John Price (Original)

Captain John Price, callsign Bravo Six, is a British Special Air Service officer featured in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
In the events of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Price held the rank of Captain and led a four-man SAS squad from the Bering Strait to Russia to Azerbaijan and finally back to Russia. Under his command throughout the events were Gaz and Sgt. "Soap" MacTavish. Price often carried a modified M4A1 and wore a bush hat during field operations. Fifteen years previous to the events of Call of Duty 4, Price held the rank of "Leftenant" (Lieutenant) in the Special Air Service, and was under the command of Captain MacMillan in a covert operation to assassinate Imran Zakhaev near Chernobyl, Ukraine. While Price was believed to have killed Zakhaev with an M82, Zakhaev survived with a severed arm.

Eventually, at the conclusion of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Price is severely wounded by Zakhaev's men during the exfiltration following a raid on a Russian nuclear missile silo. Shortly before losing consciousness, Price managed to slide his M1911 to MacTavish, who kills Zakhaev and his bodyguards when they are distracted by the arrival of a Loyalist helicopter gunship. Afterwards, a Russian medic can be seen trying, seemingly in vain, to revive Price.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Between the events of Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, Price has been apparently incarcerated in a gulag in Russia, where he has lost most of his sanity, only to be rescued by Task Force 141. Initially, Price ends up pointing a gun at Gary "Roach" Sanderson, but after recognizing MacTavish, he relents and joins the unit. During this exchange, MacTavish returns the M1911 .45 used to kill Zakhaev in the original Modern Warfare. After the escape from the gulag, Price reprises his role as a Captain, and is present in Task Force 141's mission briefings. He joins the force in the mission Contingency seemingly to destroy a submarine, only to launch a missile towards the United States with the purpose of using an EMP on Washington D.C. The missile launch saves the lives of Sergeant Foley, Corporal Dunn, and James Ramirez. Price later investigates an arms deal in Afghanistan with MacTavish, only to be attacked by Shepherd's men. Price attempts to warn Ghost and Sanderson about Shepherd, only to figure out that they were killed by Shepherd. Seeing Shepherd as a threat, Price asks Makarov for intel on Shepherd, focusing on killing the general. Makarov reluctantly gives up information that Shepherd uses Site Hotel Bravo, saying that he'll see "Price in hell." Price and MacTavish evacuate the arms deal and bring the fight to Shepherd, eventually killing him. During the course of the betrayal, Price and MacTavish are labeled as wanted war criminals.

Behind the scenes
It is unknown whether or not Price is related to the Captain Price in the earlier games. Popular fanon suspects them to be father and son, as the two characters look very similar to each other. However, given their probable birth dates, it would be more likely for there to be another generation between them. There is no other evidence to support a relation.

Quotes


"Cheeky bastard..."

- Captain Price to Gaz

"Nice shot, MacMillan would be be impressed."

"Right...what the hell kind of name is "Soap", eh? How'd a muppet like you pass selection?"

"Why'd you do it?! Where did you get the bomb?"

- Captain Price interrogating Al-Asad

"Hind! Six o' clock high!"

- Price informing team of a Hind

"Big Bird this is Bravo Six we're on our way out. On your feet soldier. We are leaving!"

"Zakhaev. Imran Zakhaev."

- Price after he shoots Al-Asad

"That was my first thought but your arse had all the C4"

- Captain Price talking to Sgt. Griggs in "Ultimatum".

"Of course we couldn't just let that happen, cash for spent fuel rods. That's one hell of a recipe for disaster. It was the first time our goverment had authorized an assasination order since the Second World War."

- Price during his flashback in "All Ghillied Up".

"Gotcha!"

- Price to Soap after Crew Expendable.

"These dogs are like pussycats compared to the ones in Pripyat."

- Price commenting on dogs in Contingency.

"The healthy human mind doesn't wake up in the morning thinking this is its last day on Earth. But I think that's a luxury. Not a curse. To know you're close to the end is a kind of freedom. Good time to take...inventory. Outgunned. Outnumbered. Out of our minds. On a suicide mission. But the sand and the rocks here, stained with thousands of years of warfare...They will remember us. For this. Because out of all our vast array of nightmares, this is the one we choose for ourselves. We go forward like a breath exhaled from the Earth. With vigor in our hearts and one goal in sight: We. Will. Kill him."

- Captain Price's speech in the cutscene of Just Like Old Times

Trivia

 * Captain Price was ranked #5 for top video game heroes in Game Informer. Unfortunately, they mistook him for the same Captain Price that appeared in Call of Duty 2.
 * When you look at him, his name is 'Captain Price' - the only name featured to have an unabbreviated rank. In Modern Warfare 2, Soap seems to inherit this distinction, as he is similarly titled without abbreviation, as 'Captain MacTavish'. Price retains his unabbreviated rank in Modern Warfare 2.
 * When Kamarov, Soap, Price and Gaz are sniping on the bridge in Blackout, if you snipe a group of terrorists fast enough, Price will say something like "Nice shooting. MacMillan would've been proud," or, "MacMillan would be impressed." In the way that Price talks to Soap, it implies that Soap somehow either knew/knows MacMillan or just simply heard about him.
 * Price's time in the gulag seems to have physically aged him, as when you find him in The Gulag, his mustache and beard is made up of mostly grey hairs.
 * It is strange that the British government would not demand Price be repatriated to the UK, Dead or Alive, even though the events were secret, Price was in the hands of loyalists who knew of the British involvement, it is strange that Soap was returned and that Price wasn't.
 * It is possible that Price was incarcerated in the gulag because of the killing of Zakhaev. Since Zakhaev is seen as a hero of new Russia they may have labeled Price a murderer.