The Republic of Singapore is an island city-state in Southeast Asia. It is seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops III and during Firebreak's Backstory Video in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]
By 2025, the city has become more technologically advanced, seen in the structure in the docks. Singapore is the setting for a mission featured in the Strike Force sub-campaign.
In the mission, the player controls a Joint Special Operations Command team, Kraken, which is tasked with infiltrating the docks, to secure jammers scattered throughout the docks. In addition, the player has the ability to control friendly Quadrotors, CLAWs and drones to make killing enemies easier and destroying other robots, whose armor is bulletproof. After defeating the enemies and hostile robots, and securing the jammers, player calls in one final airstrike to destroy a freighter in the docks. The mission ends with a spectacular view of the demolition of the freighter.
A multiplayer map, Cargo, based on the Strike Force mission, also appears.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]
Singapore is one of the settings for the main campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
Singapore had been economically hurt by the Recession of the Poorest, as global trade in manufactured goods dried up due to developed nations relying more on automated manufacturing and advanced 3D printing. The island nation would enter into a recession in 2034 and suffer mass unemployment.
According to V.E.R.S.I.O.N., at some point a megastructure called the Isle was built at Singapore. It was a 1500ft floating island, self-sufficient in power and fresh water and was a major residence for both corporations and wealthy individuals. In 2050, it was apparently sunk by Superstorm Daisy. In addition, Singapore was the innovation capital of the world. The Coalescence Corporation first began producing consumer augmentations in Singapore and most modern technologies and advancements began in Singapore. Advancements of commercial, consumer and military nature seemed to be announced every week.
In 2058, Singapore was hit by a super-storm for the first time in history[1], causing millions of dollars worth of damage. The storms were brought about due to the effects of climate change and have been a recurring feature annually ever since. Singapore was not the only island nation to be hurt by changing weather patterns; the Marshall Islands were hit by an 8 meter storm surge in 2059, just hours after their complete evacuation had been concluded. Several smaller islands were quite literally washed away and no resettlement effort has yet been attempted. The Cook Islands were permanently evacuated in 2060 as a precautionary measure.
As if fortunes could not get any worse, in 2060 Singapore was devastated in what became known as the most lethal chemical leak in history. Known as the "Singapore Disaster", the Coalescence Corporation was responsible for a massive release of a chemical toxin resulting in the deaths of one hundred thousand people in the first day. In the few years since, as that number climbed toward a million dead, Singapore’s status as the world’s most important city for business and technology burned out; its money and talent flowing instead to Zurich, Switzerland. Comparing the city to that of Chernobyl, it is rumoured that Singapore’s gangs, including the 54 Immortals, have taken over some of the worst hit areas to continue their criminal operations. A quarantine zone was then set up in the city, with hundreds of thousands of people trapped inside. Ultimately, the 54 Immortals would come to control the Quarantine Zone completely, ruling it as their own personal fiefdom. Singapore ceased to become the shining beacon of technological optimism it was once was.
In V.E.R.S.I.O.N., it is also mentioned that the fact that so many people suffocated to death in the Singapore Disaster created a major demand for augmentations that could boost lung capacity, particularly during the anniversary of the incident.
Singapore appears in the levels "In Darkness", "Provocation", "Hypocenter" and "Vengeance". The player along with Jacob Hendricks are sent by Rachel Kane to investigate a CIA station gone dark and the ruins of the Coalescence Corporation headquarters, the source of the Singapore Disaster, where they discover the disaster was a consequence of illegal CIA experiments led in the underground of the headquarters. The Safe House is located in Singapore as well. In the aftermath of the intel leaks and with the destruction of the CIA safe house, the Winslow Accord decide to abandon Singapore to the 54 immortals and focus their limited resources on what nations they can still hold onto.
Call of Duty Black Ops 4[]
After Krystof "Firebreak" Hejek retrieves a Burned Doll from the room and sets flame to the rest with his Purifier, he heads to Singapore.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The red boxes say "IIIarc HED" on them.
- The Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort can be seen outside of the map Cargo. It is also seen during the level In Darkness, though heavily damaged.
References[]
- ↑ It is stated that this was the first super-storm in the Data Vault but this is contracted by V.E.R.S.I.O.N., which states the first superstorm hit in 2050, sinking the Isle. This may be a canon contradiction or the Isle and Singapore may be regarded as sufficiently separate that one was hit but not the other