Scorched Earth (mission)

Scorched Earth is the sixteenth mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The mission takes place in Berlin, Germany, as Delta Force, assigned to rescue the Russian President's daughter from the impeding attack by the Ultranationalists. Delta is supported by a column of German tanks from the Bundeswehr.
==Characters==
*Derek "Frost" Westbrook (playable)
*Sandman
*Grinch
*Truck
*Kelly (status Unknown) 
*Grant (status Unknown) 
*Overlord
*Granite Leader (K.I.A.)
*Alena Vorshevsky (P.O.W.)
*German Tank Commander (presumably K.I.A.)
*Vladimir Makarov (mentioned only in the cutscene)
==Plot==
The mission starts with Frost lying on the ground, voices can be heard but are muffled, gunfire and explosions are sounding in the background also. Frost looks down at his hands and soon looks up to see Sandman running over to help him. The pair then starts moving past injured soldiers until they reach a collapsed building, where the screen fades.
A flashback to twenty minutes prior shows Frost on an MH-6 Little Bird, flying into a war-torn Berlin where many American troops and German Leopard 2 tanks advancing through the bridge across towards Alena's present known location. While flying towards their destination, one of the Little Birds is hit by RPG-7 fire and crashes on the streets below. 
Frost's ride lands on the roof of a building where Team Metal gets off and starts engaging hostile Russian forces. Once Team Metal has eliminated all threats on the roof, they move inside to the offices. After clearing the first floor of offices, they ascend the building to reach the second floor. Here they fight off more Russian soldiers before reaching a staircase. This staircase takes Team Metal onto a rooftop, where the Russians have constructed a makeshift mini-base. After all the enemies here have been taken out, they signal Team Granite to start their assault on the hotel.
At this point, Frost and Grinch provide over watch for Team Granite. This is where the player will need to use their Scoped M14 EBR for sniper support. Once all the enemies are down, Team Granite lands on the roof, but more hostiles suddenly appear from inside the hotel, and the player must kill them with their sniper rifle. As soon as all the enemies are eliminated, Russian tanks arrive in the streets below and begin firing on the hotel using their cannons. Using a SOFLAM, the player must target the tanks for a strafing run by friendly A-10 Thunderbolts. After all the Russian tanks are destroyed, Team Granite rappels down to a floor below. However, once they land on the floor, the door they are about to enter is suddenly breached, but Team Granite is luckily able to take them out before the breachers do so to them. They then proceed to enter through the door, such that they are no longer in Team Metal's line of sight, which makes it impossible to provider support. However, the Russians use this to their advantage and ambush the squad. The player then starts hearing gunfire and yelling on their radio as Team Granite becomes overwhelmed. An explosion suddenly goes off as the player hears it on the radio and sees it through the doorway, the radio goes static, Granite Team is gone.
With Granite Team eliminated, the team that was supposed to rescue Alena, Team Metal 0-1 informs Overlord of the situation. Overlord understands and approves of them taking over the responsibility of securing Alena. The player must then rappel down the building he is on along with the rest of Team Metal. After landing on the street, Team Metal goes through a back alley, where they meet the remains of the dead Team Onyx, until they reach the river bank, where they assist a German tank column to repel enemy Russian forces on the main street. Frost then destroys a Russian T-90 using an RPG-7 and Team Metal moves up the street with the German tank column. However once they reach the end of the street, a building rigged with explosives detonates, sending the building crashing down on the American and German forces.
Soon the player regains consciousness and wakes up in exactly the same place he had started the mission. He then follows Sandman through the ruins of buildings, until the hotel is visible across the street. Team Metal then battles Ultranationalist troops as they advance into the hotel and up flights of stairs to rescue Alena. When they reach the room Alena is being held in, they prepare for breaching. But before they can, the door explodes, sending the player to the floor. Frost takes Sandman's pistol and kills two Russians. After recovering from the explosion, the enemy helicopter takes off with Alena on board. Grinch tries to take a shot, but Sandman stops him, saying that it's too risky and that their objective has failed. The mission ends with Sandman relaying the bad news of the Ultranationalist's kidnapping of Alena to Command.
==Weapon Loadout==
Starting Loadout
ACR menu icon MW3.png|ACR 6.8 Hybrid Sight
Mk14 menu icon MW3.png|M14 EBR Scoped
Found in level
AK-47 menu icon MW3.png|AK-47
P90 Menu Icon MW3.png|P90
PKP Pecheneg Menu Icon MW3.png|PKP Pecheneg
SPAS-12 menu icon MW3.png|SPAS-12
Mk14 menu icon MW3.png|M14 EBR Scoped
RPG-7 menu icon MW3.png|RPG-7
M4A1 menu icon MW3.png|M4A1
G18 menu icon MW3.png|G18
Five Seven menu icon MW3.png|Five Seven (taken from Sandman during the final breaching sequence)
==Transcript==
==Achievements/Trophies==
*Bad First Date (10 / Bronze trophy ) - Complete "Scorched Earth" on any difficulty.
*This is the End (25 / Silver trophy ) - Complete "Scorched Earth", "Down the Rabbit Hole" and "Dust to Dust" on Veteran difficulty.
*Nein (20 / Bronze trophy ) - Kill 9 enemies with A-10 strafe runs in "Scorched Earth".
==Intel Items==
37. Once dropped off by the helicopter, head into the building, go up the stairs, fight your way into the office and find the intel on a desk in a cubicle.
38. In the same building, on the roof, the intel is located behind the fences of a short platform with three air conditioning units, near some short metal stairs. The laptop has its back turn towards you, so look carefully as it blends in with the background.
39. After rappelling down the building, enter the bookstore. The intel is easy to find on top of the cash register.
40. Once you made contact with German tanks, locate the Teknik Deutsch building on the left side of the street. Head inside the lobby and look for the intel beside the elevators.
41. Near the end of mission, after fighting your way into Von Werde Hotel, you will reach a staircase with brown door. Wait for Sandman to open it. Find the intel on a black coach beneath the stairs.
MW3 - Intel Locations - Scorched Earth - Mission 14 - Scout Leader Achievement Trophy guide|Intel locations
==Gallery==
Building collapsing on Metal Team Scorched Earth MW3.png|The building, before it collapses on the tank column and Delta Force.
Failing to secure Alena Scorched Earth MW3.png|The Russians got away with Alena.
Frost's hands Scorched Earth.png|Frost looking at his hands after waking up.
Frost uses Sandman's pistol MW3.png|Frost uses Sandman's Five Seven after Russian soldiers breached on them.
A-10 Scorched Earth MW3.png|An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies as the player rappels.
Reisdorf Scorched Earth MW3.jpg|Reisdorf
Helicopter approach Scorched Earth MW3.png|American Little Birds start the search for Alena.
==Video Walkthrough==
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Campaign - Scorched Earth|Scorched Earth
==Trivia==
ru:Выжженная земля
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Single Player Levels