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- "Oh no. Dr. Pelletier, my favorite egghead. Not just book-smart, but street-smart."
- — John Blanchard
John Blanchard is a character featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Zombies.
Biography[]
John Blanchard served as the Security Chief for Project Janus. On February 18th, 1991, a dimensional incursion occurred in the Project Janus facility at Liberty Falls, West Virginia. Blanchard was saved by the project Director, Edward Richtofen who instructed him to secure the command post, call reinforcement and lock down the entire city.
A day after the incident occurred, a group of operators, dubbed Alpha Team, responded to Blanchard's distress call and assisted him in stopping the outbreak. Blanchard asked Alpha Team to find three Project Janus scientists within the town, but they were only able to find Doctor Pericles Panos, who himself has become an incorporeal entity trapped within the Dark Aether-corrupted church area. Panos asked Alpha Team to help him clear the Dark Aether phase using his devices, but it turned out to be a ruse as Panos instead absorbed Alpha Team's energy and regained his physical form, allowing him to exit the Dark Aether while Alpha Team remained trapped in his place.
Following Panos' betrayal, on February 23rd, Blanchard interviewed a young survivor of the outbreak, Krystal Miller, to report what she witnessed on the day of the incident. Another five days later, Blanchard left the mansion and traveled to Liberty Falls, only to find it in a state of chaos. Enraged by the loss of Alpha Team and the town, he cursed Panos and decided to chase him down after seeing him - through a motion-activated camera - arrive at Janus Towers. While at the facility, he attempted to find Panos, but was hindered by the roaming zombie horde, and was forced to lock himself down in the administration office.
Eventually, the ex-Requiem team arrived at Janus Towers, and Blanchard reached out to them, warning them of Panos' presence. He later guided them into Panos' lab where he was experimenting on a living weapon, which at the time only existed in a cyst-like form. After the team transformed the cyst into the Gorgofex, Blanchard called on them to apprehend Panos once and for all, while Panos also attempted to convince them to betray Blanchard in order to upgrade the Gorgofex further.
- Outcome 1: Help Blanchard
- Outcome 2: Help Panos
If the player chose to help Blanchard, they would manage to trap Panos in ethereal form, and would allow the Gorgofex to consume him, turning the weapon into the Gorgofex C.
If the player chose to help Panos, they would set up a machine to drain Blanchard's life force, despite his warning that Panos would betray them the same way he did Alpha Team. Blanchard would ultimately perish, his body completely evaporated, while his life force would be used to power up the Gorgofex, turning it into the Gorgofex N.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Liberty Falls/Quotes#John Blanchard
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In Reckoning, Blanchard's first dialogue on round 3 shows his HUD icon from Liberty Falls. All of his dialogues afterwards use the new HUD icon.
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