obtained when Gaz kills the power and you successfully rescue Nikolai

Triva
If decent shots are being made during the scence in this level when you're snipig down from the hedge, you can hear Captain Price say "Nice shot, Macmillian would be impressed."