Payback (Black Ops)

"Payback" is a planned level in the upcoming game Call of Duty: Black Ops set in Laos. In this mission, the player will operate a Mi-24 Hind. Although the player has full control of horizontal movement, they cannot control vertical movement. It has been stated that there will be no tutorial on how to control the helicopter.

Overview
This mission is most likely after Victor Charlie. It has been mentioned that this mission continues after the player and Woods have escaped from a prison. The player is given a CAR-15 Commando with a grenade launcher, and will have to steal a Hind from some Russian encampment. Before the player attacks the player can hear the soldiers mention Kravtchenko. After the player kills them, they will climb into the cockpit with Frank, who will assist the player as the gunner. Then, the player will provide top cover for a squad on the ground through heavily occupied enemy territory. The player will engage other helicopters. Frank will assist the player using the Hind's gunner seat and the squad on the ground will help take out RPGs. It's possible that the helicopter crashes at the end, in the teaser trailer it appears that there is an explosion seen outside the cockpit, and the helicopter starts to spin, and will crash into the Hue river.

Trivia

 * It is unlikely that Payback leads directly to Victor Charlie because the helicopters are different. In Payback it is stolen from the Soviets; but in Victor Charlie it belongs to the U.S. Army.
 * Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name Hind) was developed and deployed in 1972. It couldn't be in Vietnam in 1968, which is the background of this stage.

E3 Demo
thumb|400px|left|E3 2010: Call of Duty Black Ops Press Conference Gameplay