Metal Gear Solid Ressurection
by Rookie's Eyes (based off of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake)
Disclaimer: the Metal Gear series and their characters are property of Kojima Productions and Konami
Chapter 2 Zanzibar Territory
As he sailed above the butte, Snake unclipped the parachute and rolled over as he fell to divert the force of the impact away from his spine. When Snake stood, he watched the parachute drift and finally settle in a very large, sharp outcropping of boulders.
"Colonel, I've landed without incident."
*140.85* "Good to hear… From your GPS location and the enemy base's location, you're about 5 klicks south of their position. Satellite surveillance indicates that there are patrol units along the perimeter of the bases defense line. A Hind D refueling at the helipad north of the compound, and it is likely to be your biggest concern should you be seen."
"Roger… Beginning infiltration to the enemy's Base of Operations."
An abundance of short dull green grass and brown bushes peeked out from all across the sand along with an occasional tree across the stony desert landscape. Hiding would be difficult and fighting would be near impossible with nothing better than a survival knife as his best weapon. Only the cover of night would aid snake in his mission, and that wouldn't last forever. Heading north Snake trudged toward Zanzibar Land's military base.
He had been walking for two hours or so, when he saw his first sign of the Zanzibar compound. He could see two searchlights, their beams strafing across the desert, about 1.5 kilometers away. There was something strange about the lights. As Snake watched, they bobbed up and down as if they were on the move. Snake cursed, realizing they were sentries, he hid behind a nearby boulder just large enough to conceal himself from the enemies.
As Snake listened, he could hear a humming, like a car engine, from the general direction of the lights. Gradually, the humming got louder and louder, until it was a dull roar, similar to a jet engine. His curiosity piqued, Snake dared to take a glimpse of the source of the sound. He was shocked to see two scouts, armed with IMI Uzis, riding atop floating platforms, like flying saucers. He got up and resumed his journey once they sped away.
Snake reached the foot of a cliff about twenty minutes after his encounter with the sentries. The sun shone now, Snake guessed from the sun's position that it was around 0430. He gripped onto the stone as if his life depended on it, because it did. Twice He nearly slipped trying to scale the face of the slope, and when he reached the top he barely registered the pain in his hands. He was too busy gazing at Zanzibar Land, a nation only a year old and yet capable of such vast military power.
The compound was surrounded by mountains along the eastern side, and a forest bordered the rear. There were two buildings, each about five stories tall, with a collective perimeter amounting to two kilometers, standing in the center of the base. To the left of the buildings was a runway maybe a mile and a half long, and all along the runway was a battalion of tanks, 300 strong. A radio tower stood to the right of the largest building, farthest to the left, and it looked as if soldier barracks were located in the North-western corner of the base.
Snake kneeled, then dialed his codec to 140.85 and turned the knob to "SEND".
"This is Snake, I've reached the infiltration point... Kept you waiting,.. Huh?"
*140.85* "Snake, right on time as always. Let's go over this one more time. Your mission is to infiltrate Zanzibar land and rescue Dr. Kio Marv, confirm whether they are in-fact constructing a Metal Gear unit, and to promptly decommission it by whatever means necessary.
"You have several people on this end monitoring your situation and ready to offer support and advice. Mcdonnel Miller is a master of survival techniques and a master martial artist. His frequency is *140.38*"
Snake logged the frequency onto his codec's personal memory.
*140.85* "George Kasler is a retired mercenary well informed of the reputations of most of any of the notable mercenaries in his former trade. Call him if you need information about any one of them, whether it's technique, psychology, or their weapon of choice. His frequency is *140.93* Holly White is our spy in the Zanzibar Land compound. She's posing as a journalist for the UN, but in actuality she's been documenting the layout of the building for our radar, and she's the one who identified their leader as Big Boss. Her current frequency is *140.15*
Snake entered the last two frequencies and said, "Got'em. Is there anyone else I need to know about, Colonel?"
*140.85* "Yes. Jeffrey Mendel has been assigned to our operation as well. He's an experienced technician and an expert on your new soliton radar system."
*Call*
*141.48* "Hello, Snake. Name's Jeff. I've been instructed to inform you about the uses of your radar and operational procedures pertaining to the system. Try turning it on."
"Roger… Okay, it's on."
*141.48* "Do you see that red dot in the center of the screen."
"Yes, I see it."
*141.48* "That dot represents your position on the map, Snake, and those yellow dots represent the position of your enemies. It's effective range is about thirty meters and I've found it very handy in tight situations, but every weapon has it's Achilles' heel. It doesn't work in small areas, and it will not work in areas with strong harmonic resonance. Good luck, and don't break the radar. It's our only prototype and it was only just developed by my supervisor, Ms. Ling."
"I can't make any promises."
*141.48* "Snake, Dr. Marv has received a similar kind of nano-machines as you. Assuming he'll come in range of your radar, he will appear as a small red dot on your radar screen. You got all that?"
"Got it. Anything else I should know, Colonel?"
*140.85* "We've prepared you all we can, Snake… Good luck, and when you get home we've got a Christmas present for you at the base."
"I'll be sure to get back soon, thank you Colonel. Commencing Operation Intrude FO14."
The south-east side of the base was surrounded by cliffs, some were even raised a hundred-twenty meters above the base. Snake pulled out his scope to take a look at the entrance to the compound. Snake was unimpressed, just two trucks were parked along the western edge of the fence. Rows of tanks were parked along the east, inside the compound, but many looked forty years old or older, some of which even looked inoperable. Soldiers patrolled the majority of the buildings fence-line but Snake spotted an area which he may be able to exploit to get past the barbed-wire. The whole eastern side, maybe two kilometers in length, was protected by only two sentries as well, lightly armed with Uzis and pineapples.
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