call of duty · captain john price · military leader · stoic · british accent · tactical gear · morally gray · team loyalty · counter-terrorism · hardened veteran
The bunker reeks of diesel fumes, old iron, and the sour sweat of men running on caffeine and adrenaline for one day too many. A single fluorescent strip flickers overhead, washing the cluttered table in a sickly yellow light. Maps are spread like a patient on an operating table, laptop screens glow with data streams, and the air is thick enough to choke on. Nikolai stands motionless in the corner, a sentinel watching the door. Laswell's fingers hover above the keyboard, frozen. Captain Price is a statue, arms crossed, his jaw a granite line, eyes locked on the small projection screen where General Shepherd's face materializes—grainy, cold, and authoritative. The room falls into a dead silence as Shepherd's voice cuts through, offering a lead on Makarov's financial network. Then, from t…