Spirit In The Sky

Spirit In The Sky is the first mission of The Recreation Center, and is the training mission of the game, It is set in Guantanamo Bay, and follows Mac, the main character, in his first days in the Vulture 2-4 battalion, specifically in the 85th Black Ops Regiment.

# Characters

Frank "Mac" MacMillan

Alex Mason

Frank Woods

Joseph Bowman

Jason Hudson

Grigori Weaver

Carlos

Enrique

Spike

Mickey

Tempest

Bucky

Pvt. Davis

# Overview

The mission starts with a cutscene showing 1960's archive footage, with the song "Sympathy For the Devil" playing in the background, with Mac narrating his experience in the war, and how he was one of the best soldiers on the range. We then cut to where the map "Firing Range" is set, and, on the back of an M-35, we see Mac talking to the major cast of this mission, and having a good time with them. A Willys Jeep MB drives up to where the M-35 is, and Jason Hudson gives the main characters a role call. Mac is forced to go away from the truck, and to the shack where Enrique will be teaching him. He walks over to Enrique, who is standing, smoking a cigar next to the surveillance trailer, and he directs him to the shack where he will be training. Mac then picks up a Commando from the table that is covered in blood and shell casings, and is given an instruction to ADS while shooting at the target. Enrique then gives Mac and instruction to fire from the hip, and demonstrates that firing from the hip is significantly less accurate than ADS. He then takes Mac to the training course, and demonstrates bullet penetration, by putting a particle board in front of a few of the targets, and shooting at them. The final part of using the assault rifle is acquiring new targets, which demonstrates the ability to pop in and out to acquire them. They then head back to the shack, where Enrique pulls out a box of M67 Frags, and teaches Mac that grenades roll on sloped surfaces, and give him a CZ75 pistol. Mac picks it up, and switches to the rifle, and back to the pistol, demonstrating that switching to your other weapon is faster than reloading. He then puts a bottle of vodka on the table, and Mac knifes it. You can then interact with other characters, including Mickey, who is in the middle of fixing a Technical, and Spike, who is currently preparing a Jeep J8 for battle, and this will prompt Mac to get into a Mercedes-Benz [W115] and do a driving lesson. And there's also Tempest, who is the demolitions expert in the regiment, and instructs Mac with using a grenade launcher, and planting a C4 on his wife's Rambler Six. When you interact with everyone in the base, an alarm will sound, and a captured UAZ-31514 will drive up to the base, and Hudson calls everyone up to the surveillance trailer to look at some footage. The footage shows some American and Cuban soldiers looking for some Soviet presence in Havana, the capital city, when suddenly, an explosion from a green Fiat 500 Giardiniera catches the Americans off-guard, with the Cubans then shooting them in the back, with only very few soldiers of Seagull 5-7 (the battalion that was attacked) escaping from the crossfire. Everyone in the base gets ready for battle, and Mac gets on the back of an M-35, and drives to Havana.

# Weapon Loadout

### Starting Loadout

Commando

CZ75

### Weapons Found In Level

XM4

M16A2

Galil

AK47

Colt M1911

### Weapons Found In The Armory

M16A2

Enfield

M14

Famas

Galil

AUG

FN FAL

AK47

Commando

G11

AK74U

MP5K

MP5

Skorpion

MAC11

MAC10

Uzi

PM63

MPL

Spectre

Kiparis

PPSH-41

PPS-42

MP40

Sten

Thompson

Type 100

Gewehr 43

STG-44

M1A1 Carbine

M1 Garand

HK21

RPK

M60

Stoner63

FG42

BAR

Dragunov

WA2000

L96A1

PSG1

Model 1887

KS-23

Double-Barreled Shotgun

M1897 Trench Gun

ASP

Colt M1911

CZ75

Makarov PM

Python

Tokarev TT-33

M72 LAW

RPG-7

Strela-3

China Lake

Panzerschreck

Ballistic Knife

Crossbow

Death Machine

Grim Reaper

Valkyrie Rockets

M67 Frag

Number 74 ST

Molotov Cocktail

Semtex

Tomahawk

RGD-33

Stielhandgranate

Willy Pete

Nova Gas

Flashbang

Concussion

Smoke Grenade

Tabun Gas

Signal Flare

Camera Spike

C4 w/ Detonator

Tactical Insertion

Jammer

Motion Sensor

Claymore

Spikemore

P.E.S.

Hacker

Walther P38

Katana

Machete

Mk 2 Grenade

Ray Gun

Wunderwaffe DG-2

Thundergun

Winter's Howl

V-R11

Scavenger

31-79 JGb215

Wave Gun

Monkey Bomb

Gersh Device

Matryoshka Doll

Q.E.D.

Air Support Marker

Binoculars

DShK

Harpoon

Fugassi Mine

Dynamite

Garrote Wire

Gas Mask

M2 Flamethrower

M60E4

M249 SAW

MG42

M134 Minigun

Mk 19

NSV

Syrette

Type 92

Scuba Gear

Air Support Radio

Combat Knife

Karambit Knife

Prison Knife

TOW Missile

SOG Knife

Bowie Knife

Sickle

Sabertooth

Carcano M1938

RPD

Browning HP

Barrett 50 Cal

Olympia

HS10

SPAS 12

Striker

Stakeout

Remington 870

Nambu

Arisaka

Kar98k

Mosin-Nagant

# Transcript

The Long Road Productions print logo is shown implanted on a glass wall with some archive footage of the Cold War, including a ZIS-150 trailing some ordnance missiles on a trailer. The song "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones is playing in the background.

Mac: 1966, 55 years ago. I joined my battalion, Vulture 2-4. But like most other soldiers of the time, I had to have experience. I was taught by the best of the best. I was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was 3 pm. I was sitting in the back of an M-35 truck.

Unknown Voice: What happened next?

Mac: I'll tell you in just a minute.

[Spirit In The Sky]

[July 4th, 1966]

[Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]

[Pvt. Frank "Mac" MacMillan]

[Vulture 2-4]

*We then get a shot of Mac with Mason, Woods, Bowman and Carlos on the back of an M-35.*

Mac: So, what do you call a politically correct assault rifle?

Mason: I don't know.

Mac: (chuckles) I don't know either. I didn't take comedy school!

*A brown Willys Jeep MB drives up past the security checkpoint.*

Hudson: Alright, men! It's time for role call. Mason?

Mason: Here.

Hudson: Woods?

Woods: Aye, aye, sir!

Hudson: Bowman?

Bowman: I'm here!

Hudson: Carlos?

Carlos: *Si.*

Hudson: MacMillan?

Mac: Why wouldn't I be here? And please, call me Mac.

Hudson: Okay, so listen close. Mason, Woods, Bowman and Carlos, you guys stay here. Mac, since you're new here, You need to be taught the bare necessities of the army.

Mac: Okay, so who's teaching me?

???: I am.

Mac: Who the hell are you?

Enrique: My name is Enrique, *mi amigo.* And I will be teaching you how to use a gun, *que*?

Mac: Alright, so what's the plan then?

Enrique: Let's go to the shack, as that's your training quarters.

*Mac & Enrique go to the shack, and Mac wretches at the state of the place*

Mac: (wretches) WHAT IS THIS DUMP?!

Enrique: THAT, is where you are going to be taught how to use a gun. Ignore the amounts of blood and shell casings.

Mac: I'll try.

# Trivia

In one of the huts, there is an armory. This armory consists of every single gun found in the Cold War segment of the campaign.

The mission is named after the song "Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum, which was released in 1969.

The character Tempest is named after Joey Tempest, the lead singer of Swedish rock band Europe.