Battlefield 4 trailer was titled "Fishing in Baku" and some of you may be wondering whats a Baku, and what does it have to do with Battlefield 4? Luckily for you I'm gun nerd and know about the location. For about 6 years I did some IT work in the oil biz. To make sure I wasn't ignorant of what our company was doing, and just general interest I started looking into places we did business in.

What is a baku?

Baku is not a thing, its a city in the country of Azerbaijan, and unless you are into world politics or the petro-chem industry you probably have never heard of it (hipster). What make Baku special is that its a petro-chem processing power house! It not only has oil to drill, but has an abundance of the equipment required to turn crude into other useful things like gasoline. They have so much processing power sometimes other countries ship their crude to be processed there. The country also sits right between Russia and Iran, two countries prominent in world politics, the oil industry and in the game Battlefield 3.

What does it have to do with Battlefield 4

Well if things are escalating in the direction that battlefield 3 was suggesting, this is an important spot for Russian forces to take hold. Some oil from Baku is shipped to Europe via a pipeline. You may notice Georgia on the map. If you recall in 2008 there was news about Georgia, it was mostly in concern to this pipeline. Sovereignty and good relations in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan is very important to the EU. So in the nightmare world of World War 3 that Battlefield 3 and 4 are depicting seizing Baku would be a primary objective of Russian military forces. It would allow them secure the oil fields and processing plants that they need to fuel their war machine, plus hinder EU's economy and Military.