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% IDEA: partition entries into separate pages to force team communication
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% Question ideas:
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% Halftime: Read Snake monologue
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% IDEA: put real S3 definition on back of halftime monologue sheet
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% IDEA: put real S3 definition on separate sheet, hide in bathroom, set up
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% Github Page explaining where to find it, put tinyurl link on inside of
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% envelope containing halftime monologues
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% IDEA: have teams pick names out of hat, (decoy, liquid, raging, ... and
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% snake, ocelot, mama, ... etc.)
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% Final ideas:
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% Reconstruct timeline
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% Character web
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% Virtuous Mission
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% Operation Snake Eater
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% Les Enfants Terribles
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% Big Boss is killed by Solid Snake in Zanzibarland
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% Shadow Moses Incident
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% Big Shell Incident
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% The War Economy is instituted
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% 1. Match pictures of Snakes with their codenames
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% What does the S3 plan stand for?
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% Why is Vamp seemingly immortal (nanomachines, one word answer, deduce from
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% cheat sheet)
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% Two different impersonations occur during the Shadow Moses Incident. For
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% both, name the impersonator and who they impersonated.
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% What do Deepthroat and Mr. X have in common?
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% What two units have matching codenames (FOXHOUND and BB)
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% Which character's real name is...
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% Match first parts of character names with last part (not that good, can look
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\title{Metal Gear Solid Cheat Sheet}
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\date{}
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\begin{document}
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\maketitle
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\begin{description}
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\item [Arsenal Gear] is a submersible mobile fortress that can control
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internet communications. It is also equipped with nuclear
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weapons. It houses GW.
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\item [The Beauty and the Beast Unit] is a group of female soldiers
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outfitted with advanced suits. Each suffers from intense PTSD,
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and believe that killing Solid Snake will ease their anguish.
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They are each hired by various PMCs as field commanders. The
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unit consists of Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf,
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and Screaming Mantis.
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\item [Big Boss] \textit{(Real name John, AKA Jack, Snake, Naked Snake,
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Boss)} is the main playable character in Metal Gear Solid 3.
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Considered to be the greatest soldier to ever live, he
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eventually betrays the United States in an effort to create
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Outer Heaven. He was cloned several times as a part of the Les
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Enfants Terribles project, and is ultimately killed by one of
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these clones (Solid Snake) in Zanzibarland. During Operation
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Snake Eater, he wears a bandana belonging to The Boss. He also
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wears an eye patch on his right eye due to it being shot out
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during the operation.
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\item [The Big Shell] is (seemingly) an offshore cleanup facility
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constructed after the sinking of an oil tanker off the coast of
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Manhattan. In reality, the Big Shell is a front for Arsenal
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Gear.
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\item [The Big Shell Incident] was an incident where Dead Cell took
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hostage of President Johnson and several others aboard the Big
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Shell. They supposedly demanded \$30 billion, and threatened to
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destroy the Big Shell otherwise, which would theoretically lead
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to an ecological disaster. It is slowly revealed that the
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entire event, including the sinking of the tanker that
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necessitated the Big Shell's construction, Dead Cell's takeover
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of the facility, and the individual deaths that occurred during
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the incident, were orchestrated by the Patriots as a part of
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the S3 Plan.
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\item [The Boss] \textit{(AKA The Joy)} is the ``Mother of Special
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Forces,'' the leader of the Cobra Unit, and the mentor of Big
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Boss. She defects to the Soviet Union, and Big Boss is sent to
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kill her as a part of Operation Snake Eater. Her philosophy has
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a major influence on Big Boss's thoughts and actions throughout
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his life.
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\item [The Cobra Unit] was a World War II special forces unit
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consisting of soldiers named after the emotions they
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experienced on the battlefield. The members were The Pain, The
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Fear, The End, The Fury, The Sorrow, and The Joy.
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\item [Colonel Campbell] is Solid Snake's commanding officer during the
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Shadow Moses Incident. For much of the Big Shell Incident, he
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is also seemingly the CO of Raiden, but it is eventually
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revealed that Raiden has actually been communicating with a
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Patriot AI impersonating the Colonel.
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\item [Cyborg Ninja] may refer to any of three characters that become
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cyborg ninjas throughout the series: Gray Fox, Olga
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Gurlukovich, or Raiden.
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\item [Dead Cell] is a terrorist organization consisting of Solidus
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Snake, Vamp, Fortune, and Fatman. Originally a government
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anti-terrorist training group, they were framed for civilian
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deaths by the Patriots, which drove them to commit real acts of
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terrorism. During the Big Shell Incident, they supposedly
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demand \$30 billion, but their real goal is to take control of
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Arsenal Gear and overthrow the Patriots.
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\item [Decoy Octopus] is a member of FOXHOUND and a master of disguise.
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It is eventually revealed that he died near the beginning of
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the Shadow Moses Incident while he was disguised as Donald
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Anderson due to exposure to FOXDIE.
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\item [Donald Anderson] \textit{(AKA Sigint)} is a radio contact of Big
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Boss during the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater. He
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later becomes the chief of DARPA and is involved in the
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production of Metal Gear REX. Solid Snake seems to meet him
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near the beginning of the Shadow Moses Incident, and he
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explains REX's deactivation procedure. However, it is later
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revealed that he actually died while being tortured by Ocelot
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before Snake's deployment (this was intentional on Ocelot's
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part, as Anderson knew Ocelot's true allegiance). The man Snake
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actually met was Decoy Octopus, who actually gave him REX's
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activation procedure, leading Snake to unwittingly activate
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REX.
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\item [Drebin] is an arms dealer who is able to bypass the Sons of the
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Patriots system. Solid Snake is able to send weapons to Drebin,
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who overrides their ID locks for a fee. Fun fact: he's named
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after Frank Drebin from The Naked Gun, because he gives
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Snake\ldots naked guns. Get it?
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\item [Emma Emmerich] \textit{(AKA E.E.)} is Otacon's step-sister. She
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is the creator of GW. She also develops a worm cluster to
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destroy GW during the Big Shell Incident. She is afraid of
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water because when she was a child, Otacon slept with her mom,
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and her step-dad was so overwhelmed at being cucked by his own
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son that he drowned himself and nearly drowned her. This is
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brought up out of nowhere while she is dying in Otacon's arms
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and then never mentioned again.
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\item [The End] is a member of the Cobra Unit. He is a 100-year-old
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sniper with the ability to lie dormant for weeks waiting for a
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shot on his target. This is because he was infected with a
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parasite that allows him to photosynthesize. The player can
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eliminate him either by fighting him in a prolonged
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stealth-based boss fight, by sniping him at a specific time
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before the fight, or by saving the game, waiting a week in real
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time, then starting the game again (by which point he will have
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died of old age).
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\item [EVA] \textit{(AKA Tatyana, Matka Pluku, Big Mama)} is one of Big
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Boss's contacts during Operation Snake Eater. She eventually
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becomes the surrogate mother to the clones of Big Boss.
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\item [Fatman] is a member of Dead Cell. He is an overweight explosives
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expert who travels on roller skates. Yes, I'm serious.
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\item [Fortune] is a member of Dead Cell. She has a supernatural ability
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to not die; bullets curve around her, and grenades thrown at
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her fail to explode. Unfortunately (ha) for her, her greatest
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desire is to die. In lieu of that, she walks around shooting
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people with a railgun. It is eventually revealed that her luck
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is brought on by a device unknowingly planted on her by the
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Patriots. Ocelot deactivates this and kills her.
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\item [FOXDIE] is an engineered virus, programmed to target specific
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people. Victims appear to die via heart attack. It was deployed
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during the Shadow Moses Incident to kill the members of
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FOXHOUND and the president of the company developing Metal Gear
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REX. However, Naomi Hunter also programmed the virus to target
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Solid Snake.
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\item [FOXHOUND] is a United States military unit founded by Big Boss,
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and led at various points by Big Boss, Colonel Campbell, and
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finally by Liquid Snake as a rogue unit. Solid Snake and Gray
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Fox are both members of this unit before the Shadow Moses
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Incident. The rogue unit is comprised of Liquid Snake, as well
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as Revolver Ocelot, Vulcan Raven, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis,
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and Decoy Octopus.
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\item [Gekko] are Metal Gear-like fighting vehicles. Unlike other Metal
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Gears, their legs are made out of artificial muscle, making
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them more mobile. They are not capable of launching nuclear
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weapons. Also, their muscles build up lactic acid, which they
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eject by shitting. Also, they moo for some reason.
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\item [Gray Fox] \textit{(Real name Frank Jaeger, AKA Deepthroat)} is a
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former member of FOXHOUND. He is seemingly killed by Solid
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Snake before the Shadow Moses Incident, but returns as a cyborg
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ninja during the incident. He is killed by Liquid Snake, but
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not before imparting some final words of wisdom on Snake:
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``We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting
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was the only thing I was good at, but at least I fought for
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what I believed in.'' Snake later refers to him as a great
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friend, even though they tried to kill each other multiple
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times. C'est la vie.
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\item [GW] is one of the Patriots' AIs. It is responsible for the
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censoring of digital information, and the Big Shell Incident is
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orchestrated as a testing ground for its capabilities. It also
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controls the weaponry (including nuclear) of the United States
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military.
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\item [Johnny Sasaki] \textit{(AKA Akiba)} is a soldier working for
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FOXHOUND during the Shadow Moses Incident and for Dead Cell
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during the Big Shell Incident. His only defining character
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trait is his irritable bowel syndrome. In Metal Gear Solid 4,
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they decide to make him an important character for some reason,
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even though his defining character trait is still his IBS.
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\item [James Johnson] is the president of the United States during the
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Big Shell Incident. His election was orchestrated by the
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Patriots, as is the entire democratic process. He is killed by
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Ocelot after revealing the existence of the Patriots to Raiden.
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\item [Les Enfants Terribles] \textit{(French: ``The Terrible
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Children'')} was a United States government project that
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created clones of Big Boss. Two twins, Solid and Liquid Snake,
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were born, along with Solidus Snake. All three had their genes
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modified to make them sterile and experience accelerated aging
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as a fail-safe in case they betrayed the government (Solidus's
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is more rapid, making him appear older than the other two
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despite being the youngest). Furthermore, Solid and Liquid's
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genes were modified to make them ``inferior'' and ``superior''
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clones, respectively. Solidus, other than the stated
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modifications, is an exact clone of Big Boss.
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\item [Liquid Ocelot] \textit{(AKA Liquid)} is the name given to Liquid
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Snake when his spirit is possessing Revolver Ocelot's body.
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After this occurs, he seeks to overthrow the Patriots by
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seizing control of the Sons of the Patriots system. The
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possession occurs because Ocelot's hand was cut off by Gray
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Fox, and he replaces it with Liquid's corpse's hand. However,
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Ocelot is also the son of The Sorrow, a medium, which lets
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Liquid possess him. So it make sense when you think about it.
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\item [Liquid Snake] \textit{(AKA Liquid)} is a clone of Big Boss and
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the twin brother of Solid Snake. He has been led to believe
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that he was constructed to be the ``inferior'' clone of Big
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Boss, while Solid Snake was the superior (in reality, the
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opposite is true). He deeply resents this, and it drives him to
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surpass his supposed genetic destiny. He is ultimately killed
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by FOXDIE. However, his spirit later possesses Ocelot's body.
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Unlike his brothers, Liquid never wears an eye patch.
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\item [Little Gray] is Drebin's pet monkey. He has an addiction to soda
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and cigarettes.
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\item [Metal Gear] is a class of bipedal tanks, typically capable of
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launching nuclear weapons.
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\item [Metal Gear RAY] is a model of Metal Gear utilized by Dead Cell
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during the Big Shell Incident. It is not capable of launching
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nuclear weapons, and was designed more as an ``anti-Metal
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Gear'' after REX's data was leaked.
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\item [Metal Gear REX] is a Metal Gear model utilized by FOXHOUND
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during the Shadow Moses Incident. It is capable of launching
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nuclear weapons undetectable by early alert systems by using a
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railgun. It is ultimately destroyed by Solid Snake. After the
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incident, its technical details were leaked by Ocelot, which
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led to the proliferation of Metal Gears.
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\item [Master Miller] is (seemingly) one of Solid Snake's radio
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contacts during the Shadow Moses Incident. Snake knows him from
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previous missions. However, it is later revealed that Miller
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was killed before the incident, and the radio contact is
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actually Liquid Snake in disguise.
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\item [Nanomachines] are small machines that can modify humans in
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numerous ways, including enhancing combat abilities,
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restricting speech, and even rapidly healing otherwise fatal
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wounds.
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\item [Naomi Hunter] is one of Solid Snake's radio contacts during the
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Shadow Moses Incident. She is the adoptive sister of Gray Fox,
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and secretly resents Snake for seemingly killing him before the
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incident. Because of this, she reprograms FOXDIE to kill Snake
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at some random time in the future in addition to the other
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targets. She later regrets this and encourages Snake to
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``live'' while he can.
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\item [Next-Generation Special Forces] \textit{(AKA Genome Soldiers)}
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are a military unit that serve as the reserve members of
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FOXHOUND. They operate under Liquid Snake's command during the
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Shadow Moses Incident, thanks in part to brainwashing by Psycho
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Mantis. They have undergone gene therapy using Big Boss's DNA
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to make them more elite soldiers. Because of this, Liquid
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regards them as siblings. FOXHOUND demands the remains of Big
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Boss to help the soldiers, who are suffering from genetic
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disorders due to their treatments. Despite their advanced
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genetic makeup, they are frequently confused by footprints in
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the snow and moderately loud noises, and are unable to spot
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Solid Snake if he is not immediately in front of them.
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\item [Olga Gurlukovich] \textit{(AKA Mr.\ X)} is a Russian mercenary.
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Her Gurlukovich forces, led by her after her father's death,
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work with Dead Cell during the Big Shell Incident. She is later
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revealed to be the cyborg ninja who has been helping Raiden in
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his mission. This is because the Patriots are holding her child
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hostage, who will be killed if Raiden fails his mission.
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\item [Operation Snake Eater] was a mission undertaken by Big Boss
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after the failure of the Virtuous Mission. The objectives of
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the mission were to eliminate The Boss and Volgin, and destroy
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the Shagohod.
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\item [Otacon] \textit{(Real name Hal Emmerich)} is an engineer and the
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chief architect of Metal Gear REX. After the Shadow Moses
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Incident, he works with Solid Snake to rid the world of Metal
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Gears. He has a bad habit of falling in love with girls who pay
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even the slightest bit of attention to him and then blubbering
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like an idiot when they die. Also, look at his first name. Guess
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who he's named after! And he works with a guy whose real name
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is Dave?! Metal Gear is awesome.
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\item [Outer Heaven] is a concept originated by Big Boss that broadly
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refers to his dream of a world where soldiers won't be used as
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pawns of their governments.
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\item [The Patriots] \textit{(AKA The La-li-lu-le-lo)} are a secret
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organization that controls the entire United States, including
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its economy, politics, and military. By the time of the Shadow
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Moses Incident, the Patriots are purely a set of AIs. Certain
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people aware of the Patriot's existence are forced by their
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nanomachines to refer to them as the La-li-lu-le-lo to keep the
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organization's real name a secret.
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\item [The Philosophers] were a precursor to the Patriots. They were a
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secret organization of the most powerful figures in the United
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States, the Soviet Union, and China who formed a pact to create
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a new world order. The group eventually dissolved.
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\item [The Philosopher's Legacy] is a \$100 billion dollar fund amassed
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by the Philosophers to finance research and operations. When
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the group dissolved, the money was divided and hidden across
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the world.
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\item [Psycho Mantis] is a member of FOXHOUND with telekinetic,
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mind-reading, and brainwashing abilities. He is able to move
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the player's controller while flat on the ground and tell what
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games the player plays. He can be defeated by switching the
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controller from port 1 to port 2, rendering him unable to read
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Solid Snake's movements ahead of time.
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\item [Raiden] \textit{(Real name Jack, AKA Jack the Ripper, White
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Devil, Snake (briefly))} is the main playable character in
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Metal Gear Solid 2. He is deployed during the Big Shell
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Incident to resolve the terrorist threat. However, over the
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course of the incident, Raiden learns that very little about
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his mission is what it seems. Namely, the leader of the
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terrorist group is actually his adoptive father who made him
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fight in the Liberian Civil War as a child soldier, his
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commanding officer is an AI, his girlfriend was planted to spy
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on him, and the entire incident was planned by the Patriots to
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see how well they could control him. This all causes him to
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question his reality and ultimately become a cyborg ninja.
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\item [Revolver Ocelot] \textit{(Real name Adamska, AKA Ocelot,
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Shalashaska)} is a Russian gunslinger. He is a member of
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FOXHOUND during the Shadow Moses Incident, where his hand is
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sliced off by Gray Fox. It is revealed after the incident that
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he was actually a double agent, working for Solidus Snake.
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Several years later, he works with Solidus during the Big Shell
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Incident, and has replaced his hand with Liquid's corpse's
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hand. It is then revealed that he is again a double agent, and
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is truly working for the Patriots. However, he is then
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possessed by Liquid through his hand. During the Virtuous
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Mission and Operation Snake Eater, he works under Volgin.
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\item [Rosemary] is Raiden's girlfriend, and one of his radio contacts
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during the Big Shell Incident. It is eventually revealed that
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their chance encounter where they first met was orchestrated by
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the Patriots, and Rose was really just there to keep tabs on
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Raiden. However, she eventually caught real feelings for him.
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\item [The Shadow Moses Incident] was an incident where Next-Generation
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Special Forces and FOXHOUND, under the leadership of Liquid
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Snake, took over Shadow Moses Island. They demanded \$1
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billion and the remains of Big Boss, and threatened the launch
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of a nuclear weapon. Solid Snake was deployed to stop the
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threat. During the mission, he learned of the existence of
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Metal Gear REX. He also eventually learns that before the
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mission, he was infected with FOXDIE in an attempt by the
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United States government to retrieve REX undamaged. With the
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exception of Revolver Ocelot, every member of FOXHOUND was
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eliminated, either by Snake or by FOXDIE. REX was also
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destroyed. Consequently, the United States planned to bomb the
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island to cover up the events of the incident, but this is
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narrowly called off. Later, one of the members of Snake's radio
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team wrote a book exposing what occurred during the mission.
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\item [Shagohod] is an early competitor to Metal Gear. Unlike a Metal
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Gear, the Shagohod is not bipedal. It launches nuclear weapons
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by accelerating to high speeds, extending its range.
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\item [Sokolov] is a scientist and lead architect of the Shagohod.
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\item [Solid Snake] \textit{(Real name David, AKA Snake, Iroquois
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Pliskin)} is the main playable character of Metal Gear, Metal
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Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid, part of Metal Gear Solid 2, and Metal
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Gear Solid 4. He is one of the products of the Les Enfants
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Terribles project. Unlike his brothers, Snake accepts his
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origins as a clone. He seeks out a life of his own, refusing to
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be chained to fate. Several believe that he enjoys killing,
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although he denies this. He also denies being a hero, declaring
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that he simply fights for what he believes in. He typically
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wears a bandana when deployed. Later, Snake wears a hi-tech eye
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patch over his still-functioning left eye to give him advanced
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data during deployment.
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\item [Solid Snake Simulation] \textit{(AKA the S3 Plan)} is a secret
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plan carried out by the Patriots during the Big Shell Incident.
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It turns out that the entire incident was constructed by the
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Patriots to be similar to the Shadow Moses Incident in key
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ways. For instance, both incidents are spearheaded by a
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``Snake,'' both carry the threat of a nuclear strike, and both
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involve the appearance of a cyborg ninja, among numerous other
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similarities. Ocelot eventually reveals that this was all to
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test the feasibility of turning any soldier into a soldier on
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par with Solid Snake.
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\item [Solidus Snake] \textit{(Real name George Sears, AKA Solidus,
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Solid Snake (briefly))} is the president of the United States
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during the Shadow Moses incident. He is a product of the Les
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Enfants Terribles project. His resentment of the Patriots and
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his desire to be remembered by history drives him to lead Dead
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Cell to take over the Big Shell. He loses his left eye during
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the incident and wears an eye patch as a result. He also kills
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Raiden's biological parents and forces him to fight as a child
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soldier. He also has wears a suit with mechanical tentacles.
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You also have a sword fight with him at the end of MGS2. Metal
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Gear is awesome.
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\item [Sons of the Patriots] is a system of the Patriots that controls
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the world's soldiers in various ways through nanomachines. The
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system enhances and regulates their experiences on the
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battlefield, and also controls their access to weapons by
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ID-locking them. However, gun launderers like Drebin are able
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to bypass this component of the system.
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\item [Vamp] is a member of Dead Cell. He is a bisexual vampire who is
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seemingly immortal.
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\item [The Virtuous Mission] was a failed operation undertaken by Big
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Boss to extract Sokolov from the Soviet Union. The mission
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ended with the defection of The Boss and a nuclear warhead
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being fired at the Soviet Union by Volgin, necessitating
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Operation Snake Eater to ease the resulting tensions between
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the United States and the Soviet Union.
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\item [Volgin] is a GRU colonel who seeks to overthrow Khrushchev.
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After The Boss's defection, he fired a nuclear warhead at the
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Soviet Union, framing the United States for it. He possesses a
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microfilm containing records of where the Philosopher's Legacy
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is hidden. His body carries a permanent electric charge, and he
|
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can control this charge to electrocute people.
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\item [The War Economy] is a new economic structure instituted by the
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Patriots which turned war into a business. This led to the
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proliferation of private military companies fighting
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never-ending wars. The Sons of the Patriots system artificially
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|
controls the intensity of these wars.
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\item [Zero] \textit{(Real name David Oh, AKA Major Tom (briefly))} is
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Big Boss's commanding officer during the Virtuous Mission and
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Operation Snake Eater.
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\end{description}
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\newpage
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\section*{Quotes}
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\begin{quote}
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``Life isn't just about passing on your genes. We can leave behind much
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more than just DNA. Through speech, music, literature and movies\ldots
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what we've seen, heard, felt\ldots anger, joy and sorrow\ldots these
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are the things I will pass on. That's what I live for. We need to pass
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the torch, and let our children read our messy and sad history by its
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light. We have the magic of the digital age to do that with. The human
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race will probably come to an end some time, and new species may rule
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over this planet. Earth may not be forever, but we still have the
|
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responsibility to leave what trace of life we can. Building the future
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and keeping the past alive are one in the same thing.''
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``War\ldots has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or
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ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by
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mercenaries and machines. War, and its consumption of life, has become
|
|
a well-oiled machine. War has changed. ID-tagged soldiers carry
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ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nano-machines inside their
|
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bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control,
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information control, emotion control\ldots battlefield control.
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Everything is monitored and kept under control. War --- has changed.
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The age of deterrence has become the age of control. All in the name of
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averting catastrophe from Weapons of Mass Destruction. And he who
|
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controls the battlefield, controls history. War has changed\ldots When
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the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.''
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\end{quote}
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\pagebreak
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\begin{description}
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\item [Selection for Societal Sanity] \textit{(AKA the S3 Plan)} is a
|
|
secret plan carried out by the Patriots during the Big Shell
|
|
Incident. It turns out that the entire incident was constructed
|
|
by the Patriots to be similar to the Shadow Moses Incident in
|
|
key ways. For instance, both incidents are spearheaded by a
|
|
``Snake,'' both carry the threat of a nuclear strike, and both
|
|
involve the appearance of a cyborg ninja, among numerous other
|
|
similarities. These similarities were so the incident could
|
|
serve as an extreme test case for the Patriots' ability to
|
|
control the flow of information, and consequently bend human
|
|
thoughts and actions as they see fit. They feel that
|
|
information control is necessary to avoid trivial information
|
|
drowning out truth as humanity enters the digital age. Ocelot
|
|
is unaware of this aspect of the plan, believing S3 stands for
|
|
Solid Snake Simulation. This is all explained to Raiden in a 15
|
|
minute radio call, cited by some as one of the most profound
|
|
moments in video game history, and is immediately followed by a
|
|
sword fight with Solidus Snake.
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\end{description}
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\end{document}
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