- For the challenge, see Humiliation.
- "Storm the Somali compound and pick up Makarov's trail."
- — Level description
"Return To Sender" is the tenth mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The player controls Yuri as he, Soap, and Price search for Waraabe, a man involved in distributing the chemical that caused the chemical attacks on Europe. The mission takes place in Somalia.
Characters
- Yuri (playable)
- John "Soap" Mactavish
- John Price
- Nikolai (W.I.A.)
- Waraabe (K.I.A.)
- Viktor "Volk" Khristenko (mentioned only)
- Vladimir Makarov (mentioned only)
- Echo One Leader
- MacMillan (cutscene only)
Plot
Price contacts Baseplate, who is now revealed to be MacMillan, trying to find intel on Makarov. MacMillan sighs and warns Price that he's on "everyone's shit-list" and is reluctant to share intel unofficially with him. When reminded of their mission in Pripyat, he tells Price that Waraabe, an African warlord in Somalia, should have intel on Makarov. Price discusses their plan to enter the compound with Soap, deciding that a stealthy approach is out of the question and asks Soap to tell Nikolai to ready his men.
Yuri is in the backseat of a jeep heading to the enemy compound, with Price and Soap in the driver's and passenger's seats respectively. As soon as they ram through the gates, they come out of their vehicles and cut their way in through the heavy enemy resistance as they are bombarded by mortars and attacked by Technicals. Yuri is given control of Nikolai's chopper's remote turret to soften up the resistance.
After a lot of fighting through the compound, they head into Waraabe's office building and meet fierce resistance inside. After the militia are eliminated, they breach inside an office and kill everyone inside except Waraabe. The three intruders put on gas masks and the interrogation begins. Price releases the gas from the chemical attacks in Europe in the corner of the room and demands an already-frightened Waraabe to tell them Makarov's location in exchange for a gas mask to save his life.
Panicking, Waraabe hastily tells them that his contact was a man named Volk and that he never personally met Makarov. Soap steps on Waraabe's thigh, asking for Volk's location. In pain, Waraabe finally breaks and reveals that Volk can be found in Paris. Price gives Waraabe a gas mask, but promptly executes him as the African fumbles with the gas mask for "the boys at Hereford," referring to the SAS members who were killed in the event of the chemical attacks.
The remaining members of Nikolai's men leave the building and head to their primary exfil point, but Nikolai radios them and alerts them of a rapidly approaching sandstorm. They regroup with the other members and hurry on to the exfil point, but before they can board the chopper, they are ambushed by the militia and are forced to cut their way through to the second LZ. Again, the second exfil is on the roof of a building full of militia, but the 141 and Nikolai's men deal with them. The LZ still being too hot, Yuri uses the remote turret to neutralize any hostile militia. Unfortunately, a rocket shoots down Nikolai's helicopter, sending it hurtling out of control towards Price's group. The trio rappels down the building to avoid getting hit by the out of control helicopter.
Price tells Echo Team to find Nikolai, and to execute an emergency exfil. They make their way through the heavy sandstorm, dealing with Waraabe's men along the way. The group makes it to the crash site, and Yuri carries an injured Nikolai with the others to the emergency exfil, where they finally get out of the village. Soap then asks how they plan to capture Volk while the war rages in Europe. Price replies that while they can't, he knows someone who can.
Video Walkthrough
Weapon Loadout
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| Found in level |
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Intel
23. Just past the docks area, in the blue and white "L" shaped building up the stairs. The intel is sitting on a desk.
24. The intel is sitting on a table in the west side of Waraabe's office.
25. The third intel is in a small, "guard post"-like building next to a burning car.
Transcript
- Main article: Return To Sender/Transcript
Gallery
Achievements/Trophies
- Sandstorm! (10
/ Bronze Trophy ) - Complete "Return to Sender" on any difficulty. - Payback (25 / Silver Trophy ) - Complete "Mind the Gap", "Goalpost" and "Return to Sender" on Veteran difficulty.
- Kill Box (20 / Bronze Trophy ) - Kill 20 enemies with the Chopper Gunner in a single run in "Return to Sender".
Trivia
Yuri controlling the Remote Turret, seen through noclip. Note that his character model is not very detailed.
- After rescuing Nikolai from the helicopter wreckage and escaping by jeep, the Spetsnaz Victory theme from the multiplayer is heard at the end of the level.
- The player can shoot themselves when gaining control of Nikolai's chopper's remote turret.
- The crates Waraabe falls back on are marked with the Shadow Company insignia.
- Near the end of the level, before making it to the roof the the LZ building, one of the soldiers that is crushed by the falling wall will have AK-47 with every attachment, but it is unobtainable.
- When the snipers and RPGs attack Nikolai, a dead soldier will drop a weapon with every attachment, but it is unobtainable.
- At the docks, the player can see a ship marked "Fregata Industries".
- After the sandstorm hits, Soap will have an M4A1 with all attachments.
AK-47 with all attachments
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