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| “ | I f-cking hate the Atlas Corporation. | „ |
| ~ Oz in the "Outbreak" cinematic. |
| “ | Dead or alive, we were Atlas' prized pets. Lennox knew they'd do anything to get us back. What nobody factored, was that one of the pets, was about to slip his leash. | „ |
| ~ Oz's narration as he transforms into a zombie. |
Oz is a major character turned main antagonist of the Exo Zombies mode in the 2014 first-person shooter videogame Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
He was portrayed by John Malkovich, who also played Humma Kavula in The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pascal Sauvage in Johnny English, Teddy Deserve in Knockaround Guys, Mitch Leary in Line of Fire, Cyrus Grissom in Con Air, Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game, Teddy KGB in Rounders, Galbatorix in Eragon, Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex and voiced Dave in Penguins of Madagascar.
Biography[]
Background[]
Oz was born in 1998 and at one point joined the Sentinel Task Force, and worked alongside Lennox. In an operation in New Bagdad, Atlas Corporation unleashed their Manticore virus and Oz was infected. He was later captured and was subjected to multiple experiments and cloning. He was called special, primarily due to him being able to revert to his human form from a special genetic mutation. Afterwards, he was brainwashed into thinking he was an Atlas janitor.
Zombie Outbreak[]
| “ | People saw what they wanted to see in Oz. Some saw a man with a wrench who could fix the faulty cooling system. Others saw a man with a mop who cleaned up coffee spills. If anyone had bothered to look deeper, they might have gotten a glimpse of the true Oz. The one he kept hidden. The one that witnessed hundreds die in combat. A monster that screamed into his face in the mirror. All Oz wanted was a simpler life. To stay off the grid. He even chose a low rank Atlas job to do it. Surely that would be enough, right? | „ |
| ~ Oz's in-game bio. |
On one night, a zombie outbreak occurred at the Atlas facility he worked in. He discovered dead corpse, broken glass and blood and soon discovered multiple zombies. He killed them and ran for help were he met Lilith Swann, Jim Decker and Kahn. They fought their way to a helicopter pad. They shot their way to safety and tried to reach an incoming warbird but it crashed killing everyone inside, including Gideon. Thankfully, Atlas operators arrived shortly after and transferred them to a Burger Town.
Death[]
Not long after recovering, the zombies arrived and began killing the civilians around Burger Town. Oz and the rest of the group tried to rescue the civilians, but many were killed. Oz activated Bubby, the mascot of Burger Town and unknowingly launched a missile, eradicating the zombie threat. Sentinel Task Force soon arrived alongside Lennox and were captured. Lennox holds Oz at gunpoint and proceeded to execute him. His body is then dragged aboard the Sentinel HQ, where it began to reanimate into a zombie.
After getting on board, Oz reanimated himself and also somehow took over the A.I. system on the ship, often interacting with the crew. Lennox, however, claimed it to be an effect of the GS7 gas, a hallucinogen which he said to have found in Oz's body. They also found several d1ata tablets, which contained the journal of the ship's former captain, who was killed in an act of mutiny. When they inserted these tablets into the vault at the Gun Deck, the A.I. of the ship would then proceed to read them out in Oz's voice. After collecting all the tablets and discovering the story, the four then decided to scuttle the vessel to prevent the infection. However, before they could be extracted in an emergency pod, they encountered Oz, having completely reanimated as a zombie. After him and the others talk, Oz walks towards them, but the floor beneath him collapses. However, he manages to jump into the air, and disappears. Lennox and the rest of the group decided to sink the ship to stop the ongoing infection.
After sinking the ship, Lennox, Lilith, Decker and Kahn use the emergency pod and head to the Atlas underwater facility known as Trident Retreat, which Oz already infiltrated and took down. The infection begins to deteriorate Oz's mind, as he believes that all of them, including himself, has to die to stop the infection for good. He began to track the Sentinel operatives and finally confronted them. He tried to kill them all, but was seemingly killed himself and his body burned to a crisp by Lilith. Unbenknowest to them, a cloned Oz awoke from the cloning chamber beneath the facility.
Final Death[]
Afterwards, Oz teleports the Sentinel operatives and confronts them again, but is killed. Another version of himself awakens and fuses into a Host and a Goliath Exo Zombie. He battles the operatives and almost killed Kahn, but was killed again for the final time.
