Chapter One: Rough Landing?
The shrill notes of a Codec call awoke Otacon, broken and bleeding, in a rubber raft. That raft had saved his life. In the fading light, he could see hangars and helipads through his foggy vision. The sharp ring of the Codec roused him again. "Hello?" Otacon said shakily. "Otacon!" it was Snake "You're alive!" "Yeah, I just found out myself." Otacon replied. "Great, what's your condition?" "Well, I was bleeding quite a bit, nothing broken though, thanks to this rubber raft." Came Otacon's reply. "Thanks god" Otacon could scarcely hear Snake as he muttered those words. "Ok, we need you to do something for us before we can get you out of there." "Sure thing Snake, what is it?" Snake sighed before replying: "We need you to take out the Metal Gear."
"Are you crazy!" Otacon was surprised he had the strength to yell so loud. "No, I'm dead serious." "Snake, I could never do the things you do. You're like a movie hero, remember?" Snake sighed again. "Well?" A different voice this time. "Who's that?" Otacon asked "Raiden, he wants to talk to you." Replied Snake. "Yes, Raiden?" "Otacon, do you remember when I had to fight against Vamp?" "Of course I do." "He had managed to survive my assaults all of three times." "What does that have to do with me?" "Otacon, if you find the right way, you can be just as good at what you do as Vamp." "But you killed vamp the third time!" "That's not what he meant, Otacon." Snake was back. "He meant that vamp could have taken both him and me out if he had only figured out how. You think faster than Vamp, so you should have no trouble." "Why can't you just come and get me so you and Raiden can take care of it yourselves?" "It's not that simple Hal. Think about it. The Hind and Kasatka have been patrolling around that airbase ever since we dropped you. We can't pick you up without being shot down." Otacon's mind was racing. "Well, maybe you could…" "No, we can't do anything else, there isn't any time. That Metal Gear clone is going to be ready for launch in 24 hours. We need you to do it."
"Ok then, I guess I don't have much choice. I'll try my best." "Great!" Snake yapped back. "The first thing you have to do is locate the Clone. We have codenamed it Metal Gear LRA. That stands for L.ong R.ange A.ssault. It specializes on long range fighting. It will tear you to pieces if it sees you from too far away. The key will be to get very close, and destroy it that way. It is also operational with no one operating it. It can be completely robotic. That means that any chaff grenades you find will be valuable in disabling it." "Ok, where do I look first?" Otacon asked. "Well, ummm, I don't really know. Just do some scavenging while we get Meiling to answer that." "Right, I'll see you later then." Otacon got up from his blood-soaked raft and looked around. There were two hangars close enough to safely walk to, and several others in the distance. Two satellite towers were located on the hillside and there was a different, larger hangar in between the towers. He ran towards the hangar on the left, trying to dodge the searchlights as well as he could.
The shrill notes of a Codec call awoke Otacon, broken and bleeding, in a rubber raft. That raft had saved his life. In the fading light, he could see hangars and helipads through his foggy vision. The sharp ring of the Codec roused him again. "Hello?" Otacon said shakily. "Otacon!" it was Snake "You're alive!" "Yeah, I just found out myself." Otacon replied. "Great, what's your condition?" "Well, I was bleeding quite a bit, nothing broken though, thanks to this rubber raft." Came Otacon's reply. "Thanks god" Otacon could scarcely hear Snake as he muttered those words. "Ok, we need you to do something for us before we can get you out of there." "Sure thing Snake, what is it?" Snake sighed before replying: "We need you to take out the Metal Gear."
"Are you crazy!" Otacon was surprised he had the strength to yell so loud. "No, I'm dead serious." "Snake, I could never do the things you do. You're like a movie hero, remember?" Snake sighed again. "Well?" A different voice this time. "Who's that?" Otacon asked "Raiden, he wants to talk to you." Replied Snake. "Yes, Raiden?" "Otacon, do you remember when I had to fight against Vamp?" "Of course I do." "He had managed to survive my assaults all of three times." "What does that have to do with me?" "Otacon, if you find the right way, you can be just as good at what you do as Vamp." "But you killed vamp the third time!" "That's not what he meant, Otacon." Snake was back. "He meant that vamp could have taken both him and me out if he had only figured out how. You think faster than Vamp, so you should have no trouble." "Why can't you just come and get me so you and Raiden can take care of it yourselves?" "It's not that simple Hal. Think about it. The Hind and Kasatka have been patrolling around that airbase ever since we dropped you. We can't pick you up without being shot down." Otacon's mind was racing. "Well, maybe you could…" "No, we can't do anything else, there isn't any time. That Metal Gear clone is going to be ready for launch in 24 hours. We need you to do it."
"Ok then, I guess I don't have much choice. I'll try my best." "Great!" Snake yapped back. "The first thing you have to do is locate the Clone. We have codenamed it Metal Gear LRA. That stands for L.ong R.ange A.ssault. It specializes on long range fighting. It will tear you to pieces if it sees you from too far away. The key will be to get very close, and destroy it that way. It is also operational with no one operating it. It can be completely robotic. That means that any chaff grenades you find will be valuable in disabling it." "Ok, where do I look first?" Otacon asked. "Well, ummm, I don't really know. Just do some scavenging while we get Meiling to answer that." "Right, I'll see you later then." Otacon got up from his blood-soaked raft and looked around. There were two hangars close enough to safely walk to, and several others in the distance. Two satellite towers were located on the hillside and there was a different, larger hangar in between the towers. He ran towards the hangar on the left, trying to dodge the searchlights as well as he could.