Friedrich Steiner

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Pure Evil
Full Name	Friedrich Steiner
Alias	Steiner Dr. Steiner
Origin	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Allies	Nikita Dragovich (formerly) Lev Kravchenko
Powers / Skills	Knowledge of biochemical weapons Scientific knowledge Genius-level intelligence
Goals	Create and weaponize the biochemical agent Nova 6. Assist Dragovich in establishing sleeper agents (both succeeded). Unleash Nova 6 in the United States using his sleeper agents. Escape his death (both failed).
Moral Event Horizon	Using masses of people in his Nova 6 experiments. Brainwashing prisoners in Vorkuta, turning them into Dragovich's sleeper agents. Trying to evade justice without having regret for his crimes.
Kill Count	Thousands (estimate) Millions (attempted)
Worst Crimes	Mass murder Unethical experimentation Animal cruelty Brainwashing Attempted terrorism Attempted genocide
Type of Villain	Cowardly Scientist

“	Killing me will not stop Nova!	„
	~ Dr. Friedrich Steiner before his death.

Friedrich Steiner is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Fidel Castro) in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.

He is responsible for the creation of the chemical weapon Nova 6, which he conspired with Nikita Dragovich and Lev Kravchenko to be used against the United States during the Cold War.

He is voiced by Mark Bramhall.

What makes him Pure Evil?

• Served as an Nazi scientist/officer during World War 2 and apparently committed war crimes.
• Betrayed his own people during WW2 to save his own skin.
• Experimented with unwilling subjects in order to test his biochemical weapon Nova 6.
• Used unwilling human subjects to be brainwashed as sleeper agents. He has also experimented on pigs and monkeys at Rebirth Island.
• After Reznov destroyed it, he recreated Nova 6 for Dragovich and Kravchenko to use it to commit many atrocities.
• Attempted genocide against the United States with Nova 6 using his sleeper agents.
• Brainwashed Alex Mason alongside Dragovich and Kravchenko.
• He tried to defect to the CIA in his last moments not out of remorse, but out of cowardice because Dragovich planned to kill him to tie up a loose end.
• He tried to get away with his crimes by making a deal with the CIA, which only led to his deserved demise at the hands of Alex Mason. Plus, there's no actual evidence that he was trying to redeem himself as his reprehensible actions were far too heavy to even count as such.
  • Although it's mentioned that he suffered deeply in his youth because of night terrors and paranoia from growing up in war times, it is overall a lowly petty excuse for his involvement in the war zone.

External Links

• Friedrich Steiner on the Villains Wiki
• Friedrich Steiner on the Hate Sink Wiki
• Friedrich Steiner on the Call of Duty Wiki