Rebirth

"My name... is Viktor Reznov... and I will have my revenge!"

- Viktor Reznov/Alex Mason before killing Dr. Friedrich Steiner.Reznov Revenge BO.ogg

"Rebirth" is the thirteenth campaign mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Characters

 * Alex Mason (playable)
 * Jason Hudson (playable)
 * Friedrich Steiner (K.I.A.)
 * Viktor Reznov (Mind game)
 * Grigori Weaver (W.I.A.)
 * Interrogator 1
 * Interrogator 2
 * Frank Woods (Cutscene Only)
 * Joseph Bowman (Cutscene Only)
 * Nikita Dragovich (Mentioned/Cutscene)
 * Lev Kravchenko (Mentioned/Cutscene)
 * Lyndon B. Johnson (Mentioned Only)

Level Briefing 1
Transmission # 8-5-19-1-25-19. Designate: ECHO

We believe Mason is headed for the Russian Bio weapons facility

at Vozrozhdeniye "Rebirth" Island, USSR.

Hudson and Team 2 inserted to assault and extract Steiner

2230 hours, February 23, 1968

Level Briefing 2
Transmission # 8-5-19-1-25-19. Designate: ECHO

We believe Mason is headed for the Russian Bio weapons facility

at Vozrozhdeniye  "Rebirth" Island, USSR.

Hudson   and Team 2 inserted to assault and extract Steiner

2200 hours,  February 23, 1968

Plot
After the death of Bowman and the "death" of Woods, Alex Mason and Viktor Reznov seek out Friedrich Steiner at Rebirth Island with the intention of killing him. After fighting their way through the Russian defenses and reaching Steiner, Viktor Reznov declares his name, and then executes Steiner with his pistol right before the glass behind them is shattered by two Hazmat suit-wearing soldiers.

The game then enters a flash back occurring 20 minutes earlier when the CIA's assault on Rebirth Island begins. During the flash back, Hudson and Weaver are moving through the Russian compound in two BTRs, accompanied by a platoon of US soldiers. Hudson and Weaver fight their way through until Hudson's BTR is destroyed by an Mi-8 helicopter. Nova 6 is then released by the helicopter, forcing Hudson and the soldiers to put on gas masks.

After fighting his way to a clean air environment, Hudson attempts to contact Mason, but Mason fails to respond. At the same time Weaver is contacted by Steiner, who tells him that all non-essential personnel are being executed by Dragovich's soldiers. When Hudson and Weaver get to the room where Steiner is located, both of them see Mason yelling that he is Viktor Reznov. Attempting to stop Steiner's execution, Hudson and Weaver, still in their HazMat suits, smash the window with a crate and seize Mason's gun, but not before Steiner is killed.

Mason
The player starts off in a cargo container from the ship Novorossiysk with Reznov, who is disguised as a Russian military officer (along with Mason). After some time, the player will exit and take out a lone guard with his own Tomahawk. One must then stick to the shadows while following Reznov through the compound. After the guards begin evacuating, the player must take out two more guards (don't wait, as one will be spotted) until he is on the roof with better weapons. Mason then enters the facility and slaughters Russian troops, going through testing labs for animals and humans. He eventually finds Steiner and Reznov takes his revenge.

Hudson
After a short cutscene with the Interrogator, the player takes control of Jason Hudson. He will begin on a BTR-60 APC with a machine gun and grenade launcher. Hudson continues to storm the island until the APC is destroyed by a helicopter that drops Nova 6 onto your squad. The player quickly equips a Gas Mask and continues infiltrating on foot, using an Enfield with an Infrared Scope and a Masterkey shotgun, as well as an HK21 with a drum mag. During this part of the mission, the player can take permanent damage (Cracks will appear on the "mask"). If too much damage is taken, Hudson's suit will break open, and the player will die due to exposure to the Nova 6 gas. When no longer in danger of coming in contact with the noxious gas, Hudson removes his gas mask. Once inside the facility, there is very little opposition, as Mason has already killed most of the enemies. You walk through the same rooms as did Mason, killing any survivors along the way. The player will then find himself on the opposite side of the window where Mason is about to kill Steiner. Hudson and Weaver manage to break through the window but are unable to prevent Mason from killing Steiner. Hudson knocks Mason unconscious by pistol-whipping him in the head with his own gun. Weaver questions Reznov's whereabouts but Hudson explains that Reznov never survived the Vorkuta prison break and was a result of Mason's brainwashing.

Intel Items

 * Intel No. 34: (1/3) The intel will be in a corner to the left once Mason exits the cargo.
 * Intel No. 35: (2/3) The room before meeting Steiner will be a gas chamber in the middle. The intel is sitting on top of the cages found there.
 * Intel No. 36: (3/3) When fighting through the Nova 6 clogged streets in the second half of the mission, once the building with the second floor on fire is reached, enter the house on the right. The intel is on a cabinet at the rear of the kitchen, to the right.

Achievements/Trophies

 * I hate monkeys (15 Gamerscore.png/ Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon.png) - Obtained when the player kills 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds.
 * No Leaks (50 Gamerscore.png/ Silver Trophy Silver Trophy PS3 icon.png) - Obtained by the player not dying when the Nova 6 gas is deployed.
 * Burn Notice (25 Gamerscore.png/ Silver Trophy Silver Trophy PS3 icon.png) - Obtained by beating "Rebirth", and "Redemption" on Veteran.

Trivia

 * Reznov/Mason wears the same clothes worn by Kravchenko in the previous mission including his striped shirt and Soviet Army coat.
 * The second intel is in a different location on the Wii. Instead of it being in the gas chamber, it is in Hudson's part, after the would-be third intel. It is at the bottom of the staircase shortly before entering the lab that Mason also entered, after the player gets off the elevator.
 * In this mission, Mason uses a AK-74u, but when Hudson and Weaver sees Mason on the monitor, Mason holds a AK-47 without the armrest.
 * At the very beginning of the mission, a figure resembling a Teddy Bear can be found carved on one the walls and the roof of the elevator. The torso is on the wall and the head is on the roof.
 * Sometimes at the end of the mission, after Steiner is killed, Weaver will pick his Enfield from the floor and start firing at the Marine who enters the door. However, he will always miss.