Hypocenter

"Investigate the Coalescence Corporation facility - Ground Zero of the Singapore disaster - in search of an explanation for your former allies' betrayal."

- Campaign mission description

"Hypocenter" is the fifth (first in Nightmares) level in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

Characters

 * The Player (playable)
 * Jacob Hendricks
 * Rachel Kane
 * John Taylor (mentioned only)
 * Sebastian Diaz (K.I.A.)
 * Goh Xiulan
 * Yousef Salim (heard only)
 * Sebastian Krueger (mentioned only)

Level Briefing
Encryption #6E-67-20-74. Protocol: Alpha

The epicenter is well understood, although the Hypocenter is unclear.

Classified, Classified, Singapore, Coalescence Corporation, Classified

Active Mission - Day 2

Plot
The Player and Hendricks reach the Singapore Quarantine Zone's abandoned Coalescence Corporation facility, the place where 300,00 people died due to an explosion created by Corvus. The team takes out the 54i enemies by the entrance, and then deal with an ASP-C. They enter the facility, and try to investigate deeper within the facility. Hendricks deploys a recon drone to aid in their search, and go down the cavern. After reaching one of the lower levels, the drone is mysteriously destroyed, but the team still continues their investigation.

The team then encounters grunts who were said to be "Corrupted" by Kane, and deal with them sooner on. They find out Diaz, who is in the lower facility levels, has hooked himself up to the central CPU core and is trying to upload the CIA safe house and operation locations worldwide. The Player manages to destroy the core and wound Diaz, but unfortunately failed to secure the CIA data. Diaz dies, and the remaining 54i leader, Goh Xiulan, discovers them from outside and sends 54i forces to deal with them, just before ordering the facility to be flooded. The Player and Hendricks escape and disobey a direct order to get to Kane and rescue her, who is at the Singapore safe house, before 54i forces get to her first.

Accolades

 * Untouched: Completed the mission without dying
 * Score: Completed the mission with a score of 27,500 or higher.
 * Got 'em: Found all of the collectibles in the mission.
 * Two Birds with One Stone: Kill 2 enemies with one bullet.
 * Scorcher: Burn 4 robots to death in under one second.
 * Devastator: Kill 5 robots using melee attacks.
 * Decapitator: Shoot the heads off of five robots in a row without missing a shot.
 * Patient Hunter: Stealth kill 7 enemies.
 * Caught You Napping: Kill 3 snipers without alerting any enemies.
 * Where'd That Come From?: Kill 4 enemies from at least 65 meters away.
 * Shocking Results: Electrocute 3 robots in one electrical explosion.
 * No Survivors: Leave no 54i survivors.
 * Good Listener: Listen to all of the audio recordings.
 * Mercurial: Complete this mission without taking any damage from depth charges.
 * Mine-Sweeping: Destroy 10 depth charges.
 * Bombardier: While in mid-air, kill two enemies with rockets.

Nightmares
"Think back to how all this began. Take me to 2070: you're at Coalescence in Singapore's Undead Quarantine Zone investigating lost communication with John Taylor and his team. Tell me what happened there. Be advised: hostile encounters with the undead are expected."

- Nightmares mission description

Trivia

 * In Nightmares, the Player makes a reference to Alice in Wonderland when they are about to "go down the rabbit hole".