WMD (mission)

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

- Kilo 1

WMD is a planned mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops set in the Ural Mountains.

Overview
The player (as Thomas) is approaching an SR-71 Blackbird reconnisance aircraft which sits on a runway in a California Airbase. After approaching the vehicle, Thomas is saluted and begins to board the plane. After requesting for takeoff, the player is told "Your aircraft sir". The pilot (the player) is then prompted to press a control to engage the boosters, then must pull back on the thumbstick (or equivalent) to begin the ascent. After a short cinematic of Big Eye 6 in orbit, the screen cuts to a first person view of the cockpit.

The view is that of a thermal screen where the four man team (Kilo 1 - SOG) can be seen prone in the snow. Thomas' job is to assist them passing enemy patrols. After providing them with recon, the screen fades, and the player assumes control of Hudson, one of the members of the SOG squad below

The player lies prone in the snow with his squadmates on his flanks, with his crossbow. Power lines can be seen in the distance. Heavy breathing can be heard. At that moment, a group of Russian soldiers on patrol slowly creep by north. Luckily, the squad is not detected and the troops continue on their path.

The objective is to make way to a sub station. The point of interest is that of a weapons manufacturing facility. Making their way down the snowy trails, SOG is met with their first enemies. Shouldering the crossbow, the player picks off any targets while remaining completely silent. Continuing further down, the player is then required to hook up and rappel down the steep face of a mountain. After hooking up their ropes and beginning their descent, the player is required to manually rappel down the cliff face. Rappelling a second time and shooting through the facility's windows with suppressed AUG prototype rifles, SOG is immediately met by a horde of Russian soldiers. Once the substation is taken, the objective is updated and the player is required to move to the "com-stat".

Going further down the mountain, SOG soon meet a group of enemies that require a bit more firepower. Switching over to explosive tips on the modified crossbow, the enemies are quickly eliminated. After taking out the enemy troops and taking the storage shed, the player moves onto the power room.

Alarms are sounding, enemy chatter can be heard. Switching to an assault rifle, the player heads towards the power room. Moving behind their teammate, he opens a door and is immediately met face to face with an enemy, resulting in the teammate killing the enemy with a throwing knife, in the neck. Making headway through the facility, the opposition is heavy. Chaos ensues, but only shortly as the player and his teammate quickly kill the enemies inside the facility. Moving to the objective, the player finds the relay and yanks the fuses from the box, rendering the station useless.

Once the SOG have cleared the mountain and completed the objective, jumping across opening crevices pursues, and the player follows the team to what is hoped to be safety, before a Russian troop fires an RPG at the face of the cliff, resulting in a large avalanche. As the snow rushes behind, the SOG team have no choice but to jump.

Trivia

 * WMD stands for "weapon(s) of mass destruction." This is a term used for very destructive weapons such as Nuclear Devices.
 * There is a cinematic cutscene of Big Eye 6 in orbit. Cutscenes are unusual for other games in the Call of Duty series except for Call of Duty: Finest Hour.
 * This mission seems to bear a similar appearance to the Multiplayer map "Summit."
 * This is the first mission in the Call of Duty series where the player has to kill Russian scientists, the first enemies that are not trained or equipped for combat. (An exception would be the civilians in "No Russian" which, the player doesn't have to kill).