Peter McCain

"You'll be our only advantage now."

- Unknown radio operator trying to contact Peter

Peter is an unseen character in the map for Call of Duty: World at War Shi No Numa. He is never seen or heard, and the only reference to him is in an Easter Egg that plays when you turn on all of the radios in the initial starting room. The message is the following:

"R-4808n 27 14 06 115 48 40. I hope your receiving this transmission Peter, if you are not, then all hope is lost. You must know by now that we failed to contain the asylum, that we had to move the experiment here. Location. The numbers will guide you. The giant must remain *static*(safe) at all costs, repeat, Der Riese must *static* (be contained) at all costs. The DG-2 experiments continue. You'll be our only advantage now. Find Doctor (Rictofen-barely audible) and Doctor Maxis, they may know what's going on. The use of (element) 115 is dangerous at best. I'm not sure if we can continue here. We've lost most of our best *static*. I hope you get this. I hope it hasn't happened there too, but I'm almost out of hope. 60 54 06.96 101 55 44.94."

Based on this paragraph, it can be assumed that Peter worked on the apparent "experiment" that are the Nazi Zombies. It can also be assumed that Peter is American because of the speaker of the above paragraph has an American accent. Other than this Easter Egg, Peter has never appeared or been referenced in Call of Duty. His fate is unknown.*The Soldier talking on the radio might be one of the playable characters in Verrückt, as he mentioned that he and other solders failed to contain the asylum.

Trivia

 * The man hanging in Shi No Numa is missing his left arm, and in Verruckt there is a left arm on the lever that turns on the power, so the hanging man may have been at Verruckt before the American you play as there. It has been speculated by players that this could be Peter.


 * The hanging man is most definitely American because of his uniform and the leather leggings around his lower legs. That means that if the man is Peter, he is American.


 * The man talking on radio in the starting room of Shi No Numa mentions something about moving the experiment from the Asylum (Verruckt) to the Swamp (Shi No Numa), meaning it's possible that the man on the radio is one of playable characters in Verruckt.


 * The numbers at the beginning of the message are longitude and latitude coordinates for Area 51, and the numbers at the end of the message are the coordinates of the Tunguska event (a powerful explosion that occurred near the Tunguska River, said to be caused by a meteor) in Russia. It may be possible that someone from Area 51 was trying to contact Peter at Tunguska.


 * The number "115" in the transmission refers to the periodic table of elements. The element is Ununpetium, and (in the Nazi Zombie storyline[please read this warning]) is found in meteorites, such as the one found near the Storage Hut in [Shi No Numa]. The element is also the energy source for the Wunderwaffe DG-2, and might be what brought the Hell Hounds to the area and the zombies back to life.


 * If you touch the hanging man and go back to level one, the map may be a different color.


 * It has been speculated by some that Peter is Dempsey's first name, as Tank is just his nickname. If this is true, it means that Peter did receive the message at Shi No Numa, and that would be the major reason why Dempsey is back at Der Riese.


 * The man on the radio Easter Egg in Shi No Numa might be telling Peter to find Doctor Rictofen and Doctor Maxis.


 * It is possible that Peter was involved at Der Riese, or just a soldier sent to contain certain areas.
 * Also near teleporter B in Der Reise there is a message that starts with "but I'm all out of hope." Note that the radio message in Shi no numa ends with the same line this could be a continuation of the Shi no numa message.