Paul Jackson
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| Paul Jackson | |
|---|---|
 Jackson, surveying his surroundings | |
| Appears in | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Affiliations | 1st Force Recon, United States Marine Corps |
| Death | 2011, Aftermath |
| Weapon | M4A1, M9, M1911, any weapon picked up in the campaign |
Sergeant Paul Jackson was a special-forces operator of the United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, 1st Force Recon, and was the deuteragonist of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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[edit] Biography
Jackson and other Marines are sent to an unknown location in the Middle East where Khaled Al-Asad has taken over. In the search for Al-Asad they search two buildings; the first a normal house and the second a TV station, in which a heavy fight occurs. Both buildings show no sign of Al-Asad however.
After receiving word that the main battle tank, "War Pig", has become isolated, Jackson and his platoon are given orders to rescue it and get it running again. The platoon proceeds to save the tank and move it through the occupied city.
He then fights through the mission Shock and Awe to rescue a team of Marines pinned down in a building and gets them to the helicopter. Moments later, he rescued the pilot of a Cobra helicopter crash only for his own helicopter to be caught in a nuclear detonation shortly after. Paul Jackson initially survives the nuclear explosion, but eventually succumbs to injuries sustained in the crash or the effects of the blast (although radiation takes time to have any effect, a nuclear explosion generates enormous heat, shockwaves and other potentially lethal forces) as he struggles to crawl out of his helicopter.
[edit] Notes
- Jackson wears gloves, so it's unable to determine his race or ethnicity. Though, Sergeant Jackson might be African-American: in a pre-release version's gameplay video shown at the E3 2007 event[1], he was not wearing gloves and his hands looked brown skinned. Also, his arm is brown skinned on the Marine's first person view hand texture file.
- Jackson is listed as Killed in Action after the brief controllable cut scene "Aftermath", confirming that he was possibly killed due to nuclear radiation. Aftermath was likely used to dramatize the effects of war and the presumed death of the character.
- Jackson is the first playable character in a Call of Duty game that is scripted to die.
- It is thought that Jackson was a father because in Aftermath it is possible to hear a voice say "I love you daddy" if the player walks towards the destroyed playground (this can be difficult as Jackson fades out and dies after approximately 120 seconds, and also due to the background sound effects).
[edit] Appearances
- (1 game)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (First appearance)
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21748.html E3 2007 video
| Characters of Call of Duty 4 | ||
| Marines | Paul Jackson · Vasquez · Griggs · Pelayo · Roycewicz · Massey · West · Volker · Sniper Team Two · Two-Six Team | |
| SAS | "Soap" MacTavish · Price · Gaz · MacMillan · Arem · Nikolai · Mac · Murphy · Maxwell · Griffen · Wallcroft · One-One Team | |
| Loyalists | Kamarov | |
| OpFor | Khaled Al-Asad | |
| Ultranationalists | Imran Zakhaev · Victor Zakhaev | |
| Other | Thermal Imaging TV Operator · Yasir Al-Fulani · News reporter | |
