> Snake: If that's a real nuclear warhead, shouldn't they issue a COG
> (Continuity of Government)?
Gavok: Cogswell's Continuity of Government.
> Campbell: Not yet. The Secretary of Defense has operational control and is
> fully aware of the situation. After you infiltrate, if you
> determine they possess nuclear launch capabilities a COG will be
> issued.
> Snake: Well if they haven't relocated to nuclear shelter under Mount
> Washingtion, I suppose there isn't that much reason to worry yet.
> Is the National Security Agency in on this?
> Campbell: Yes. So is the DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Wanderer <Snake>: Stop patronizing me! I knew what it stood for!
> Snake: The DIA? I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this.
> Campbell: They'll be sending us some support.
Viper <Naomi>: I could use some of that when doing sports.
> Snake: We don't need desk jockies. We need a nuclear weapons specialist.
> Campbell: Of course. A nuclear weapons specialist has already been assigned
> to us.
> Snake: We need backup from a specialist. I'm just an amateur when it comes
> to nuclear weapons.
> Campbell: I know. That's why I've requested the assistance of a military
> analyst named Nastasha Romanenko. She'll be providing you backup
> by Codec.
> Snake: A female analyst?
Wanderer <Snake>: Next thing you're going to tell me they can vote!
> Campbell: She's built up an impressive record as an advisor to the Nuclear
> Emergency Search Team. Contact her if you have any questions.
> She's also an expert on hi-tech weapons.
MMK: Like the egg-beater.
> Snake: Where's she working from?
> Campbell: At her home in Los Angeles.
> Snake: California. Seems like a million miles away.
Gavok <Campbell>: Well, we are on the moon.
> Snake: How well-armed are these terrorists? I know there was an exercise
> going on at the time they revolted.
> Campbell: They're heavily armed I'm afraid.
> Snake: What about they're battle experience.
> Campbell: The six members of FOX-HOUND in charge are all hardened veterans.
> They're tough enough to eat nails and ask for seconds.
MMK <Rocky>: I always see 'em in the garden, but I never wanted to eat 'em.
Gavok <Apollo>: I didn't say anything about snails! I said nails! NA-NA-NA-NAILS!
> Snake: I wouldn't expect anything less from FOX-HOUND.
> Campbell: The others are Next-Generation Special Forces. They're not your
> average grunts either.
> Snake: Tell me about these Next-Generation Special Forces.
Zemyla <Snake>: What are they wearing?
> Campbell: They started out as an anti-terrorist special-ops unit made up of
> members from former biochem units, technical escort units, and the
> Nuclear Emergency Search Team. Their purpose was to respond to
> threats involving next-generation weapons of mass destruction,
> including NBC (nuclear/biological/chemica) weapons.
> Naomi: Until "they" were added that is.
> Snake: Who's "they"?
MMK <Stan>: You know... them.
Gavok <Kyle>: They're bastards.
> Campbell: These guys didn't start out as regular army.
Viper: They started out in the KISS Army!
> Snake: Looks like a pretty international group. Mercenaries?
> Campbell: Yeah. And it gets worse. Most of them were from a merc agency that I
> think you're familiar with. They were part of Big Boss' private
> guard. And after Big Boss went down, the military just bought out
> all their contracts.
> Snake: Outer Heaven.
> Campbell: After that they were merged with our own VR unit, Force 21, and
> re-trained. If you ask me, these so-called "Next-Generation Special
> Forces" should to be called "simulated soldiers." They have no
> real battle experience.
> Snake: Video game players, huh?
> Naomi: Don't forget they've all been strengthened with gene therapy. They
> carry genes which make them excellent soldiers. Don't get careless
> just because they don't have much experience.
> Snake: I thought using genetically modified soldiers was prohibited by
> international law.
Wanderer: Well, yes, but so is threatening to nuke the planet for the sake of cloning.
> Naomi: Yes, but those are just declarations not actual treaties.
> Campbell: The interesting thing is that nearly every member of the unit
> conspired in this attack.
> Snake: How could an entire unit be subverted to rebellion?
> Naomi: They're calling it a revolution.
> Campbell: Since they all went through the same gene therapy, they probably
> felt closer than brothers. They see the unit as their only family.
> Snake: The Sons of Big Boss. But if they were regular army, they must've
> been interviewed periodically by army counsellers.
> Campbell: According to their files, they all got straight A's on their
> psychological tests. They all seemed like fine, upstanding
> patriotic soldiers.
> Snake: But they all took part in the uprising?
> Campbell: No. Several people didn't show up on the day of the exercise.
Gavok <soldier>: Oh, fuck! I set the alarm for PM!
> That's why there was a resupply of troops.
> Snake: Was there any sign recently that something might be wrong?
> Campbell: There was a report a month ago that they were acting strangely.
TBS <Campbell>: Made the horses go crazy. Killed the puppies. Hid the remote. Real sick shit.
> Naomi: Apparently they consulted classified information about the soldier
> genes and performed their own gene therapy experiments.
> Snake: They can do that even without you?
> Naomi: Well our gene therapy process is almost completely automated. And
> besides that they're all geniuses with IQs over 180.
> Campbell: Even the existence of this genome army is a national secret of the
> highest order. We'd been hoping to investigate this quietly and
> deal with it behind closed doors.
> Campbell: Hi-Tech special forces unit FOX-HOUND. Your former unit, and
> one that I was a commander of. An elite group combining firepower
> and expertise. They're every bit as good as when I was commanding
> them.
> Snake: So they're still around.
> Campbell: There are six members of FOX-HOUND involved in this terrorist
> activity. Psycho Mantis, with his powerful psychic abilities. Sniper
> Wolf, the beautiful and deadly sharpshooter. Decoy Octopus, master
> of disguise. Vulcan Raven, giant and shaman. And Revolver Ocelot,
> specialist in interrogation and a formidable gunfighter.
> Snake: Looks like a lovely bunch of folks. Too bad we'll be meeting under
> these circumstances.
> Campbell: And finally, in charge of them, FOX-HOUND's squad leader Liquid
> Snake.
> Snake: Liquid Snake?!
> Campbell: Yes and you're the only person who can stand against him.
Gavok <Campbell>: Only because Mr. T is busy on another mission.
> Snake: Liquid Snake.
> Campbell: Liquid Snake. The man with the same codename as you.
Zemyla <Campbell>: Except replace "Solid" with "Liquid".
> Snake: Tell me what you know.
> Campbell: He fought in the Gulf War as a teenager, the youngest person in the
> SAS (British Special Air Service). His job was to track down and
> destroy mobile SCUD missile launching platforms. You were there too
> I believe. Didn't you infiltrate western Iraq with a platoon of
> Green Berets?
> Snake: I was just a kid myself back then.
MMK <Snake>: Back then I used to wear a headband over my brow and a beanie-copter on my head.
> Campbell: The details are classified, but it seems that originally he
> penetrated the the Middle East as a sleeper for the SIS.
> Snake: He was a spy for the British Secret Intelligence Service?
> Campbell: But he never once showed his face in Century House. He was taken
> prisoner in Iraq, and after that there was no trace of him for
> several years. After you retired, he was rescued and became a member
> of FOX-HOUND.
> Snake: I thought that by the time I left they were no longer using
> codenames.
> Campbell: I don't know his real name. That information is so highly classified
> that even I can't look at it. Here's a photo of him. Pretty
> shocking, huh? His skin tone is a little different but otherwise
> you two are exact duplicates.
> Snake: I have a twin?
Gavok: Yes. His name is Kenshi and he's stranded in Outworld with Sub-Zero.
> Campbell: I don't know the details, but it seems so. That's why we really need
> you for this mission.
> Naomi: You're the only one who can beat him. Now that I've met you, I know.
Wanderer: So apparently repeating everything someone says as a question really impresses chicks.
> You've got something he doesn't. I can see it in your eyes.
> Snake: Why don't I find that thought more comforting?
> Snake: Colonel, I don't work for the government anymore. Let me go back to
> Twin Lakes.
> Campbell: Why Snake? Is your life in Alaska all that great?
> Snake: There's a dogsled race this week. Next Saturday I have to be in
> Anchorage.
> Campbell: The Iditarod? The longest sled race in the world? When did you
> become a dog musher?
TBS <Snake>: Actually, I dress up as a dog and...
Viper <Campbell>: Too much information, Snake.
> Snake: Right now my fifty huskies are my only family. I've got to take care
> of them.
> Campbell: Don't worry about your dogs.
> Snake: What do you mean?
> Campbell: I'm sorry Snake but this vessel is headed for the Bering Sea.
> There's no room for debate.
> Snake: I told you, even if I do owe you I don't anything to this army or
> this country!
> Campbell: You will accept this assignment!
MMK <Campbell>: Because if you don't, the story just kinda sits there!
> Snake: Why should I be stupid enough to do that? I'm no patriot.
> Campbell: Snake, there's enough dirt in your file from your days as an agent
> to keep you in the stockade until you're a very old man.
Zemyla <Campbell>: Do you remember your time as a member of New Kids on the Block? We do.
Gavok <Snake>: You bastard.
> Snake: Oh I see. Blackmail.
> Campbell: No Snake. I prefer to look at it as helping you to come to a
> decision more easily. But anyway, I know you better than that. You'd
> take this assignment even without the threat.
> Snake: Why do you say that?
> Campbell: You're a natural born soldier. You're not the grow old gracefully
> type. Same for all of us who've seen real action. The only place we
> can feel truly alive is on the battlefield. I'm a solider too. I
> know those feelings of powerlessness, frustration that you feel
> everyday. You've tried to play the boy scout out there in Alaska,
> but you can't race dogs in the snow forever. Why don't you come
> back to us and be a soldier again.
MMK <Snake>: Because I have a Chia Pet at home and...
Gavok <Campbell>: Oh! Oh, then by all means go. We'll find someone to fill in.
> Snake: You think my life is some kind of joke?
> Campbell: Snake, I just want to give you back your purpose in life.