Misc items
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This article is a list of miscellaneous items that appear in the Metal Gear series.
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[edit] Sensors
[edit] Radar Sensors
[edit] Original Radar
Displays where the user is relative to any guards around them. Invented by FOXHOUND and used by Solid Snake during the Zanzibar Land Uprising.
[edit] Soliton Radar
Like the original Radar, it displays where the user is relative to any guards around them. The key difference is that it also shows their field of view making it easier to remain unseen. Invented by Mei Ling and used frequently by both Solid Snake (during the FOXHOUND Rebellion and Tanker Incident) and Raiden (during the Big Shell Incident).
[edit] Motion Sensor
Shows the location of moving animals and guards on the radar. Given to Naked Snake for use during the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater.
[edit] Sonar
An active sonar used to detect animals in the vicinity. When L3 is pressed the locations of all organisms and guards will be briefly shown on the radar screen. It makes a brief noise when used, enough to get the attention of guards in close range. It can also be used to calm bats. Used by Naked Snake.
[edit] Bomb Detection
[edit] Sensor A
Displays the area that C4 is likely to be found in as a yellow cloud on the Radar. Given to Pliskin and Raiden by Peter Stillman during the Big Shell Incident.
[edit] Sensor B
Emits a beeping which increases in frequency as you get closer to odorless C4. Also given to Raiden by Stillman.
[edit] Vision Sensors
[edit] Binoculars/Scope
Magnifies distant areas making it easier to make things out. Solid Snake and Raiden, use the scope, while Naked Snake uses a type of binocular modified by Sigint.
[edit] Night Vision Goggles
Amplifies light in dark areas making it easier to see. Used by all three operatives.
[edit] Thermal Goggles
Shows objects by the heat they give off. Useful for detecting laser beams. Used by all three operatives.
[edit] Solid Eye
Invented by Otacon, and used by Old Snake. Seems to incorporate the scope, thermal, and night vision sensors.
[edit] Cigarettes/Cigar
- "Smoking is bad for you. In a recent study, scientists found that tobacco smoke is full of carcinogenic substances, like nitrosamines. You know what that means? It means you're going to give yourself lung cancer if you keep on smoking."
- — Para-Medic
The cigar is a piece of equipment Naked Snake uses during the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater. The cigar can be used to burn off leeches and can also drive away hornets or to light up dark areas slightly, although smoking causes Snake's health to steadily decrease.
Cigarettes are instead favored by Solid Snake, who in turn gives them to Raiden along with a SOCOM pistol. When the player smokes, his aim will be steadied, though his health will also deplete. Cigarette smoke can also be used to detect nearby infrared lasers. Smoking also gave Solid Snake more time to escape Outer Heaven as it prepared to self-destruct. A pack of cigarettes and a scope were Snake's only belonging upon his arrival on Shadow Moses; he was able to sneak it along by holding it inside his stomach.
In Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2, Snake smokes a generic version of Lucky Strike. In Metal Gear Solid, he smokes a fictional brand of cigarettes called Moslems, designed to leave no taste, smell and virtually zero second-hand smoke. In Metal Gear Solid 2, they're still smokeless, but change to a real-life brand called Hope.
In MGS4, cigarettes replenish Snake's Psyche, but lowers his Life. Also, if guards smell the smoke, they will investigate to find the source. Snake smokes another fictional brand, called The Boss, which are lethal unfiltered hand-rolled cigarettes with 26mg tar each which he stores in a little box and stubs out in a portable ashtray.
A "fogger" (発煙筒 Hatsuentō?) was used in Metal Gear: Ghost Babel to detect infrared security beams. A smoke generator, it is the only such item that doesn't deplete Snake's health. It is described as a "Device that lights up and emits smoke."
[edit] Torch
A long wooden stick drenched in turpentine. When lit, provides extra light to see by. Waving a lit torch can frighten away hornets and dogs.
[edit] Other
[edit] AP Sensor
When an enemy is nearby, this sensor will cause the controller to vibrate. As they get closer, the vibration will increase. All other vibrations will not be felt by the player.
[edit] Bandage
Bandages can be used to stanch bleeding. Naked Snake used bandages in conjunction with various other healing items.
[edit] Bomb Blast Suit
A bomb blast suit was used by Solid Snake in Outer Heaven to allow him to move along tall complexes without being blown around by strong wind currents. Fatman also wore a bomb blast suit to protect his soft body from bomb blasts and bullets.
[edit] Card Key
Card Keys are typically used to open doors. This technology was eventually developed to work with someone's own electrical field so that if someone was in posession of a card key, the door would automatically open when you advanced upon it.
[edit] Directional Microphone
A hand-held microphone that amplifies sounds in the direction it is aimed at. Especially effective against The End on higher difficulties. Raiden used it to detect Richard Ames's pacemaker.
[edit] GA-KO Doll
A GA-KO Doll is a wind up waddle doll used as a distraction or bait.
[edit] Hang Glider
Solid Snake used a hang glider in Zanzibar Land to glide to different areas from the top of a building.
[edit] Heart of Justice
A Heart filled with a burning sense of justice. Turns the suits of GENOME Soldiers from white to other colors when it's used on them. The colors they will change to are Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black or Pink.
[edit] Mine Detector
Early versions (such as that used by Naked Snake) used a sensor emitting a beep that increases in frequency as you get closer to a claymore mine. Later versions used by other operatives show mines on the radar screen as a yellow triangle showing the area that will trigger the mine. The later version also shows the location of depth charges in underwater areas.
[edit] Parachute
A parachute was used by Solid Snake to safely descend from the high towers in Outer Heaven.
[edit] Rope
A rope was used by Solid Snake to rappel down the side of the Communication Towers after Liquid Snake trapped him with a Hind D.
[edit] Shaver
A small electric shaving device that is found in the docking area of Strut A inside Big Shell. If Raiden gives it to Snake, he will appear shaven the next time Raiden sees him inside Arsenal Gear.
[edit] Transmitter
A small electronic tracking device used to monitor somebody's movements. Naked Snake was fitted with a transmitter in his back after his interrogation with Colonel Volgin. A transmitter was also hidden within Solid Snake's items after recovering them from Shotmaker.
