- For other uses of Makarov, see Makarov.
Vladimir Makarov (Russian: Владимир Макаров) is a character featured in Call of Duty: Mobile added during Season 7 Radioactive Agent. He's the leader of an Ultranationalist terrorist cell.
Biography[]
Makarov is revealed to have used an underground lab somewhere in a desert to attempt to recreate Nova Gas. The lab, which was also used as a missile silo that housed missiles containing the replicated Nova Gas. Makarov then releases the gas and sends his team of mercenaries in Hazmat suits to ambush Ghost and Tank, who had raided the place. Ghost barely makes it out alive as his entire team is killed. However, Makarov remotely launches the missiles, leaving Ghost with no chance to stop them.
Makarov is later seen again in a jungle base, apparently having gathered supplies & weapons for his upcoming plans. However, before he can proceed, he is interrupted by the arrival of Mara in her team consisting of Golem, Otter and an unnamed Frogman, who storm into the base in an attempt to thwart his plans. Makarov runs away, relentlessly being pursued by Mara. Just before she can reach him however, Mace, who is revealed to be working for Makarov, intercepts her. A brief fight ensues which ends in a standoff with Mara holding Makarov at gunpoint. Mace, in a twist of events, betrays Makarov by shooting him in the head. This in turn causes Mara to lose sight of him and Mace successfully launches an EMP missile located in an underground bunker he escaped into.
Though presumed dead, Makarov unexpectedly appears again later, at a Soviet base that was stated to possibly be of importance to the Five Knights. When Ghost arrives to investigate, Makarov makes himself known by saying "The enemy of my enemy, is my friend." Ghost is shocked to see him still alive, as Mara had confirmed that he had been shot in the head. Makarov says that Mace also saw him die but "appearances are deceiving" and that he needed to fake his death since their goals had diverged. Makarov also states that he knows that Ghost has arrived to seek information on how to defeat The Five Knights and that he has said information. When questioned about their identity and goals, Makarov says that the Knights consist of 5 individuals with different goals who were useful to each other as he was useful to them and proceeds to list them off. Rorke heads the mercenaries, Hidora, who is looking for corporate profits, Mace, only wanting the downfall of the government, Raul Menendez, who wants control of the system by hijacking it, and a fifth member whose identity Makarov says will keep secret, unless Ghost takes him in.
Ghost agrees, but as they exit the facility, they are ambushed by Templar. Ghost tells Makarov to run while he engages Templar, which he does.
Makarov is later shown to have taken Ghost's body, seen dragging it towards a cliff. While there, he rendezvouses with a team of Ghosts led by Captain Merrick, and hands them over Ghost's body in exchange for a briefcase.
Makarov, having escaped from Siberia, discusses how to obtain various assets belonging to his enemies with a crew of his. He then notes said assets are being auctioned at the Hacienda, one of the most secure underground locations. Since he does not have the resources to properly bid for it, he plans to steal it.
He later arrives at the Hacienda to begin his heist. Midway into the mission, he suddenly turns on one of his colleagues, declaring he is an "impostor". Despite the man's attempt to kill Makarov for his betrayal, he is gunned down. With the help from his remaining colleagues, Makarov manages to infiltrate further into the Hacienda, but finds that the package is gone. He is then greeted by Dame, apparently alive and well. They both express surprise as they expected each other to be dead, Dame says that she didn't expect Makarov to steal the asset and asks if he has an escape plan, which Makarov replies in the affirmative. An excavator truck busts through the wall, before another operative orders Dame to stand down.
Dame admits to being impressed by Makarov's escape plan, but reveals she isn't out of tricks either; she has placed a half-ton of plastic explosives around the Hacienda, rigged to a dead man's switch, in the event Makarov chose to use his weapons. Makarov doesn't understand the situation, though he's not complaining, Dame declares that she's going to help Makarov as there are "many debts to be repaid".
Makarov isn't seen again until some time later, in the Caucasus accompanied by Wraith and Sophia Couteau, he meets up with Nyx, Kryptis and Roger Vachon, a representative of Ortelius. He later discusses business matters with Vachon, stating that he has been keeping a low profile, but recent events have led him to take action. He believes that Ortelius will help fund the next stage of his operations. Vachon offers him a price, to which Makarov seems displeased by, Vachon says that if he's unsatisfied with the amount, he is authorized to offer a significant bonus, provided he agrees to certain provisions. Makarov begins to question Vachon, asking if that's what Nikto did. He states that Nikto is a born follower and that he's great as an "attack dog", but he doesn't accept provisions as he isn't Nikto, any more then he is "Vachon".
Vachon asks what he means, to which Makarov replies that it took a hacker collective 6 months to collect data contained in his briefcase, which include confidential identities, medical histories, known addresses and thousands of names. Makarov proceeds to divulge "Vachon"'s full details: Roger Vachon's real name is Cedric Montpierre, a resident of Zurich, he has a wife named Helene and 2 children, Roman and Celeste. Just then, Montpierre's phone in his shirt pocket rings, Makarov then tells him to answer the call, as that is his wife calling him.
Just as Montpierre picks up the call, Kryptis, who was attacked by Sophia and Wraith earlier, bursts into the room. Montpierre orders him to stand down as Makarov has his family. Makarov promises to return Montpierre's family to him unharmed, once he answers a few questions for him, starting with who does he really work for.
Some time later, Makarov is still in the Caucasus with Sophia and Wraith. He is delighted to learn that Atlas Corporation has agreed to meet with him, at a location of his choosing. Both Sophia and Wraith believe it's a trap set to kill him and try to dissuade him. Makarov is offended they think he is that naïve, but nonetheless admits they're right as he fully expects they will try to kill him. He then offers advice to Sophia: that he has made Atlas Corporation afraid. When he forces his enemy to act out of fear, he forces them to act before they're prepared, and those who aren't prepared make mistakes, that by agreeing to meet with him, Atlas has made their first mistake.
Elsewhere, in the coast of the Caspian Sea, a decoy of Makarov is present. When Hidora Kai ambushes his target, he realizes it is not Makarov. This is revealed to be a setup by Dame, whom Makarov gives the order to kill Hidora and his group of undercover operatives.
Makarov later infiltrates New Vision City, with his group hiding out in a shipping container that is moved into a warehouse along with several other containers. Once inside, Sophia breaks through the container and reports clear. Wraith admits she is impressed by his plan even though she put their chances at a hundred to one. Makarov thanks Montpierre for use of his "executive priority shipping", which allowed to bypass security scanners and screening. When Montpierre asks about his family, Makarov says that he has already let them go, as he sent word as soon as they touched down. He tells Montpierre that he has lived up to his end of the bargain before shooting him dead.
While he does this, Wraith packs a large quantity of C4 into a duffel bag, noting they don't have much time and they still have a lot of ground to cover, so Makarov tells them to grab their toys and get moving. Sophia asks if Makarov really did let Montpierre's family go, unharmed, as he had promised. Makarov confirms that he did, adding that he is not a monster. Just then, a squad of armed troops enter the warehouse, together with Samael.
Makarov narrowly escapes from Samael and his troops by guiding Sophia and Wraith to an open section of the warehouse's roof. All three manage to climb out undetected. He then leads the trio to another section of New Vision City, with Wraith rigging explosive charges at various points along the way. He notes how the directions given to him by Montpierre were very accurate, and hopes that the place they're heading to is as lightly guarded as he described.
After Wraith finishes setting up the last charge, Makarov tells Sophia to enter a building, with him following behind and holding the guard at the entrance at gunpoint, then tells Wraith to lock down the place, though she's already done it before he told her to do so. He forces his way into a secret room with other men, and tells them to put their hands up. He then shoots the guard he was holding at gunpoint dead, and the men in the room surrender.
Sophia notes that if the place is as important as Makarov said it is, Atlas Corporation isn't putting up much of a fight to defend it. He replies that to Atlas, New Vision City is all the protection it needs, and reminds her that they threaded a very tiny needle to get to where they are now: the place is revealed to be Atlas' secure digital archive, where every technological innovation, every strategy it has devised and every dirty secret is stored, basically Atlas Corporation's brain.
Sophia informs Makarov that they have company, which surprises him as he thinks he has misjudged them as they are more competent than they appear. Wraith asks if it's time to blow the place, but Makarov says no and decides to put up a fight instead, to make Atlas believe they're desperate, although Sophia thinks they are desperate. He isn't concerned however, as he picks up his grenade launcher and starts firing while laughing maniacally.
The trio are then pinned down by Atlas reinforcements, and Makarov decides it is time to go, and tells Wraith to set off the charges. As she does, multiple explosions go off in New Vision City, rattling the office that Ether, the Director and Samael are in, as well as shocking the UAC troops who have just arrived there. As New Vision City's landscape is reduced to flames and ashes, Makarov relishes in it, telling Wraith that it is a thing of beauty. Sophia praises him for his good work, but wonders what this has to do with finding Ghost. He replies that it isn't time for that yet, as he is greeted by Spectre, who is overjoyed to see them.
His group opens fire on Spectre, who activates his Poltergeist to evade them. Makarov is knocked down by a now-invisible Spectre, and so is Wraith, to Sophia's horror. He quickly gestures for Sophia to shoot at a nearby hydrant, which sprays water into the surrounding area and disables Spectre's Poltergeist. He tells Sophia and Wraith to get into formation, before Spectre resumes their battle.
Spectre lunges at Wraith, tackling her and throwing her into a nearby building. Makarov attempts to shoot him, but Spectre kicks his weapon away and cuts off his right arm with his sword. Makarov is then thrown aside, knocking down Sophia as well. Just before Spectre can finish off Makarov, Wraith recovers and shoots Spectre multiple times on the head, presumably killing him.
Makarov is tended to by Wraith, who wraps a tourniquet around his severed arm, and is escorted away by her and Sophia, who has an idea. He is loaded onto an ambulance, but before they can drive away, a bright light illuminates the background--revealed to have emanated from an orbital strike on Atlas Corporation's Sky Carrier. Afterwards, Sophia and Wraith drive the ambulance out of New Vision City with an unconscious Makarov in tow.
Some time later, Makarov is given a new prosthetic arm for his severed one, though he complains about it making him itch, which he cannot scratch and he can't sleep with it either, deeming the arm a curse. Wraith says that they work with what they have, and maybe Makarov should've actually blown up the archive so that he wouldn't whine, but he says that the bomb planted there was just for show, and considering Atlas hasn't discovered the root access she gave them to the archive, the decoy worked as intended.
Meanwhile, Sophia also has complaints of her own. She complains that Makarov had told her for 6 months, that the archive would've had information on how to find Ghost, but so far, there's nothing. Frustrated, Makarov slams his arm on the table and scolds Sophia for leeching off other people's efforts and to start working for herself, with Wraith being unable to do much to help.
At some point in time, Makarov was arrested in Cyprus and imprisoned on Alcatraz.
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Trivia[]
- Makarov's left eye is blue, and his right is green due to Heterochromia iridum.
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