- For Diaz's theme, see Diaz (Black Ops III Official Soundtrack).
- "I.. am willing to DIE for the truth!"
- — Diaz in "Hypocenter".
Specialist Sebastian Diaz is a character, later a minor antagonist, featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. A specialist in heavy weapons, Diaz is a member of John Taylor's elite team who goes rogue to uncover the CIA's secrets.
Biography[]
Sebastian Diaz won an Army scholarship and later graduated with a mechanical engineering degree. At age 21, he joined the United States Army before being selected for special forces training. After finishing the Q-Course in 83 weeks, he was then assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group. He was later seconded to Winslow Accord Special Forces in 2057. Due to serious injuries received in 2064, Diaz would join the Cyber Soldier Program that replaced his body with augmentations. In addition, Diaz was given a Direct Neural Interface. Diaz joined the Winslow Accord Black Cyber Ops Division and placed in Commander John Taylor's team.[3]
Reality[]
Ethiopia[]
- "Stay close."
- — Diaz's first words in "Black Ops III".
Taylor's team is sent alongside WA agents Jacob Hendricks and the Player to retrieve the Egyptian Prime Minister Said. Once the team regrouped, Diaz was ordered by Taylor to escort the Player, Hendricks, Minister Said and Lieutenant Khalil to extraction. The operation went successful, but with the cost of the Player being critically injured by a GI unit.
Teaching the Player[]
Diaz is seen after the Player's mind is transferred into a simulation. Here, Diaz teaches the Player on the things he can do (e.g. wall running). Diaz starts his friendship with the Player, calling them "brother". When the Player remembers their near-death in Ethiopia, Diaz tells the Player that any references will cause memories to return. But after the entire team interfaces with the Player, Corvus is reborn and eventually, causes the entire team (excluding Taylor and Hendricks) to be left brain dead, effectively killing them.
Events of Black Ops III[]
Ethiopia[]
Taylor's team is sent alongside WA agents Jacob Hendricks and the Player to retrieve the Egyptian Prime Minister Said. Once the team regrouped, Diaz was ordered by Taylor to escort the Player, Hendricks, Minister Said and Lieutenant Khalil to extraction. The operation went successful, but with the cost of the Player being critically injured by a Grunt.
Teaching the Player[]
Diaz is seen after the Player's mind is transferred into a simulation. Here, Diaz teaches the Player on the things he can do (e.g. wall running). Diaz starts his friendship with the Player, calling them "brother". When the Player remembers their near-death in Ethiopia, Diaz tells the Player that any references will cause memories to return. The Player and Hendricks did wetwork for five years with Taylor and his team across the world.
Infected by Corvus[]
Taylor and his team find an abandoned Coalescence Corporation Facility, the facility that killed 300,000 people with Nova 6. Taylor is infected by an artificial-intelligence named Corvus, who was a bug in the DNI software who had become a virus. Hall tries to help Taylor, but becomes infected, leading to Maretti and Diaz himself. Corvus influenced them, leading his message to drive them mad. The team later went to the Singapore CIA black site and killed the agents by Denial of reincarnation. Including stealing severs to upload CIA information on the internet.
Exposing Information and Death[]
- "It's okay Hendricks. I can see it... the Frozen Forest."
- — Diaz's final words.
Diaz stayed to link CIA information, having full power over the facility. The Player and Hendricks attempt to stop Diaz, but to no avail. Despite the information being linked, the agents defeat Diaz as Hendricks purges with Diaz, killing him. Diaz's death led to Hendricks becoming infected by Corvus by the purge.
Afterward, Diaz is mentioned by the agents throughout the manhunt until Hendricks kills Taylor in Egypt. Once the Player has committed suicide in the Coalescence Corporation HQ in Zürich, Diaz is heard within the Frozen Forest alongside Hall and Maretti.
Reality[]
In reality Diaz died upon being infected with Corvus; a result of the Player's death reawakening Corvus and its transmission through their team's DNI.
Quotes[]
- "But just so you know... If you ever think about calling Taylor a dick for real... Brother, he's gonna mess you up worse than those robots."
- — Diaz in New World.
- "Shit... you know how your senses can trigger vivid memories? Make you think of sounds, sights, words from songs. Make you think of stuff you haven' thought of in years. The DNI can make that a lot more visceral - little glitches on your optics, little whispers in your ears... That shit happens."
- — Diaz explaining the Player's malfunction in "New World".
- "Listen... Can you hear me? You don't have to do this. There is blood on our hands that we cannot wash away. You know who I am. I'm asking you to turn back. Walk away."
- — Diaz to the Player in "Hypocenter".
- "Taylor was right - We've gotta show the world the truth."
- — Diaz in "Hypocenter".
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- While the reveal image stated that Diaz joined the Marine Corps at age 23, his file from the in-game Data Vault states that he joined the US Army at age 21.
References[]
- ↑ Based off Player's death on October 29, 2065, presuming In Darkness Day 0 occurred on October 30th, 2065, and the Day 2 mission log shown in game (assuming simulation time corresponded to time in reality)
- ↑ Diaz's holster in New World
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Data Vault entry on Diaz
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