- "At the height of the TET offensive, enter the MACV building and secure vital intelligence on Soviet plans for the region."
- — Briefing
- Interrogator: "The Defector was surely dead."
- Alex Mason: "He wasn't dead!"
- — Jason Hudson and Alex Mason
"The Defector" is the sixth campaign mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Contents
Characters[edit | edit source]
- Alex Mason (playable)
- Frank Woods
- Joseph Bowman
- Viktor Reznov (Mind Game)
- Defector (K.I.A.)
- Crosby (K.I.A.)
- Interrogator
- Nikita Dragovich (Mentioned/Cutscene)
- Lev Kravchenko (Mentioned Only)
- Friedrich Steiner (Mentioned Only)
Level Briefing[edit | edit source]
Transmission# 20-8-5-18-5 Designate: OSCAR
Hue City has been overrun
Intel and Soviet defector cannot be compromised
Extraction team lead: Mason embedded with S.O.G.
1900 hours, February 2, 1968
Overview[edit | edit source]
Mason starts off in a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter callsign Hotel Six. As Mason's team, callsign X-Ray, rappels onto the roof of the MACV compound in Hue, Hotel Six is taken down by an NVA ZSU. Woods and Mason then crash into a window in the compound, and, while Mason is on the ground, Woods eliminates three enemy soldiers, then throws the fallen Vietnamese troopers' SPAS-12 to Mason, which can use his Dragon's Breath rounds.
Receiving assistance from friendly helicopters, machine gun rain fire through windows quickly eliminating any enemies caught in the fire. Intensity is high, and mixing in civilians throughout the building requires quick thoughts and reactions by the player to minimize their casualties. Bowman, Woods, and Mason then quickly clear out the building attempting to find the defector. After Mason breaches a door, he finds that the defector is, to Mason's surprise, Viktor Reznov, and he informs Mason that Dragovich is planning an attack on the West, presumably the U.S.
- "American soldiers! Put down your weapons! This is not your war! We wish you no harm. The People's Army of Vietnam is here to liberate you!"
- — Once the player has made his way into the urban streets, a Vietnamese soldier can be heard over a loudspeaker system
Outside, Mason and the rest of his team approaches a group of soldiers and takes over their radio transmitters. Requesting assistance from the sky, he is then tasked with the job of designating buildings to be fired upon by the helicopters. While fighting through the streets, the player is able to provide reconnaissance to the helicopter callsign RT Texas, who soften enemy resistance. Later on in the level, the player is tasked with escorting an APC named "Bottom Feeder" through the city streets. After the APC moves a few blocks, it is destroyed by NVA armor. The player then calls in an attack on the tank blowing it to pieces. They then proceed to escape the city. Before they leave, they hold off NVA soldiers and a T-55 from a landing zone, which they intend to leave from, but can't as the helicopters are under heavy fire. Then, Mason calls in a bombing run, forcing the remaining SOG operators to leave via boat, barely escaping the massive explosion caused by the bombing run.
Video Walkthrough[edit | edit source]
Transcript[edit | edit source]
- Main article: The Defector/Transcript
Weapon Loadout[edit | edit source]
Starting Loadout |
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Commando with Grenade Launcher attachment is the preset secondary weapon Mason is thrown a SPAS-12 during the pre-gameplay cutscene, which turns into a Dragon's Breath. Add a photo to this gallery |
Found in level |
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Commando (dropped by team mates) M60 (mounted while defending the LZ) Makarov (dropped by the NVA in Last Stand mode) C4 (used to destroy the ZPU & defend the LZ) Claymores can be found at the LZ An Attack Helicopter can be signaled from the halfway point until the end of the level, and is mandatory to use at least twice. Add a photo to this gallery |
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Intel[edit | edit source]
- Main article: The Defector/Intel
Achievements/Trophies[edit | edit source]
- SOG Rules (10
/ Bronze Trophy
) - Obtained by beating "The Defector" on any difficulty.
- Raining Pain (15
/ Bronze Trophy
) - Obtained by racking up a 20 kill count with the air support.
- The Dragon Within (15
/ Bronze Trophy
) - Obtained by killing 10 NVA with the Dragon's Breath.
- Down and Dirty (25
/ Silver Trophy
) - Obtained by beating "SOG" and "The Defector" on Veteran.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Main article: The Defector/Trivia
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