April 20th, 2025 - 00:03:59, on board the USS Barack Obama, Trident Team has received the intel JSOC has requested from the C.I.A. regarding Alex Mason's rescue mission in Angola. As they review it, they recount what Woods told them about this op back in The Vault.
The Pyrrhic Victory intel (if all are collected by the player) shows how Mason, Hudson and Woods have been and what they have been up to after Black Ops 1 and before Black Ops 2. As well as some history on Jonas Savimbi and the Angolan Civil War.
After getting the green light from the State Department to assault and investigate the weapons research facility in Myanmar now that the RL PMC is gone, Trident Team flies out to Hkakabo Razi. 04:18:06, Section and Harper, while connected by a rappelling rope, climb to the side of the mountain the team is on to get the best view of the former RL PMC installation.
From there, Section observes the WCO PMC getting to work on the base with his glasses' built-in binoculars and transmits his POV (Point of View) to his teammates' HUD.
Harper: Well look at that. Menendez got a whole private fucking army hidden out there.
Section: Cubans. South Africans. Elite rank. State of the art tech.
Harper: How many followers does Cordis Die have right now? What, a billion people?
Crosby: (on comms) Try two billion, who'll never believe their leader's a terrorist.
Section: They think Menendez is their savior.
Harper: They've got a hell of a disappointment coming. That's all I can say.
Section: Time to go see what Menendez has got hidden down there.
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CELERIUM
HKAKABO RAZI, MYANMAR
LCDR. DAVID 'SECTION' MASON
JSOC COUNTER TERRORIST FORCE
APRIL 20TH, 2025 - 04:20:39
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With the observation phase done, Section and Harper rendezvous with Salazar and Crosby by swinging and climbing their way to the team's ledge. Upon arrival, a lightning strike hits a tree, which causes it to fall on top of the rappelling rope.
As the tree drags Section and Harper along with it, Salazar and Crosby delay it until the officers cut themselves free.
Salazar: You okay?
Section: Yeah. We're okay... thanks to you.
Harper: Wide open. Little more than a skeleton crew. Walk in the park, baby.
Salazar: (Spanish) Do not be an idiot. (English) Do not underestimate Raul Menendez.
Crosby: His followers sure did both. And what does Cordis Die mean, exactly?
Harper: It's Latin. 'Heart Day'... some shit like that.
Crosby: Sounds like something noble.
Section: That's what Menendez wants his followers to believe. Trust me... it isn't.
Crosby: Believe me. I've spied on one of their meetings ba—
Section: Crosby, you're up.
Crosby: Roger... that. Kraken, this is Trident 6. We've passed Night Owl. How copy, over?
Admiral Briggs (Kraken): Good copy, Trident 6. Your window of opportunity is closing fast. Get to the target area before the storm hits, over.
With approximately 90 seconds left before a thunderstorm lands and makes the airspace dangerous for flight suit gliding, Trident Team puts on their flight headgear, activates their wing suits, jumps off and gets moving. A minute of falling with style later, the DEVGRU operators spot their LZ, which is 20 to 30 yards from the RL PMC base's Elevator Lookout.
Crosby: Deploying chute!
Harper: Deploying chute!
Section: Deploying chute!
Salazar: Deploying chute!
Landfall.
Crosby: Okay, we're all good. 30 seconds to gather the chutes, disable the suits and get your game faces on.
After putting away his flight gear and putting his sunglasses on, Section signals the team to get into position.
Harper: You good?
Section: I'm good. Let's move out. Salazar. Crosby. You got the left side?
Salazar: Covered. Ready on your go.
Crosby: Trident 6 in position.
Harper: Kraken, this is Harper. Come in. We've passed Lightning Eagle. Enemy is preparing to leave location. Advise.
Admiral Briggs: Roger, Trident 3. We need firm intel on their capabilities. You are cleared to engage.
thunder rumbling*
rainfall*
Crosby: Just in time.
An Optical Camouflage suited merc passes by.
Salazar: Section, you seeing this?
Section: Yeah. Be ready to move on my kill. An EMP Grenade will fry their cloaking systems.
With the momentary element of surprise, Section orders Harper to kill a lone invisible guard with his suppressed MP7.
Section: All alone, Harper. Take him.
Harper: Mm-hmm.
suppressed SMG fire*
Then the SEAL commander pushes another lone invisible guard off a cliff. And rushes to quietly kill one more with his knife, who was alerted by his friend's screaming.
push*
yelling*
stab stab*
Salazar: Well done, Section. Elevator descending. Hostiles inside.
With stealth no longer seen as an option, Section starts it off with a double kill from his XM31 wrist-mounted Grenade Launcher. Then Crosby spots and kills invisible snipers along the High Ground Trail.
thump boom*
Harper: Good kill.
Crosby: Snipers with Optical Camo along the walkway and elevator bay. Moving to flank them along that route.
After clearing the Elevator Lookout, Section and Harper take the Elevator up while Salazar and Crosby take the High Ground Trail. Now on the Helipad, the team spots a Stealth Chopper attack drone taking off.
If the player destroys the bird before Salazar does, this happens.
three-round burst thump*
boom boom boom*
Section: That's how to be fast, Chief! Let's keep moving!
Salazar: Noted, sir!
Section: Eyes on a grounded drone! Hacking its weapons systems, cover me!
With access to the downed Stealth Chopper's 40mm cannon, Section singlehandedly clears the entire Delivery Bay. After the connection times out, it becomes a straight route to the Temple Complex.
Even though its paths are guarded by automated 30mm Hardened Sentry guns, JSOC Counter Terrorist Force punches through the last line of defense before reaching the wooden door which leads to the Underground Path. While Harper breaches, Section updates JSOC CTF's CO and captain of the USS Barack Obama: Admiral Thomas Briggs.
Crosby: Recon intel says this is the way to Underground Weapons Research.
Section: Kraken, this is Section. Surface installation is neutralized. Moving to investigate secondary structure.
Admiral Briggs: Roger noted, Trident 2. Passed Mountain Wolf. You're cleared for Mole Rat, over.
Harper: Let's blow it. Stand back.
three-round burst thump*
boom boom boom*
Section: Watch your step. Flood waters may have weakened the structure.
After blowing the door open with the Titus-6, Trident Team treads carefully inside. Now at the heavily reinforced entrance to the Underground Weapons Research Facility, Salazar scans the walls and sees that they are thick enough to block all radio transmissions.
So Harper lets Briggs know, and in reply, the Admiral sends in a Clean Up and Containment Unit to the AO. Before getting into the hypocenter of the lab, Section finds, wears and activates a well-fitted, flexible, hooded Optical Camouflage Suit.
But as Trident Team ft. Invisible Section gets past Decontamination, they get ambushed by two A.G.R.s which can blow grenades thrown right in front of it out of the air. So they counter attack by using EMP Grenades and flanking the drones.
After destroying them and clearing the Testing and Production Laboratory's two floors, they reach the Glass Elevator to the Storage and Maintenance Area. Before they get ambushed again by another enemy squad backed with an A.G.R., Crosby shoots through the glass and detonates a pair of nitrogen tanks next to the mercs and robot, killing/destroying all in its blast radius with fast-acting, lethal hypothermia and frozen, shattering components.
automatic rifle fire*
glass shattering*
icy explosions*
Crosby: Yeah, I knew they were nitrogen tanks! Ha ha!
Salazar: Target the nitrogen tanks!
Harper: Smart thinking, Salazar! That shit blows up real good!
A minute of CQB against ceiling automated LMG Turrets and a 15-man team later, Trident Team reaches the Storage and Maintenance Area. During the investigation, Section secures the area by hacking an A.G.R. marked 'J-5' in storage.
Section: Alright, you little bastard. You work for Uncle Sam now.
Crosby: Nice.
Harper: This is 3D fabrication tech... Weapons components, armor... Menendez is arming himself for war.
Section: Woods told us how much wealth Menendez built over the years. He's been investing it in weapons tech.
Crosby: Investing and just old-fashioned stealing. Poor Russian Loyalists.
grunts*
Harper: Somebody's here. Clear left.
Salazar: Clear right.
After hearing a person's noise from an A.G.R. crate next to the Safe, Section disables his Optical Camo Suit and hacks the lock.
Erik: Please! Don't hurt me!
Harper: Okay! Come on out! This lab is linked to a known terrorist. You start talking, or I WILL hurt you.
Erik: My name is Erik Breighner. I'm a Tacitus magnetometrist.
Harper: Yeah? And what is, uh... Menendez' interest in you, buddy?
Erik: Not him. Nikolai. The Russian Loyalist PMC. They brought me here to process the Celerium. It's a new rare earth element that will render all existing microchip technologies obsolete.
boom*
Erik: WCO is coming again! Get me out of here alive! I'll give you everything!
Harper: Get the fuck down. Get down!
As an enemy QRF makes its way to the Storage and Maintenance Area with A.G.R.s of its own and hacked LMG Turrets, Trident Team grabs a couple of recently finished deployable Assault Shields. Then they dig in and eliminate all hostile elements.
Once the area is clear with thanks to J-5, who survived the gunfight, the DEVGRU operators get back to Erik. And he takes them to the Safe.
Salazar: We're clear!
Crosby: Good work, J-5.
Harper: Now, where is the Celerium?
Erik: This way. The Safe's locking mechanism requires two operators.
Section: Okay, you scan, I hack.
Erik: On your go.
After opening the Safe, Erik gets to work in unlocking the case which holds the Celerium. Simultaneously, he shares its capabilities and what he heard from Menendez and his men while in hiding.
Erik: Quantum entanglement. This single device has more processing power than your entire military infrastructure. Conversations I heard while hiding were that Menendez and WCO have stolen the instructions on how to make it, and are planning to produce another one to use as a basis for a massive cyber attack. I heard talk of something called 'Karma'... It may be the name for the cyber weapon. If Menendez uses a Celerium worm to initiate an attack, there will be nothing anyone can do to stop it... I couldn't stop it.
bang*
But just before JSOC moves to secure Erik, he is shot in the neck by a WCO mercenary while Harper, Salazar, Crosby and J-5 were being blinded and disabled by an EMP Grenade. In response, they kill the attacking insurgents as their vision and tech returns.
Crosby: Shit, HVI is down!
Salazar: Nothing we can do for him now, Crosby. We're under fire, come on!
Crosby: *sighs sharply* Rest now, Erik. You did the right thing.
Even while knowing that the walls of the place are blocking comms, Harper tries to get a SITREP on the Clean Up and Containment Unit anyway. With no luck, the team pushes on to get back outside and exfiltrate.
But as they get back to the Testing and Production Laboratory, they hear a familiar voice from there.
Admiral Briggs: Section, your team can stand down!
Section: It's Briggs. Stand down! It's the extraction team! Boy, are you a sight for sore eyes.
As the large squad gets to work on the SSE, Trident Team meets their CO and gives him what they found.
Admiral Briggs: I guess we can call this mission accomplished.
Section: Admiral Briggs. Good to see you.
Admiral Briggs: You too, Section.
Section: Whatever Menendez is planning, Celerium is the key to it.
Admiral Briggs: Well, we finally got one over on this cocksucker.
The Admiral gives the Celerium to Crosby.
Harper: He's just a man, Admiral. He'd like you to think he's something more... but he ain't nothin' but a sad, old, pitiful excuse of a man.
Admiral Briggs: *nods*
Career Record:
Celerium device recovered.
The Celerium intel (if all are collected by the player) shows the Tacitus file of Erik Breighner. As well as the specifications of the Celerium, Stealth Chopper, A.G.R., Hardened Sentry and LMG Turret.