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Added by BluerockThe Cypher is a saucer-type unmanned aerial vehicle used for surveillance and communication support of land and marine operations.
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The Cypher is capable of vertical take-offs and landings in tight areas measuring as small as 3.5 meters. It uses a ducted airstream from its rotors and the surrounding shroud to fly and can stay airborne for approximately three hours. The Cypher also features a fully autonomous system that allows for tracking and analysis of man-sized targets, with its flight pattern and output controlled from a nearby Integrated Mobile Ground Station. The Cypher transmits its status and mission data to its controller via data-link.
An armed variant known as the Gun Cypher, is equipped with a machinegun for use as an unmanned weapon.
The Manhattan IncidentEdit
See the Tanker Incident and the Big Shell Incident
Added by BluerockIn 2007, a United States Army Cypher was used to photograph Solid Snake aboard the U.S.S. Discovery. The photographs were later used by the Patriots to frame Snake and Philanthropy for the tanker's destruction. Prior to this revelation, Otacon speculated that the reason the U.S. Army sent the Cypher was because they had an interest in the Marine Corps. Metal Gear RAY project similar to the Gurlukovich Mercenaries.[1]
At some point between 2007 and 2009, the military developed a new gun based model called the Gun Cypher.[2]
In 2009, both surveillance and armed Cypher variants were used by the terrorist group Sons of Liberty to guard areas of the Big Shell, many of which were evaded by FOXHOUND operative Raiden. Upon discovering an intruder, the Cyphers would alert any nearby patrols via data transmission to its controller. A Cypher was responsible for alerting the Tengu commandos of Raiden's and Solid Snake's presence within Arsenal Gear's Ileum section.
TriviaEdit
- The United States Marines used a variant of the Cypher, known as the Cypher-T.
- In 1974, the CIA Peace Sentinels used unmanned weapons known as "Kidnappers" that possessed a similar appearance to the later Cyphers.
Behind the scenesEdit
In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the Cypher's sensors can be temporarily confused by using chaff to set up an electronic interference field, which also blocks its movement. The Cypher itself can be destroyed in one hit from a rifle or handgun by damaging its camera, or in the case of Gun Cyphers, its gun.
Solid Snake uses a Cypher for vertical recovery in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. An unlockable trophy describes the Cypher thusly:
An unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle used by the U.S. Army. It uses a fan in the center of its body to hover and a camera on its upper fuselage to monitor from the skies. It has a number of models, including the armed Gun Cypher and the remodeled Cypher II. Its small size and continuous flight ability make it extremely effective in guarding against intruders.
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Notes and referencesEdit
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2001).
- ^ This was mentioned in a Codec call to Otacon during the Tanker Incident.
- ^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (script), Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2001)
The Colonel calls in a Codec warning to Raiden as he encounters a Cypher (an unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle). // Colonel: Raiden, watch your back! That’s a Cypher, a type of UAV! // The Gun Cypher is a new model. Display the Cypher visual inside the Codec screen
