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METAL GEAR: GHOST BABEL (AKA METAL GEAR SOLID GBC) SCRIPT version 1.10
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This copy of the script focuses on the plot. It only covers mandatory Codec
conversations and dialogue from cutscenes, so a lot of things have been
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CONTENTS
S1. Script
00a Small Talk
00b Mission Details
01a Insertion
02a Bad News
02b A Survivor
03a Rendezvous
04a Chris Jenner
04b Slasher Hawk
05a Search for Harks
05b Jimmy
06a Barracks Blackout
06b Babysitting
06c Marionette Owl
07a Nuclear Threat
08a Terrorist Ultimatum
08b More Bad News
08c Pyro Bison
09a Enemy Spy
09b Power Plant Sabotage
10a Traitor
11a Sophie N'dram
11b Black Art Viper
12a Metal Gear
13a Project Babel
13b Conspiracy
S2. Special Stage Script
S3. Things to Note
S4. Script Information
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S1. Script
00a Small Talk
[The intro is a flashback to Snake and Campbell's meeting before the mission.
It starts with the silhouette of a flying cargo plane, then shows Snake having
a smoke inside. Next the setting becomes Snake's house in Alaska. Snake
looks disheveled. Behind him are the outlines of two people, and a handful
of red dots hover on his chest. Campbell, who appears in a portrait, has
apparently brought armed soldiers with him.]
Campbell
It's been a long time, Snake.
Snake
Didn't expect to see you again. Drink?
Campbell
Got Scotch?
Snake
Single malt, straight up and neat - if I remember right.
Campbell
That you do....This house - ?
Snake
Built it myself.
Campbell
Didn't know you were a carpenter. You know, it's already been three
years since you left....How's Alasaka been treating you?
Snake
Colonel, did you come all the way out here with the cavalry to make small
talk with me?
Campbell
........
Snake
Trouble, huh.
Campbell
The world is on the brink of nuclear holocaust. We came to request your
help.
Snake
Request? As if I have the choice to refuse.
Campbell
You do. I know too well that you can't be ordered or coerced. But
you'll say yes because you need to. Let me tell you about it first.
Snake
........
[The red lasers on Snake's chest disappear.]
Campbell
A week ago, a C-5 Galaxy transport plane on a classified mission to South
America vanished.
Snake
Terrorists?
Campbell
Of course. But the problem is what it was carrying.
Snake
Nuke.
Campbell
Yes. And some.
Snake
?
Campbell
It was Metal Gear.
[The screen slowly scrolls up the silhouette of a Metal Gear. This model has
twin rail guns that look like giant tuning forks.]
Snake
What!
Campbell
Nuclear-capable bipedal armored vehicle designed to realize the
possibility of nuclear strikes from anywhere on the planetary surface....
The devil's candy of mass destruction to change the meaning of nuclear
warfare, and it was on that plane.
Snake
But I....
Campbell
Yes, you destroyed Metal Gear in Outer Heaven seven years ago. But the
U.S. Government recognized the strategic advantages of Metal Gear and
secretly extracted the data from Outer Heaven. The development continued,
just under a different flag. The South American hop was probably for a
field exercise.
Snake
Christ....
Campbell
Metal Gear's researchers were also on board [sic]. The idea of Metal
Gear in terrorist hands goosed Washington into finding out its new
location in just a week: came in today.
Snake
Where?
Campbell
Gindra.
Snake
Gindra?
[A map of the fictional country Gindra appears.]
Campbell
Central Africa; fairly small.
Snake
I heard there was a civil war going on; an armed uprising by a separatist
ethnic minority. And that peacekeeping troops were deployed.
Campbell
So the hermit keeps up with the news. Metal Gear is in the hands of the
armed separatist group Gindra Liberation Front, commonly known as GLF;
their leader is 'General' Augustine Eguabon, charismatic and armed to
the teeth.
[A mugshot of a dark-haired, bearded man has overlapped the Gindra map. His
face looks weathered.]
Campbell
They operate out of a virtually impregnable fortress, Galuade, in the
mountains. Neither the Gindran government nor the U.N. can get to them.
We also have intel that they recently hired several top-class mercenaries
as consultants. We suspect that the mercenaries executed the Metal Gear
hijacking.
Snake
So they plan to win their independence by threatenting nuclear strikes
with Metal Gear....
[Campbell's portrait and the disheveled Snake reappear in place of the
Gindra map.]
Campbell
Snake, come with me to Gindra. We need you. We need the 'Legend.'
Snake
Don't call me that. I know all the names for a killer, and that's one of
them.
Campbell
A military dictatorship of possession of Metal Gear - damm [sic] it, you
know they won't hesitate to push that button. And millions will die.
Snake
Colonel, I'm not in Fox-Hound anymore.
Campbell
You're saying you won't go?
Snake
Why can't you leave me alone? Alaska is quiet - and my life is good.
Campbell
You won't change your mind?
Snake
No.
Campbell
Even if I tell you that the fortress Galuade, GLF's home base, was once
called Outer Heaven?
Snake
What?
Campbell
The very same place; where you went to war seven years ago, destroyed
Metal Gear, and became the 'Legend.'
Snake
Is there a connection?
Campbell
I don't know. But the fact is, there is Metal Gear in Outer Heaven. You
believe in coincidence? I believe in conspiracy.
Snake
And you want me to find out.
Campbell
I'm asking you to join me. If the past is at your heels, you turn around
and face it. Am I wrong?
Snake
........
Campbell
End it, once and for all. It's all back there, in Outer Heaven.
Snake
........Tell me about this mission.
00b Mission Details
[The map of Gindra reappears.]
Campbell
Your mission is to infiltrate the fortress Galudade, rescue the hostages
and neutralize Metal Gear before its assembly is complete. Steve Gardner,
the National Security Advisor, is in command of this mission.
Snake
Gardner himself?
Campbell
America's best kept secret just got hijacked, and may be used in a
terrorist attack. Who else?
Snake
A national crisis, in fact.
Campbell
A global one, I'd say. And one more thing. The Army's Delta Force is
already in Galuade; carry out the mission in concert with them.
Snake
Whose bright idea was this?
Campbell
[General] John Parker, Army Chief of Staff.
Snake
Top Army brass, huh.
Campbell
Metal Gear's development was under Army control. They of course want to
do something about the situation themselves. In addition, four people
will serve as your backup personnel via the Codec.
[Mugshots of the support team members will appear individually as Campbell
describes them. First, an Asian teenaged girl is shown.]
Campbell
First, Mei Ling.
Snake
Awfully young. Doesn't look like a soldier.
Campbell
PhD [Doctor of Philosophy] candidate at MIT [Massachusetts Institute
of Technology]. Incidentally, she developed the new radar and Codec
system you'll be using. She'll be in charge of mission logs (saving) as
well. When you have a question about the radar or the Codec, or need
to log in (save), contact her at frequency 140.96.
[A mugshot of a light-haired, square-jawed man appears.]
Campbell
Brian McBride. Africa Desk, Director of Operations, Central Intelligence
Agency.
Snake
CIA....
Campbell
Don't look so disgusted. McBride effectively planned this mission, and
has expert knowledge of Gindran affairs. Ask him about the mission, GLF,
or [the] Gindran environment if you need to. Frequency is 141.52.
[A mugshot of a dark-haired man appears. He has noticeable marks on the side
of his face; they could be battle scars.]
Campbell
Ronard Lensenbrink, alias Weasel. A mercenary.
Snake
I've heard of him. Word is he's about as trustworthy as a weasel.
Campbell
But, he's good. Some say as good as Solid Snake, the 'Legend.'
Snake
So why isn't he working the field on this one?
Campbell
The U.S. government apparently has more trust in you.
Snake
....I doubt that.
Campbell
Anyway, Weasel's a player in the mercenary circle. He's well up on
soldiers of fortune from all over the world, and we know that GLF
contracted some major ones. If you run across a live one, get Weasel
on the Codec; he'll have something useful for you.
[A mugshot of Campbell appears.]
Campbell
I have field control of this mission. Frequency is 140.85; if anything
happens, contact me ASAP [as soon as possible] so I can stay on top of
it.
Snake
Colonel, didn't you retire from Fox-Hound two years ago? Why this
mission?
Campbell
No one can carry this mission out but you. I was only called in because
I know you well.
Snake
And that's all?
Campbell
........I also have a score to settle with the past....we all have our
shadows, Snake.
Snake
........
[The intro returns to the present. It shows Snake inside the plane and then
the plane's silhouette.]
Campbell
Snake, we've arrived over Outer Heaven - Galuade.
Snake
Ready to descend.
Campbell
We're counting on you.
Snake
I know. ....... It's all back here....
[The plane's cargo ramp opens and the intro ends.]
01a Insertion
[Snake parachutes into a jungle. He glides offscreen past a patrolling guard.
After landing, he runs north and stops short of the guard's path. The Codec
screen appears.]
Snake
This is Snake....Colonel, can you hear me?
Campbell
Successful HALO [High Altitude Low Opening] landing, I see.
Snake
Nothing like skydiving at dawn. Present location, 3km south of fortress
as planned. Heavy security; sentries ahead.
Campbell
Snake, make sure you stay out of their sight.
Mei Ling
Watch the radar to keep track of enemy movements. I'll go over it again
just in case.
[The Codec screen disappears for the obligatory radar tutorial.]
Mei Ling
See the radar at the top right? The large dot is you, the others are
enemy troops. Got it? Once you've been detected by the enemy, the
radar will be non-operational. Be careful.
[The Codec screen reappears.]
Campbell
Your mission is to infiltrate Galuade, work with Delta Force to rescue
the researchers, and destroy Metal Gear. Orders will be relayed via
the Codec. My frequency is 140.85; call if anything turns up. To use
the Codec, just press SELECT, and then START. We'll be in touch; when
a call sounds, push the SELECT button to receive.
Mei Ling
Raise me on frequency 140.96 when you need to save.
Campbell
First, get to the front of the fortress; cut northward through the
jungle you're in.
Snake
Roger that.
02a Bad News
[The player has headed north of the parachute landing. A short cutscene is
shown: the camera scrolls up behind Snake to reveal a tower in the distance.
The METAL GEAR SOLID logo is shown. Then the Codec screen appears.]
Campbell
Snake, we have new intelligence.
Snake
Bad news?
Campbell
How did you know?
Snake
You've never exactly been a messenger of joy. So?
Campbell
Seems that Delta Force was wiped out.
Snake
Are you serious?
Campbell
It's true.
Snake
But Delta Force - the best of the Army's best - so easiy?
Weasel
It means they were outclassed.
Snake
?
Weasel
Those mercenaries on the enemy's payroll are all A-list guns. You've
been out of action for a while, but I'm out there and I know what I'm
talking about. If you're going to take one of them on, give me a buzz.
Snake
Planning to give me advice?
Weasel
That's what I was hired for. It's a policy of mine to earn my keep.
Frequency's 141.80. Don't forget.
Snake
I won't.
McBride
Snake, McBride from the CIA here. Don't underestimate GLF. They aren't
just another rebel group - their annual revenue from drug and rare metal
trafficking is more than $50 million, and their black-market arms were
financed by that money. [Their weapons are] all state-of-the-art. Be
careful. I'm with the Africa Desk of Ops. I can provide data on not
just the GLF, but on things like Gindran climate, flora and fauna. My
frequency is 141.52.
Snake
All right.
Campbell
Snake, continue with the mission. Infiltrate the fortress Galuade.
[The gameplay screen appears. Campbell calls to advise Snake while the screen
focuses on a security camera.]
Campbell
Snake, first gain entry to the fortress. Enemy security should be even
tighter than it was in the jungle. Keep your eyes open, especially for
surveillance cameras.
02b A Survivor
[The player has infiltrated the fortress walls and reached the most northern
section of the perimeter. Snake gets a call and the Codec screen appears.
The caller's Codec portrait looks like video static.]
???
....is anyone out there? Can anyone hear me? This is....
Snake
Who is this?
[The Codec portrait of static changes to a woman.]
???
Thank God....This is Segeant Chris Jenner of Delta Force.
Snake
Delta Force? A survivor?
Campbell
It wasn't annihilated?
Jenner
No....Who are you? The U.S. rescue team?
Snake
No. I'm the black sheep you were supposed to work with.
Jenner
....? Not....Fox-Hound?
Snake
Solid Snake speaking.
Jenner
You! I've heard things about you.
Snake
What kind of things?
Jenner
The best saboteur ever - the one who destroyed Metal Gear in Outer Heaven,
seven years ago. The 'Legend'....
Snake
Don't believe everything you hear. Some say I'm just an attention-
seeking killer.
Jenner
So - which is true?
Snake
Make up your own mind.
Jenner
........
Campbell
Sergeant Jenner, are there any other survivors from the unit besides you?
Jenner
....no. Everbody else....I.... They're monsters, sir.
Snake
They? You mean those mercenaries.
Jenner
Yes. Especially the leader, a man called Viper....There was nothing
we could do, even if it wasn't an ambush....
Snake
An ambush? The mission was leaked?
Jenner
I don't know. But....
McBride
This is an absolutely classified mission. There is no way it could have
been compromised.
Weasel
Wanna bet? There's always someone who's willing to sell out. What makes
an American brass tick, huh? Money, power, glory, women, men....?
McBride
Can it. There is no risk of spies here.
Weasel
Pretty sure, aren't you?
McBride
Everyone involved in this mission has undergone rigorous background
checks.
Weasel
I see.... they're all trusted.
Snake
How about it, Colonel?
Campbell
This is a top secret mission. Only a handful of people know of it, in
the government and the military. I have to agree with McBride.
Snake
....All right. Sergeant Jenner, is Metal Gear really inside the
fortress?
Jenner
Yes. I still don't have the exact location, but the assembly is
apparently near completion and the researchers have been confined to
another building.
Snake
Do you have the location of the researchers?
Jenner
I'm sorry. All I know is they're somewhere here in Galuade....
Snake
OK.... How did you enter the fortress?
Jenner
Through the drainage system.
Snake
The drainage system?
Jenner
Bingo. You saw those buildings with recessed east walls? There are
hidden access ways down into the ground in those recesses.
Snake
Building with an indented east wall, entry into an underground route in
the recess. Got it. Get yourself back there and get out of here.
Jenner
No, I'm staying here.
Snake
No, you're not. I have no time to babysit a Brownie. You get out.
Jenner
No.
Snake
Sergeant!
Jenner
I will not abandon the mission!
Snake
But -
Jenner
I have to finish this.
Campbell
For your fallen comrades....?
Jenner
........
Snake
........
Campbell
Snake, having an ally in the field could be useful.
Jenner
Please, sir.
Snake
........All right. You've got guts, I'll grant you that.
Jenner
Thank you.
Snake
We'll rendezvous inside the fortres. In the meantime, gather as much
intel as possible.
Jenner
Got it.
Snake
You watch out for your own back until then.
Jenner
Of course.
Snake
And no cowboy acts.
Jenner
I know that.
Snake
And one other thing -
Jenner
Yes?
Snake
Can I call you Chris?
Jenner
We don't know each other that well.
Snake
We can easily change that.
Jenner
As comrades in arms?
Snake
That's up to you.
Chris
OK. My frequency is 140.25. Ask me if you have any questions about the
fortress.
Snake
OK, Chris.
Chris
Good luck, Snake.
Campbell
All right, Snake. Look for that way into the duct that Sergeant Jenner
was talking about. Go to the building with a recessed east wall, and
get underground from the concealed entry point in the recess.
03a Rendezvous
[The player has found the building that Chris had talked about. Snake climbs
down a ladder to the underground route and the Codec screen appears.]
Snake
Chris, I'm at the duct entrance. Where are you?
Chris
In the building right above the duct you're in.
Snake
Pretty near.
Chris
I'm about to find out what I can here.
Snake
How?
Chris
I got an enemy trooper uniform. It should let me blend in - and
listen in.
Snake
Chris....
Chris
Don't worry. I'll find out where the researchers are.
Snake
Don't over do it.
Chris
I know.
Snake
I'll go up to your floor and we'll rendezvous there.
Chris
I'll be disguised, so no Codec contact. Make voice contact when I'm
alone.
Snake
All right. But aren't you wearing the same uniform as the enemy? How
am I supposed to spot you among all the enemy soldiers?
Chris
What about my hairstyle? I have my hair tied up at the back. You should
be able to recognize me from that, OK?
Snake
Hairstyle, huh? Even among the GLF soldiers there are heaps of guys
with long hair.
Chris
Yeah, you're right. Um, OK, how about if I wear a red cap?
Snake
All right. If I see a soldier wearing a red cap, with hair tied up at
the back it must be you. Got it.
Chris
Right, Snake. See you soon.
[The gameplay screen appears. Campbell calls.]
Campbell
Snake, rendezvous with Sergeant Jenner. She's in the watchtower above.
Get through the duct and gain entry to the tower.
[The player has made it through the drainage system. Snake climbs up a ladder
to the building where Chris is hiding. Campbell calls to remind the player
about the current objective.]
Campbell
Snake, rendezvous with Sergeant Jenner. She should be somewhere in the
tower with you. Remember that she's disguised; [c]ontact her when she's
alone so that the enemy won't be alerted. She has long hair, tied up at
the back, and is wearing a red cap.
Snake
I know. Long hair, tied up at the back, and a red cap. No problem.
[The player has found a guard with a green uniform, a red cap, and long hair.]
Chris
Snake, it's me. Follow me.
04a Chris Jenner
[Snake follows Chris into another room.]
Chris
We won't have to worry about the guards here.
Snake
Good. We can talk.
[An illustration of Snake and Chris appears.]
Snake
........
Chris
What is it?
Snake
Sorry - it's just that you're easier on the eyes than any other Delta
Force operator I've met.
Chris
Is that your idea of a compliment?
Snake
Absolutely. Anyway, what did you find out?
Chris
Plenty. Only one researcher is left - James Harks, aka 'Jimmy the
Wizard,' head of [the] Metal Gear development team. Supposed to be a
genius.
Snake
Get his location?
Chris
Uh-huh. There are barracks to the north of this building; he seems to
be held there.
Snake
In the barracks to the north of here, got it.
Chris
One more thing; there are four mercenaries working as GLF's military
consultants.
[The silhouettes of four people briefly appear. Their mugshots and
silhouettes appear individually as Chris mentions each one.]
Chris
Slasher Hawk. His signature weapon is a giant boomerang. Marionette
Owl, expert assassin and master of nocturnal combat. Pyro Bison, who
practices his own Scorched Earth tactics with a massive flame thrower.
And their leader - Black Art Viper.
Snake
Viper - poisonous snake....
[The group of silhouettes reappear.]
Chris
They first appeared on the scene around two years ago. Made a round of
hot spots around the world before they set up in Gindra. They're very,
very good. Rumor has it they're former U.S. Special Forces.
Snake
American....?
[Snake and Chris are shown again.]
Snake
That was good work in a pretty short time.
Chris
I tried my best. Was that a good enough proof for you?
Snake
Let's just say you convinced me you don't me babysiting. What else?
Chris
........
Snake
Anything wrong?
Chris
Um.... [Chris lowers her head.] Yes....Like the fact that we Americans
are not welcome around here.
Snake
Why?
Chris
They think the U.S. is blocking their independence. That the deployment
of peacekeepers is an armed invasion to extend U.S. control over Gindra.
That's why they have such faith in the General, who wants to end U.S.
interference and win independence. I thought our mission was for the
good of the people of this country. But....what we're doing may be....
Snake
Chris, why did you join the military?
Chris
What? Well....Maybe because I wanted something concrete.
Snake
Something concrete?
Chris
Like 'justice' or 'disclipine' - all the things we need to keep going....
Snake
Chris, the only thing you need a battlefield to keep going is the
instinct to keep living.
Chris
Yeah....
Snake
I don't want you to die.
Chris
But....
Snake
Think about completing the mission, about going home alive, first.
Chris
Yes....I guess so. I will....for now....
[The gameplay screen appears.]
Snake
I'm going after Harks. He must have some valuable information on
Metal Gear.
Chris
OK. I'll open the doors with my Card 3. You can trail me.
Snake
Chris.
Chris
What?
Snake
You're going to be OK?
Chris
Don't worry. With this outfit on, no one will spot me.
Snake
That's not what I meant.
Chris
........I know....thanks. Ladies first.
[The screen follows Chris as she leaves the room. Afterward, Campbell reminds
the player of the new objective.]
Campbell
Snake, rescue James Harks, the chief of [the] Metal Gear development
team. Harks is held in the barracks to the north of the watchtower
you're in. First, follow Sergeant Jenner's lead and get to the north
side of the tower.
[The player has followed Chris through the building. Chris leads Snake
outside.]
Chris
The barracks where Harks is kept is to the northeast of here.
Snake
Got it. I'll have to head east from here and I'll be OK. What about
you?
Chris
I'll check out the power plant.
Snake
The power plant?
Chris
It supplies all the power for this fortress. But there's something
strange going on.
Snake
Like what?
Chris
It's an important installation, sure, but there's too much traffic. I'm
going to take a look, see what's up. Could be Metal Gear....
Snake
Chris....
Chris
I'll be all right. Don't worry. You watch your back, Snake.
[Chris goes offscreen and then Campbell calls.]
Campbell
Snake, leave the plant to Jenner and head for the barracks. Head
northeast [and] you're there.
04b Slasher Hawk
[The player has navigated a maze of bushes to unlock a door. Snake runs
through and into an open area.]
???
Solid Snake!
Snake
Who's there?
[Snake moves north and faces a man standing on a cliff ledge. An illustration
of the muscular, bare-chested man appears. A hawk is perched on his arm.]
Hawk
I am Slasher Hawk....
Snake
One of the mercenaries that decimated Delta Force?
Hawk
That's right - a boring little cleanup job.
Snake
How do you know my name?
Hawk
Your reputation precedes you. Solid Snake - it's a very special name
to us, the Black Chamber.
Snake
Black Chamber?
Hawk
Unlike the pawns here, we have no interest in the General's ideals or
bid for independence. But let me tell you this. Black Chamber, not
Fox-Hound, is the world's best Special Force unit! And I'll prove it
with your dead body!
[The gameplay screen appears. Hawk's hawk flies around.]
Hawk
Take this!
[Hawk throws a boomerang at Snake, who dodges it.]
Snake
A boomerang?
Hawk
That's an overused white man's name. My people call it wilgi. This is
a weapon of proud lineage - and it's your guide into the afterlife....
Outer Heaven is what you're remembered for, and Outer Heaven is where
you'll be buried! Start digging!
[The player has taken off half of Hawk's life bar.]
Hawk
This hawk is my totem, and my protector. As long as it flies, I will
fight! Go!
05a Search for Harks
[The player has beaten Hawk. Snake walks up to Hawk, who is lying on his
back. The screen shows their silhouettes.]
Snake
Hawk, why me?
Hawk
You.... all of you.... took away my family....
Snake
What are you talking about??
Hawk
I grew up....in Australia, with the people you call Aborigines....But
that's not what I was born as....I was abandoned. [My adopted] parents
took me in, raised me against the elders' opposition....So cold....
Everyone was always so cold to me....I'd go where the talking and
laughter was, and they'd scatter, leave me with the ashes....I tried....
I observed the customs, the taboos, more than anyone else. I tried to
win their acceptance....But when my parents died, they turned me out....
wouldn't let me be one of them....
Snake
........
Hawk
From then on, I drifted all over the world....And everywhere I went, I
was an outsider....no one accepted me. But Viper was diferent. He took
me in, accepted me into the Black Chamber....It was my home....You!
All of you....
Snake
What?
Hawk
I'll be dead, but Viper.... I know that Viper will avenge me....Taste
it.... our bitternes - our grief....
Snake
?
Hawk
No funeral pyres, Snake....It's forbidden....This hawk....will carry my
spirit home....Yes....Finally.... going home....Will they....let me in
this time....?
[The gameplay screen appears. Hawk's hawk circles around his body and flies
away. Snake runs to enter the barracks. Campbell calls to remind the player
of the current objective.]
Campbell
James Harks, the chief of Metal Gear development, is held somewhere in
here. Find him!
05b Jimmy
[The player has found a cell on the first floor of the barracks. A person can
be seen behind bars.]
???
Hey! You don't look like one of those goons. Get me out of here? Or
do you want me to yell for the guard?
[Snake walks up the bars.]
Snake
You a hostage?
???
Yeah. They're like complete losers. At first, I got to do whatever I
wanted, then once Metal Gear neared completion, I got thrown into this
dump....
Snake
....You're James Harks?
Jimmy
You can call me Jimmy - if you're gonna get me out of here.
Snake
They let a kid lead the Metal Gear development....
Jimmy
Oh yeah? I may be half your age, but I'm twice as smart as you, buddy.
Snake
I'm not that old.
Jimmy
Really? You look it, man. Who're you anyway?
Snake
Does it matter? I'm the guy sent to get you and destroy Metal Gear,
and that's all you need to know.
Jimmy
Whatever, Lone Ranger. You with the U.S. military?
Snake
I'm not with any military.
Jimmy
What, then?
Snake
Just a misfit.
Jimmy
What the hell kind of answer is that? Who cares, as long as you get me
out. Come on, I'm sick of this place.
Snake
There's no way past these bars. Any other way into this room?
Jimmy
No, but....
Snake
But what?
Jimmy
I tapped on the walls and the east one sounds different. It may be
thinner than the other ones.
Snake
The east wall, huh. OK, I'll get a hold of some explosives and try
blowing through it.
[The player has used C4 to blow up the east wall of Jimmy's cell. Snake
enters the cell.]
Jimmy
That took a while. Are you really as great as you say you are?
06a Barracks Blackout
[An illustration of Snake and Jimmy appears. Jimmy is chubby and about a
head shorter than Snake.]
Jimmy
OK, get me out of this hole.
Snake
Not so fast. First, tell me about Metal Gear.
Jimmy
I thought you were going to help me!
Snake
Talk first.
Jimmy
Well, that's just great.
Snake
I can always leave you here. Are you going to give me answers?
Jimmy
All right, all right. Ask away, will you?
Snake
Where is Metal Gear, first of all?
Jimmy
In the maintenance base, to the north of the 1st- floor northwest exit
of this barrack.
Snake
Ok - first-floor northwest exit of this building, then north. Metal
Gear's operational?
[The screen shows a birds-eye-view of the maintenance base and then fades
to black.]
Jimmy
The assembly's done; that's why I got locked up. They're probably
adjusting the power net now.
Snake
It's really nuclear-capable?
Jimmy
Yep. The South American trip was supposed to be for practical
exercises. Brought real nuclear warheads along.
Snake
That's crazy. How could you permitted to take a nuke out of the
country?
Jimmy
Parker, the Army Chief of Staff, is a big fan of the project.
Snake
The Army's top brass.
Jimmy
Yeah. So we got all the funding we wanted, and the project moved
pretty quickly.
[Snake and Jimmy reappear.]
Snake
Why so much effort? What were they planning to do with Metal Gear?
Jimmy
'Project Babel.'
Snake
What is it?
Jimmy
It's some project of Parker's. That's what Metal Gear's supposed to be
for.
Snake
What is it?
Jimmy
I don't know the details. They wouldn't tell me. Not like I care;
I just want to be where I can make the best use of my talents.
Snake
You make weapons of war that can kill millions of people. Look what's
happening right now....
Jimmy
That's to do with people who use them, not with me, not with Metal Gear
itself. I don't care what anyone says; Metal Gear is a masterpiece,
the product of every technical genius I possess. Nobody can build
anything so -
[The screen goes black.]
Snake
What is it?
Jimmy
Power failure - this could be bad....
Snake
Why?
Jimmy
They're going to go nuclear with Metal Gear.
Snake
What?
Jimmy
Metal Gear can launch warheads with a rail gun. But the rail gun has an
enormous power consumption -
Snake
- so they're charging the thing up with all the power they can get.
Jimmy
Yeah.
Snake
How long till full charge?
Jimmy
About 30 minutes.
Snake
30 minutes to a nuclear strike....!
[The Codec screen appears.]
Snake
Chris, come in.
Chris
Snake? The power plant just went into overdrive. What the hell....
Snake
No time to talk. I found the Metal Gear researcher. I'd like you to
take over his protection.
Chris
OK. But what about you, Snake?
Snake
I'm going after Metal Gear.
Chris
Metal Gear? What's going on?
Snake
There's no time. I'm counting on you.
[The gameplay screen appears. The infrared vision effect is shown.]
Snake
Metal Gear is in the maintenance base to the north of this barrack,
right?
Jimmy
Yeah, but....Wait a sec, what about me?
Snake
You stay here.
Jimmy
Hey, weren't you supposed to get me out?
Snake
Your new Delta Force bodyguard will be along shortly. You'll like her.
Jimmy
What am I supposed to do alone until then?
Snake
What are you, a kid?
Jimmy
Okay, okay. Man, you really need to work on your people skills.
[Snake leaves the cell. Campbell calls to remind the player again.]
Campbell
Snake, put a stop to Metal Gear. It seems to be north of where you are.
Get to the north of the barracks first.
06b Babysitting
[The player has reached the storeroom on the second floor of the barracks.
The Codec sreen appears.]
Chris
Snake, I've got Jimmy.
Snake
Everything all right? Is Jimmy okay?
Chris
Yes, he's not injured or anything. He seems to have been keeping out
sight well but....
Snake
But what?
Chris
This kid's a real.... pain in the butt....
Jimmy
Did you say something?
Chris
No, nothing.
Jimmy
Liar. I heard you. You're the one who's a pain, telling me what to do
all the time. Who do you think you are, my mom?
Chris
I wouldn't want to be your mom even if someone paid me to do it.
Jimmy
'Scuse me?
Chris
Nothing. Look, I'm in the middle of a conversation, do you mind shutting
up?
Jimmy
Shut up yourself. You've got a real attitude problem, you know that?
It's just going to make things more difficult for you as a woman in the
military.
Chris
Muzzle it! You shut up when I tell you to shut up!....Sorry, Snake.
Snake
Glad to hear you two are getting along.
Chris
Hah. I never thought I'd be babysitting again, especially under fire....
But I guess it's like riding a bike.
Snake
That's what I'm counting on.
[The Codec screen disappears.]
06c Marionette Owl
[The player has found a room hidden on the first floor of the barracks. Snake
runs north into the room that is pitch black.]
???
Welcome to the darkness, Solid Snake!!
Snake
Who's there?
[The colours return to normal. Snake is faced with three figures. The one
in the middle has red hair and a dark suit. The other two are wearing
Japanese kimonos; they are actually life-sized dolls.]
???
I see you've put your nightsights on.
[An illustration of an effeminate-looking man appears. He is wearing shades.]
???
I can see you fine without depending on those toys. My night vision
is as good as an owl's. The face of my prey in the dark, overcome
with terror and pain - no machine should contaminate a moment of
such exquisite pleasure....
Snake
Are you one of this Black Chamber group?
???
Of course. I am called Marionette Owl. My flair for nocturnal combat
has no equal, even among the Black Chamber. The party is about to begin
- but you won't be making it. You'll die here in the darkness!
[The gameplay screen reappears.]
Owl
Let me introduce you to my partners. This is Osan, and Kohal.
Snake
I've no time for you or your dolls.
Owl
A doll is an approximation of the human form. And a good doll is
endowed with a soul. What nice lines your clavicles have, Snake. Not
a bad heft to your femurs either. When you're dead, Kohal will have
those. Time to die!
07a Nuclear Launch
[The player has beaten Owl. Snake walks up to him. A drawing of Owl on his
back appears.]
Owl
Snake.... do you know what madness tastes like? When I was 12....Laura
was murdered....by some madman, a psycho....And I was the one [who] found
her....Scattered - all over the field. Laura's white hands, thighs,
dark entrails....That image was burned into the back of my eyes- even
now, in my sleep every night....In that moment....something snapped
inside me. Taken over by a strange compulsion....And soon, I found
myself called a serial killer too....I loved those women, I really
did....That's why I had to kill them, there was nothing else to be
done....Can you understand that?
Snake
Like hell I can.
Owl
I thought not. But Viper was different. Viper took me in when I was
cornered by the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation]. He forgave
me [for] my sins....Black Chamber gave me a way to sate the mad hunger
in my mind. I became the perfect assassin....But two years ago - you
cowards betrayed us, and laced my madness with lust for vengeance.
There will be no absolution for you....
Snake
For what?
Owl
Heh, heh, heh. Viper - he lost his left arm in that hell, but he won't
use his prosthetics, not usually. Do you know why?
Snake
No.
Owl
Because every time he looks at the stump, he can remember his lost
comrades and vow vengeance on 'Anonymous' all over again....
Snake
'Anonymous'!?
Owl
Ha, ha, ha- His madness surpasses even my own....And that's why I can
believe it....My sight is fading....No more dreams of that field....
Ah - Laura! Over here, I'm - No....! NO! Please, you can't!!!
Snake
Looks like the gates of Heaven are closed to you....
[The gameplay screen appears. Snakes leaves the room and the building.
Outside, he gets a call from Campbell.]
Campbell
Snake! Hurry! Metal Gear is in the launch phase.
Mei Ling
I ran a satellite check. Metal Gear is already above ground.
Campbell
Metal Gear is to the north -- Just keep going north. There's no time
left! Go!
[The player has made it north through a minefield. Snake enters an open area
where a couple of missiles explode nearby.]
???
Snake! You won't get past this point!
Snake
Who are you?
[The screens scrolls up to show an armed helicopter.]
???
It's finally time - to send you all into hell....
Snake
You must be Viper.
Viper
Pleasure to see you, Solid Snake.
[Snake dodges Viper's burst of machine gun fire.]
Viper
Retribution begins now. Stand and watch the show, Snake.
[The screen turns black.]
Campbell
Snake! Metal Gear!
[An illustration of Metal Gear appears. Its left rail gun charges up;
electric currents can be seen before it fires a projectile. The silhouettes
of three people watching the launch give a sense of the Metal Gear's great
size. Snake and the helicopter reappear.]
Snake
Christ -
Viper
Ha, ha, ha[.] This is just the beginning. It's payback time!
[Viper flies offscren and the shadow of his helicopter can be seen.]
Viper
We'll met again, Solid Snake. The next time, you die.
[The screen shows artillery cannons firing from various positions on a cliff.
According to Weasel, they are probably 155mm Light Tow Howitzers. Their
shells land near Snake. The Codec screen appears.]
Campbell
Watch out, Snake! Firing ahead!
Mei Ling
There's an artillery unit to the north, just this side of the
maintenance base. They're firing like crazy. Get out of there now!
Snake
But Metal Gear-
Campbell
Get out there, Snake! There's no way through that barrage!
Snake
But -!
Campbell
Snake! Metal Gear's already fired a nuke. We can't afford to lose you
as well!
Snake
Damn it....
Campbell
Go back the way you came. Now isn't the time to go in!
[The gameplay screen appears.]
Mei Ling
Look at your radar. I've modified it to display the artillery impact
points.
Campbell
Snake, avoid the artillery fire and go south!
08a Terrorist Ultimatum
[The player has backtracked through the minefield while dodging the artillery
barrage. Snake runs through a gate and gets a call from Campbell. The Codec
screen appears.]
Campbell
Snake, the warhead launched by Metal Gear just impacted on mainland U.S.
Snake
Casualties?
Campbell
None.
Snake
What?
Campbell
It was a fake. The coordinates were set to an unpopulated area - a
nuclear testing site in Nevada.
Snake
What kind of a sick....
McBride
All the same, there's a huge crater at the site. We need to get a cover
story to the press. Metal Gear's existence cannot be made public.
Weasel
That appears to be the CIA's forte, after all.
McBride
Certainly. But it won't be easy. Constructing a plausible denial for
the masses requires preparations.
Campbell
Snake, GLF transmitted a message to the American president just after
the impact. I'm sending it to you as well.
[The screen goes black. In the upper left corner a timer counts down. Then
an image of the terrorist leader appears. He is sitting at a desk. To his
left, a woman stands with her hands behind her back.]
'General'
Hello, Mr. President. Did you like my present. I'm sure you did - it
is, after all, made in the U.S.A. No doubt you know the gist of my
message. Withdraw the U.N. troops from Gindra immediately, and recognize
our sovereignty. With U.S. backing, the motion will face no delays at
the U.N. Security Council. You can save face, and millions of lives -
voting lives. Not a bad deal, I think? But I'll set a deadline just
to save you the procrastinating as well. 3 hours. If our demands are
not met within 3 hours, a real nuclear warhead will be launched. The
target will be.... hmm, New York City....? Or Los Angeles....Or perhaps
Washington D.C. We'll see how I feel at the time. I expect glad
tidings soon.
[The Codec screen reappears.]
Campbell
Of course the U.S. Government will make no concessions.
McBride
Certainly not. We don't negotiate with terrorists.
Campbell
But we can't get to Metal Gear....
Snake
He may not look it, but Jimmy did head the unit's development; he may
know how to stop the strike.
Campbell
Get him on the Codec.
Snake
Chris.
Chris
What? Snake?
Snake
Is Jimmy there?
Chris
He is, but....
Snake
Put him on.
Chris
Oh.... okay.
Jimmy
What.
Snake
Jimmy, how do we prevent Metal Gear from launching?
Jimmy
Well, like I said before, the rail gun uses a lot of power. So....
Snake
With no power, the gun is useless?
Jimmy
Yeah.
Chris
Snake, you can destroy that power plant!
Jimmy
Yeah, but what about Metal Gear's - [Jimmy's Codec portrait disappears]
Jeez!
Snake
What is it? What's going on!
.......
Snake
Jimmy! Chris!! Respond!
Campbell
What's happening over there!
Snake
I don't know. But I heard gunshots.
Campbell
Were they attacked?
Mei Ling
We have to help them!
McBride
No, the power plant has to be destroyed first.
Mei Ling
Mr. McBride!
McBride
They're about to strike. Millions of civilian American lives are at
risk. Snake, your mission is to destroy Metal Gear. Don't let your
emotions lead you astray. Every operation has its casualties.
Mei Ling
Snake....
Weasel
What's it going to be?
Snake
I'm - going for the plant.
Mei Ling
Snake!
Snake
But I'm not abandoning Chris and Jimmy. First, the plant, then I'll
find them. I don't allow casualties.
Mei Ling
Snake....
Weasel
God, you're soft. It's a wonder you managed to live so long.
McBride
Don't forget. Preventing the nuclear strike is your first priority.
Campbell
Go, Snake. Take out the power plant and stop the launch.
[The player has entered the power plant.]
Campbell
Snake, destroy the power plant's main turbine. It's located in the B1
floor of the plant.
08b More Bad News
[The player approaches an electrified floor when Chris calls. The Codec
screen appears.]
Chris
Snake, can you hear me?
Snake
Chris? What happened back there?
Chris
They took us by surprise....
Snake
What about Jimmy? Is he OK?
Chris
.......
Snake
Chris?
Chris
Jimmy was....captured.
Snake
What?
Chris
I saw a chance and ran, but Jimmy....
Snake
Chris....
Chris
Just myself....again.
Snake
Chris, don't blame yourself.
Chris
But....
Snake
Better that you're safe than neither of you.
Chris
I'm so useless....I was supposed to have protected him....
Snake
Chris....
Chris
I wish I were the one taken. I can't do anything right....
Snake
....Chris, you were in the power plant, weren't you?
Chris
What? Oh.... yes.
Snake
Tell me how I get in.
Chris
Sections of the floor area are electrified and can't be crossed. But
there is a control panel for the floor's electrical grid. If you take
that out, you should have no problems getting through. As long as you
use some weapon with a long range, like the Nikita missiles.
Snake
Got it - use Nikita missiles to go after the power array. You've been in
the plant once. I'd like you to give me backup with what you know.
Chris
But....
Snake
I could use your help.
Chris
........
Snake
They need to keep Metal Gear in [an] operational state, so they can't
afford to kill Jimmy yet. I'll get him out before they can [kill him].
Chris
Snake....
Snake
I'm asking you to trust me.
Chris
Okay. Anything you need to know about the plant, just ask. Snake....
....thank you.
08c Pyro Bison
[The player has moved throughout the power plant and entered a warehouse area.
Snake dodges some incoming flames.]
Snake
A flame thrower?
[The screen scrolls up to show a man with a flame thrower. Then an
illustration of of the man appears. He is bulky and has burns on his arms and
face. On his back are two fuel tanks.]
???
Beautiful, isn't it? I use specially blended fuel; my flames burn more
purely, and more fiercely, than any other.
Snake
Are you in Black Chamber too?
???
I am Pyro Bison! This is our last day in your shadow.
Snake
Shadow?
Bison
Yes - but you wouldn't know, would you? How much blood was shed to
purchase your glory....? Snake, you're no 'Legend' - you're a sinner.
And you will make your reparations now! The price for your sins is your
life!
[The gameplay screen appears.]
Bison
Every human being burns differently; did you know that? The way the skin
scorches, the fat burns, the innards char - changes from person to
person. And you see there the burdens of their sin....I wonder how
you'll burn? I'll know soon enough! BURN!
09a Enemy Spy
[The player has beaten Bison. Snake walks up to him and an illustration of
Bison appears. Smoke is coming from one of Bison's fuel tanks.]
Bison
....Snake....
Snake
....I know that I'm a sinner without you having to tell me. But....
why 'shadow'?
Bison
All right. You'll learn what your sins really are....
[Silhouettes of the Black Chamber members appear.]
Bison
The Black Chamber, was born in the shadow of Fox-Hound.
Snake
Go on.
Bison
[S]even years ago, you destroyed Metal Gear here in Outer Heaven, and
put Fox-Hound in the headlines. Everyone in the world knew the name
'Solid Snake'....and so you became the 'Legend.'
Snake
........
Bison
But Fox-Hound got too famous. Since Outer Heaven, its every move was
watched by intelligence organizations everywhere. Truly covert
operations became impossible. So Black Chamber was created. We took
over every covert ops that had been Fox-Hound's - assassination of
anti-American foreign leaders, removal of domestic civilians engaged in
anti-establishment activities, intervention in strifes and civil wars that
affect American interest....doing the dirty work in the dark, on and on
in the shadow of the great 'Legend'....
[The drawing of Bison reappears.]
Snake
I never wanted to be called the 'Legend.'
Bison
Liar! Ask yourself why you volunteered for difficult missions, why
you're here right now! You've killed [the player's kill count is
shown here] people here already. Of course you want to be the 'Legend;'
deep inside, you want the glory. And you keep killing for it, because
it's the only thing you're good at.
Snake
........
Bison
I've got more good news for you, my pathetic friend. There's one of us
among your trusted rank.
Snake
What?
Bison
Heh, heh, heh. Didn't you think it was strange that we knew about you
coming? That we were waiting for you every step of the way?
Snake
But....
Bison
When you were talking to each other, you were talking to us.
Snake
But, that's not possible....
Bison
Yes, Snake....Suspect. Suspect everything, everyone, and die without
knowing. Your doubts and suffering, your hatred, is the best tribute to
my fallen comrades. Two years since the trap closed....only five of us
left, the rest of Black Chamber dead at traitors' hands.
Snake
Five?
Bison
This is planned payback: to Fox-Hound, to you, to 'Anonymous.' GLF are
just pawns in our greater scheme. Viper will take care of the rest - I
can die in peace. But I don't need your help.
[The gameplay screen appears.]
Bison
Fire....gentle fire....it cleanses all things alike....it is the great
equalizer....of both the sinful and the innocent....That's where I'll
die....in the heart of the fire.... [Bison sets himself on fire.]
The heat! This is what I've been looking for -! I'm burning!!!! Oh
God, yes!
[Bison disappears in the flames. The Codec screen appears.]
Snake
Colonel.
Campbell
I heard Snake. Don't let the enemy get to you. There is no way a spy
could be among us.
Weasel
Wanna bet?
Campbell
What did you say?
Weasel
There are too many weird things about this mission, including this
committee.
McBride
What the hell are you saying?
Weasel
Take you, for example. Why is the CIA butting into an Army operation?
And you're a little too full of advice, eh?
Campbell
Weasel, stop this.
Weasel
You too, Campbell. Aren't you retired? What the hell are you doing
here?
Campbell
That's because -
Weasel
And you know something about Black Chamber that you're not telling us.
Am I right?
Campbell
........
Weasel
Cat got your tongue? Right to remain silent, eh?
Mei Ling
Stop it!
Weasel
Hey, sweetheart, you're no exception. I don't care what kind of hot shot
techie you are. A grad student on a classified mission - that's weird.
Mei Ling
You....!
McBride
Well, are you any better?
Weasel
What'd you mean?
McBride
You think I don't know? Five years ago in that war? Your own brother
and -
Weasel
What's it to you?
McBride
I'm just saying that you can't be trusted.
Weasel
Good! It's no compliment to have your trust.
Campbell
Enough of this! There is no spy. This is an enemy tactic to confuse and
divide us. Snake, just think about preventing that nuclear strike. Take
out the power plant. Snake.... you have to trust me.
Snake
I'd like to....
09b Power Plant Sabotage
[The gameplay screen reappears. Snake leaves the warehouse area and then
Campbell reminds the player about the current objective.]
Campbell
Destroy the plant's main turbine. It should be on floor B1. Hurry!
[The Codec screen appears.]
Chris
The power plant's main turbine is on floor B1. Use the elevator to get
down there.
[The player has found the main turbine in the power plant's basement.]
Campbell
Snake, how is it going?
Snake
Bad, [C]olonel. The perimeter of the main turbine is secured with
electrified flooring. I can't get close to it.
Campbell
Damn.... we have no choice but to take out the plant itself. Snake, take
the power plant out. Set C4 explosives on four key points to destroy the
structure. You should see four columns clustered around the main
turbine. There are a total of four points on the columns where the
corners are missing. They are the weak points in the plant's structural
integrity. If you blow up all of them with C4 explosives, the plant
should be destroyed. Don't waste any C4 on incorrect locations. There
are only so many that can be set.
Snake
All right.
Campbell
There are a total of four points on the columns around the main turbine
where the corners are missing. Plant a C4 on every single one!
[The player has set C4 on the four columns with missing corners. The Codec
screen appears.]
Snake
Colonel, all the C4 is set.
Campbell
Good work. But if you detonate them now, your own life will be at risk.
Leave your present location and detonate the C4 once you are out of the
plant.
[The player starts to leave when the Codec screen reappears.]
Mei Ling
Snake, we've got problems! Metal Gear is out on the surface again.
Campbell
They're planning to go nuclear right now. There's no time left.
Snake....
Snake
I know. Light the fuse, now.
Mei Ling
What!? But if you do that --?
Snake
Don't worry. Bombs have a way of making me run faster.
Campbell
Sorry, Snake. Ordering you to take a risk like this....
Snake
Forget about it. I'm used to it.
Campbell
Snake, once the C4 blows, the whole structure will begin collapsing.
When the countdown displayed on the radar goes to zero, the plant will
cease to exist. You must reach the exit before then!
10a Traitor
[The player has escape the burning power plant. The Codec screen appears.]
Snake
Colonel, I've neutralized the plant.
Campbell
Good work, Snake. They should be incapable of a nuclear strike now.
McBride
You need to destroy Metal Gear next. 4 F-22's have just taken off from
one of our African allies' base to strike the artillery unit with cruise
missiles.
Campbell
Snake, as soon the artillery is silenced, infiltrate the base and destroy
Metal Gear.
Snake
Understood.
Mei Ling
Snake.... What about Jimmy?
Snake
No leads so far.
Mei Ling
Oh....
Snake
But I will get him.
Mei Ling
I know.
Campbell
Wait, Snake!
Snake
What is it?
Campbell
A message just came in from GLF. From the 'General.' I'll forward it
to you.
[The screen turns black. A timer counts down and then shows the General
sitting at his desk. His female lieutenant is shown again as well.]
'General'
Mr. President, you may be rejoicing over the destruction of the power
plant by your faithful dog, but I assure you that you celebrate in vain.
The warhead can be launched without the rail gun. I am very disappointed
by the insincerity of your methods. I could opt for immediate reprisal,
but I pride myself on being a gentleman. I shall abide my original
decision. I say it once more. Withdraw the peacekeepers, and recognize
our independence. If I do not hear from you within 1 hour, the U.S. will
find itself under nuclear attack. Would you risk all for foolish pride?
Don't underestimate my resolve....
[The Codec screen reappears.]
Snake
A nuclear strike without the rail gun? How?
McBride
Metal Gear's development was a classified Army project. Even the CIA is
not aware of all the details.
Weasel
In other words, you know jack.
Campbell
Snake, head for the maintenance base. The only option now is to destroy
Metal Gear itself.
Snake
Looks like it.
[The gameplay screen appears. Snake runs outside and finds Jimmy looking at
a soldier who is on the ground.]
Snake
Jimmy?
Jimmy
Snake....
[Snake runs up to Jimmy. An illustration of Snake and Jimmy appears.]
Jimmy
Snake....
Snake
Jimmy! You were safe?
Jimmy
Yeah.... I got captured, but this guy was in the same cell....he got us
out when the guards left after that explosion....
[Jimmy looks at the player. The screen scrolls down to show the silhouette
of Jimmy's fellow prisoner.]
Jimmy
B-but he took a bullet shielding me and....
Snake
Who was he?
Jimmy
Lieutenant Smith of Delta Force....
Snake
I thought Chris was the sole survivor?
[The screen scrolls up to Snake and Jimmy.]
Jimmy
She wasn't.
Snake
What do you mean?
Jimmy
I don't know. But the lieutenant said Chris wasn't even there when
Black Chamber wiped out Delta Force....
Snake
....Christ....
Jimmy
Anyway, that's what he said. Maybe she's one of -
Snake
Don't be ridiculous!!
Jimmy
I can't stand this anymore. I thought she was like nice....You can't
trust anyone or anything here....You don't know what to believe
anymore....Metal Gear was a mistake too. Everyone else I worked on that
thing with was murdered. We were all OK yesterday, and just now, I saw
their dead....How could that....I want to go home and start over....this
time, make something good, to make up for what I've done....It's still
OK, isn't [it]? I can still start over, can't I?
Snake
....Yeah. As long as you've got the will, you can always start over.
It's never too late.
Jimmy
That's true....
Snake
Listen, I destroyed the power plant. Can they still launch a warhead?
Jimmy
Yeah.... that made the rail gun useless, but besides that, Metal Gear
can - Aaaaarrrrgghhhhh
[Jimmy's handcuffs flash and the screen turns white.]
Snake
The handcuffs exploded!
Jimmy
Snake.... God.... why.... I thought I could.... start over....Is it....
all over....?
Snake
Jimmy.
Jimmy
....Snake....I wanna go home....
Snake
Jimmy....
[The Codec screen appears.]
Weasel
Viper's work, most likely. Boobytraps and explosives are his
specialty....probably had a mic in the cuffs too, was listening in.
Campbell
He deliberately blew the thing in front of Snake....?
Mei Ling
Oh God....
Snake
Viper....
McBride
....Snake, Bison said there were five of the Black Chamber left.
Snake
That's right.
Campbell
Slasher Hawk, Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison, Black Art Viper....
Weasel
One unaccounted for.
McBride
....Couldn't it be her?
Snake
What!
McBride
Look, if Chris is the fifth Black Chamber [member], everything makes
sense. The leak, the ambush, what happened to Harks -
Snake
What the hell are you saying?
McBride
Snake, calm down and think about this.
Snake
Shut up! Chris, can you hear me?
.......
Snake
Chris, come in, Chris!
.......
Snake
Chris!
.......
Snake
........
McBride
Looks like that's settled....
Campbell
Snake, the F-22's have already left their base and the attack will start
any minute. I know this is tough.... but get yourself to the
maintenance base.
Snake
.... Understood.
[The gameplay screen appears. Snake enters a grassy area when Campbell
calls.]
Campbell
Snake, the F-22's have entered Gindran air space.
[An animated illustration of four F-22 planes appears. Then the screen shows
a closeup of a missile being launched.]
Campbell
Cruise missile launched....now.
[The gameplay screen reappears. Four missiles fly over Snake and each one
is shown destroying one of the artillery cannons.]
Mei Ling
Satellite confirmation in. Target destroyed.
Campbell
Snake, keep going north. Infiltrate the maintenance base and destroy
Metal Gear.
[The player has gone up the cliff that had been defended by the cannons.
Snake finds an armed helicopter at the top; according to Weasel, it is a Mil
Mi-28 Havoc. A light-haired woman in a green uniform can be seen boarding the
Havoc. She looks like Chris.]
Snake
Chris?
[The player has beaten the pilot. Explosions surround the Havoc and its
shadow flies offscreen, but the impact of its crash causes the screen to
shake.]
11a Sophie N'dram
[Snake runs west and then north to the crash site. The light-haired woman
in the green uniform is kneeling by the wreckage.]
Snake
Chris - no you're not....
Woman
Sorry to disappoint you.
[The woman stands up. An illustration of her with a gun pointed at the player
appears. She now has purple hair and a gray shirt. She is the woman seen in
the video messages from the terrorist leader.]
Snake
You're the - General's second in command?
Woman
Sophie N'dram at your service, Solid Snake. Don't move. You'd like
to live a bit longer, wouldn't you?
Snake
Put the gun down.
Sophie
Can the 'Legend' actually be pleading for his life?
Snake
No. But I don't plan on being killed by you.
Sophie
My, you're pretty confident.
Snake
You're all being used.
Sophie
Are you talking about Black Chamber? No, actually we're the one[s]
using them.
Snake
Oh?
Sophie
Revenge against Fox-Hound and the U.S. We know their real objective.
Snake
You know and still -?
Sophie
Yes. Exploitation in the name of 'justice' and ideals. We have all the
aces now. They'll be mad if I kill you here won't they?
Snake
'Justice'?
Sophie
The 'justice' and 'order' being given lip service in your society applies
only to that world. Free trade, world order - all the trappings of
your private, exclusive ethics that keep bleeding Gindra for the sake of
first world prosperity. We finally said no more, and troops were sent
in to bar our way. But this time, we will break free of first world
meddling.
Snake
Is that your 'ideal'? Or the General's?
Sophie
Mine.
Snake
That's a lie.
[The screen flashes white and the silhouettes of Snake and Sophie appear.
Sophie is kneeling and Snake, who has disarmed her, is standing with a gun
pointed at her head.]
Sophie
The tables have turned, I see.
Snake
Will you plead for your life?
Sophie
No. I'm not afraid to die.
Snake
For the 'ideal'?
Sophie
Yes.
Snake
Why so fervent?
Sophie
Have you ever been treated like a piece of dirt?
Snake
?
Sophie
My father was French. He met my mother after his firm sent him to
Gindra, and I was born. But she was nothing but a little local color to
him; when his term was over, he went back to France without giving us a
second thought. I was stil just a baby. I went to see him once I was
grown, but all he did was give me some money and demand that I never
bother him again....I learned that day that neither I nor my country
could expect anything better than that from your kind....
Snake
........
Sophie
I used the money for university education in Britain, to take the
knowledge and the skills back to Gindra. While I was there, the genocide
policy went into effect - my mother, an ethnic minority, died at the hands
of government soldiers. I flew back to Gindra and joined GLF. Deeds,
not words, I thought. But the government was winning, and we were almost
gone. That's when he - the General - appeared, and suddenly turned
things around. Plentiful funds, new weapons, and most of all, the ideals
he brought us. A true independence for our people, a country for
ourselves. Everyone saw the future in him - I did too....There was a
time when he was everything to me....
Snake
Is he still?
Sophie
............No......... Let me ask you something. Why did you call me
a liar?
Snake
Your eyes don't have the hardness of someone who lives for that single
cause.
Sophie
........
Snake
Instead, you looked as though you were struggling to hold on....
Sophie
............you are, perhaps, right about that....
[The gameplay screen reappears.]
Sophie
You won't kill me?
Snake
Out of ammo.
Sophie
I know you're lying.
Snake
You're free to go.
Sophie
....Snake, your friend is still alive.
Snake
Are you talking about Chris?
Sophie
Yes. Viper's taken her. Go and help her. I know she's waiting for you.
Snake
I would even if she weren't.
Sophie
She's a lucky woman.
Snake
She would have been luckier if she hadn't had anything to do with me.
Sophie
I doubt that.
[Snake heads north and enters the maintenance base. Campbell calls to remind
the player about the mission.]
Campbell
Snake, we're almost out of time. Metal Gear should be further below.
Hurry!
11b Black Art Viper
[The player has made their way to the 100th floor basement of the maintenance
base. Snake enters a room that is filled with pillars.]
Viper
Welcome, Solid Snake.
[Snake runs north and the gameplay screen scrolls up to show a light-haired
man in a dark suit.]
Snake
Viper!
[An ilustration of Viper appears. He is wearing a futuristic-looking
sneaking suit.]
Viper
I made a promise to you, and now is the time for you to die.
Snake
Where's Chris?
Viper
Patience is a virtue, Snake. You'll see her soon enough.
Snake
Viper, I know about Black Chamber being Fox-Hound's shadow. But why
revenge? What happened two years ago?
Viper
All right. I'll tell you about it, and having learned what your crimes
are, you'll rot in hell....Two years ago, we the Black Chamber were
given a top secret mission- [t]he recovery of Metal Gear.
Snake
??
Viper
Metal Gear's development had been underway for several years at that
point, under CIA supervision. A South American terrorist group seized it
two years ago, and Black Chamber was sent in. Just as you were this
time.
Snake
........
Viper
We took heavy damage - but succeeded in destroying Metal Gear. But some
in the government were afraid. That the fact of Metal Gear's
development, the existence of Black Chamber, and above all else, the work
we had been doing, would become public knowledge....When we came home,
many of the unit missing, the rest wounded, we were met by government-
sent assassins - Fox-Hound!
[Viper makes a fist with his left hand and shakes it in anger.]
Snake
What!?
Viper
My men were cut down unarmed, caught in the trap. Without a chance,
without even knowing why, senseless and sudden death - crushed like
insects....I can never forget that night. I still don't know who
ordered our deaths. The real name appears nowhere on classified records.
He is ony referred to as - 'Anonymous.'
Snake
'Anonymous'?
Viper
Those of us who survived vowed vengeance - and I settled here. Outer
Heaven, Metal Gear, Project Babel....it all began here....I have waited
two years for this moment!!
[The gameplay screen reappears.]
Viper
Now for the happy reunion; I'm sure it was worth the wait.
[Viper raises his hand and Chris suddenly appears to his right. She is tied
up.]
Snake
Chris!
Chris
Snake....I'm sorry....
Viper
She's really something. Even let her Delta Force pals die while she got
busy destroying evidence of Project Babel. As a reward from Parker, I
will let her see the show - of the end of the 'Legend,' the execution
of Solid Snake!
Snake
No, Chris is coming with me - after I take you down.
Viper
I'm going to enjoy this! C'mon, show what you've got!
[Viper raises his hand again and Chris disappears.]
Viper
Let's finish this!
12a Metal Gear
[The player has beaten Viper. The gameplay screen shows Viper kneeling with
his head down. Chris is in the room too.]
Viper
N-no way could....! But it isn't over yet!
[Viper falls down. The screen starts to shake and explosions fill the room.]
Snake
Damn!
[Snake runs up to Chris and unties her. They run out of the room. A drawing
of Snake and Chris facing each other appears. Chris has her head down.]
Snake
Chris, are you hurt anywhere?
Chris
No. I'm....so sorry....
Snake
Don't be.
Chris
I have to be. I've been lying to you....
Snake
You mean because you weren't there when your team was wiped out?
Chris
You knew?
Snake
Yes?
Chris
....I was given orders directly by Parker, the Army Chief of Staff.
Snake
What kind of mission?
Chris
The destruction of all data on the Project Babel and Outer Heaven and
the....assassination of the General.
Snake
What?
Chris
I was told that the information had to be buried for the good of the
world. And that the General would have to be [killed] as well before he
was arrested and talked....
Snake
You believed that?
[Chris looks up.]
Chris
For my country, for the world....what else do I have to believe in?
Snake
Chris....
Chris
And so I.... fell away from the rest of the team....and they....I thought
I could find something to cherish....something sure and concrete....But
there wasn't anything like that....and instead I lost something that I
cherished even more....I was so afraid of losing it again....that I....
just couldn't tell you....
[The gameplay screen reappears.]
Chris
....Snake....
Snake
Chris, don't just stand there. Find us something fast to escape on.
Chris
?
Snake
So that we can get out of here quickly once I've destroyed Metal Gear.
Chris
.... You still trust me?
Snake
.... It's true that you didn't tell me the truth. But I trust you.
Chris
Why?
Snake
Because I want to.
Chris
........
Snake
Do I need any other reason?
Chris
....Thank you....I'll find something. I promise.
[Snake nods to Chris, turns around, and runs into a hangar area. The player
gets another reminder from Campbell.]
Campbell
Snake, Metal Gear is through there. Hurry!
[The player has moved along a long runway. Snake enters an open area. The
feet of Metal Gear can be seen.]
'General'
I see that the little vendetta has been played out to its conclusion.
[An illustration of Metal Gear is shown. The screen scrolls up behind Snake
to show the size of Metal Gear. The General's silhouette can be seen on top
of it. His portrait overlaps the drawing, which later disappears.]
Snake
General!
'General'
Once a loser, always a loser, eh Snake? The last one standing is the
winner. And that would be myself - not you, not Black Chamber and
certainly not America. I used them all, you see - Parker, Black
Chamber....
Snake
What?
'General'
Weren't you sent to cover up Outer Heaven and Project Babel - or rather
the truth about GLF and the U.S.? Just like that woman?
Snake
GLF and the U.S.? What truth?
'General'
Ha, ha, ha. So you're nothing but a pawn too....just like Viper and his
lot.
Snake
There's a connection between GLF and the States, and Outer Heaven?
'General'
Fine. I will tell you all about [it] - if you win. Winner takes it all,
loser relinquishes all. That is the way of the world. And you will
abide by it, Snake!
[The illustration of Metal Gear reappears. Its "eyes" light up to show that
it is active. The gameplay screen appears and Campbell calls with advice.]
Campbell
Snake, Metal Gear must be destroyed! Take out its legs first of all!
Hit it hard with mines and C4!
[The player has destroyed Metal Gear's legs. The screen turns white.]
Mei Ling
Metal Gear's down!?
Campbell
You did it!?
Snake
No - not yet!
[The gameplay screen reappears. Snake is faced with the upper body of Metal
Gear. The screen highlights its weak points.]
13a Project Babel
[The player has destroyed Metal Gear. Snake walks up to the General who is
lying in front of the wreckage. The screen turns black.]
'General'
Solid Snake - the name 'Legend' may have been propaganda, but it seems
no exaggeration....
[An illustration of the wounded General appears. He is leaning against the
apparent wreckage of Metal Gear.]
Snake
I want the truth. All of it.
'General'
.... A winner's privilege. After all, you have the right to know -
about Outer Heaven, Metal Gear, Project Babel, and the link between GLF
and the U.S....Outer Heaven was a U.S-backed venture that provided
mercenaries to its 'clients.' It was a way to unofficially check anti-
American forces, and the idea apparently originated with the DDCI [Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence] of the time.
Snake
What?
'General'
But the field commander, Big Boss, was a loose cannon that broke out of
the program, and Outer Heaven was brought down by you. As a part of a
plausible denial of their involvement in Outer Heaven, the government
constructed a hero myth, handed you and Fox-Hound to the international
media. That is the truth behind your rise to the status of 'Legend.'
Snake
........
'General'
Ha, ha, ha. Shocking, isn't it? To learn that your glory was a staged
one?
Snake
.... And the connection between GLF and the U.S.?
'General'
Even after Outer Heaven collapsed, the relationship went on, right into
Project Babel. The U.S. provided covert support for GLF; I was their
field controller. The objective was diminishment of anti-American
forces in the African continent. Provoke an ethnic minority in Gindra
into a calculated conflict, then involve other neighboring nations.
Create a climate of hostility to discourage organized alliance, then send
a contingent of U.S-dominated peacekeeping troops for an indefinite stay,
where they can exercise control over the entire region. It was a bid to
build a new world order in the confusion of the post-Cold War era....a
means to establish the U.S. as the sole superpower, a single hegemony
over an artificial Babel, manageable chaos....This was Project Babel,
the brainchild of Parker, Army Chief of Staff. The return for my
services was a lavish reward and guarantee of safety....
[A portait overlapps the drawing; the General holds up a computer disk.]
'General'
Take this. This disk contains all the information that ordered that
woman soldier, Chris, to destroy. It's all here, proof of what I have
just told you, including details of all bank transactions. There is
enough dirt here to bring down some of the highest people in the
Government. This is like a bomb, ready to explode.
[The portrait of the disk disappears.]
This too is the winner's privilege. Do with it what you like.
Snake
You deceived your people all this time? Your followers believe in you.
So does Sophie....
'General'
Yes.... Sophie.... I left her.... cruelly too. But still she stayed with
me as my lieutenant....But I never saw her smile after that....
Snake
........
'General'
I didn't deceive them. I had no intention of being Parker's henchman in
the first place. It was the aid I needed, and with it, I was going to
break the bargain and build our country. The end justifies the means,
especially when others have faith in the fiction. I only gave them the
truth in the guise they wanted.
Snake
Can a nation built by those means have any value?
[The General's eyes light up.]
'General'
Ha. Doesn't the world operate on what you call 'those means'? Everyone
just pretends otherwise. Justice and ideals are nothing but words, after
all....
Snake
........
'General'
Well, well....So this is the way dreams end....well, it is not the worst
thing............
[The gameplay screen appears. Snake starts to walk away, but he turns back.]
Snake
Viper!
[A drawing of Viper's silhouette atop Metal Gear appears. Then his portrait
is shown.]
Viper
I told you - it's not over yet.
[A portrait of Snake appears opposite of Viper.]
Snake
Viper! Still....
Viper
Thanks for saving me the trouble of removing the General. He controlled
Metal Gear to the end. And I had the pleasure of listening to your
conversation. And so finally, I know the identity of 'Anonymous.' It
was worth the trouble of leading you all the way out here.
Snake
You?
Viper
This was all a ploy to bring 'Anonymous' out into the open. Seizure of
Metal Gear, leading you and Campbell out here to Outer Heaven - all part
of the plan.
Snake
What does the colonel have to do with this?
Viper
You don't know what he did? Your dear friend Roy Campbell was in command
of Fox-Hound that night two years ago.
Snake
The Colonel!
Viper
I figured that when Metal Gear's history repeated itself and you and
Campbell were pulled into the fray, 'Anonymous' would have to get
involved. Two years I have waited for this moment. Two long years!
Snake
Damn it! The decision to call Campbell in and to send me was made at the
highest level. How....
Viper
Could I have been involved in that process? This is how....
[The Codec screen appears.]
Campbell
Snake! We have a problem. The fifth Black Chamber [Campbell's Codec
portrait disappears] .... wha...., hey....
.......
Snake
Colonel, what's going on!
???
The fifth Black Chamber [member] was right here.
Snake
Who is this! McBride!!
McBride
Surprised, Snake....? After I survived two years ago, I parted from the
others and slipped into your side. I changed everything - my face, name,
past - to gather information for our cause. Everything I did was for
this moment.... Do it, Viper! This is it!
[The portraits of Viper and Snake reappear.]
Viper
You may forget or refuse to acknowledge it, but our hell goes on. And it
will go on until we destroy all of you, not just 'Anonymous'!
[A portrait shows a closeup of part of Metal Gear.]
Snake
What did you just do?
Viper
The bolts of vengeance - preparing for nuclear strike.
Snake
How can that be? Metal Gear was destroyed!
Viper
You are a fool. Did you think Metal Gear was just an armored transport
for a nuclear payload?
Snake
What?
Viper
The nature of this beast is an integrated launch system with real-time
relay control of seven armed satellites, all with nuclear capability.
The rail gun is just a cherry on top.
Snake
Armed satellites? Nuclear strike from planetary orbit?
Viper
That's right. Able to strike any point on Earth without relying on
ICBM's [intercontinental ballistic missiles], and impossible to defend
against.
Snake
You're going to murder millions of innocent people for you personal
vengeance?
Viper
Innocent? Grazing on spoon-fed 'Justice' and 'Order,' content to ignore
what goes on behind the fine words? Their crime is equal to that of -
'Anonymous' - no, their complacency is what makes 'Anonymous' possible!
This strike is for my murdered comrades. But that won't be the end.
This is a declaration of war against 'Anonymous'!!
[The gameplay screen appears. Snake and Viper are facing each other.]
Viper
I've just activated the elevator. Once Metal Gear is out on the surface,
its signals will be transmitted and those seven satellites will enter
attack mode. In 90 seconds [the time limit presumably depends on the
difficulty level]!
Snake
I WILL stop you!
Viper
Okay Snake. Give it your best shot! This is your last fight! Come on!
[Viper holds up his hand and the screen flashes. He has disappeared and a
countdown timer has replaced the player's radar.]
Viper
Do you think that I fight dirty? I use any means I see fit to carry out
our revenge.
[Viper says something after every hit he takes.]
We will have our vengeance, no matter what!
I won't be beaten! I owe that much to my fallen comrades!!
Victory is ours in [the timer's diplay appears here] seconds!
My every move is a testament to my comrades' lives! You have no idea
of how much greater my cause is!
I will see retribution! Even if I have to crawl to deliver it! I've
lived for nothing else till now!
13b The Conspiracy
[The player has beaten Viper. The screen turns black.]
Snake
I've shut the controls down. There's no way to launch now............
....I'm out....
[The gameplay screen appears. The early morning light fills the elevator
platform where Snake and Viper have been fighting. Viper is kneeling with his
head down.]
Viper
How could I....be beaten by you....Snake.... how do you do it? How do
you keep....fighting?....living?....For what?....whom?....In the name of
what cause....?........It's over....My comrades....I didn't do right by
your all....
[Viper collapses face-down.]
Snake
Viper....
[Sophie enters the scene. For some reason she has light hair and a green
uniform again.]
Sophie
Snake.
Snake
It's you.
[Snake walks over to Sophie.]
Snake
The General....
Sophie
I heard. All of it. Including the part about GLF and the U.S....
Snake
....I see....What will you do now?
Sophie
Stay here.
Snake
With GLF?
Sophie
Yes....
Snake
Continue the General's work?
Sophie
Right now, I dont' even know whether I loved him, or hated him....I
just....couldn't leave his side.
Snake
........
Sophie
His ideals may have been faked, but they weren't empty. That's what I
think. And there are many here still who believe that too. We'll work
together to build a country of our own, for ourselves. This time, with
real ideals.
[Chris enters the scene. Her sprite model looks like Sophie's except for
her slightly different hair colour.]
Chris
Snake!
[The screen scrolls over to show a jeep beside Chris.]
Sophie
It's her. Don't keep her waiting.
Snake
I won't.
[Snake walks toward Chris, stops, and turns toward Sophie.]
.... He called your name, you know. At the end.
Sophie
........Did he....
[Snake walks in front of Chris. An illustration of them appears.]
Chris
Snake! I got us a jeep.
Snake
Good work.
Chris
Is it over?
Snake
Yes....it's all over.
Chris
Is it....? [Chris looks in the direction of Sophie.] What about her?
Snake
She's strong. And she'll become even stronger....
Chris
....You don't have to go? With her....?
Snake
To GLF? Why?
Chris
Nothing. Really. Let's get out of here.
Snake
Right....Wait there's the Codec.
[The Codec screen appears.]
Campbell
Snake!
Snake
Colonel! Everything all right?
Weasel
Yeah. I put a bullet in McBride.
Snake
You?
Campbell
Snake, I owe you an apology....It's true that I was in charge of Black
Chamber's termination. We were told that there was a terrorist group
coming in. Secret liquidation on a dark night....Only when it was all
over was I told that the target had been one of our own, an American
unit....
Snake
Was that the reason for our retirement?
Campbell
Yes....I lived with the guilt these two years. But when they hijacked
Metal Gear, I was called in by NSA [National Security Agency?] chief
Steve Gardner, the mission controller....
Snake
So you took the job to confront the past?
Campbell
A job which was offered to me with the alternative of making the incident
public. Along with evidence that it was I who planned the thing.
Snake
Blackmail, huh? But.... how would Gardner know about that?
Campbell
Probably dug it up somewhere. He is a former CIA [Central Intelligence
Agency] Director....
Snake
Former DCI [Director of Central Intelligence]? Don't tell me....seven
years ago, during the Outer Heaven incident, who was the DDCI?
Weasel
Now you've got it. Gardner was the Deputy Director of Central
Intelligence all right.
Snake
Weasel?
Weasel
He was the one who organized Outer Heaven and the development of Metal
Gear. Metal Gear used to be under CIA control, like Viper said. Gardner
was also the one who salvaged the Metal Gear you totalled from Outer
Heaven and continued the development program. In other words, Project
Babel was actually his idea. But two years ago, Metal Gear was seized
by foreign terrorists and as a result, the control of the weapon, and the
leadership of Project Babel, was transferred away to Parker and the Army.
And Gardner had Black Chamber erased to ensure their silence.
Campbell
Gardner is 'Anonymous'?
Snake
Weasel, you're not....
Weasel
Under Gardner's direct command? You guessed it, Snake.
Campbell
What!
Weasel
And another thing; Gardner knew who McBride was from the beginning.
Campbell
What?
Weasel
Well, it was Gardner who leaked the intel about Metal Gear to McBride -
and Black Chamber - to begin with.
Campbell
For what purpose?
Snake
I see it....Gardner was setting Parker up....
Weasel
Right. If GLF seizes Metal Gear and goes out of control, the blame will
land on Parker with his longtime aid to GLF. And Metal Gear and Project
Babel will return happily ever after to Gardner's arms....
Campbell
Could he possibly have engineered Back Chamber's contact with GLF?
Weasel
I don't know, but it could be....
Campbell
That Gardner planned this whole thing? Just to regain Metal Gear and
Project Babel....
Mei Ling
Oh God....
Snake
....Weasel, if you're under orders from Gardner, don't you have another
job to carry out? To kill us all once the mission has succeeded?
Weasel
Sharp, Snake. That's exactly right.
Snake
So that's the real reason a mercenary of your standing wasn't sent
on [sic]the field.
Weasel
Right again. I'm about the ony person can take on the 'Legend.'
Campbell
Weasel.... you're going to kill us?
Weasel
Like I said, it's a policy of mine to earn my keep.
Mei Ling
How can you....
Weasel
....So I'd like to say, but unfortunately, I kind of like you people.
Especially your bleeding heart ways. Totally wrong for a combat
situation, you know. It's been a while since I met people like you.
Campbell
Weasel?
Weasel
Get out of here. I'll feed some story to Gardner. Probably get only
half my pay for letting you escape, but who cares.
Campbell
Are you going to be all right? You could be in danger!
Weasel
I know how to take care of myself, don't you worry.
Campbell
....Thank you, Weasel. I'll repay the debt someday.
Weasel
I won't be counting on it. If I could live the way you people do, maybe
I wouldn't have had to let my brother die....
[The illustration of Snake and Chris reappears.]
Snake
The colonel and the rest are all right.
Chris
Good.
Snake
Let's go.
[An animated ilustration shows Snake and Chris' jeep travelling on a bumpy
road. The sun has risen over the mountains in the distance.]
Chris
I had nothing around me that I could believe in. Not my parents, not
anyone else....That's why I joined the Army. It gave me a sense of right
and wrong, of justice, and purpose....But that wasn't the right way.
Beliefs can't be borrowed - they have to be looked for, and thought
about, by yourself. I have to face myself and start searching. And I
will find it.
Snake
That's good.
Chris
But.... if possible.... maybe I could make that search with you at my
side....?
Snake
............yeah. I'd like that too.
Chris
Really?
Snake
Really........I came to Outer Heaven to settle a score with the past.
That was what I thought. But that wasn't the truth....I realized that
when I met you. What I really wanted was death. What I wanted, after
everything had been decided, was for someone to take my life. I must
have been afraid -- of seeing what was left standing, of myself as I
really was....
Chris
Is that -- how you still feel?
Snake
No, I think I want to live. Accept myself--forgive myself....Life is
worth living, even if it hurts you, even if you hurt in it. You taught
me that.....You were my salvation.
Chris
Snake....
Snake
That's why -- I've decided to go back.
Chris
Back? To the [United] States!?
Snake
Uh-huh.
Chris
Don't! There's no way they'll let you go. They'll be waiting for
you....and it's probably Fox-Hound!
Snake
I know that. But I have to go back.
Chris
Why!?
Snake
To understand. Why we had to fight this fight, what it was that I did....
and who Solid Snake was. I'm going to confront the faceless men who play
chess with people's lives and hearts in the shadows, so that I can
understand. And they will confess. Every conspiracy they wove, every
victim left on the trail of their private gain, everything....It's the
only thing I can do for the casualties of their -- and my -- dirty war....
Chris
....Snake....
Snake
Unless I do that, there'll be no forgiveness, and nothing to find for me.
Chris
........
Snake
Don't worry. I'm going back so that I can live. When I've made them
pay, I'll be back.............Will you wait for me....?
Chris
........You can count on it!
[The end.]
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S2. Special Stage Script
[The player has beaten the game and unlocked the "Special" stages for the
"Stage Select" mode. These stages can be played in any order; at the start
of the player's first Special stage, he or she gets a call.]
???
We're going to have you reenact the battles of Solid Snake, the
'Legend.' Think of it as a sort of VR training. But since that alone
won't allow you to surpass him, we've taken the liberty of adding a few
conditions. You can call me....call me No.4. My frequency is 141.62.
If you have any questions about your orders, contact me. These are
your orders. [No.4 outlines the parameters for the current stage.]
[The player has beaten the last of the 40 or so Special stages. The screen
turns black.]
No. 4
Your training is complete. Well done. Your combat capability is now
undoubtedly beyond that of Solid Snake at the time of Galuade's fall.
Your time is about to come. Get some rest for now....Jack.
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S3. Things To Note
- Contrary to popular belief, this game is not merely a VR mission for Raiden.
Shown out of context, the last message from No. 4 suggests that the player
has been playing as Raiden, aka Jack, all along. This scenario is true, but
it only applies to the Special stages. No. 4 clearly says that these stages
are reenactments of Snake's battles. Note that Raiden's stages, which have
extra challenges ("a few conditions"), are only available after the main game
is completed.
- The Metal Gear model in the game is codenamed Gander. None of the
characters seem to refer to it as "Metal Gear Gander," but the official site
lists the name.
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http://www.konamijpn.com/products/ghostbabel/english/metalgear.html>
- The colonel in METAL GEAR SOLID 2 (MGS2) quotes from METAL GEAR: GHOST BABEL
(GB) five times. All of these quotes happen after the colonel in MGS2 goes
haywire inside Arsenal Gear.
"Your mission is to infiltrate the fortress Galuade, rescue the
hostages and neutralize Metal Gear before its assembly is complete."
The above quote is from the GB intro; see "00b Mission Details."
In MGS2, this quote is one of the colonel's mandatory Codec calls.
"Snake, there's a fork in the conveyor belt. The machine is automatically
sorting cargo according to some system. Take a good look at the device."
In GB, the above quote is a hint from Campbell during the barracks stage.
The player has to have the red box, in addition to the yellow one, and
call Campbell while near a junction in the conveyor belt.
"Snake, destroy the power plant's main turbine. It's located in the B1
floor of the plant. Break into the B1 floor."
"Snake, take the power plant out. Set C4 explosives on four key points
to destroy the structure."
In GB, the above two quotes are from mandatory conversations when Snake
is in the power plant; see the end of "08a Terrorist Ultimatum" and near
the start of "09b Power Plant Sabotage," respectively. To get these
quotes in MGS2, keep calling the colonel while Raiden is still naked.
"Communicator Entertainment Program Idea Spy 2.5 (Two-point-five)
Episode 1 New York. Here in the city where dreams come true and desires
rule, something is being bought, sold and thrown away, even as we speak.
But behind the scenes of business as usual, the nefarious J.E. (Junker
Expensive) Corporation lines its already bloated coffers with profits
from worthless products. As J.E. swindles yet another innocent into
purchasing high-priced junk......the FBI mobilizes a top-secret task
force to put a stop to the menace. Now, the city's best-kept secret spy
is out there, briefed and ready to protect the people from J.E., the
catalogue of conspiracy -- just call him 2.5 (Two-point-five)."
This quote could be mistaken for a reference to SNATCHER, another Hideo
Kojima game that involves a group called "Junker." However, this quote
is really from "Idea Spy 2.5," a hidden Codec story in the Japanese and
European versions of GB. To hear it in MGS2, call the colonel after
Raiden meets Snake inside Arsenal Gear.
- Chronologically, the events of this game happen between METAL GEAR 2: SOLID
SNAKE and MGS. The consensus among fans is that GB takes place in a sort of
parallel universe. On the other hand, Snake's mission in GB could arguably
be a subplot or side story within the same universe as the other games.
Kojima has never been on record as saying how GB relates to the series.
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S4. Script Information
Original story by Hideo Kojima
Written by Tomokzu Fukushima
Translated by INTAC
Transcribed by Tim Huynh
tim_huynh[at]operamail[dot]com
18 June 2005 - fixed typos and made minor edits
20 April 2005 - fixed typo in table of contents
27 September 2004 - added IGN.com to legal section
25 August 2004 - added MGSOnline.net to legal section
2 July 2004 - version 1.0 submitted to GameFAQs and Neoseeker
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