Ascension

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Ascension is the eighth Zombies map overall and is available in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops III. First released in the First Strike map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, the map takes place in an abandoned Soviet Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union. The map introduces some new components to the Zombies mode, including Space Monkeys, which replace Hellhounds from the previous maps, and the first easter egg quest.
A remastered version of the map is available in the Zombies Chronicles map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, along with seven other classic maps.
==Overview==
The Ultimis crew traveled to a Soviet Cosmodrome in 1963 from Group 935's Kino facility via a Lunar Lander to recover Richtofen's diary. The group also need to free a Soviet scientist from the Ascension Group named Gersh from the Casimir Mechanism along with the fact that they must face limitless hordes of the undead as they continue their journey.
Among the new additions to the Zombies mode are two Wonder Weapons, the Gersh Device and Matryoshka Dolls (replacing the Monkey Bombs). Double Tap Root Beer does not appear, but two new perks are introduced: PhD Flopper and Stamin-Up (In the remastered version in Black Ops III, Widow's Wine replaces PhD Flopper and a Der Wunderfizz machine is added to include Double Tap Root Beer 2.0 and Deadshot Daiquiri as they aren't physical perk machines in the map).
A new enemy, the Space Monkeys, also appear in this map, replacing the Hellhounds and Pentagon Thief. A new Power-Up, the Random Perk Bottle is also available.
==Features==
===Weapons===
Starting Weapons
Black Ops
Menu mp weapons colt.png|M1911
ThrowingKnife.png|Knife
Frag Grenade menu icon BO.png|M67 Grenade
Black Ops III
1911 Gunsmith Model BO3.png|1911
RK5 Gunsmith model BO3.png|RK5(if A Better Tomorrow has been completed)
Knife BOIII.png|Knife
Frag Grenade Menu Icon BOIII.png|Fragmentation Grenades
Wall Buy Weapons
Black Ops
Olympia menu icon BO.png|Olympia - 500 points
M14 menu icon BO.png|M14 - 500 points
PM63 menu icon BO.png|PM63 - 1000 points
MPL menu icon BO.png|MPL - 1000 points
MP5K menu icon.png|MP5k - 1000 points
Menu mp weapons ak74u.png|AK74u - 1200 points
M16 menu icon BO.png|M16 - 1200 points
Stakeout menu icon BO.png|Stakeout - 1500 points
Sickle-Ascension.png|Sickle - 3000 points
Claymore menu icon BO.png|Claymore - 1000 points
Frag Grenade menu icon BO.png|M67 Grenade - 250 points
Black Ops III
RK5 Gunsmith model BO3.png|RK5 - 500 points (Centrifuge Room/On the way to Lunar Lander D [ Д ])
Sheiva Gunsmith model BO3.png|Sheiva - 500 points (Centrifuge Room)
KN-44 Model BO3.png|KN-44 - 1400 points (On the way to the Rocket Platform)
Kuda Model BO3.png|Kuda - 1250 points (Outside the Power Building)
L-CAR 9 Gunsmith model BO3.png|L-CAR 9 - 750 points (Power Building Floor -2, past Quick Revive)
Vesper Gunsmith model BO3.png|Vesper - 1250 points (On the way to Lunar Lander F [ Ф ])
ICR-1 Gunsmith model BO3.png|ICR-1 - 1500 points (Lunar Lander F [ Ф ])
HVK-30 Gunsmith model BO3.png|HVK-30 - 1600 points (On the way to Lunar Lander B [ Б ])
VMP Gunsmith model BO3.png|VMP - 1300 points (Power Building Floor -1)
Argus Gunsmith model BO3.png|Argus - 1100 points (Power Building Floor 2)
Sickle-Ascension.png|Sickle - 3000 points (Lunar Lander B [ Б ])
Trip Mine Menu Icon BOIII.png|Trip Mine - 1000 points (Lunar Lander F [ Ф ])
Frag Grenade Menu Icon BOIII.png|Fragmentation Grenades - 250 points (Lunar Lander D [ Д ])
Mystery Box Weapons
Black Ops
CZ75 menu icon BO.png|CZ75 (with or without Dual Wield)
Python menu icon BO.png|Python
Spectre Menu Icon Black Ops.png|Spectre
FAL Menu BO.png|FN FAL
G11 menu icon BO.png|G11 (with Low Power Scope)
Famas menu icon BO.png|FAMAS
AUG menu icon BO.png|AUG (with Swarovski Scope)
Commando menu icon BO.png|Commando
Galil menu icon BO.png|Galil
HS10 menu icon BO.png|HS-10
SPAS-12 menu icon BO.png|SPAS-12
Dragunov Menu Icon Black Ops.png|Dragunov
Menu mp weapons l96a1.png|L96A1
RPK menu icon BO.png|RPK
HK21 Menu Icon BO.png|HK21
Ballistic Knife menu icon BO.png|Ballistic Knife
Crossbow menu icon BO.png|Crossbow
China Lake menu icon BO.png|China Lake
M72 LAW menu icon BO.png|M72 LAW
Ray Gun 3rd person view WaW.png|Ray Gun
Thundergun 3rd Person BO.png|Thundergun
Gersch Device 3rd Person.png|Gersh Device
Matryoshka Dolls 3rd Person BO.png|Matryoshka Doll
Black Ops III
VMP Gunsmith model BO3.png|VMP
Weevil Gunsmith model BO3.png|Weevil
Pharo Gunsmith model BO3.png|Pharo
Man-O-War Gunsmith model BO3.png|Man-O-War
HVK-30 Gunsmith model BO3.png|HVK-30
Sheiva Gunsmith model BO3.png|Sheiva
ICR-1 Gunsmith model BO3.png|ICR-1
205 Brecci Gunsmith model BO3.png|205 Brecci
Argus Gunsmith model BO3.png|Argus
Haymaker 12 Gunsmith model BO3.png|Haymaker 12
Dingo Gunsmith model BO3.png|Dingo
BRM Model BO3.png|BRM
48 Dredge Gunsmith model BO3.png|48 Dredge
Gorgon Gunsmith model BO3.png|Gorgon
RPK Gunsmith model BO3.png|RPK w/ Reflex Sight
Locus Model BO3.png|Locus
Drakon Gunsmith model BO3.png|Drakon
SVG-100 Model BO3.png|SVG-100
XM-53 Gunsmith model BO3.png|XM-53
KN-44 Model BO3.png|KN-44
Vesper Gunsmith model BO3.png|Vesper
Kuda Model BO3.png|Kuda
AK-74u Gunsmith model BO3.png|AK-74u w/ Reflex Sight & Laser Sight
M8A7 Gunsmith model BO3.png|M8A7
L-CAR 9 Gunsmith model BO3.png|L-CAR 9
Galil Gunsmith model BO3.png|Galil w/ Reflex Sight & Fast Mags
FFAR Gunsmith Model BO3.png|FFAR 
KRM-262 Gunsmith model BO3.png|KRM-262
M16 Gunsmith model BO3.png|M16
Ray Gun Third Person BO3.png|Ray Gun
Ray Gun Mark II Third Person BO3.png|Ray Gun Mark II
Thundergun Third Person BO3.png|Thundergun
Annihilator menu icon BO3.png|Annihilator
Gersh Device third person BO3.jpg|Gersh Device
Matryoshka Dolls 3rd Person BO.png|Matryoshka Doll
===Perks===
Perk-a-Cola Machines
Juggernog Machine Render.png|Juggernog - 2500 points
Quick Revive Machine Render.png|Quick Revive - 1500 points (500 points on Solo)
Speed Cola Machine Render.png|Speed Cola - 3000 points
PhD Flopper Machine Render.png|PhD Flopper - 2000 points
Stamin-Up Machine Render.png|Stamin-Up - 2000 points
Mule Kick Machine Render.png|Mule Kick - 4000 points (via update)
Widow's Wine model BO3.png|Widow's Wine - 4000 points (replaces PhD Flopper, Black Ops III only)
Der Wunderfizz model BOII.png|Der Wunderfizz - 1500 points (Black Ops III only)
Double Tap II machine BOII.png|Double Tap II Root Beer (via Der Wunderfizz, Black Ops III only)
Deadshot Daiquiri Machine Render.png|Deadshot Daiquiri (via Der Wunderfizz, Black Ops III only)
====New Perks====
Ascension features two new perks, both costing 2000 points. However, Double Tap Root Beer does not make an appearance in the original map in Black Ops. Each player can only have four perks at a time, with the exception of already having four and obtaining the Random Perk Bottle to obtain all five (now six) perks at once as viewed here.
PhD Flopper; located outside near the "D" Lunar Lander launch pad (Black Ops version only) that has the Fragmentation Grenades. This perk makes the player create a small "nuke" when diving to prone. The "nuke" will only take effect if the dive-to-prone would normally hurt the player (almost anything above flat ground). In addition, landing directly on top of a zombie seems to neutralize the effect of the nuke. The nuke kills all nearby zombies up until the round 20s. In addition, the player cannot take any fall damage and is immune to any explosive damage done to the player, including the Ray Gun's splash damage, damage when a launcher or the Mustang & Sally is shot too close (such as the M72 LAW, or the China Lake), fragmentation grenades, and Matryoshka Dolls. The player can still take explosive damage after a space monkey tosses back a grenade. The player can also overcook their own grenade without being harmed. In Black Ops III, the perk was removed due to the absence of dolphin diving and was replaced by Widow's Wine.
 PhD Flopper Theme 
Stamin-Up; located near the AK-74u, towards another Lunar Lander launch pad. This perk gives the player increased movement speed and sprint duration, similar to both Marathon and Lightweight. Since Ascension is a rather large map, it is more useful than one might think, especially during Space Monkey rounds where a player may have to get to a Perk-a-Cola machine that is being attacked. It can also benefit the player when running from Zombies. This is even more useful in Call of the Dead.
 Stamin-Up Theme 
==Doors==
*Centrifuge Floor 1 - Door (750)
*Centrifuge Floor 2 - Door (750)
*Stairwell Floor 3 / Base Level - Door (1250)
*Lunar Lander B [ Б ] Access Door (1250)
*Lunar Lander D [ Д ] Access Gate (1250)
*Lunar Lander F [ Ф ] Access Door (1250)
*Pack-A-Punch Access Gate (1250)
*Power Room Door (1000)
*Power Room Gate (1250)
*Pack-a-Punch Machine room
**To gain entry to the Pack-a-Punch Machine, all lunar landers' landing pads must be used. Once a player has ridden all three back to the Centrifuge Room, the player can activate the rocket by pressing the button to the right of the power switch. After the rocket has taken off, the large door concealing the launch area will open and the Pack-a-Punch Machine will be to the right. It costs 5000 points as usual. Unlike Kino der Toten, players can stay in the Pack-a-Punch room for as long as they like. There are two barricades in there to make camping harder. Also, if the player shoots at the rocket and blows it up, a Double Points power-up will appear in this room.
== Easter Eggs==
===Main Quest===
The Main Quest is Casimir Mechanism which involves repairing the mechanism and freeing Gersh.
===Musical Easter Eggs===
The song Abracadavre can be activating by interacting with three Teddy Bears holding a sickle located around the map:
*The Centrifuge Room. When the player goes up the stairs, turn right, and on the end of that walkway is the first bear.
*Near the Lunar Lander closest to the Stamin-Up is a gate. Under the red star is a teddy bear.
*Nearby the Lunar Lander past the Speed Cola, there is a teddy bear sitting on top of a wall.
===Miscellaneous Easter Eggs===
*There are Matryoshka Dolls of the characters scattered around the level. They will say something to the player when the "action" button is pressed, depending on who the player is. Each of the Matryoshka Dolls can be found in the locations below:
**Tank's doll is on top of the flaming barrels directly left to the Claymores.
**Nikolai's doll is on the top of the shelf directly to the left of the Speed Cola.
**Takeo's doll is on the shelf directly to the left of the PhD Flopper.
**Richtofen's doll is in the room directly below the Stakeout, and can be found on a large table in a corner.
*There are three red telephones scattered around the map. Each telephone will ring only once during a match after a specific action is performed. When answered, one of the characters from "Five" can be heard. In the Black Ops III version however, the quotes are replaced with ones from the Ultimis characters when they are trapped behind the door in Call of the Dead.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd6eEvV2vXM
**To the left of the lunar lander in the centrifuge room, between multiple fuse boxes. To make this telephone ring, either the musical Easter egg needs to be activated or the player must get ten kills (only in Solo). When answered, President Kennedy can be heard saying "Need some beans for the chowder here!", while also dry firing an empty gun. He said this in "Five" when he ran out of ammo. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redphone_egg_JFK.wav
**To the left of the power switch, through the chain link fence, down the stairs, turn right, to the left of the Mystery Box spawn point. This telephone rings during a Fire Sale. When answered, the player can hear Nixon fire a weapon (FN FAL), and howl like a wolf. He did this in "Five" when he killed multiple zombies. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redphone_egg_Nixon.wav
**Located just to the right of the PhD Flopper machine. This phone rings when the player receives the Ray Gun from the Mystery Box. When answered, the player can hear Fidel Castro say "Come to me, the revolution dies without Fidel Castro". He says this in "Five" when he is downed. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redphone_egg_Castro.wav
*A pair of car batteries found underneath a stairwell in the centrifuge/spawn room have a Cyrillic inscription "ЅРДЯКУ" written across the front. This is an easter-egg referencing developer Alejandro Romo (who is known by online handle "Sparky" or "SparkyMcSparks").
*When the rocket is launched, it is possible to destroy it by using a high-damage explosive gun, such as the Ray Gun or the China Lake. If it is destroyed, a Double Points power-up will spawn below it.
== Call of Duty: Black Ops III ==
A remastered version of Ascension is available on Call of Duty: Black Ops III if the player has purchased the Zombies Chronicles map pack. The map has been designed to look very high quality while still maintaining the look and feel of the original. Differences include new better Zombies artificial intelligence, and futuristic Black Ops III-era weapons are now available in the Mystery Box and the walls instead of the Cold War weapons (although some do return in the box), as well as the original wonder weapons. Additionally, the Ray Gun Mark II can now be obtained from the mystery box. The characters are once again the Ultimis versions of "Tank" Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki and Edward Richtofen.
==Quotes==
==Radios==
==Gallery==
Ascension Menu Selection BO.png|Old Ascension thumbnail, used on PC.
NewAscensionStatic.png|New Ascension thumbnail, used on Consoles.
Ascension Rocket Platform.png|Lunar Lander.
MONKEYS.png|Space Monkeys.
Ascension Zombies.jpg|Zombies, note the two with gas masks in the front.
Black-ops-first-strike-dlc-trailer-shows-ascension-zombies-map-2.jpg|Another view of the map.
Ascension Loading Screen.png|Loading screen for "Ascension" (Notice the 115 in the rocket's shadows).
Ascension Loading Screen Zombies Comic.jpg|The alternate version of the Ascension loading screen from the second issue of the Zombies comicbook series.
Acsension on Paper.PNG|"Ascension" on the numbers broadcast paper.
Ascension First Strike poster BO.jpg|Ascension poster with all of the Wonder Weapons previously featured in Zombies.
BO Ascension.jpg|Another view of Ascension, similar to its thumbnail.
ascension.png|Ascension map.
Black Ops Ascension Rocket.jpg
Rocket rising up Ascension BOZ.jpg|The rocket rising up in Black Ops Zombies.
Rocket red reticle Ascension BOZ.jpg|Looking towards the rocket in Black Ops Zombies. Note the red reticles.
Rocket destroyed Ascension BOZ.jpg|The rocket being destroyed in Black Ops Zombies.
Ascension History BO3.jpg|Treyarch's official tweet on Ascension's background.
Ascension Loading Screen BO3.png|Ascension's loading screen in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
Ascension View BO3.png|Promotional image used for the Zombies Chronicles DLC showcase of the map.
==Videos==
Call of Duty- Black Ops - Ascension Trailer Official HD|Official Ascension trailer.
Abracadavre Elena Siegman Call of Duty Black Ops - Ascension Easter Egg song Kevin Sherwood|Abracadavre, the Ascension music easter egg.
Ascension Game Over Song|Game Over song in Ascension & Call of The Dead.
Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies PhD Flopper Song|The jingle of PhD Flopper.
Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies Stamin-Up Song|The jingle of Stamin-Up.
Call of Duty Black Ops - Ascension - Destroying the Rocket|Destroying the rocket.
Ascension loading screen nazi zombies Kevin Sherwood Call of Duty Black Ops|Loading screen song.
Ascension Round 44 Full Gameplay - Black Ops Zombies|Gameplay.
==Trivia==
*There is a teleporter that can be seen next to the Lander Ф station. It is a piece of the main body. It can also further indicate that the Pentagon were to be originally connected to the cosmodrome via that teleporter, but was never finished.
*On the loading screen of Ascension, the shadows of the three rockets form the number "115", a reference to Element 115.
*Outside the map, there are several storage tanks. On them is written "ЗАРАЖЕНО" and "КОНТРОЛЬНО-ДОЗИМЕТРИЧНИЙ ПУНКТ 'ДИТЯТКИ'." In Ukrainian, this translates to "Infected" and "Control-Dosimetry item 'baby'."
**A "Control Dosimeter" is a device used to measure background radiation in a given area.
*An update changed the map's picture to make it look static filled and slightly distorted, as if viewing it from a television with bad reception.
*The characters received a visual update with this map, looking more beat-up and covered in blood, with Richtofen also having a completely different outfit.
*Everything the player sees is in black and white until the power is turned on.
**In the Call of Duty: Black Ops III version, however, it is more of a sepia effect with some colours being present (such as the GobbleGums).
*Ascension initially started development substantially larger than the finished product.https://twitter.com/ZielinskiJimmy/status/326082798790254592
* On the Ascension poster, Tank Dempsey can be seen holding a Wunderwaffe DG-2 and Takeo Masaki can be seen holding a Winter's Howl. However, neither can be obtained during gameplay.
* It was believed that the bald man on the First Strike poster was Richtofen, but it has since been confirmed by Jason Blundell during an interview that it is not Richtofen.https://youtu.be/dpv2bv_j49c?t=161
** In the Zombies Chronicles version, it is revealed through Dr. Monty that the bald man in the poster is indeed Anton Gersh.
*This is the only map in which zombie will try to dodge bullets by rolling over to the player or side stepping. This is not the case in the Black Ops III version.
==References==
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