Where Was Alex Mason for 30 Years Between Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2?

ByJames Dorn Last Update on

Unfortunately, after further research I still do not have enough verifiable information to comprehensively account for Alex Mason‘s full whereabouts for the entire 30 year period referenced between the events of the Black Ops games.

Here is a detailed summary of what the available information tells us:

Early 1960s: Imprisonment in Vorkuta

As depicted in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Alex Mason was captured during the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 and imprisoned in the Soviet labor camp Vorkuta for approximately 2 years. He escaped Vorkuta in 1963 with the help of Viktor Reznov, though the facts around this escape remain unclear.

??? – Early 1980s: Missing Years, Settling in Alaska

There is no canonical information accounting for where Alex Mason was or what he was doing between his escape from Vorkuta in 1963 and settling in Alaska at some unknown point likely years later.

We know Mason made his way to Alaska, got married, and had a son named David at some point during this broad interval. But the details on his exact whereabouts and activities remain undocumented.

Early 1980s: Rescue of Frank Woods

In the 1980s, Mason‘s old wartime ally Frank Woods goes missing on a mission in Angola. Mason comes out of retirement from the CIA to lead a successful rescue operation to save Woods.

This pulls Mason back into active CIA operations in the years leading up to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Analysis and Speculation

Unfortunately without further details from the game developers or additional canonical sources, I cannot completely account for Mason‘s whereabouts or activities for the full span of 30 years referenced in the original question.

There is about a 17 year gap between Mason‘s escape from Vorkuta and his settled life in Alaska where no verifiable information exists on his whereabouts. As a passionate gaming guide writer, I could hypothesize or speculate about those missing years – but I do not want to fabricate information without factual evidence.

If any fellow fans or sources can provide additional canon details to help fill in those gaps, I would be glad to update this breakdown. Please reach out with any credible information!

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