Third Sun
From the Metal Gear Wiki
| Third Sun | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2014 |
| Locations | Eastern Europe |
| Important Personnel | Old Snake Otacon Rosemary Liquid Ocelot Naomi Hunter Raiden Vamp Meryl Silverburgh Akiba Ed Jonathan Drebin 893 Sunny Gurlukovich |
| Groups | Raven Sword Paradise Lost Rat Patrol Beauty and the Beast Unit Outer Heaven Philanthropy U.S. Army The Patriots |
| Deaths | Raging Raven Solidus Snake Big Mama |
| Metal Gear Threat | GEKKO |
| Mission Outcome | Failure |
Midnight Shadow
Back in the Nomad, Raiden's condition was becoming steadily worse, him badly needing an infusion of artificial White Blood, according to Naomi. Nevertheless, he was able to deliver an instruction to Snake before passing out entirely: "Find Big Mama".
Snake headed to Eastern Europe where Big Mama, a name Snake recognized as the leader of the Paradise Lost resistance army, was supposedly hiding. Knowing he would be shot on sight if seen in public, Snake used the Facecamo he acquired from Laughing Octopus to make himself appear younger, as well as dressing in civilian clothes. However, upon refusing to pass through an ID checkpoint, which would have blown his cover, he is taken aside by Meryl, there with Rat Patrol team. After arguing about their respective motives, the two parted on a solemn note.
Snake and Otacon decided that the easiest way to find the resistance member's hideout would be to simply follow a member of the resistance. After trailing a resistance member to an old church, he easily forced his way in and finally met Big Mama, who, as it turned out, was actually EVA. Big Mama was able to explain everything she knew about Big Boss and the Patriots. She explained how the Patriots had originally consisted of her, Major Zero, Sigint (who was also Donald Anderson), Para-Medic (who was also Dr. Clark, the scientist behind Gray Fox's transformation and the Les Enfants Terribles project), Big Boss and Ocelot, and how Zero and Ocelot had started the Patriots using the Philosophers' Legacy with Big Boss as a god-like idol, with the intention of realizing the dream of a unified world, as envisioned by The Boss.
Big Mama then revealed to Snake the shocking truth that Big Boss was still alive, his corpse kept alive through technology, his conscience "locked away" by nanomachines. The body, in fact, was in her possession after being recovered by Raiden, and was kept in the back of a van.
Suddenly, when the unexpected appearance of Dwarf Gekkos compromised their location, Big Mama, Snake and the "children" were forced to flee (taking with them the van containing Big Boss' body), a daring pursuit ensuing. With Big Mama driving, Snake managed to florce their way through the dozens of Gekkos and FROGS which blocked their way, but was impeded by Beauty and the Beast unit member Raging Raven. After defeating Raven, Snake helped Big Mama, who was badly injured in the motorcycle crash, to a nearby river where, according to her, Big Boss' body was being transported via boat.
Violent Ceasefire
Once there, however, Liquid Ocelot blocked their path. After besting Snake at CQC, he escaped on his boat, accompanied by Vamp and an apparently double-crossing Naomi. Snake and Big Mama were rescued by Rat Patrol, who had called in a large US unit as reinforcements.
Liquid had retrieved Big Boss' corpse from the boat and, using his DNA, was able to finally tap into the SOP system. Rat Patrol (along with the US unit) found they were unable to even fire their weapons. Liquid's FROGS were unaffected which resulted in large number of American casualties, including Rat Patrol. Big Mama, still badly injured, apparantly died of her injuries after leaping into a fire in a futile attempt to retrieve Big Boss' body, where Vamp had discarded it.
Following the horrific massacre, Johnny was able to save Meryl from drowning, and the two embraced in a passionate kiss. Snake, however, was obviously unable to do the same for Big Mama, left bad burns from pulling her from the blaze. Otacon, operating from the Noamd, managed to stow the Mk. II away on Liquid's boat with Naomi.
| Event Chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Solid Sun | Third Sun | Twin Suns |
