Crash Site (Black Ops)

Crash Site is the tenth campaign mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Taking place on February 11, 1968, the player controls Alex Mason as his SOG unit attempt to find a crashed Soviet cargo plane containing Nova 6.
==Characters==
*Alex Mason (playable, P.O.W.)
*Frank Woods (playable when shooting Grim Reaper, P.O.W.)
*Joseph Bowman (playable when shooting Grim Reaper, P.O.W.)
*Viktor Reznov (Mind game)
*Nikita Dragovich
*Lev Kravchenko
*Interrogator
*Daniel Clarke (mentioned)
==Level Briefing==
Transmission# 2-15-4-25. Designate: INDIA 
Soviet commercal cargo plane shot down over Laos
Mason and SOG team sent to retrieve Nova 6 from the wreckage.
1300 hours, February 11, 1968
==Walkthrough==
Mason starts out at a helicopter landing zone where soldiers are being dropped off. On the way to the docks, Mason gets on a boat with Reznov, Woods, Bowman, and a (randomly named) young marine who tells Woods that he has been assigned to this SOG team, to which Woods responds with a sigh and then, "Man the gun, don't get killed." Woods and Bowman each then pick up a Grim Reaper while Alex Mason gets to his position. Mason commandeers the boat to the team's objective. The part where Mason pilots the boat is not playable on the Wii version, however, Mason is able to pilot the boat past the downed Huey, past the waterfall, and to the landing point. The Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil" does not play during this time and the young marine is never mentioned. Mason then hears Zack Johnson briefly speak before the song "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones starts on the radio. This song plays throughout the boat part of the level and will restart if killed. Mason controls an M60, Woods' and Bowman's M202 Grim Reapers, and the boat itself. Mason begins destroying enemy forces and infrastructure including radio towers, guard houses, and several ZPUs on moving trucks. This continues for some time until SOG run into an NVA PT boat that needs to be destroyed. After Mason succeeds in doing this, Woods will pull out the marine who had died in the battle. It then cuts to the interrogation room where Mason says, "That young kid didn't make it. I swear to God that Woods was crying, but he never let us see no tears." Cutting back to the boat, Mason parks it up at the next dock while
 Woods and Bowman speak into a radio saying that they have a downed bird in the area, however the radio man responded with saying there is no contact in the area. After parking the vehicle, they commence looking for the Soviet cargo carrier carrying Nova-6. Mason is given a Commando ACOG Scope and a KS-23 as many Viet Cong and Spetsnaz troops appear. After fighting and progressing through enemies, friendly helicopters appear for an overwatch but are suddenly destroyed by Russian Hinds. The SOG came to the C-130 and walk across an unstable wing which nearly falls over. When inside, Mason will find the crate carrying Nova-6. Woods will open it, but will only find a China Lake and a map of the area, claiming that the Russians are trying to frame the USA. Soon enough, Spetsnaz and Viet Cong arrive and attack the plane. At some point, it is hit by an Mi-24 Hind helicopter and the plane crashes into the ground. On the ground, Mason observes Bowman being carted away by two Soviets and attempts to shoot them with an empty M1911. A Soviet then kicks the pistol out of Mason's hand as Dragovich and Kravchenko appear. Dragovich then claims that they need to make up for lost time with him and the mission ends with Kravchenko knocking out Mason by stomping on his head.
==Weapon Loadout==
Starting Loadout
Commando menu icon BO.png|Commando w/ ACOG Scope
KS-23 3rd person BO.png|KS-23
Menu mp weapons colt.png|M1911 (only used at the end)
Found in level
AK-47 menu icon BO.png|AK47
Dragunov Menu Icon Black Ops.png|Dragunov
China Lake menu icon BO.png|China Lake (Used inside the crashed C-130)
RPK menu icon BO.png|RPK
Commando menu icon BO.png|Commando (from dead teammates)
Menu mp weapons ak74u.png|AK-74u
M16 menu icon BO.png|M16 (from dead teammates)
File:PM63 menu icon BO.png|PM63. Used by the Soviet Spetsnaz
Grim Reaper menu icon BO.png|Grim Reaper. Used by Woods and Bowman when travelling down the river
M60E4 Menu Icon MWR.png|M60E4. Mounted on the boat
RPG menu icon BO.png|RPG-7
KS-23 3rd person BO.png|KS-23
CZ75 menu icon BO.png|CZ75
Makarov menu icon BO.png|Makarov
==Transcript==
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==Achievements/Trophies==
*Never get off the boat (20 / Bronze Trophy ) - Obtained by beating "Crash Site" on any difficulty.
*Lord Nelson (25 / Silver Trophy ) - Obtained by destroying all targets and structures when making your way up the river in "Crash Site".
*Not Today (25 / Silver Trophy ) - Obtained by beating "Crash Site", "WMD" and "Payback" on Veteran difficulty.
==Intel==
==Gallery==
Mnk1dotpic.png|Concept art of the camp.
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Mnk3.pic.png|Concept art of the bridge.
Mnk4.pic.png|Concept art of the crash site.
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Crash site intel.jpg
==Video Walkthrough==
Call of Duty Black Ops - Campaign - Crash Site|Crash Site
==Trivia==
*The boat scene is a reference to Francis Ford Coppola's Movie "Apocalypse Now". This is also evidenced by the achievement "Never get off the boat", which is a line from the movie.
*Although the mission takes place on February 11th, 1968, the recording of "Sympathy for the Devil" played contains the lyrics "I shouted out, "who killed the Kennedys?" when after all, it was you and me." This version was re-recorded following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, an event which would not take place until June 6th of that year.
**This particular line also foreshadows later story elements of the campaign, considering Dragovich's final words and the epilogue heavily imply that Alex Mason was involved in JFK's assassination.
*Near parts of the beginning when the player is controlling the boat, they can see what appears to be NVA soldiers running along the hills, they can be shot and killed with the boat weapons. Interestingly they appear to be wearing the dark blue uniforms from multiplayer as opposed to the light tan attire they wore previously in "S.O.G." and "The Defector".
*On the left side of Mason there's a picture of a woman wearing a bikini. There is also a woman on the right, who can be seen when the player disembarks from the boat.
*Before "Sympathy for the Devil" plays on the radio, the man dedicates the song to a Sgt. Blundell. This is a reference to Jason Blundell, who worked on the game.
*At the beginning of the boat sequence, if the player keeps their eye on the left for as long as possible while continuing to drive forward, one can see the line of sprinting Marines and vehicles suddenly end with the Marine character models suddenly standing still and then disappearing off the map.
*When Woods yells "Spetsnaz!" near the middle of the mission, the subtitles misspell "Spetsnaz" as "Spetznaz".
*Part of the intel for this mission references the movie Apocalypse Now, as it describes the success of a lone PBR moving along the Nung River with the intent of eliminating a rogue Special Forces Colonel, whose name is left blacked out.
*The name of the young soldier is randomized, but his appearance will be always the same.
*The boat battle sequence at the beginning of this level is cut from the Wii version.
*The player's M60E4 mounted on the boat has a firing animation for about a second after the player lets go of the trigger.
*It is possible to hit a Mi-24 Hind with the China Lake, but the Hind will not take any damage.
*The number sequence heard briefly while in the crashed plane can be deciphered as "CAUTION: NOVA MUTATION OBSERVED."
*After the cutscene of Mason in the torture room, when the player regains control of the boat, on the bank of the river directly in front of the player, there will be a herd of animals, which can be shot and killed with the M60 machine gun. Some will die, but most will run out of the player's sight. These animals appear to be Javan Rhinoceroses.
*Strangely enough, some of the Hueys have a "MARINES" decal stamped onto their tails, while some of the other Hueys will have an "ARMY" decal stamped on their tails.
*The snipers in the trees are invincible until Woods points them out to the player.
*The red flares at the beginning of the level seem to be dispensed from shrunken metal garbage cans. If the player goes prone and crawls close enough up to them, the player can make out the handles on each side.
*Nearing the end of the level, where the player fends off the NVA attack from below whilst inside the crashed cargo plane, if the player were to use the console commands "noclip" along with "notarget" and drop themselves down onto the area where the NVA troops are shooting at the player, standing behind some of the enemy troops will reveal a scripted takedown-assassination action sequence and an onscreen message "Press (Default) [V] to Melee". if the action sequence is initiated, it will display an incomplete assassination animation, consisting of both the player and the enemy character models clipping through the screen and a visible (but motionless) knife appearing on the lower half of the screen for two seconds before gameplay returns to normal. The enemy targeted however, remains alive after the sequence.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v2wcF7Ianc
*After Mason falls out of the crashed plane, Mason's shadow can be seen, but headless.
*When Mason picks up an M16 from a marine's corpse, it has no sound.
*The Wii version skips the entire boat segment, beginning the mission with the boat approaching the crash sight.
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Single Player Levels