- For the Black Ops II campaign mission, see Karma.
Chloe Lynch, also known as Karma, is a supporting character who appears in the campaigns of Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. She is an expert hacker who is recruited by JSOC to help thwart Raul Menendez's plans and later becomes a JSOC operative herself.
Karma is also a playable Operator of the JSOC faction in Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Chloe Lynch was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 6th, 1994. Her nickname, "Karma", originated from a Chinese tattoo on her neck. She went to college at MIT and earned a degree in robotics. At some point she won the TED Prize, "One Wish To Change The World", and was a guest speaker at a TED conference.
Tacitus[]
At some point, Karma joined the Tacitus Corporation. During her time there she created a Celerium worm, capable of decrypting quantum entanglement computing. Sometime before 2025, she resigned from Tacitus, which greatly displeased her employer, Raul Menendez. At one point, Menendez met with his lieutenant DeFalco in Pakistan, and tasked him with capturing Karma. The conversation was overheard by David "Section" Mason and his team, who at the time wasn't aware of who or what Karma was.
Colossus[]
After reviewing the footage they recorded in Pakistan, Section's team headed to the Colossus resort where they believe they would find Karma are given a location to "Karma", at a resort called Colossus. They believed that Karma was a cyber-weapon which had been destroying their drones. Mike Harper bumped into Karma on his way out of an elevator, and proceeded to flirt with her, not realizing who she was, only to be rejected.
After Javier Salazar and Section breached the CRC room, they gathered information on "Karma" with the help of Farid. Upon searching supply manifests, security systems, and finally, security camera databases, they came across a picture of Karma which highlighted her neck tattoo, leading them to realize Karma's true nature and her background. They tracked her to Club Solar, and notified Harper of her being in danger. Section soon joined Harper at the club just as Harper was struggling to convince Karma to leave, but DeFalco arrived and started taking hostages, demanding Karma surrender herself. NOt wanting more hostages to die, Karma forcefully punched Harper and went to DeFalco, who then ordered his Mercs to kill everyone on sight. After dispatching the Mercs, Section and his team pursued DeFalco in order to rescue Karma.
- DeFalco is killed (non-canon)
- DeFalco gets away (canon)
Section caught up to DeFalco and killed him, secured Karma and took her to U.S.S. Barack Obama.
DeFalco managed to get away, and took Karma with him. She would later be imprisoned at a Mercs base in Yemen, where Section can optionally deploy a JSOC team to rescue her.
Non-Canon Outcomes[]
If Karma was rescued from either DeFalco or the Mercs base in Yemen, she would be taken to the USS Barack Obama, where she would help them decrypt the Celerium worm, uncovering Menendez's plan to attack various locations on June 19th. If she was not rescued, or was killed during her escape attempt on Yemen, then the CIA Nerd would take her place.
If Karma was present on the USS Obama, she would later be seen in the command station as Menendez entered the room with a subdued Briggs. Here, Salazar would betray Briggs and kill two of his men guarding DeFalco, leading to several possible outcomes:
- Farid alive, DeFalco alive
- Farid alive, DeFalco dead
- Farid dead, DeFalco alive
- Farid dead, DeFalco dead
DeFalco would approach Karma and knock her out, prompting Farid to shoot him and be killed by Salazar in retaliation. Karma would later wake up with a black eye when Section checked on her.
Salazar would attempt to shoot Karma, but Farid would jump in front of the bullet and die in her place. Karma would try to fight Salazar, but he would knock her out, leading to her survival.
DeFalco would approach Karma and slice her throat with a knife, killing her.
Karma would surrender to Salazar and be shot in the head by him.
After her death/survival, Menendez would use a Celerium chip to hack the U.S. satellite network that controls the U.S. military drone fleet. If Karma survived, she would trace the source of the transmission controlling the drone fleet. Her survival or death will also affect the story's ending cutscenes.
- Karma survives
- Karma dies/Never rescued
Karma would manage to find a Celerium worm attacking power grids all over the world. She would successfully disable it, which would stop the global attacks and (determinately) prevent Menendez from being able to escape prison. If Menendez was spared, Karma would then be interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel, where she would taunt Menendez on live television, leading to him becoming enraged in his prison cell.
The CIA Nerd would find the Celerium worm but would be unsuccessful in cracking it. This would allow Menendez to escape if he was spared.
Survival and Joining JSOC[]
- "Karma’s transition from codebreaker to mission command came shortly after the 2025 Menendez attacks, where her technical skillset and cool head under pressure proved invaluable to recovery efforts. Her innate tactical instincts are matched by a deep understanding of the modern field of battle, and her ability to cut through the noise keeps her teams alive and on mission. With her broad experience, Karma knows when to lead, when to delegate, and when to get her hands back on the terminal, making her the ideal choice to oversee JSOC’s past field operations."
- — Karma's Operator biography.
Karma remained a prisoner of Menendez's mercs for some time and was later rescued by JSOC either just before or after Menendez was killed on June 19th, 2025. She was offered a chance to join JSOC, where she would provide support through mission command to other operatives in the field. While at JSOC she also worked on countering the effects of Menendez's Celerium Worm Cyberattack. In 2035, a series of simultaneous terrorist attacks occurs; in the aftermath, Raul Menendez makes a sudden appearance online claiming to be alive & threatens to end the world in a week. Karma serves as a key figure in tracing the broadcast to The Guild Factory in Avalon. She serves as the mission command for JSOC Team's, Specter-I led by David "Section" Mason & Specter-II led by Razor as David investigates the Avalon Facility of The Guild & Razor tracks down Emma Kagan in Japan.
Personalization[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7[]
Skins[]
| Name | Rarity | Image | How to obtain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Guardian white_proto |
Ultra | 
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Operator Collection (Black Ops 7 Vault Edition Bonus) |
Gallery[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7[]
Trivia[]
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
- She is seen dancing with DeFalco at the Avenged Sevenfold concert after the credits roll.
- There is a mistake in the cutscene during "Karma", which shows Chloe wearing the Navy SEAL outfit that she wears in "Odysseus" and "Achilles' Veil", rather than her club clothes. However, she is again wearing her club clothes when she is loaded aboard the VTOL (if she is saved). This is likely a developer oversight.
- In Karma, Chloe's name is displayed as "Karma", but in "Second Chance" and "Odysseus", her name is displayed as "Chloe".
- As seen on Colossus' Central Records Computer, Chloe has a degree in robotics from MIT. The CRC also displays that she's a previous winner of the TED Prize "One Wish To Change The World." She was also a guest speaker at a TED conference at some point in the past.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7[]
- Karma is the announcer for the JSOC faction in Multiplayer, in addition to being an Operator herself.
- Her announcer subtitle name, however, is "Black Ops Announcer", and she and other characters also refer to her faction as Black Ops.
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