- "Look, the strength of the pack is in all the wolves, Captain. All in, no matter the cost. They were ready. Now if you don't have the will to make that kind of choice, then like me, you have no place being in command."
- — to Commander Nick Reyes, regarding his decision.
Lieutenant Commander Audrey "Mac" MaCallum is a character featured in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. She was the Chief Engineer of the Retribution. She was once the captain of her own ship, but resigned her commission after finding she was unable to cope with the responsibility of willingly sacrificing her subordinates, even for the sake of victory.
Biography[]
After Commander Nick Reyes's successful boarding action of the SDF destroyer Ares Vallis, Mac helped to sift the data downloaded by Ethan from its computer, pronouncing it "a gold mine." She also assisted Griff in creating the ATAD drone prior to Reyes's search-and-rescue mission to the mining asteroid over Mercury.
When the Retribution crashed on Mars after the failed attack on the SDF's shipyards, she reproved Reyes for his unwillingness to sacrifice his ship and crew for the sake of completing their mission. She emphasized that she, and every member of the Retribution crew was prepared to give their lives for him, but their deaths would ultimately be meaningless as long as the shipyard remained intact. When Reyes defended his decision, she repeated her belief that an officer unwilling to make the tough decisions has no business being a ship's captain stating that they came to win and pointing out the bodies of those who died with the shipyard still intact isn't victory. Reyes points out they didn't came to Mars to win, they came so the people back home do not lose.
Mac was among the small boarding party that Reyes led up the elevator from the surface of Mars to the shipyard. Partway there, they noticed another elevator shaft ferrying reinforcements to the SDF forces on the surface. While Reyes was planting a charge on the next car to descend, the car opened and a C6 robot seized him. Mac intervened, stabbing the C6's arm which caused it to release Reyes but it grabbed her and pulled her into the car. Reyes tried to pull her free before the charge detonated, but she pleaded with him to let her go, for the sake of the mission. Letting her go, Reyes watched as the car plunged away, exploding and killing Mac and all the robots aboard it but blocking the SDF from sending further reinforcements down the shaft. Morosely, Reyes realized that Mac had given her life just to ensure that Reyes and the rest of the party would continue on and complete the mission.
In the end, Mac's sacrifice proved to be fruitful as although Reyes is ultimately killed in action sometime later, she is able to help her squad secure a victory and destroy the shipyard.
Captain's Log[]
- "Mac is the Retribution's chief engineer. After years of working her way up through the ranks, she rose to the level of Commander with a ship of her own, only to discover that the burden of sending men to their deaths was more than she could handle. She resigned and re-enlisted as a tech. As an Engineering Officer, she was ineligible to take command after Alder's death, leaving that task to the highest ranking Line Officer, Nick Reyes."
- — Captain's Log.
Final message[]
- "My dearest children. Well, as this letter will only be used in the event of my death, it may seem somewhat sorrowful, but I don't want you to see it that way, okay? I have always felt that our stay on Earth, the time we call "life", it's a temporary gift to be spent in service of something greater than ourselves. Death comes to us all. It is not to be feared. I loved my job, but I hated war. But the secret mission I undertook every single day, was to protect the two of you from anyone, or anything, that threatened your health and well being. So promise me you will take care of one another, and, please, live your lives to the fullest. With all the love in my heart, Mom."
- — Farewell message to her two children
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References[]
- ↑ Operation Blood Storm