<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Mercury	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
for	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
18	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
for	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
using	O
the	O
PAL	B-Language
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
for	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
using	O
the	O
PAL	B-Language
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Mercury	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-oriented	O
first	O
person	O
shooter	O
based	O
on	O
modern	O
military	O
weapons	O
and	O
equipment	O
,	O
although	O
presented	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Summer	O
action	O
movie	O
"	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
hardcore	O
realistic	O
military	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
feel	O
to	O
the	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
:	I-Application
Modern	I-Application
Warfare	I-Application
series	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
actually	O
pre-dates	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
that	O
series	O
by	O
3	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
time	O
period	O
,	O
Shadow	B-Application
Ops	I-Application
:	I-Application
Red	I-Application
Mercury	I-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
regenerating	O
health	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
instead	O
relying	O
on	O
health	O
pickups	O
found	O
throughout	O
each	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Captain	O
Frank	O
Hayden	O
,	O
an	O
elite	O
Delta	B-Application
Force	I-Application
operative	O
and	O
the	O
former	O
leader	O
of	O
Black	O
Saber	O
,	O
the	O
President	O
's	O
personal	O
black	O
bag	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hayden	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
are	O
attempting	O
to	O
recover	O
a	O
briefcase	O
nuclear	O
bomb	O
code	O
named	O
"	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
"	O
from	O
terrorist	O
mercenary	O
Vladimir	O
Styanovich	O
,	O
known	O
by	O
his	O
Nom	O
de	O
guerre	O
"	O
Vlady	O
the	O
Vicious	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
operating	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
coastal	O
Syrian	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
information	O
that	O
Vlady	O
is	O
prepared	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bomb	O
from	O
a	O
Russian	O
research	O
facility	O
in	O
Kazakhstan	O
,	O
and	O
want	O
Hayden	O
to	O
infiltrate	O
the	O
facility	O
and	O
eliminate	O
Vlady	O
and	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
learns	O
that	O
Vlady	O
has	O
two	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bombs	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galena	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bombs	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
armed	O
through	O
a	O
chemical	O
process	O
known	O
only	O
to	O
a	O
scientist	O
named	O
Boris	O
in	O
Chechnya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
then	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
opening	O
mission	O
,	O
and	O
proceeds	O
as	O
before	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
detonation	O
of	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
the	O
nuclear	O
explosion	O
,	O
Hayden	O
regains	O
consciousness	O
just	O
as	O
he	O
is	O
being	O
retrieved	O
by	O
the	O
captain	O
of	O
the	O
aircraft	O
carrier	O
,	O
who	O
informs	O
him	O
that	O
his	O
team	O
has	O
been	O
killed	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Yuri	O
and	O
Galena	O
have	O
possession	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bomb	O
and	O
are	O
on	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
G8	O
summit	O
in	O
Paris	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
while	O
Kate	O
also	O
left	O
the	O
carrier	O
to	O
pursue	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	O
is	O
eventually	O
struck	O
by	O
gunfire	O
and	O
falls	O
from	O
the	O
helicopter	O
to	O
her	O
death	O
,	O
dropping	O
the	O
Red	B-Application
Mercury	I-Application
bomb	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
