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M.A.R.S.

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M.A.R.S.

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Prev Level Guilin Peaks (chronologically)
Next Level N/A
Created By Greedyselfish
Creation Date March 27, 2018
Characters Lv Bu, Sergeant, Trigger, Cowboy
Enemies Cyborg Zombies, Securitron, Cyber Crawlers, Rocket Borgs
Location CODOL's Martian Aerospace Research Station on Mars
Date Unknown; sometime after Guilin Peaks
“The cyborgs are taking over the Earth! But the final battle will not be fought on your home planet. It will be fought on their big red home turf...It's about damn time!”
―Level Description

M.A.R.S. (fully known as "Martian Aerospace Research Station" or simply "Mars") is the fourth and final map in the Soul of the Machine storyline created by Greedyselfish. It takes place at the CODOL Institute's research station on the planet Mars. This map, along with all the others in the storyline, are based on Call of Duty: Online's Cyborg Rising mode.

As the closing map of the saga, the story as well as the main Easter Egg quest for the map involves the Mercs being forced into pulling one last favor for Dr. Van Lucker while at the same time conspiring against him to stop the cyborg invasion once and for all, saving Cortex, and revealing a few big secrets.

All Wonder Weapons (with the exception of the Fireworks Launcher) return and three new weapons, the Plasma Gun v2.0, Electro Nades, and The Conqueror's Blade. A new perk known as Jump Chug appears as well.

Story[]

NOTE: Much of the events in this story is non-canon/fanon and are not fully connected to the original plot.

“What did you hope to accomplish coming here?”
―Dr. Van Lucker, at the start of every match

After the events of Cyborg Reliance, the mercenary group of Sergeant, Lv Bu, Cowboy, and Trigger were captured by the CODOL Institute's Head Scientist Dr. Van Lucker inside of a UFO containing a teleporter. The UFO crashed into an airplane piloted by four scientists from the Scientific Observations Department, causing the teleporter to activate and send them all to an abandoned CODOL Laboratory in the mountains of Guilin, China. While fighting the cyborgs within the mountains, Madman appears via a Portable Teleportation Device to confront and assassinate Dr. Van Lucker. His plan fails as Van Lucker reveals his immortality and teleports Madman to an unknown destination. Van Lucker and the S.O.D. scientists teleport out of the area and the mercenaries follow. However, while the scientists end up in another unknown location, the mercs are instead teleported to CODOL's Top Secret Research Station on the planet Mars.

Click here for the opening cutscene as it goes into further detail on the map's story.

Layout[]

M.A.R.S. is a very large map. It is divided up into three areas. Players will start in the Research Station in a room with two pathways connected to rooms within the rest of the area. Cyborgs will break through barriers in this area while the Underground area has both barriers and cyborgs coming out of the ground and the Surface area has them out of the ground only.

Features[]

  • Three new weapons: Plasma Gun v2.0, Electro Nades, and The Conqeror's Blade.
  • A new perk called Jump Chug. It grants the player the ability to jump higher than usual.
  • Two new cyborg types: Cyber Crawlers and Rocket Borgs. The former appears only in the underground area and can crawl on the walls and launch a fireball at the player(s) while the latter appears only on the surface and shoots a mini-homing missile towards player(s).
  • A large map taking place inside the Research Station as well as both the surface and underground parts of Mars.
  • A Major Easter Egg with several plot revelations and a few Minor Easter Eggs.

Weapons[]

Starting Weapons[]

 Wall Weapons[]

  • Marlin 1894
  • MX Garand
  • FA1911
  • CSG-12
  • HG 40
  • Chang Feng
  • AKSU-74
  • MR23
  • Semtex
  • Laser-Dao
  • Claymore

Box Weapons[]

Assualt Rifle[]

SMGs[]

  • Vector
  • UMP45
  • P90
  • Mini-Uzi (Single or Dual Wield)
  • ASM1 Speakeasy (w/ Drum Mag and Foregrip)

LMGs[]

  • M4LMG
  • RPD
  • Dingo
  • M240

Sniper Rifles[]

  • Intervention
  • Barret 50 Cal.
  • Type 85 Evolution
  • AMR-2
  • Storm PSR

Shotguns[]

  • SPAS-12
  • M1014
  • Model 1887
  • Striker
  • Freedom

Handguns[]

  • Desert Eagle
  • Raging Bull
  • Five-Seven (Single or Dual Wield)

Machine Pistols[]

  • PP2000
  • G18

Launchers[]

  • RPG-7
  • China Lake

Specials[]

  • Hunter Killer Drones
  • Flamethrower

Wonder Weapons[]

*Obtainable through Easter Egg.

Perks & Utilities[]

Quotes[]

M.A.R.S./Quotes

Radios[]

M.A.R.S./Radios

Easter Eggs[]

Major:

Other Easter Eggs[]

  • There are a few musical Easter Eggs hidden throughout the map
    • The first song is "Recharger" by Fear Factory. It is played by finding three red, rusted looking cyborg skulls hidden around the map. (One in the Research Station, another in the underground area, and the last one on the surface level.)
    • The second song is "Spit Out The Bone" by Metallica. To activate it, player(s) must destroy 30 of each special type of cyborg (Securitron, Crawler, Rocket Borg) with the Plasma Gun v2.0.
    • The third song is "Stigmata" by Ministry. Is it activated during the final boss fight and will loop during the duration of the battle.
  • In the underground part of the map in a small room where player(s) can buy the AKSU-74 there is a table with a group of Polaroid-type pictures with names written on the bottom of them. These include:
  • If a player uses a sniper rifle to zoom in on the sky, in the outside surface part of the map, where what appears to be either Phobos or Deimos there will be a loud scream followed by a breif picture of the Commander boss from Guilin Peaks on screen.

Achievements[]

  • Only Built 4 Martian Cyborgs (20 ) - Try not to lose all the pieces next time....
  • Became The Conqueror (20 ) - YOU HAVE THE POWERful sword that you can use as a weapon upon completion of a small Easter egg.
  • New Flavor, Old Concept, Recycled IN SPACE! (5 ) - Well, at least it's better than the dried-up jelly bean you keep in your sock.
  • Ride The Lightning (Nades) (5 ) - My favorite Metallica album.
  • Martian Family Feud (Secret/75 ) - Clip The Angel's non-existent wings.
  • A Gateway Between Worlds (Secret/100 ) - It's not over yet....

Trivia[]

  • The research station part of the map is loosely based on the Killing Floor map "Moon Base" (the Plasma Gun v2.0 is also based on the Zed eradication device) while the underground and surface level parts are entirely original.
  • This is the only map in the Soul of the Machine storyline not to have any teasers or build up. The only exception to this is at the very end of the ending cutscene for Guilin Peaks, which shows the characters being teleported to the starting area.
  • In the game files for M.A.R.S., Jump Chug is referred to as "Dub Jump Chug" or "perk_dubjumpchug".
  • M.A.R.S. has the most amount of weapons and perks in the Soul of the Machine saga. It is also tied with Guilin Peaks as the largest map in the saga.
  • Greedyselfish has called M.A.R.S. his number one favorite map he's made, citing the Easter Egg quest, the general absurdity, the boss fights and the tributes to similar maps as the reasons why he enjoys it so much.
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