History Recap / MetalGearRisingRevengeance

Three weeks later, Raiden is in a new cyborg body. Under orders from Maverick's leader, Boris, Raiden is sent to breakaway nation UsefulNotes/{{Abkhazia}}. Maverick's support team -- tech expert Kevin, data analyst Courtney, and cyberneticist Doktor -- have identified Jetstream Sam and Sundowner as members of Desperado, a [=PMC=] involved in terrorism, who are currently leading a coup in the nation. Desperado assign a prototype AI in a canine body, Blade Wolf, to defeat him, but Raiden is able to overpower him. He then faces Mistral, a member (alongside Sundowner and Sam) of the Winds of Destruction, the QuirkyMinibossSquad that run Desperado. Raiden picks up the signature weapon of each miniboss he defeats, which is then available as an alternate weapon; in Mistral's case, this gives him a polearm made of the arms of Dwarf Gekko.

Raiden and Bladewolf are assigned to investigate a facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, where some sort of human trafficking is taking place. After meeting an escaped victim, a pre-adolescent named George, Raiden learns that the facility is pulling the brains out of kids and shipping them to America for training as future-cyborg {{Child Soldier}}s, either by Desperado or by World Marshal, a [=PMC=] associated with US Senator Steven Armstrong. Since child soldiers are Raiden's BerserkButton, he pledges to free the children. He is largely successful, though a doctor manages to take George captive, forcing Raiden to slice through the child (with George's consent) to get to the doctor.

Though the War Economy has collapsed, [=PMC=]s are still in big demand. Most have moved towards employing cyborgs as ground forces, since they have superior strength, speed, stamina, reflexes and durability. Raiden works for one of them, called Maverick. As the game opens, we find him and his cohort providing bodyguard detail for President N'mani, who has brought peace to Africa. Raiden approves, as he follows the way of the samurai (despite being, technically, a cyborg ninja) and views his sword as "a tool for justice." Unfortunately, the peace train is derailed by other cyborg attackers: a fellow named Sundowner, who wields two machetes as scissors, and Jetstream Sam, who practices [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaido iaido]] and fires his sword out of a sheath fashioned from an M-16 assault rifle. Sundowner murders N'mani and Sam makes short work of Raiden.

To get to Pakistan, Raiden gets in contact with a company called Solis, run by none other than the child prodigy Sunny Emmerich. She has developed a spaceplane which will get Raiden to Pakistan with several minutes to spare. However, the way is blocked by Jetstream Sam, who has a final showdown with Raiden. Bladewolf, who served Sam prior to being [[DefeatMeansFriendship turned]] by Raiden, is remorseful over the outcome, and takes Sam's HF blade to remember him by; Sam's is the only Miniboss weapon that Raiden doesn't get to wield as an alternate weapon.

Three weeks later, Raiden is in a new cyborg body. Under orders from Maverick's leader, Boris, Raiden is sent to breakaway nation UsefulNotes/{{Abkhazia}}. Maverick's support team -- tech expert Kevin, data analyst Courtney, and cyberneticist Doktor -- have identified Jetstream Sam and Sundowner as members of "Desperado," a [=PMC=] involved in terrorism, who are currently leading a coup in the nation. Desperado assign a prototype AI in a canine body, "Bladewolf," to defeat him, but Raiden is able to overpower him. He then faces Mistral, a member (alongside Sundowner and Sam) of the "Winds of Destruction," the QuirkyMinibossSquad that run Desperado. Raiden picks up the signature weapon of each miniboss he defeats, which is then available as an alternate weapon; in Mistral's case, this gives him a polearm made of the arms of Dwarf Gekko.

With George safely upgraded to a cyborg, Raiden resigns from Maverick to wage a one-man war against World Marshal headquarters in Denver, CO and rescue the child-soldier-brains. Boris is obliged to officially condemn his actions, but Maverick continue to provide [[CouldSayItBut off-the-record]] support throughout, having decided where they want to come down when they have to choose ToBeLawfulOrGood. Raiden first battles the sai-wielding Monsoon, the final member of the Winds of Dstruction to be introduced; his body uses an electromagnetic variant of DetachmentCombat to separate into tiny segments, making him practically intangible. At the top of the building he also faces Sundowner, whose body includes damage-proof shields on articulated arms in addition to his machete-scissors. During this assault, Raiden becomes increasingly distraught by his own actions and sinks back into his childhood persona, Jack the Ripper, before finally embracing it as his LimitBreak. He is ultimately successful in his mission, allowing Doktor to escape with the brains. However, he learns from Sundowner that Armstrong brought World Marshal and Desperado together to affect an assassination on American President Hamilton, who is heading to Pakistan for peace talks. Even worse, the plan is set to go off in only a few hours, and Raiden is on the wrong side of the planet to stop it.

Three weeks later, Raiden is in a new cyborg body. Under orders from Maverick's leader, Boris, Raiden is sent to a breakaway nation called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia Abkhazia]]." Maverick's support team -- tech expert Kevin, data analyst Courtney, and cyberneticist Doktor -- have identified Jetstream Sam and Sundowner as members of "Desperado," a [=PMC=] involved in terrorism, who are currently leading a coup in the nation. Desperado assign a prototype AI in a canine body, "Bladewolf," to defeat him, but Raiden is able to overpower him. He then faces Mistral, a member (alongside Sundowner and Sam) of the "Winds of Destruction," the QuirkyMinibossSquad that run Desperado. Raiden picks up the signature weapon of each miniboss he defeats, which is then available as an alternate weapon; in Mistral's case, this gives him a polearm made of the arms of Dwarf Gekko.

Three weeks later, Raiden is in a new cyborg body. Under orders from Maverick's leader, Boris, Raiden is sent to a beakaway nation called "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia Abkhazia]]." Maverick's support team -- tech expert Kevin, data analyst Courtney and cyberneticist Doktor -- have identified Jetstream Sam and Sundowner as members of "Desperado," a [=PMC=] involved in terrorism, who are currently leading a coup in the nation. Desperado assign a prototype AI in a canine body, "Bladewolf," to defeat him, but Raiden is able to overpower him. He then faces Mistral, a member (alongside Sundowner and Sam) of the "Winds of Destruction," the QuirkyMinibossSquad that run Desperado. Raiden picks up the signature weapon of each miniboss he defeats, which is then available as an alternate weapon; in Mistral's case, this gives him a polearm made of the arms of Dwarf Gekko.

To get to Pakistan, Raiden gets in contact with a company called Solis, run by none other than the child prodigy Sunny Gurlukovich. She has developed a spaceplane which will get Raiden to Pakistan with several minutes to spare. However, the way is blocked by Jetstream Sam, who has a final showdown with Raiden. Bladewolf, who served Sam prior to being [[DefeatMeansFriendship turned]] by Raiden, is remorseful over the outcome, and takes Sam's HF blade to remember him by; Sam's is the only Miniboss weapon that Raiden doesn't get to wield as an alternate weapon.

''Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker'' was released in 2010 for UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable. It takes place in 1974 and continues the story of Big Boss.

Four years after the events of the San Hieronymo incident, Big Boss—who prefers his original title, Snake—and Kaz Miller have established Militaires Sans Frontières, a small mercenary faction, on the Colombian coast. They are approached by Ramon Galvez Mena, a professor at the University of Peace, and his student, Paz Ortega Andrade. Galvez attempts to hire MSF to investigate an army that has discreetly occupied parts of Costa Rica. Snake refuses, identifying Galvez as a KGB agent, but is convinced when Paz plays a recording of The Boss.

When Snake arrives in Costa Rica, he begins to suspect that the mystery army has brought nuclear weapons with them. Enlisting the help of the Sandinista Liberation Army, he tracks a shipment to a research facility deep in the mountains. His suspicions are confirmed when he witnesses Hot Coldman, a senior CIA agent, announce his intentions to fire a live nuclear weapon as part of a project code-named "Peace Walker," a fail-deadly nuclear tank. Snake reveals himself to Huey Emmerich, one of Peace Walker's designers, who agrees to help him stop Coldman.

Following Huey's instructions, Snake ventures deeper into Costa Rica, searching for Dr. Strangelove, the designer of Peace Walker's artificial intelligence systems. He discovers that Strangelove has based Peace Walker's primary control systems on The Boss' personality. She demands to know whether The Boss genuinely defected to the Soviet Union, or if she died on a mission that was covered up, going so far as to torture Snake for information.

Snake escapes custody and attempts in vain to destroy Peace Walker, a quadrupedal nuclear launch platform. He chases Peace Walker across the Nicaraguan border to an American airbase on the shores of Lake Cocibolca. Discovering that the base has been occupied by Soviet soldiers, Snake infiltrates the facility to confront Coldman. Coldman reveals the purpose of Peace Walker: he believes that nuclear deterrence is a flawed theory, relying on humans to retaliate in the event of a nuclear exchange, whom he believes to be unwilling to destroy their own race. As an impartial artificial intelligence, Peace Walker would guarantee retaliation, and Coldman intends to fire a warhead to prove it. Suddenly, the facility is overrun by Soviet soldiers, led by Galvez, who reveals himself as Vladimir Zadornov. Zadornov intends to hijack Peace Walker for the Soviet Union, but the standoff is broken by the arrival of MSF and the Sandinistas, giving Snake enough time to destroy Peace Walker.

In the aftermath of the battle, Zadornov is captured and Coldman mortally wounded. In his dying moments, Coldman activates Peace Walker's data uplink, convincing NORAD that the United States is about to be hit by a Soviet nuclear strike. Snake contacts NORAD, and tries to convince them to stand down, but senior members of the armed forces refuse and plan to retaliate. With a nuclear strike imminent, The Boss' personality takes control of Peace Walker's damaged artificial intelligence and drowns Peace Walker in Lake Cocibolca, severing the connection and ending the threat.

Some time later, Zadornov repeatedly escapes from MSF, arousing Snake's suspicions that someone has betrayed them. Paz reveals herself to be the traitor, using Zadornov's escapes to seize control of Metal Gear ZEKE, a walking tank designed by Huey to act as MSF's deterrent against foreign intervention. Acting as an agent of Major Zero—now using the name "Cipher"—Paz issues Snake an ultimatum: surrender MSF to Cipher and become his deterrent, or else she will fire a nuclear warhead on America, at which point they will be branded a nuclear-equipped extremist cult, and the world will unite in their pursuit of MSF. Snake prevents the launch by crippling ZEKE, and Paz is thrown into the ocean. In the aftermath, Snake reconciles with his memory of The Boss and accepts the title of Big Boss as he rallies the soldiers of MSF to prepare for a fight for their survival, declaring them to be living in "Outer Heaven".