- Gaz: "Rules of engagement sir?"
- Price: "Crew expendable."
- — Gaz and Captain Price
"Crew Expendable" is the second mission in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the first mission in which the player encounters enemies. It sees the player control SAS trooper John "Soap" MacTavish to retrieve a package on an Estonian Freighter.
Characters
- John "Soap" MacTavish (playable)
- John Price
- Gaz
- Wallcroft
- Griffen
Plot
Taking place on a storm-lashed Estonian Freighter in the Bering Strait, Captain Price leads a team of SAS commandos onto the boat. His team, including SAS newcomer "Soap" MacTavish, rope down onto the boat. Their objective is to recover a suspected nuclear package, which is hidden in one of the crates in the boat. His team clears the ship's bridge and crew quarters quickly, going through the cargo holds and killing all of the armed guards. They find the package, which turns out to be a plutonium, but reports of "fast movers" coming towards the ship means they have to get out quickly, so Soap grabs the shipping manifest and they leave the boat. As they are leaving, the boat is fired upon by the unidentified aircraft and the team successfully extracts from the ship in the nick of time before it sinks. The raid was a partial success, although they did not transport the nuclear device for safekeeping, the manifest seized by Soap points to Middle Eastern military and coup d'etat leader Khaled Al-Asad as the intended buyer of the nuclear device.
Weapon loadout
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Walkthrough
Getting Started
The player starts in a helicopter. After rappeling down, player is ordered to clear the deck. After cleaning it, player will get under heavy fire from enemy Machine guns firing from controll tower. However, friendly Blackhawk will clear the fortified emplacement.
Finding the Package
Player will then need to search the ship for the package while fighting the enemies. Once the player has picked up the manifest, enemy fast movers will bomb the ship
Getting Out
After the Price helps the player to get up, team must escape while the ship is sinking. When the team boards, player will need to jump to board the helicopter. Price will catch the player. Mission ends with the player watching the ship sinking.
Video Walkthrough
Gallery
Enemy Intelligence
- Laptop 1 is located in the bunk room where the drunk Russian comes out. The laptop will be on a desk next to a computer and under a poster.
- Laptop 2 is in the first cargo hold the player enters. If he/she goes down the first set of stairs, the laptop would be on the left, out in the open.
Achievements
Make the Jump (20 
) - Successfully make the jump to the helicopter.
The Package (40 ) - Complete the mission on Veteran difficulty.
Trivia
- Main article: Crew Expendable/Trivia
Transcript
- Main article: Crew Expendable/Transcript
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