Lotus Towers

"Together with the Egyptian army and the civilian militia - Overthrow the NRC domination of Lotus Towers and secure the final target."

- Mission description

"Lotus Towers" is the tenth (chronologically the eight) level and the penultimate mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

Characters

 * The Player (playable, W.I.A.)
 * Jacob Hendricks
 * Rachel Kane (heard only)
 * Zeyad Khalil (P.O.W. in Reality)
 * John Taylor (K.I.A./W.I.A. in reality)
 * Sebastian Diaz (mentioned only)
 * Sarah Hall (mentioned only)
 * Peter Maretti (mentioned only)
 * General Hakim (K.I.A.)

Level Briefing
Encryption #61-63-6B-75. Protocol: Yankee

Final target Taylor has been tracked to Lotus Towers

The weapons and equipment for the uprising have been transported to Egypt, Cairo

Active Mission - Day 7

Plot
Inside a room within the Lotus Towers, Khalil talks to Hendricks and the Player about his plans for the Cairo uprisings in order to bring down NRC General Hakim and take back Cairo from the NRC. Hendricks however, lashes out at Khalil, saying he doesn't care about the uprisings. At that moment, NRC riot forces begin to break down the door into the room, with the Player and Hendricks ambushing them as they corner a "surrendering" Khalil. After the guards are down, the trio head down a hallway, with several citizens of Cairo beginning to beat up NRC soldiers. Upon reaching a stairwell, the Player begins to see things in black and white, with crows around the place. After opening the door at the top of the stairs, the Player confronts Hakim, who is shocked upon seeing the Player. The Player then grabs Hakim's head and smashes him against the glass barrier, killing him. Khalil then throws a Molotov Cocktail at some NRC soldiers before before telling the tower that it is time to take back their city. The Player then throws Hakim's body off the balcony and into the bottom of the tower.

The trio and jump down onto a platform below the balcony and, along with the citizens of Cairo, begin to massacre NRC soldiers around them. After reaching a mobile shop, Khalil enters it through a roof hatch and kills a few NRC guards before taking control of the shop. With the Player and Hendricks on top, Khalil gives them a lift to another part of the tower before being separated from the duo. While en route to another floor, the Player once agains begins to see crows in black and white, but stops seeing it until they reach the next floor. Hendricks and the Player then battle several NRC soldiers, grunts and R.A.P.S. before reaching a ventilation shaft. Kane tells the duo that the only way up into the vents they need was through a hatch above. Hendricks shoots open the hatch with his KN-44 and the duo reach the control room, where the Player kicks open another hatch, causing it to crush an NRC soldier to death. After clearing out the room, the Player shuts down the D.E.A.D. system, allowing Egyptian Army air support to safely arrive.

As they finish up in the control room, the room is breached by several NRC grunts and R.A.P.S., which are destroyed by Hendricks and the Player.