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Even in multiplayer, birdman shows off his love for zombies. 115. Like a boss. :D

Yes, it is. The term "Broken Arrow" has two different meanings. FOB also has multiple meanings, although there's no doubt FOB is of course Foward Operating Base. Ill be back later to discuss this more. This radio is one of the most intriguing radios we have to date.

Why exactly have you been told not to talk about it? You should be able to talk about whatever you want to. He's referring to the leaked unconfirmed DLC2 info from a week ago. BSZombie had a thread in regards to the info, which unfortunately had to be closed. Just to clear things up. The undead on an island?....sounds familiar . I'd still be sweet though.

viewtopic.php?f=100&t=28818&p=277870#p277870 Currently working on Part 2 (BO2), but kinks need to be worked out before I release it.

Decided to step out of the shadows and into the CoDz light eh? You've made a wise decisions friend Welcome to CoDz! One of the main focuses here at CoDz is community (oh, and zombies) and it's clear from your positive attitude and enthusiasm that you'll be right at home here. See you on the forums!

'Tis a fake. No known pictures of Dr. Maxis exist.

Thanks for taking the time to make the introduction Game. It always helps to make an intro when trying to get to know our members. Btw, I used to buy all my games from your store a LONG time ago See you around the forum Game!

Ascension. Great map or greatest map? I absolutely love Ascension. I remember when it first came out it completely blew my mind. I thought it was the biggest map in the world. It was such a blast to play. The first time me and my buddies discovered PhD Flopper, we couldn't stop laughing our asses off. And then the Easter Egg was just topping on the cake. Ascension was a beautifully fun map. It is what made me want to step out of the shadows as a CoDz lurker, and finally sign up for the site. Ascension will always hold a place in my zombie slayin', Richtofen quoting, 115 filled heart. :mrgreen:

You know I was waiting for someone to address the whole missing 4 issue. Seemed interesting considering April is right around the corner. Your breakdown is the most logical thing I've heard on the matter. And I sure hope you're right! I feel like Treyarch is running a bit late on DLC2 compared to Black Ops. Good thinking. ;)

Awesome to have you back Beware of the Doctor! I defintely remember you from a long time ago. Why did you decide to change your name? How was your break away from the world of zombies. We're glad to have you back Beware, it's always amazing to see some of the veteran guys returning to the site. Don't leave again. I won't let you.

That is SO bizarre how it appears so far away. I have no clue on this one.

How do you know that? This stems from a picture seen on one of the boards in Der Riese depicting a zombie in front of the Eiffel Tower. There are other things that also point to Group 935 operating in France. What exactly went on in Paris is still unclear, but I'm very open to the idea that Group 935 had operations there.

Jimmy added a suspicious picture to his Twitter account today. Thought I'd give the thread an update to anyone interested. Is Treyarch screwing with us? They post the names of places in Ireland, then pictures of traditional-looking East Asian building, then bathroom signs written in Spanish? Traditionally, yes, Treyarch does like to screw with us. These tweets are a bit out of the normal misleading tweets they send out. That, combined with the nearing DLC 2 release info, make these tweets a bit more interesting. But anyways, yes. They could just be screwing with us. Yeah, that what a tricky situation what happened. Ultimately, the admin should have never posted information from a leak on his Twitter, even if it is his personal page. If he displays the fact he's a CoDz Admin on his Twitter page, leaks posted on his page will be associated with CoDz, unbeknownst to him or not. No fault lies in your hands captainslog, and I apologize for how things are going down.

Sold. I love the idea JasonLives and mocking me. EJ said it best:

Lol, this reminded me of a video they added to the CoD Twitter page a couple days ago... l_viuSZqJyo +1 That's what it's called! I think that was the mode I was thinking of earlier EJ. It would definitely be a perfect gamemode for the OP. I haven't played BO2 MP in around 3 months so I don't really recall, but I'm guessing they removed the mode?

I can't tell you how often I have to go back and fix my spelling when writing a thread about Die Rise, because I subconsciously wrote Der Riese. Two years of writing about Der Riese will do that to ya :lol:

I see the dragon's head...I think lol. Can any one get a decent rotated close up? It wouldn't suprise me if it was though. The dragon almost seems to be symbolic of Richtofen at this point.

You're correct Infest, it goes to the launch pad of the missle platform at Griffin Station, where the missles are being readied for launch. "I will calculate the position, retrieve the artifact and take it to the launch platform." After we throw a Gersch Device at the artifact, it teleports to the launch platform, but what it's used for at the launch platform isn't clear. Either as a fuel source or in the warhead as a weapon. It really depends on what exactly the energy in these artifacts is doing to help Maxis. EDIT: I started writing a couple paragraphs about what Maxis does with this energy on Die Rise, but I started going a bit off topic on my own thread. I'm writing a short thread to explain my take on the events. Back on course. I'd like to point out a common misconception. The Moon Egg is not the same as the balls on Die Rise. They have very different designs on them. The Moon egg has no Flower of Life design on it. Let me show you... See, they're different. Still doesn't take away the importance and power of the balls on Die Rise for me though. Spiral Out, - Mix Man, I just started reading up on the Flower of Life recently, but it truly is fascinating. What I find most interesting is how old the pattern dates back to, as well it's various locations worldwide. Which leads me to a small theory on why the patterns on the two spheres differ. I'm glad you pointed that out Mix, as my wording doesn't make it very clear. They're most defintely two different designs. From reading up on it, it appears the Flower of Life pattern has been found throughout various parts of the world, including China, India, Japan, Italy, and France. Could these spheres design pattern be representative of each ancient civilizations specific sphere. Or perhaps Treyarch just wanted the designs to mimic the look of a the Flower of Life. Just some possible thoughts. What do you guys think? Another interesting thing I caught when looking into the Flower of Life was the relationship to the Golden Ratio. Da Vinci directly associated the Flower of Life with the Golden Ratio of Phi and even believed the Golden Ratio was based off the Flower of Life. [tab][/tab] You know about the Golden Ratio stuff on the Der Riese Chalkboard. So perhaps this is why the ratio was being studied by Maxis and Richtofen at Der Riese? It's interesting to see the connections. Yes you are correct. I'm gonna try and get a thread out tomorrow that explains my take on what's happening during the Die Rise easter egg. I started explaining it on this thread but it kept dragging on so hopefully I can get it posted tomorrow. Stay tuned guys, I love the discussion going on right now! Ill try to post more tomorrow.

Please stop posting multiple threads in multiple forums asking for subs. 99% of your posts are exactly like this. You are going against the Code of Conduct. If I see another one I will report it.

As far as Illuminati goes, I'm not even going to address that. We haven't had an Illumanti reference since Ascension at the latest. Richtofen said it on Kino Der Toten himself "The Illumnati will never get their hands on me again." The Illumnati is not in charge, and is the reason we are not seeing them in BO2, and haven't seen or heard of them in any of the last BO maps. I know we don't see eye to eye on this, so no need to discuss it further. Moving on. I think we're both aware of Atomic spies and sleeper agents. Just as Group 935 had agents in America, it'd be reasonable to assume the Ascension Group. Just a thought on this. Gersch just admitted that Project Mercury and the Gersch Device are inner-linked. Yes, of course. "Gersch Device" is just a nickname given to the Mercury Project by the person Gersch is reporting to. Yuri is complaining about blasting monkeys into the atmosphere. NASA was blasting monkeys into the atmosphere. Russia was sending dogs and cats into space at the time. From my understanding, the Russians didn't experiment with sending monkeys into space until the mid 80's. That's a good point, but this would bring the whole timeline of Ascension into question. If we are still under the impression that Ascension happens during FIVE, it would mean the radio is a complete contradiction of itself. I noticed you avoided my evidence about NASA Project Mercury monkeys fighting us. Those are NASA's Project Mercury space monkeys in Project Mercury capsules being sent to fight us. If this part of Project Mercury was meant to be somehow Russian, I'd expect zombified Laika's crashing down in Sputnik capsules instead. I'm not trying to "avoid" any of your evidence. I'm trying to have a simple discussion of the evidence. I don't get why everyone gets so heated nowadays. And could it not be possible that the monkies that are landing at Ascension are indeed monkies from America's Mercury Project. To be honest, this is the first I'm hearing of the monkies wearing spacesuits from NASA. They have NASA badges on it, or what? I'm jsut trying to get a better idea. Again, I'm not going to touch on, what I consider, to be Illuminati nonsense. And your information on the Ascension Group was great, but mostly stuff I've already covered. You've reached some of the same conclusions I have. I wrote a thread 2 or 3 months ago all about the aftermath of WW2 leading up to the Cold War, and the formation of the Manhattan Project/AEC and the Ascension Group. It went unnotticed as I added it as part of another thread. Here's a spoiler with the thread I was working on. But caution, it's a bit of a read. I stopped working on it after the story in BO2 took a turn with China, as it threw off where my story was going. Nonetheless, I've drawn the conclusions you've claimed I've missed. viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28059 In the Project Nova intel, a list of projects from the Wunderwaffe Program are shown, and are listed in descendeding order of priority. The first two subjects listed that are of the highest priorities, and are the two we need to focus on: [*:3go30t7p]Analysis of the "The Uranium Club", a German Nuclear Energy project whose purpose was to weaponize nuclear fussion technology. The project was believed to have been cancelled in 1942. The Uranium Club bears many resemblances to Group 935's beginning at the Der Riese facility right before the beginning of WWII. [*:3go30t7p]Analysis of German V2 rockets which were capable of launching heavy loads (i.e. satellites) into low Earth orbit. In the decades following, these two subjects will become the greatest of importance to both America and the Soviets with the events of the Nuclear Arms Race and Space Race. But it all started with the capture of German Nuclear Physcists and Rocket Scientists from the Wunderwaffe program. The Uranium Club and Group 935. 1939-1942 The Uranium Club, a project of the Wunderwaffe program, was an attempted effort led by Germany to develop and produce atomic weapons during the events of World War II. This program started in April of 1939, just months after the discovery of nuclear fission in January 1939, but ended only months later, due to the start of WWII, where many notable physicists were drafted into the war. However, the second effort began under the administrative auspices of the German Army Weapons Agency at the beginning of WWII (September 1, 1939). Eventually it was assessed that nuclear fission would not contribute significantly to ending the war, and in January 1942, the German Army Weapons Agency turned the program over to the Reich Research Council, yet continued to fund the program. Afterwards, the program split up between nine major institutes where the directors dominated the research and set their own objectives. At this time, the number of scientists working on applied nuclear fission began to diminish, with many applying their talents to more pressing war-time demands. It was also around the time of Group 935's beginning in 1939 that the first stages of the Manhattan Project were shaping up in America. The US could not risk coming in second to the Germans when it came to nuclear power, and the Manhattan Project was set up to ensure they would be the first to harness the godlike power. On August 13, 1942, The Manhattan Project was officially started in hopes to be the first country to create a nuclear weapon. Towards the end of the Alsos Mission in 1945, Der Riese was successfully raided by the Americans. They were able to gather invaluable data and personel from Group. The Americans and the Alsos Mission members searched for personnel, records, material, and sites in order to evaluate the German Nuclear Energy Project, further American research, and prevent their capture by the Soviet Union. Alsos personnel managed to find and remove many of the German research effort's personnel and data, most notably information on Element 115's nuclear characteristics and V2 rockets. Near the end of the raid at Der Riese, the Americans ended up in a faceoff with Soviet Allied Forces, who had been excuting a raid of the facility as well. Both sides were after the same thing: data and personnel. Scientists captured by the the US would go on to work under Operation Paperclip and the Manhattan Project, while scientists captured by the Soviets went on to form the Ascension Group. During the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos hosted thousands of employees, including the Wunderwaffe scientists captured during the Alsos Mission and Operation Paperclip. The location was a total secret. Though its contract with the University of California was initially intended to be temporary, the relationship was maintained long after the war. Until the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, University of California president Robert Sproul did not know what the purpose of the laboratory was and thought it might be producing a "death ray". The only member of the UC administration who knew its true purpose—indeed, the only one who knew its exact physical location—was the Secretary-Treasurer Robert Underhill, who was in charge of wartime contracts and liabilities. But while Los Alamos remained the central facility for the Manhattan Project, there where two other main facilities for the project. After purchasing the land, the federal government relocated some 1,500 residents of White Bluffs and Hanford before beginning construction of the site. Disputes around the land acquisitions process dragged on and was not completed until after the end of the Manhattan Project. Two other reactors, D Reactor and F reactor, came online in December 1944 and February 1945, respectively. By April 1945, shipments of plutonium were headed to Los Alamos every five days, and Hanford soon provided enough material for the first nuclear bombs. The Hanford Site would continue to produce nuclear material for the decades following. Is it possible that the personel at the Hanford Site were conducting experiments or possibly even producing Element 115 within one of it's secret reactors? Element 115 research and production at the Hanford Site? Back to the note from Der Riese. It's likely that scientists of the Manhattan Project had been studying the effects of Element 115 as early as 1945 at the Hanford Site. The resulting radiation from the research would lead to the zombies during the Green Run map. But is it possible that the Americans began developing it on their own as well, after successfully reverse engineering the element. The note from Der Riese states "Element 115 is produced by bombarding Americium-243 nucleus with a calcium-48 nucleus...", so it seems plausible that the Americans could have been attempting to produce their own supply. Just something to keep in mind throughout this discussion. The work of Manhattan Project members at the The Hanford Site and the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1943-1945 would culminate in the creation of the first successful atomic weapon, which would be used in the first nuclear test near Alamogordo, New Mexico. While America was getting ready to take the lead in the nuclear arms race, the Soviets had begun operations of thier own after discovering America's progress from atomic spies such as Klaus Fuchs. The Soviet Atomic Bomb Project. 1945 The Soviet project to develop their own atomic bomb began during post-World War II, in the wake of the discovery of the United States' nuclear projects. Because of the bloody and intensified war with Germany on the Eastern Front, the large scale efforts prevented Soviets from developing the atomic bomb during the war like the Americans did, but accelerated the program after the discovery of the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the atomic raids on Japan and the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, the Soviet Union expanded it's research facilities, military reactors, and employed a number of scientists including its atomic spies who successfully penetrated the American nuclear weapons efforts. The first step in the Soviet's plan was to acquire Wunderwaffe and German scientists of their own into what became known as the "Russian Alsos". Russian Alsos and The Ascension Group. Early 1945 The Russian Alsos was an operation by the Soviets which took place in early 1945 in Germany, whose objectives were the exploitation of German atomic related facilities, intellectual materials, materiel resources, and scientific personnel for the benefit of the Soviet Atomic Bomb Project. One such location that was raided by the Soviets was the Der Riese facility in Germany. As the American's were raiding Der Riese, the Soviets were simultaneously attempting a raid of their own. It eventually lead to a standoff between the two, and both sides agreed to cooperate. While America and the USSR were allies during the war, both sides had personal motives for their missions. The Soviets were able to capture a variety of personnel, as well as plans for the V2 rocket and information detailing Element 115. One of the Wunderwaffe scientist, Frediric Steiner, was able to escape with a small group as well as Nova 6 research and material being kept at the base. Steiner, who had been one of the high value targets by both America and the USSR, had escaped north towards the Arctic Ocean. Due to miscommunication between the US and Britain, the Soviets were able to capture Dr. Steiner and bring him back to Russia. Shortly afterwards, Steiner would go on to create The Ascension Group. The Ascension Group. 1945 Tac wrote: In 1945, America's British counterparts in MI-6 inaccurately reported that the original NOVA 6 test site located outside Cottbus on the border of Poland was destroyed under heavy bombing. Reports from the time indicated that the NOVA 6 compound was transported on the Elbe River to the North Sea where it was moved to a freighter for transport to an unknown location. MI-6 reported that the freighter ship was destroyed on direct orders from Winston Churchill and everyone was killed in the resulting explosion. Steiner and the remnants of the Wunderwaffe scientists disappeared on October 29th, 1945 near the Arctic Circle. Around the same time, the Soviet Operation designated "Olympus" consisted of the 3rd Shock Army Special Operations unit led by General Dragovich. When Dragovich infiltrated their ship, Steiner gave up his own men to save his own sin. We now know that as the minimum, Dragovich, Kravcenko, and Steiner escaped with samples of the gas and headed back to Moscow. From there, the Ascension Group was created. The Ascension Group was headed by Steiner himself, but organized by Dragovich. Steiner's main purpose was his workings of NOVA 6. This was the Soviet resurrection of the German NOVA6 Program. Other Group 935 members captured during the Russian Alsos had also been working in the organization. So while the American's had the Manhattan Project in the works, the Soviets began the Ascension Group in hopes to compete and excel past the US. The Nuclear Arms race was in full effect. But for the Soviets, it was too little too late. On July 16, 1945 America succeeded in building the first nuclear weapon before Russia. The test was codenamed "Trinity" The Trinity Test. 1945 The Trinity Test was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device. Conducted by Manhattan Project members and the United States Army on July 16, 1945 at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, the Trinity Test is considered by many to be the beginning of the Atomic Age. The Baruch Plan stated that the United States (at the time the only state possessing atomic weapons) would destroy its atomic arsenal on the condition that the U.N. imposed controls on atomic development. These controls would allow only the peaceful use of atomic energy. The plan was passed by the Commission, but not agreed to by the Soviet Union who abstained on the proposal in the Security Council. Debate on the plan continued into 1948, but by early 1947 it was clear that agreement was unlikely a reasonable conclusion. The Soviets had refused to the Baruch Plan, and for good reason. Work on the first Soviet nuclear weapon had already begun by the Ascension Group and other Soviet personnel, and they had no plans of halting it's production and come across as a weaker power than America. In just two years time, the Soviets would be ready to launch their first nuclear weapon. In the meantime, America would continue their nuclear development and testing after the Soviets refusal of the Baruch Plan. United States Congress decides to hand all future nuclear research and development to the newly formed United States Atomic Energy Commision. United States Atomic Energy Commision. 1946. The Atomic Energy Commision (AEC) was established after the Manhattan Project to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S. Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946, transferring the control of atomic energy from military to civilian hands, effective from January 1, 1947. After the AEC came into being in 1947 , former Los Alamos National Laboratory director Robert J. Oppenheimer was appointed as the Chairman of it's General Advisory Committee (GAC), the commitee responsible for providing the high-level scientific and technical advice needed. From this position he advised on a number of nuclear-related issues, including project funding, laboratory construction, and even international policy. Throughout the 1960's, the AEC would fall under scrutiny for limited regulation in several important areas, including radiation protection standards, nuclear reactor safety, plant siting, and environmental protection. The fact that the AEC was in charge of both nuclear development and safety regulations regarding the testing, led to many tests that exposed civilians to lethal doses of radiation. After the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) came into being in 1947 as a civilian agency in control of nuclear research and weapons issues, Oppenheimer was appointed as the Chairman of its General Advisory Committee (GAC). From this position he advised on a number of nuclear-related issues, including project funding, laboratory construction and even international policy—though the GAC's advice was not always heeded. A little more than a year after the AEC's formation, they would go on to begin their first nuclear test, Operation Sandstone. AEC's First Test: Operation Sandstone. 1947. Operation Sandstone was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted in 1948. The tests were first authorized by President Harry S. Truman June 27, 1947. Research and development and other technical aspects would be handled by the Los Alamos National Laboratory like previous nuclear tests. It was the third series of American tests, following Trinity in 1945 and Crossroads in 1946. Like the Crossroads tests, the Sandstone tests were carried out at the Pacific Proving Grounds, although at Enewetak Atoll rather than Bikini Atoll. They differed from Crossroads in that they were conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission, with the armed forces having only a supporting role. The purpose of the Sandstone tests was also different, in that they were primarily tests of new bomb designs rather than of the effects of nuclear weapons. The successful testing of the new cores in the Operation Sandstone tests rendered every component of the old weapons obsolete. Even before the third test had been carried out, production of the old cores was halted, and all effort concentrated on the new Mark 4 nuclear bomb, which would become the first mass-produced nuclear weapon. More efficient use of fissionable material as a result of Operation Sandstone would increase the U.S. nuclear stockpile from 56 bombs in June 1948 to 169 in June 1949. - US operation crossroads 1946 -roswell 1947 majestic 12 started 1947 -first soviet nuke rds-1 1949 Green run months later detect radiation 1949 -first soviet rocket sputnick 1956 -project rover 1957 - Another technology that emerged from the ruins of the Second World War was advanced rocketry, to be more specific, Rockets powered by liquified fuels (chemical rockets). It was Nazi Germany who made the biggest technological contribution with the V-2, the world's first ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile). It's designer Werner Von Braun envisaged his machines carrying satellites and eventually man into orbit around the earth and beyond. But at the time, if he wanted to see his ideas developed, there would have to be a military application. So despite his best intentions, unless his devices could be used militarily, his ideas would have never got off the ground (pardon the pun there!). When he, and a group of german scientists who worked with him surrendered to the americans, not only did america have the most destructive weapon known to mankind, but also a delivery system with the potential to deliver the deadly payload. Unfortunately for Von Braun, the american military lost interest in his rockets as a missile delivery system, in favour of using long distance bombers. But the Russians had other ideas. After WWII the allies (UK, USA, France, USSR) decided to divide Germany in two, with the Soviet Union (Russia) taking possession of the east, while the rest shared the west. A underground V-2 development site at Mittlewerk fell under the jurisdiction of the russians, and with the help of their foremost rocket scientist Sergei Korolev it wasn't long before the russians had their own version of the V-2. It wasn't until the Soviets launched their first man-made satellite Sputnik did america sit up and take notice. The Space Race had begun, and america was losing!. After Sputnik the russians saw the huge propoganda value of these rockets and the Space Race served as a distraction away from the frightening realities of the Cold War. Here we had two countries of differing ideoligies threatening each other, each one having enough nuclear firepower to not only destroy each other, but the entire planet! The americans were now playing catch up, and with the russians being well on their way to the next step, putting a man in low earth orbit, they had challenging times ahead. But that's when the americans work best, when faced with a challenge. And with the original designer of the V-2 on their team it wasn't going to be long before they were 'back in the game'. Russia beat the americans again, to put the first man into orbit Yuri Gagarin in 1961, but after that it was america all the way. It was during John F Kennedy's presidency when he set a goal that before the 60's came to a close that america would have a man on the moon. And they did!. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back on-topic..... Sadly, President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 but the Apollo moon program continued and nearly 6 years after his death Apollo 11 became the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. It was during President Kennedy's term that he had his sights firmly set on Mars as the next objective after the manned moon landings. His idea was to have a man on Mars before 1980, and he was keen to explore the most efficient methods of getting there. He was very interested in Nuclear Rocket Propulsion and even paid a visit to Jackass Flats in 1962. Much of the research and development on chemical rockets was carried out at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico whereas with nuclear powered rocketry it was decided that all research and testing was to be done within a 254 square mile area on the South-western fringe of the NNSS (Formerly NTS) designated Area 25 or Jackass Flats. A number of experiments with Atomic power took place here: •Project Rover (Nuclear Thermal Rocket) - cancelled in favour of.... •Project NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) •Project Pluto (Nuclear Ramjet for cruise missiles) The orignal debate was that the America and Russia weren't working together. All the evidence that points to the Ascension Group's creation only further supports the fact the two countries were not working together. No hey Shooter good to see you too, how are ya? Just straight to the point. Same ol' Mix.

Hello friend, it's good to see you again. Haha seriously though it's always nice seeing a old friend making posts, not much of us left around here. Anywho, you probably didn't notice, but aside from the post before you, the thread was dead for the last 25 days, lost in the sea of threads. You know how that goes lol. This is definitely a great discussion. However, I disagree with most everything that's been said thus far. My main supporting evidence is in the Ascension radio itself. Gersch states they are competting against the Americans/Canadians (Gersch most likely referencing the fact that Canada assisted America in the Manhattan Project and the Space Race). This seems to reinstate the fact that the Russians were still in competition against the US for space supremity in Zombies history. Also the opening cutscene of FIVE entails JFK and Castro discussing the Cuban Missle Crisis, a crisis which wouldn't have occured without the feud between Russia and the US, further proving they were still at odds with another. I think these things are pretty solid evidence American and Russia wouldn't be working together. Oh, and one other thing I thought I'd mention. These red phones are a play on what was known as the Moscow-Washington hotline or "the red telephone". The hotline was set up on June 20, 1963 was a means of faster communication between Soviet Russia and America. During that time period, letters had to be encoded by the sender to ensure a message was not intercepted, which took endless hours to decode. In the fears of a message being received too late, and the start of mutually assured destruction, "The red telephone" was set up a secure line between Moscow and Washington. These are the red phones we see in Five and Ascension. One interesting thing to note about "the red telephone" is that it wasn't a telephone at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2% ... on_hotline Why the Ascension scientists refer to it as Project Mercury is beyond me, but perhaps they were playing off of America's program name. Who knows. All the Russian is extremely confusing, but I'm quite sure at the point of Ascension in the timeline, they we're still at odds with Russia.

“An egg...of the Devil!" - Takeo Masaki. Moon. Hello again everyone, got an interesting thread for you guys today. Of course, all it seems to do is evoke more questions than answers, but that's Zombies for ya! So does the ball above look familiar? It should. It is the "egg" or "artifact" that is used during the completion of the Big Bang Theory Easter Egg on the final map of Black Ops, Moon. It is during Moon that we first learn of this artifact, but it wouldn't be the last. This artifact or artifacts are more crucial to the Zombies story than we once thought. Although Moon is when we first learned about these artifacts, they were built into the story of Zombies, based on some character quotes from Moon: “Oh wunderbar I was wondering where that artifact went.” - Richtofen “I knew I should of invented an egg moving robot. Stupid Maxis with his rules and stupid accent.” - Richtofen “This must be the artifact Daddy was talking about!” - Samantha “I do not like this egg, it gives me a very bad feeling “ - Takeo "Good, now that I'm in control of the station, we have one last chance to severe Edward' s link with Earth. I will calculate the position, retrieve the artifact and take it to the launch platform." - Maxis (during EE) So what can we gather about the artifact from these quotes? It's clear that Richtofen and Maxis had been working on the artifact at one point, or at least Maxis was aware of the artifact. Also, Samantha appears to have been aware of the artifact's existance from her father. [tab][/tab]But most importantly, is the last quote from Maxis. If we think back to the easter egg on Moon, after Richtofen takes Samantha's place, we must then help Maxis. First we free him from wherever he is, then he uses the artifact along side the missles to bomb the Earth. So what was the purpose of the artifact? Did it power the missles engines? Or was it used inside the warhead to have some sort of effect on Earth? What's clear is that it serves some sort of significant purpose or posesses some type of tremendous power. So, why do I bring up the events of Moon now? Well, for those who have completed the Die Rise easter egg, you'll understand the connection I'm about to make. At one point during the easter egg, you encounter the twin Imperial guardion lions, or Shishi. Under the lions paw, rests an egg with a similiar pattern to the artifact seen on Moon. "The lions are always presented in pairs, a manifestation of yin and yang, the female representing yin and the male yang. The male lion has its right front paw on an embroidered ball called a "xiù qiú" (绣球), which is sometimes carved with a geometric pattern known in the West as the "Flower of life" The Flower of Life is the name for a geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced, overlapping circles. This design, used as a decorative motif since ancient times, forms a flower-like pattern with the symmetrical structure of a hexagon. New Age followers ascribe many forms of significance to the Flower of Life and three similar figures, called the "Egg of Life," the "Fruit of Life," the "Seed of Life,"and the "Tree of Life." Melchizedek and others assert that these figures are symbols of sacred geometry. The Flower of Life has provided what is considered to be deep spiritual meaning and forms of enlightenment to those who have studied it as sacred geometry. The pattern also represents ancient spiritual beliefs, as well as depicting fundamental aspects of space and time. They claim that Metatron's Cube (read more) may be derived from the Flower of Life pattern, and that the Platonic solids within it were "thought to act as a template from which all life springs." The Flower of Life pattern dates all the way back to 645 BC. It was originally thought that the Temple of Osiris in Abydos, Egypt contained the oldest known examples of the Flower of Life. It is now known that an earlier example of the pattern can be seen in the Assyrian rooms of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Leonardo da Vinci even scetched crafted a drawing of the ancient symbol. Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_of_life Anywho, what we can gather from this is these spheres or artifacts that our occuring in the last few maps, is that they hold a tremendous amount of power, to say the least. It' still unclear exactly what their power is, but whatever it is, it's immense. Below is a video of NGT doing the easter egg. He is at the point where the spheres come into play, and like the video says, it's important to make note that Richtofen and Maxis want you to do different things with these eggs. ypIq7ojOHps Maxis wants you to use the balls to energize the tower at Die Rise, while Richtofen wants you to liquify the balls, to purge the tremendous energy within them. Richtofen would rather you use the 115 from the flesh of zombies to power the tower, while shutting out Maxis. It almost appears that this is some sort of other energy than 115, a more powerful energy similiar to Vril. Now let's take a look at the Green Run easter egg, again Maxis wants you to use the energy from "him"(avagadro) to power the tower, while Richtofen again wanted flesh from 115, while trying to shut out Maxis. When looking closely at the Easter Egg and the quotes, a bigger picture begins to reveal itself on what's really going on. The two entities are not fighting for one power, but different powers. Richtofen knows that if Maxis achieves his goals, his power will be blocked out or diminish entirely, but if Richtofen can... But I'm getting off topic now, I'll save that discussion for another thread. In conclusion, I don't think this is the last we'll be seeing of these artifacts. Will they hold the key to Maxis' success and Richtofen's defeat? What type of energy do they truly hold? Only time will tell, but we may just be seeing them again. There may be more to this, I'm still continuing to research. Shooter UPDATE 3/31 There has been some great discussion recently from Mix and PINNAZ in regards to the balls, the Dragons, and their significance. Some may not scroll down to read it, so I'm adding it to the original text. Read more from MixMasterNut and PINNAZ: There's so much I could include but don't have the time right now. Sorry to talk about Dragons so much & sorry for the messy post. Seeya all.

Oh no no no. Treyarch has already completed the majority of the DLC (if not already completed, it's probably in the final testing and tweaking stage. Treyarch has already brought in guys to play the new maps, so the assumption is they're already finished, if not 95% done. Treyarch knows, they're just waiting to tell us. I imagine we'll get news about it within the next week.

I didn't report either of you guys, but I've reported this threads to the mods for observation. Discussions and debates are ok, but insults are not. Stop bickering or the thread will most certainly get locked.

This is a pretty cool idea. Kind of like having steady aim and quick draw built into Deadshot. Maybe if Deadshot actually had these kind of effects , I'd think about buying it for once. I like it! ;)