Metal Gear RAXA

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Metal Gear RAXA

Type	Nuclear-armed walking tank
Origin	United States
Designer	Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov
Crew	1
Standard Armament	M1919 machine gun Anti-tank missiles
Nuclear Armament	Multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles

Metal Gear RAXA (pronounced rah-sha) was a prototype of the Intercontinental Ballistic Metal Gear intended for performance evaluation. This model of Metal Gear was developed by Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, based on Aleksandr Leonovitch Granin's designs.

1 Description
2 History
- 2.1 San Hieronymo Takeover
3 Trivia
4 Behind the scenes
5 Gallery
6 Appearances
7 See also

DescriptionEdit

RAXA was the first Metal Gear prototype ever built, having been developed by the U.S. Government in 1970. It was completed by Sokolov, who based it on the original blueprints created by Granin. Metal Gear RAXA has four legs, which was merely a step towards bipedalism. It acted as a test model for the ICBMG. In addition, it utilizes a sophisticated rocket propulsion system for hovering above the ground, and then proceeding to land swiftly on the ground, destroying everything in the path of its landing. The rocket propulsion system can also allow RAXA to move around in a limited manner if its legs ended up damaged. However, its rocket propulsion system is directly beneath its missile pods, meaning that any damage to the missile pods when opened will result in a significant amount of damage to its engines.

HistoryEdit

San Hieronymo TakeoverEdit

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During the 1970 San Hieronymo Takeover, Gene anticipated that Naked Snake (Big Boss) would discover the existence of the ICBMG and attempt to destroy it before its launch. He therefore planned for the ICBMG to be relocated, before Snake and his resistance forces stormed the assembly plant in which it was housed, and replace it with the RAXA prototype. Gene also planned to have Ursula pilot RAXA against Snake in order to buy enough time for the ICBMG to be relocated.

Having been led to believe RAXA to be the complete (and only) model at the time, Snake intended to sabotage it before it could be activated and used to deploy nuclear strikes. Once he arrived however, it instantly became active, being piloted by exiled Colonel Skowronski, who had snuck himself in with the intention of using it against Gene. Very soon after its activation, its incompleteness became quite apparent, and it suddenly shut itself down while firing its machine gun.

Ursula (at Gene's command) awakened from Elisa's subconscious, and commandeered RAXA using her psychokinetic powers, not only to compensate for its malfunctions, but to enhance its performance beyond normal standards, causing it to move unlike a machine at all. Colonel Skowronski was thrown from the cockpit and fell to his death. Snake was then forced to fight RAXA. After disabling its four legs, Snake had to deal with a sophisticated hovering system, but still managed to destroy it by attacking its missile tubes when they opened up.

Afterwards, Ghost (revealing himself to be Sokolov) informed Snake that the Metal Gear that had been destroyed was actually the prototype. Snake, realizing he had fallen for Gene's duplicity, could only watch as the ICBMG itself was transported away from the facility.

TriviaEdit

RAXA's head bears a strong resemblance to Dr. Granin's original Metal Gear design.
Although the ICBMG itself was capable of walking, the prototype RAXA did not do so while battling Snake, further exemplifying its incompleteness.

Behind the scenesEdit

Metal Gear RAXA's battle theme, simply titled "Raxa", was later used as one of the Walkman's playable music tracks in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.