CoD Black Ops 6 campaign: Everything you need to know before playing

The CoD Black Ops 6 campaign offers a mind-bending, thrilling narrative set in the 1990s. As the storyline is connected to several Black Ops series installments, you can encounter a cast of new and returning characters in the latest title. So before diving into the latest campaign, it's important to know the previous Black Ops storylines to fully understand the latest title. However, the more you play the more you will understand the storyline of Bo6.

This article will discuss everything about the CoD Bo6 campaign that you should know before playing.

CoD Black Ops 6 campaign: All Black Ops storylines you need to know

Call of Duty Black Ops

Operation 40

Operation 40 is the first campaign mission of the Black Ops that began in 1961. It all started in Santa Maria, when Cuba as Alex Mason, Woods, and Bowman tried to assassinate Fidel Castro, one of the antagonists of Black Ops. However, it was later found that their target was a body double.

Unfortunately, when Alex Mason tried to escape from the area he was captured and delivered to Soviet General Nikita Dragovich, and Colonel Lev Kravchenko, the two main antagonists of Black Ops. They imprisoned Mason in Vorkuta, a Russian gulag, where he met Viktor Reznov, another interesting character of the series.

The Numbers Program (AKA Project Ascension)

The Numbers Program from Original Black Ops (Image via Activision)

While Mason was imprisoned, a German scientist Friedrich Steiner got an order from Dragovich to initiate a brainwashing technique on Mason via the Number Program. The goal was to turn Mason into a sleeper agent, who, after receiving a number code, would awaken and accomplish the mission to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.

However, Reznov had his rivalry with Dragovich, Kravchenko, and Steine, so he got their plan. He then brainwashed Mason and ordered him to eliminate the trio.

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Prison Break

In the Prison Break mission, Reznov and Mason initiate a prison break to get out of Vorkuta. After getting out of prison they separated from each other. Upon Mason’s return, Kennedy permitted a mission to kill Dragovich who conspired with Kravchenko and Striner to weaponize a chemical agent called Nova 6 against the United States.

Deployment to Vietnam

After receiving the order from Kennedy, Mason, Woods, and Bowman, started searching for Dragovich and Kravchenko in Vietnam. Unfortunately, all of them were captured and taken to a POW camp. However, Mason and Wood managed to break free and kill Kravchenko.

This is an iconic scene where Woods stabs him and jumps out of a window with Manson after Kravchenko pulls the pin of a grenade. Miraculously, Woods survived and was later captured and moved to a POW camp in the Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang.

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End Transmission, Eliminating Dragovich

The final part of the mission, Redemption, was set on the Rusalka, a Russian ship, in the Gulf of Mexico. Mason successfully stopped the Number Program, which would have activated other sleeper agents in the US. After that, he encountered Dragovich and drowned him.

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War

Three main protagonists in Cold War (Image via Activision)

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is based on a story of conspiracy set in the early 1980s in the heat of the Cold War. The storyline started 13 years after the event of the original Black Ops.

Interestingly, the developers reintroduced Alex Manson, Frank Woods, and Jason Hudson who joined forces to solve a global terrorist plot. Additionally, a new playable character “Bell” was introduced, who served Russell Adler during the Vietnam War.

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Uncovering Perseus

The mission is set in 1981 when CIA Special Officer Russell Adler was sent on a mission with Woods and Mason to find the leader of an Iranian terrorist organization.

When they discovered the existence of Perseus (a Soviet Spy and the leader of a terrorist organization), President Ronald Reagan assigned a mission to eliminate the leader by any means. Following this order, Adler assembled a team of three people Helen Park, Lawrence Sims, and Lazar Azoulay.

Detonation

The team found that Perseus had all the information about the CIA program Operation, which led to the placement of several bombs in major European cities. Moreover, Perseus had acquired one of the bombs and ordered his scientist to hack its detonation code to activate the remaining bombs.

In the meantime, Adler and Bell entered KGB headquarters to find the identities of Russian sleeper agents. After they got some information, they headed to Cuba to raid Perseus’ hideout. However, they failed to catch him as he escaped with the detonated code.

Russell, Bell, and False Memories

In order to find out the location of Perseus, Adler gave some drugs to Bell to kickstart Bell’s memories as they both worked together in Vietnam. During this process of interrogation, Bell revealed that he never served with Adler in Vietnam.

Those memories were planned to trick Bell into trusting Adler. Moreover, it was revealed that Bell was the lone survivor of the first mission. Now, as they needed to find Perseus, Adler tried to get Bell’s actual memories to track down the terrorist leader.

Raiding Perseus HQ

Finally, Bell led the team to Perseus headquarters and destroyed the code, which eventually saved Europe from a big explosion. However, Perseus again escaped from their hand.

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The Post-Launch Story Continues – Perseus, Man, or Mantle?

In the Post-Launch mission of the Black Ops Cold War, new covert operations appeared, which were led by Vikhor ‘Stitch’ Kuzmin. Stitch had taken the mantle of Perseus and worked with Steiner to produce Nova 6.

Stitch somehow managed to capture Adler, and he tried to brainwash Adler to take him to the enemy side. Thankfully, Mason and Hudson intervened and prevented Stitch from carrying out his plan.

Call of Duty Black Ops II

Saving Woods

Raul Menendez the main antagonist of Bo2 (Image via Activision)

CoD Bo2 storyline started in 1986 when Hudson told Mason that Woods had been captured during an investigation of a smuggling ring in central Africa and told him to save his friend. This led Mason to leave his son David and join the rescue operation. Mason then discovered that Wood had been left for dead in a shipping container on the Cubango River in Angola, Central Africa.

However, he then saved him who was the last member of his group to survive. Mason then somehow discovered that Woods had been captured by Raul Menendez, leader of the Menendez Cartel. Finally, after the recovery, Woods sought revenge on Menendez and deployed to Afghanistan to help the military in a fight against the Soviets.

They, however, found Lev Kravcheno there, who was one of the antagonists of the original Black Ops. Following that, Woods killed Kravchenko after knowing that Menendez had his moles inside the CIA.

The Death of Josefina

In the Death of Josefina storyline, the CIA initiated a mission to arrest Menendez from his home. At this time, Woods became outraged with Menendez and threw a grenade which accidentally killed Menendez’s sister Josefina. Later on, the CIA declared Menendez and Josefina dead, but Mason and Woods had some doubts about this fact.

Nexus One — Menendez Gets Revenge

Menendez Gets Revenge in Bo2 (Image via Activision)

The story is set in 1989 when Woods and Mason were in Panama, hunting a target called Nexus One. Woods found Nexus One through a sniper, carrying a bag over his head to hide his identity. Hudson, who had been captured and forced to give false information by Menedez, told Woods that Nexus One was none other than Raul Menendez and ordered him to shoot.

Following the order, Woods fired at the target and then discovered that he had been tricked and had actually executed his friend, Alex Mason. At the same time, Raul Menendez appeared and fired at Woods in his knees, which led him to use a wheelchair in the 1991 Black Ops 6 timeline.

Later on, Hudson sacrificed himself to save Woods’s life. Now, Woods has to suffer as Menendez suffered from the loss of his sister. David, Alex’s son, also preparing for his father’s death, joined Woods in the event.

Black Ops 6 campaign storyline

Bo6 Campaign storyline (Image via Activision)

The Bo6 campaign storyline is set during the early 1990s. We can witness the connection of CoD Bo2 as Woods using a wheelchair caused by Raul Menendez. Moreover, we can see how Russell Adler was fallaciously claimed as one of Menendez’s moles in the CIA.

The story revolves around a conspiracy where a high-level agency is forced by a group called Pantheon. The Bo6 campaign mission was meticulously designed to unveil this conspiracy and expose their identities.

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Edited by Abu Amjad Khan