established to be a member of the SAS recruited by General Shepherd to serve in Task Force 141. He is sent on a mission in Rio de Janeiro to capture Alejandro Rojas, the supplier of terrorist Vladimir Makarov who caused a massacre of a Russian airport. He captures and prepares to torture Rojas' assistant, before narrowly escaping the favela amidst an incursion by a Brazilian militia. Using information extracted from Rojas, the group conducts a raid upon an oil rig leading to a "gulag" containing the prisoner Captain Price, with Riley hacking into the security system of the prison to help guide the team to Price. After discovering two possible locations for Makarov and his men, Riley and Gary "Roach" Sanderson raided a safe house in the Georgia-Russia border, finding crucial intelligence on the Ultranationalists. The two are then betrayed by General Shepherd upon their extraction, being fatally shot and their bodies incinerated, falling victim to Shepherd's plan to make himself a war hero by eliminating Makarov himself. Rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone In the ending scene of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Riley first appears as potential recruit for Task Force 141, along with MacTavish and Kyle "Gaz" Garrick. Riley appears in the multiplayer modes, released with the Season Two Battle Pass. During the events of Warzone, Riley enters Verdansk to find Armistice members fighting against one another for survival against the toxic gas that was released into the city, and requests Price to send in backup. Months later, he groups up with the rest of Task Force 141, tracks down Viktor Zakhaev, and prevents him from launching a nuclear missile. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Riley is first seen under the command of General Shepherd, where assists Task Force 141 in the assassination of Iranian general Ghorbrani. He is then deployed to Mexico's border and the city of Las Almas, where he captures Quds Force Major Hassan Zyani, releasing him with a tracking device to prevent political fallout. Riley leads a raid on an abandoned oil rig to prevent a missile launch, but is then betrayed by Shadow Company commander Phillip Graves and General Shepherd, who take over the base and detain his men. Killing several members of the Shadow Company in pursuit, Riley manages to flee along with Soap, who he guides and