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| “ | Time to earn your bread, grunts. | „ |
| ~ Merc announcer during the start of a match. |
The Mercs (a shortened version of Mercenaries) are the military arm of Cordis Die and the secondary antagonists in the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II and the 2013 video game Call of Duty: Strike Team.
They appear to be of international origin but are mostly Cuban. Mercs are fought in almost every mission played in 2025. They are also a playable multiplayer faction. They face SEAL Team Six on Downhill, Hijacked, Standoff, Encore, Frost, and Nuketown 2025, the FBI on Aftermath, Detour, Express, Grind, Raid, Rush, Studio, and Takeoff, and the ISA on Plaza and Slums.
Background[]
During the creation of its parent organization Cordis Die, Raul Menendez needed a private army of professionally trained soldiers to conduct various armed combat actions against the military forces of Western nations. With the help of his second-in-command DeFalco, Menendez was able to recruit thousands of mercenaries to join his private army.
Randomly generated names (Odysseus)[]
- Hammond
- Paige
- Martin
- Edwards
- Suarez
- Baker
- Scott
- Moore
- Osborne
Equipment[]
Due to the immense wealth Raul Menendez had made during the course of the previous thirty years to fund his private army, the Mercs enjoyed the most state-of-the-art weapons, equipment, body armor as well as a sizable arsenal of drone weapons. In terms of vehicles, the Mercs employ machine gun-mounted Technicals painted in Digital Camouflage, unmarked UH-60 Black Hawks, as well as heavily armed MRAPs. With their wise appearance, the Mercs look like a well-trained, well-equipped army wearing Bloodshot Camouflage fatigues, ballistic vests, balaclavas with sunglasses and a radio piece, as well as military-grade ballistic helmets. Other Mercs wear an advanced optical camouflage fatigue which they wear a black balaclava with an advanced HUD and a hood over their heads.
In the sixth campaign mission Karma, they pose as an augmentation to the Colossus security team, and, because of this, the Mercs wear the same uniform as the Colossus Security Crew. They also wear a maroon-colored beret with the Colossus emblem or a balaclava.
Assault Rifle[]
- MTAR
- Type 25
- SWAT-556
- FAL OSW
- AN-94
- M27
- M8A1
- SMR
Shotguns[]
- S12
- KSG
- M1216
- R870 MCS (used by DeFalco)
- SS-23K
Light Machine Guns[]
- QBB LSW
- LSAT
- HAMR
- Mk 48
Sniper Rifles[]
- DSR 50
- Ballista
Sub-Machine Guns[]
- PDW-57
- Vector K10
- MSMC
- Chicom CQB
- Skorpion EVO
Handguns[]
- B23R
- Executioner (used by Menendez)
- KAP-40
- Five Seven
- Tac-45
Launchers[]
- SMAW
- RPG
Specials[]
- Assault Shield
Gallery[]
Black Ops 2[]
TBA
Black Ops 4[]
Ruin seeing Three Mercenaries in a Warehouse.
A Mercenary ordering two of his men to Ambush Ruin, Battery and Jessica.
Three Mercenaries prepare to ambush Ruin, Battery and Jessica.
Two Mercenaries with a Ballistic Shield and a Machine Gun.
A Mercenary with a Pistol.
Mercenaries Ambush Ruin, Battery and Jessica.
Two Mercenaries raids Ruin's safehouse.
Two Mercenaries killed by Ruin.
Several Mercenaries sent by Savannah to Eliminate the Specialists.
Several Mercenaries aiming their weapons at Ruin.
Several Mercenaries attacked by Ruin using the Grav Slam.
Mercenaries attacked by Ruin using the Grav Slam.
Ruin after dispatching the Mercenaries using the Grav Slam.
Mobile Comics[]
The Five Knights Wild West Mercenaries In The Texas Site.
Five Knights Hazmat Mercenary In The Texas Bunker.
Five Knights Hazmat Mercenaries Vs UAC Operatives In The Texas Bunker.
Five Knights Operatives Mace and Krueger along with Clown Mercenaries.
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Makarov with The Five Knights Jungle Mercenaries.
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Makarov with the Russian Mercenary.
The Five Knights Jungle Mercenaries attacked by The UAC.
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Makarov's first death by Mace.
Hidora Kai with Mace.
Mace and his Five Knights Mercenaries.
Mace and his Five Knights Mercenaries attack.
Five Knights Mercs In Hackney Yard.
Five Knights Mercs at Alcatraz.
Templar Vs. Price, Soap and the UAC.
Hidora Kai Vs. Mara.
Operative Templar in a Helicopter along with an another Knight and a Pilot.
Operative Hidora Kai on a Boat with a Knight.
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Makarov revealed to be alive.
Operative Rorke.
Operative Menendez.
Templar Vs. Ghost.
Five Knights Cordis Die Troops Vs. UAC Operatives.
Five Knights Assailant Killed By Mara.
Five Knights Sniper killed by Alex.
Five Knights Cordis Die Guard Vs. Mace and Mara.
Five Knights Cordis Die Guards at the Raid Estate.
Cordis Die Pilot sniped by Alex.
Menendez falls out of the Helicopter.
Menendez captured by Mace, Alex and Mara.
Templar reports to The Fifth Knight and other Knights.
Menendez interrogated by General Shepherd and Captain Price.
Hidora Kai returning to Tokyo.
Hidora Kai rebuilding The Five Knights.
Five Knights Yakuza In Tokyo.
Five Knights Yakuza Agent In Hidora Kai's Compound.
Hidora Kai orders his Henchmen to Kill Alex And Soap.
Five Knights Yakuza Troops in Tokyo.
Five Knights Yakuza Bikers trying to Save Hidora Kai.
Hidora Kai Captured By Alex and Soap.
Hidora Kai interrogated By General Shepherd.
Five Knights Operatives Dame And Templar.
Operative Vagr Modir and her Five Knights Naval Vikings on a Ship.
Vagr Modir and the Five Knights Vikings on the Ship among the Fleet.
Five Knights Naval Fleet in the Sea.
Five Knights Naval Vikings enter the UAC Ship.
Rorke, Templar And Dame in the Texas Bunker.
Hidora Kai And Vagr Modir notices The Ghosts Ship.
Dame Helps Templar while Injured by Ghost.
Hidora Kai, Rorke, And Vagr Modir Travel To Panama on The Five Knights Ship.
Operative Rott and His Henchmen In Panama.
Rott Meeting Rorke, Hidora Kai and Vagr Modir.
Dame carrying Templar while Injured.
Dame corners Rosa.
Dame gunned down by Rosa.
Rott and his Henchmen ambush Rosa.
Rott's Biker Mercenaries chase Rosa.
Rott and his Henchmen chase Rosa In Panama.
Five Knights Hostage Takers in an Unknown Building.
Templar and Dame wear their Dark Armor.
The Dark Covenant.
Rorke And Rott's Conversation.
Rott, Rorke and his Elite PMCs at Panama.
Rorke and his PMCs prepare to Attack Templar while Rott escapes.
Rorke orders his Henchmen to kill Templar.
Dark Shepherd assassinates one of Rorke's Soldiers.
Artery assassinates one of Rorke's PMCs.
Kryptis shoots two of Rorke's Soldiers.
Witch Doctor assassinates one of Rorke's PMCs.
Dame takes down Rorke's PMCs.
The Five Knights Ship exploded By Stansfield.
Rorke is cornered by The Dark Covenant.
Dame Kills Rorke.
Five Knights Mercenaries At Blackout Island at The Dam.
Five Knights Blackout Mercs Vs. U.S. Marines.
Five Knights Tank Platoon and Helicopter Squadron.
Dame And Templar Before he betrays The Five Knights and The Dark Covenant.
Templar Threatening Dame that he is rescuing Sophia.
Templar "kills" Dame by slitting her throat with his wristblades.
Five Knights Yakuza Bodyguards Killed By UAC.
The Dark Covenant Defeated By Templar.
Templar apologizing to Ghost.
Hidora Kai taking Cover from The UAC.
Hidora Kai stabbed by Captain Price with his own Sword.
Hidora Kai's First Death.
Ghost enters The Fifth Knight's Room.
The Five Knights Defeat.
The Fifth Knight revealed to be Adler.
Adler tells Ghost That he did it for the country.
Adler tells Ghost about False Flag.
Adler explains to Ghost about the Soviets and World War III.
Adler tells Ghost that Makarov, Hidora Kai, Rorke, Menendez must Die.
Rorke going rogue in South America.
Menendez with his hackers.
Hidora Kai with the Money.
Makarov in Siberia.
Adler and Ghost discuss about Templar.
Adler's final moments before getting shot by Ghost.
Adler shot by Ghost.
Adler falling off the cliff after getting shot by Ghost.
Adler's final moments that he has won and said Perseus before his dying.
Adler aka The Fifth Knight's Corpse and defeat.
Operative Witch Doctor with his guards in a Ship.
Witch Doctor's final moments by Templar.
Operative Kryptis on a motorcycle.
Kryptis's final moments to Ghost and Templar that he will not betray The Dark Covenant.
Kryptis's Second Defeat by Templar.
Operative Dark Shepherd on a LCAC with his guards.
Operative Dark Shepherd talking to his mercenary.
Dark Shepherd pointing a gun at Ghost.
Dark Shepherd's final moments by Templar.
Operative Artery interrogating a man.
Artery caught by Templar on the foot.
Artery's final moments to Ghost and Templar.
Artery's defeat by Templar.
Operative Firebreak and The Dark Covenant Brutes.
Dark Covenant Operatives in Alaska, 584S.
Stansfield Vs. Ghost.
Stansfield death by Ghost.
The Dark Covenant's Defeat by the UAC.
Nikto's Mercenary speaking to Nikto.
Nikto's Mercenaries holding hostages in Lisbon.
Nikto delivering a speech in Lisbon while recorded by his Mercenaries.
Nikto on Price's Phone while Price speaks to Gaz, Alex, Charly and Ghost about Nikto.
One of Nikto's Mercenaries witnessed Price and Ghost breach the glass rooftop.
Nikto's Mercenaries blown up and ambushed by Alex, Charly and Gaz.
Nikto's Mercenaries killed by Price and Ghost.
Alex and Charly shooting Nikto's Mercenaries.
Nikto's Mercenaries' corpses after getting killed by Price and Ghost.
Nikto's Mercenaries' Corpses after getting killed and eliminated by Price and Ghost.
Nikto and his Enhanced Henchmen asking Gunzo and his men where the weapons are.
Nikto notices the rocket missile launchers from the crate and orders his Enhanced Henchmen to give the hard drive and his money to Gunzo after he told Gunzo he could never have enough guns or money.
Nikto speaking to Gunzo about The System falling and warned Gunzo that he will fall with it as his Enhanced Henchmen is bring weapons crates to the truck.
Nikto revealing his true colours to Gunzo as he and his Enhanced Henchmen use the hard drive via Nova Gas to kill Gunzo's men as Nikto wears his Gas Mask.
Nikto ordering his Enhanced Henchmen to kill Gunzo's men while he kills Gunzo about without weapons and tells Gunzo those are his weapons.
Nikto Vs. Gunzo.
Nikto pins down and holds down Gunzo while telling that he is not when he is breathing gas.
Nikto and his Enhanced Henchment moments before killing Gunzo after admiring his valor, but his guns, fighting, his night club, clandestine deals and all this are in the past.
Nikto executes Gunzo alongside his Enhanced Henchmen.
Phantom Vs. Foxtrot.
The Ortelius and The People's Covenant Base in Congo Basin.
One of The People's Covenant Ortelius Guards standing at Congo Basin.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor at Congo Basin.
One of The People's Covenant Ortelius Guards Killed by Foxtrot via stealthy assassination.
The Other People's Covenant Ortelius Guards Killed by Rampage via stealthy assassination via neck broken.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor speaking to someone on the phone and interrupted by Foxtrot and Rampage.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor apprehended by Rampage.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor captured by Foxtrot and Rampage while accessing the computer via password.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor after Rampage and Foxtrot accessed the password 1112 via computer.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor warning and taunting Foxtrot and Rampage that they'll come for the two before getting gagged while captured.
Prophet and Krueger readying to sound the alarm.
The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor's final moments before his death by C4 and explosion by Foxtrot and Rampage.
The People's Covenant Ortelius Base blown up and The Unnamed Male People's Covenant Ortelius Doctor's death via C4 Explosion by Foxtrot and Rampage
Prophet and Krueger readying to hunt down Rampage and Foxtrot.
Krueger stabbed and drowned by Foxtrot via knife after the combat fight.
Nikto and Two Mercenary Jets readying to hunt down Price, Foxtrot and Cipher inside The UAC Convoy of Choppers.
Nikto in his F-85B Bullshark Jet by telling his men not to fail him again before ambushing Price, Cipher and Foxtrot inside The UAC Convoy of Choppers.
Nikto and Two Mercenary Jets ambush The UAC Helicopter Convoy where Price, Foxtrot and Cipher are inside The UAC Convoy of Choppers.
Nikto in his F-85B Bullshark Jet by arming the 30mm Cannon to open fire at The UAC Convoy of Choppers where Price, Cipher and Foxtrot are inside.
Nikto seeing one of his men in his fighter jets eliminated by Price via missile launcher.
Nikto falsely confirms that Price, Cipher and Foxtrot are eliminated.
Trivia[]
- Despite being made up mostly of Cubans in the campaign, in multiplayer they are a mix of British, American, Canadian, Australian, and South African soldiers.
- In multiplayer, the Mercs have green in the uniforms as opposed to all orange urban-camouflaged uniforms they wear in campaign.
- They also wear different uniforms with winter color schemes in Downhill and Frost.
- In pre-release screenshots, the Mercs can be seen in the Strike Force missions Shipwreck and Second Chance. They wear the green uniforms seen in multiplayer and their insignia is two crossed M16s, unlike in the final version of the game.
External links[]
- Mercs on the Call of Duty Wiki
