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= Captain John "SOAP" Mactavish = Captain John "SOAP" Mactavish is the main protagonist of the Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise, and he has also appeared in other games such as Call Of Duty: Heroes as well as Call Of Duty: Online . He is the main playable character in Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered as a sergeant and special forces soldier, fulfilling his duty of 22nd S.A.S. Regiment’s sniper and Demolitions Expert. He is the Captain and Field Commander of Task Force 141 in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. There is a slight tease to the fact that he hates dogs. It is also implied at one part that his blood group is O-positive His teammates include Captain John “PRICE”, Sgt. Gary “ROACH” Sanderson and Lt. Simon “GHOST” Riley under his command. The character has been voiced by Kevin McKidd.

He plays an important role during the Ultranationalists Crisis, becoming a newcomer to the British Special Air Service and a part of Captain Price’s BRAVO team. The player assumes the role of Soap in Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in addition to other characters including Captain Price in one of the levels. He is present as an NPC in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 except for the last 3 levels of the game, where the player once again is able to play as Soap. In Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, he is an NPC for the whole game except for the first level of the game. He is badly injured in action after being caught in an explosion with YURI and falling from a high building while trying to assassinate Vladimir Makarov, dying at last in Price’s hands due to excessive blood loss. While dying, Soap tells Price that Makarov knows Yuri, due to which Price gets enraged at Yuri asking for answers or to die. He is labelled as K.I.A.(Killed In Action).

A DLC named “Soap Legend Pack” for Call Of Duty: Ghosts was released on April 22, 2014 on Xbox 360 and Xbox One platform. The pack includes a customization feature which allows to customize their soldier/player look like Soap, along with it is a Soap themed player patch, camo, reticle, player card and background. The pack is priced at $3.99.

Early Life

Not much is shown in the game’s trilogy about Soap’s early life nor it is said by any other characters in the game. The only few things known are, that he is a Roman Catholic. He is from Scotland, which is evident by the Scottish flag on his dog tags, along with his Scottish accent.

Military Career

Soap served with the 3rd battalion, parachute regiment prior to joining the S.A.S., with at least one tour in Northern Island.

S.A.S. Career

Soap begins his S.A.S. career hours before the Second Russian Civil War began. Initially, Soap begins as a sergeant. While in the SAS’s training camp in Credenhill, U.K., Soap is given a quick training on weapons and techniques by a fellow S.A.S. member GAZ, after which he is introduced to Captain Price and the rest of his BRAVO team. He is referred to as the F.N.G.(Fucking New Guy) by an unknown S.A.S. soldier. After passing the C.Q.B.(Close-Quarter Battle) test, he is briefed about the next mission to infiltrate and assault a cargo ship in Bering Strait. On board to the ship, they find a Nuclear Bomb bound to Russia, though the enemy MIGs are able to interrupt their investigations and the BRAVO team is forced to leave the vessel. In the process of escaping the doomed vessel, Soap was forced to leap for the ramp of the team’s helicopter, just as it was about to fly away. He lost his grip on the handle, when Price caught him mere seconds before he was going to fall off and pulled him up.

Upon completing the mission, SOAP, PRICE and GAZ travel to the Caucasus mountains in Russia to extract the informant who supplied the BRAVO team with intelligence for the cargo ship, who was a man named NIKOLAI. Working in close conjunction with the Russian government, loyalists led by Sergeant KAMAROV. They successfully were able to locate and extract Nikolai from the battle zone, though their helicopter is shot down by an Ultranationalist surface-to-air missile. BRAVO team, Nikolai and another S.A.S. operator is forced to fight their way through the enemy lines, before receiving assistance from an AC-130 spectre gunship, called WildFire. After the assistance, they are extracted by helicopters under cover of heavy air support from WildFire.

The search for Al-Asad

Soap’s next mission with his BRAVO team was going to take him to Azerbaijan, clearing through an abandoned village in search of Khaled Al-Asad. After a long struggle through the village, and locating Al-Asad, Soap witnesses his interrogation and execution by the hands of Captain Price, learning that his weapon’s supplier is Imran Zakhaev. That day, while returning through helicopters, Price tells Soap his story of his encounter with Viktor Zakhaev, who is Imran’s father, long ago, in Russia at Chernobyl. The next day, Soap is designated to be BRAVO team’s support man, equipped with both an M249 and M21 sniper rifle. He was placed in charge of covering the team’s retreat with the minigun mounted on a downed Black Hawk (also destroying several Ultranationalist Helicopters) and detonating the explosive charges placed at Phase Line Bravo. Afterwards, he plays the role of the point man when the squad had to backtrack to the lower part of the village due to heavy coverage of anti-aircraft weapons in the vicinity. Following this, Soap and the rest of the Bravo Team by U.S. Marines lead by the Staff Sergeant Griggs.

MacTavish’s final mission in the Russian Civil War saw him infiltrating Russia as a part of the joint task force of the United States Marine Corps and SAS Operators in order to eliminate Imran Zakhaev’s Nuclear capability. After grouping up with the US forces, Soap and his allies proceed to enter an Ultranationalist outpost and secure it, as a part of the plan to capture Zakhaev’s son, Viktor Zakhaev. After a few hours, a convoy arrives in the outpost, led by Viktor himself. Bravo team, disguised as Russian guards, allow Viktor to enter the facility, though they quickly reveal their true intentions and attack his forces. During the battle, Soap and Griggs provided Bravo team and the U.S. Marines Sniper support from a high tower. However, Viktor Zakhaev, seeing this, rams his jeep into one of the legs of the tower, leading to the tumbling of tower to the ground, like dominos. This provided a perfect distraction to get away. Stunned due to sudden fall of the tower, Soap is unable to take down Viktor before he could run away. After chasing him through a small village, and a five-story building, Soap and the rest of the team are successful in cornering Viktor. Unwilling to spill his father’s(Imran Zakhaev) dark secrets, he commits suicide before Soap could take his weapon.

15,000 Nukes at Stake

Angered at his son’s death, Imran Zakhaev threatens to launch Nuclear Missiles to the East Coast of America if U.S. and British Forces were not withdrawn from Russia. For crippling Zakhaev’s Nuclear threat; Soap, Price, Gaz, Griggs and several other S.A.S. members parachuted into the Altay Mountains in order to reach Zakhaev’s Launch Facility. However, their mission is delayed due to Griggs’ separation and his subsequent capture. After eventually locating and rescuing him, Soap plants a set of C4 on the facility’s power tower, disabling the facility’s electric supply. Following this, the Bravo team regrouped with U.S. snipers only to witness a double nuclear missile launch under the hands of Zakhaev. After entering into the facility, the team furiously fought with the ultranationalists against time to reach the missile launch control center, and eventually manage to deactivate the missiles. But, they were unable to prevent Zakhaev’s escape, who had managed to escape the facility before anything could be done. The group then attempted to escape, with Soap providing all-around cover fire for their jeep as they make it to their extraction point. However, Zakhaev’s Mi-24 Hind severely damaged the bridge, causing the jeep to crash and forcing Soap and his Bravo Team to continue on their own. Fighting fiercely at the bridge in a penultimate battle, Soap was blown to the ground and was gravely injured due to the explosion of a fuel truck. But, he was pulled in by SSgt. Griggs, only a few moments before Griggs himself was killed. He then watched helplessly as Imran Zakhaev and his men executed two more S.A.S. operatives. Just as all hope seemed to be lost, a loyalist Mi-28 ship gunship destroyed the ultranationalist Mi-24 Hind, forcing Zakhaev and his henchmen to turn their attention from Soap and open fire on the Helicopter. With Zakhaev and his men’s attention turned, Price slid a heavily injured Soap his M1911 Pistol, which he used to kill Zakhaev and two of his men just as they began to turn.

Moments later, the scene is flooded with Loyalist Forces with Kamarov coming to Soap’s aid, placing him into a stretcher, assuring him he’ll be alright. Soap passes out in the middle of the extraction, though survived his wounds alongside Price. After he recovered, he thought all of his squadmated had died, including Price.

“You are going to be alright, my friend!” – Kamarov to Soap when he rescued him.

Inter-War Period

CREDENHILL

Soap regrouped in Russia with Nikolai, then in a Military Hospital in Birmingham, U.K. before returning to Credenhill. He started suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, believing it was his fault that Griggs, Gaz and others had died while he was feeling guilty that he had survived. However, he does take some comfort in killing Zakhaev, saying it makes it worthwhile. He was also under the influence that Price had perished alongside others. He used to spend his time running circuits and getting fitter, vowing to be stronger than before.

HEREFORD

During his leave time, he visited Price’s favorite place Hereford. On the way back to Credenhill, he picked up a box of Cigars which were Price’s favorite from a tobacco shop.

Task Force 141

CREATION

During the inter-war period, Soap decided to create a multi-national task force. He managed to get the commander of the U.S. forces from the middle-east, Shepherd, to become the task force’s commander. He evaluated recruits from the U.S. Army Rangers, Special Air Service and Canadian Special Operations Regiment.

REUNITED

Sometime before Operation Kingfish, Soap was reunited with Price, with Price joining as the Field Commander of his newly formed Task Force.

OPERATION KINGFISH

On October 8th 2013, a joint operation of Task Force 141/Delta Force codenamed Operation Kingfish was launched; consisting of Price, Soap, Ghost, Roach, and Delta operators Sandman and Derek Westbrook “FROST”. The team assault the main compound and are able to gather some intel, but get ambushed by a bomb, forcing the team to evacuate. During evac, Soap is wounded by an RPG and is partially knocked out, an AC-130 tries to defend the team as they get to the evac point but gets shot down, leaving the team completely vulnerable. This forced Price to selflessly stay behind to facilitate the team’s escape. Roach and Sandman drag Soap aboard an Osprey, much to his dismay. In the aftermath, Soap is assigned as the taskforce’s field commander.

FIELD COMMANDER

After Operation Kingfish, Soap is leading the Task Force 141’s operations with Lieutenant Simon Riley “GHOST” and Sergeant Gary Sanderson “ROACH” under his command.

RECOVERING THE ACS

When the Russians get their hands on a downed U.S. satellite, Soap and Roach are sent to infiltrate a Russian Airbase to recover the ACS module within the Tian Shan mountain range in Kazakhstan. After scaling the mountain and sneaking through the base. The two recover the module inside a hangar. However, they ae quickly compromised by Major Petrov and his forces. Soap tells Roach to execute Plan B, in which Roach pulls the trigger of a C4 detonator to detonate a packet of C4 strapped to a fuel tank. In a daring escape, Roach and Soap fight their way out of the base and commander snowmobiles, leading to a thrilling chase downhill to the awaiting evacuation team.

ALEJANDRO ROJAS

Shortly after the mission in Kazakhstan, MacTavish led Task Force 141 into Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, to capture Rojas, an arms dealer who had supplied the Russian terrorist Vladimir Makarov during his assault on Zakhaev International Airport. While Soap and Ghost interrogated Rojas’ right-hand man, Roach and two other task force members went into the favela in search of Rojas. The two are killed in fighting, leaving Roach to tackle the favela by himself. Roach fights his way through, eventually linking up with MacTavish and Ghost, who have just captured Rojas. However, all they managed to learn from Rojas is that Makarov has a strong hatred for Prisoner 627 in a Russian gulag.

Due to the surprise invasion of United States, the airspace around Brazil is locked down, due to which the Task Force gets stranded in the middle of enemy territory. In order to escape, MacTavish calls in Nikolai, whom Soap had saved during the events of the Second Russian Civil War. Surrounded by the Militia, the task force fights its way to a market, where Nikolai was supposed to pick them up in a helicopter. However, due to the fire from militia, he is forced to reach the secondary extraction point. During the escape, Roach is nearly left behind when he falls off a rooftop. However, he makes his way back to the top, Militia in tow, and makes it aboard the helicopter.

COUNTERSTRIKE IN RUSSIA

Shortly after being extracted from South America, the NAVY SEALs and Task Force 141 initiated a two stage operation. The first stage being to secure a modified oil platform in order to disable SAM sites on the platform and the second phase to infiltrate the prison itself. After infiltrating the prison, MacTavish led his troops through the Russian Gulag, and eventually reach Prisoner 627, who turns out to be none other than Captain Price. Although Price is at first hostile towards Roach, but rejoins after recognizing Soap, and the squad manages to extract (via SPEP rig) from the gulag before it explodes. During this time, MacTavish returns Price’s M1911 Pistol he used to kill Imran Zakhaev five years ago.

THE CONTINGENCY

Task Force 141 then headed into Petropavlovsk, Russia, seemingly on a mission to destroy a submarine. During the course of the mission, Roach facilitated Price’s infiltration inside the submarine by providing Predator drone support. However, in a sudden twist of events, Price used the submarine to launch a nuclear missile, using it as an EMP to hinder the attacks of Russia on America.

SHEPHERD’S TRUE MOTIVES

After the events of the Nuclear Launch, Task Force 141 was split up to investigate 2 locations, with Price and Soap investigating an Arms Deal in Afghanistan, while Ghost and Roach and the bulk of the Task Force investigate one of Makarov’s safe-houses in Russia. Price and MacTavish are ambushed by Shepherd’s men and attempt to warn Ghost and Roach, only to be too late in the process. Soap ad Price manage to escape the aircraft graveyard with the help of Nikolai while getting intelligence from Makarov, focusing on killing Shepherd.

RETRIBUTION

The two then pursue Shepherd through Afghanistan, fighting through his Shadow Company and into Site Hotel Bravo. They then prevent Shepherd’s escape by shooting down the general’s Pave Low where they eventually corner him and attempt to kill him. However, as MacTavish attempts to stab Shepherd, the latter disarms Soap, slams his head into a broken down car and impales Soap with Shepherd’s knife. Before Shepherd could execute Soap with a .44 Magnum, Price tackles Shepherd, causing him to drop the gun. As Soap crawls towards it, Shepherd manages to push Price away from him, kicking the .44 Magnum away and stomping Soap’s head. Price and Shepherd then engage in a long, brutal hand-to-hand fight that Soap can see as he drifts in and out of consciousness, with Shepherd eventually gaining the upper hand. However Soap, now awake, manages to gather what little strength he had left to get the knife out of his chest, and throws it into Shepherd’s left eye, killing that treacherous general in seconds. Price, who had been pushed unconscious, awakens, pushing Shepherd’s body off of him. Seeing Soap’s mangled state, Price then comes to his aid and are evacuated by Nikolai, who arrives in a MH-6 Little Bird, even though told by Price that it was “a one-way trip”. During the course of Shepherd’s betrayal, Soap and Price were labelled as international fugitives, and were on the run following their victory over Shepherd.

W.I.A and Disavowed

Shortly after his victory over General Shepherd, Soap’s recent wounds had him slowly dying on the trip to Nikolai’s safehouse in Himachal Pradesh, India. To make matters worse, a large group of Makarov’s men assaulted the safehouse in order to eliminate the remnants of Task Force 141. Soap’s survival would not have been possible if it had not been for the actions of Price, Nikolai and a newly found ally Yuri. After escaping from the ruined safehouse and fighting through the streets of Himachal Pradesh, they are evacuated by Nikolai in a chopper.

“He’s a hard bastard, trust me, he’ll make it.” – Price during Persona Non Grata.

“Who the hell’s Yuri?” – Soap when they find Yuri near the shore of a river.

GATHERING ESOURCES TO HUNT MAKAROV

The now disavowed Task Force 141 and the loyalists then work to collect resources to supply Price and Soap in their mission to kill Makarov. First, they map out weapon depots, shops and trafficking routes used by the local militia to in exchange for money to purchase weapons from Parrot’s Beak, Guinea. They are then tasked as security detail to a client in Ghana to escort 600 kilograms of gold from the Accra Intl. Airport to local couriers in exchange for money to purchase more ordinance, weaponry and equipment.

MILITIA INVESTIGATION

Two months after his recovery, Soap accompanies Price and Yuri on missions in Sierra Leone and Somalia in pursuit of Makarov. When they land in Sierra Leone, the group follows up on Yuri’s suspicions about Makarov’s weapon shipments, and learn that the recent cargo that Makarov’s men retrieved were chemical weapons being shipped to Paris, Berlin and London.

GOING AFTER MAKAROV

Shortly after the wave of Chemical Attacks, intelligence from Price’s former commanding officer, MacMillan, leads the team to a local warlord called Waraabe, which leads to Soap assisting Price in interrogating him on intel about Makarov. The intelligence facilitates Team Metal’s apprehension of Makarov’s bomb-maker, Volk, during the Ultranationalist attack on Paris and Berlin. On the way out of Somalia, Nikolai’s chopper was shot down by Waraabe’s men forcing them to detour through the sand storm, much to Soap’s irritation. As they fought through the thick covered sand storm they eventually found Nikolai and got him out in a truck instead and shot their way out of Somalia. Soap asked how they were going to get Volk, Price said that they couldn’t but Sandman of Team Metal was close. They managed to get Volk and get the intel for Price, Soap and Yuri.

ASSASINATION ATTEMPT OF MAKAROV

The acquired intelligence from Team Metal leads Price, Soap and Yuri to Makarov’s location in Prague. With aid from Kamarov; Price, Soap and Yuri use the distraction of the local resistance to their advantage to reach their assigned spots at Hotel Lustig. Price would infiltrate the Hotel Lustig while Soap and Yuri provide cover with their Sniper Rifles at a nearby church. However, Makarov, not wanting to fall in the same trap as Zakhaev, caught wind of the assassination attempt and detonates the bombs planted on Kamarov and at Soap and Yuri’s overwatch position. Soap pushes Yuri out the hole in the wall to save him, but gets caught in the blast radius, accompanied by suffering a long fall. Soap survives the fall, but is severely injured as a result of the blast, the fall and debris collapsing on him, thus, reopening his wound that he got from Shepherd during “ENDGAME”. Just before the detonation, Soap briefly learns of Yuri’s then-unknown acquaintance with Makarov.

“What the hell’s he talking about?!” – Soap to Yuri [right before the bomb explodes].

DEATH

Price and Yuri desperately rush Soap to a nearby resistance safehouse, where Soap relays the recent revelation of Yuri’s acquaintance with Makarov to Price before dying. He dies on October 11,2016 as per the game's timeline. After being in brief denial of Soap’s death, Price stands still for a moment, then places the M1911 used to kill Imran Zakhaev in 2011 that Soap had given/ returned to him a few months ago on his chest and takes his journal from one of Soap’s pouches. While attempting to escape, Price punches Yuri down a flight of stairs, demanding he reveal how Makarov knows him. Yuri elaborates that he was Makarov’s friend, but was betrayed.


 * Soap: [grabbing Price's shirt] Price... You need to know: Makarov...knows...Yuri... [dies].

LEGACY

Soap’s death was later reported to MacMillan, and Soap’s name, John MacTavish, was later inscribed on the Hereford clocktower honoring fallen S.A.S. veterans. Soap’s death fuels Price’s vengeance against Makarov, even after the end of World War III. After WWIII ended, Price called Makarov to taunt him about his impending doom, but Makarov countered by taunting Price about Soap’s death. Just prior to his final confrontation with Makarov, where Price would finally kill the terrorist leader, Price declared “This is for Soap”.

Call Of Duty: Heroes

He also appears in Call Of Duty: Heroes as a Hero Unit, unlocked after completing the North Europe campaign.

BATTLE AURA: Increase accuracy by 4%

KILLSTREAKS: Care Package, Mine Sweep Round, Barrier Breaker

STATUE: 250

Reception

The character was well received by many fans of the Call Of Duty franchise. An online poll on the Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer's Edition which involved over 13,000 gamers voting placed John ‘Soap’ MacTavish in 12th place out of a list of 50 fictional characters.

Video

The link for a video on Soap’s history is known as John “Soap” MacTavish | A History.

Return in Upcoming Call Of Duty Reboot

Soap is rumored to return in the upcoming Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot which is to be released on October 25, 2019.