Ghost Babel Special Stage script.

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Ghost Babel Special Stage script.

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I decided to take advantage of the free time I had this weekend by transcribing all of No.4's monologues from the Special Stage Select mode from Ghost Babel. They reveal quite a bit of backstory. It's obvious there was a Ghost Babel sequel with Raiden was planned at some point (and disproves the whole MGGB is a VR Mission wankery). It's a shame it never went beyond that and the fact that we probably won't see a traditional portable MG again (current rumors notwithstanding).

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel
Special Mode script

- Intro -
No. 4: We're going to have you reenact the battles of Solid Snake, the 'Legend'.
Think of it as a sort of VR Training. But since that alone won't allow you to
surpass him, we've taken the liberty of adding a few conditions. You can call me...
call me No. 4. My frequency is 140.62. If you have any question about your orders,
contact me.

-Stage 1-1 clear-
No. 4: Well? How does it feel to be Solid Snake? By experiencing all that he went
through you should be able to reach even higher than he did. We have great
hopes for you.

-Stage 1-2 clear-
No. 4: It was Parker, the Army Chief of Staff, who forced through the deployment of
the Delta Force team in Galuade. His immediate objective, as Sergeant Jenner
revealed, was to silence the 'General' along with all he knew about Project Babel.
However, what Parker really feared must have been to lost Project Babel and Metal
Gear to Gardner. Driven by that fear, he attempted to salvage the situation with his pet
Delta Force before the arrival of Solid Snake under Gardner's orders -- but Gardner
leaked that piece of intelligence to McBride, and the Delta Force team and Parker's bid
for control crumbled under an ambush. Gardner was always a step ahead; you have to
give him that.

-Stage 1-3 clear-
No. 4: Good -- good... Just as we predicted. Keep on at the same pace.

-Stage 2-2 clear-
No. 4: I'll let you in on something Snake didn't know. At the time of the Delta Force team's
termination at the hands of Black Chamber, Chris Jenner, instead of fighting with her unit,
was looking for data on Project Babel in Galuade's central computer. As you know, she
didn't find anything; the 'General' is a cautious man. What she did find instead were the
bodies of her comrade.

-Stage 2-3 clear-
No. 4: So you'd like to know who we are? You'll find out soon enough. Continue with
your training.

-Stage 3-2 clear-
No.4: Solid Snake didn't know this but -- Jenner didn't adopt the disguise of an enemy
soldier to collect intelligence on Harks so much as she did it for the hunt for the where
abouts of that Project Babel data Parker had ordered her to find. She probably went for
the power plant later on because she learned about the computer station on the second
floor.

-Stage 4-2 clear-
No. 4: It is a fact that Gardner gave that 'wet works' order to FOXHOUND against Black
Chamber, but he also made arrangements for the safe passage of the leader Viper and
other core members of Black Chamber at the same time. No doubt he wanted them on
hand when he made a bid to recover Metal Gear and Project Babel from Parker... and
we know his calculations paid off.

-Stage 4-3 clear-
No. 4: Marvelous. You're getting closer and closer to him... Only a few more steps to your,
and our, objective.

-Stage 5-2 clear-
No. 4: Neither Snake, nor Harks in his isolated cell, seemed to know, but all the remaining
engineers were already dead at this point. They were killed for refusing to co-operate with
GLF, but Harks was spared because he volunteered to conduct the final adjustments on
Metal Gear. In his defense, I might say that he was motivated more by his attachment to
Metal Gear than a desire to save his own skin. But of course... Well, one always sees the
light when it's too late. C'est la vie.

-Stage 5-3 clear-
No.4: Outer Heaven - formerly known as Galuade. Do you know the truth behind that mission
where Solid Snake destroyed Metal Gear and killed Big Boss to become a national hero?
Solid Snake, a rookie FOXHOUND commando, infiltrates Outer Heaven alone, rescues fellow
FOXHOUND member Gray Fox from the clutches of the enemy, and together they destroy
Metal Gear. Solid Snake then takes down Big Boss, the commander of Outer Heaven...
That's the basic story known the public. There are of course, parts that were edited out --
such as the fact that Big Boss was Solid Snake's biological father. He sent for Solid Snake
with the intention of fighting to the death with his own son, but it isn't clear whether Snake knew
anything about it... Whichever the case, Snake took his father's life with his own hands, and that
is proof of his strenght as well as his weakness... And something you could not accomplish...

-Stage 6-2 clear-
No. 4: As the 'General' said, Outer Heaven was conceived as an unofficial military reserve to
keep various anti-American forces in check. But what he didn't say was that he himself was once
an Outer Heaven mercenary, and a fervent disciple of Big Boss. His connections with the U.S.
government date back to that period. After Outer Heaven fell, he drifted from country to country
-- then came back, this time as the 'big boss' himself. Maybe all this explains why he chose
Outer Heaven of all places to ressurect Galuade...

-Stage 7-2 clear-
No. 4: Chris Jenner and James Harks are attacked shortly after this point... Viper figured
that Solid Snake would come to rescue Harks and he'd had Harks' clothes rigged with a
transmitter. But letting Jenner escape was not a part of their plan. Seems Jenner was a
much tougher adversary than Viper had anticipated. Parker had made the right call in
selecting her to bury the Project Babel evidence for him.

-Stage 8-2 clear-
No. 4: As he eventually admitted, Campbell was blackmailed into participating in the Galuade
offensive by Gardner. But that wasn't the only reason: though Campbell said nothing about it,
his niece Meryl, an Army soldier, was apparently taken hostage to guarantee his co-operation.

-Stage 8-3 clear-
No. 4: Time is something neither you nor we have, and you would know that very well. We must
push ahead with the project.

-Stage 9-2 clear-
No. 4: All communications with Sergeant Jenner cease after this point... Sergeant Jenner was
captured by Viper; he did the job himself to make sure she didn't evade capture. After all, he
needed her specifically as a surefire bait for Solid Snake.

-Stage 9-3 clear-
No. 4: Do you find the training harsh? But this is all according to your own wishes... isn't
that right?

-Stage 10-2 clear-
No. 4: About that F-22 cruise missile attack -- did you notice something a little too smooth
about it? Gardner had the air force on standby right from the beginning of the crisis. The idea
was if the mission failed, he would have Galuade blown sky-high along with Snake. He even
had a nuclear warhead ready to go.

-Stage 10-3 clear-
No. 4: As you well know, the development of Metal Gear began in Outer Heaven. The project
fell under the auspices of the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence and its director Steven Gardner,
but the idea itself, for a bipedal vehicle that would launch a nuclear strike from anywhere on the
planetary surface, was apparently conceived by Big Boss, Outer Heaven's commander-in-chief.
The technology wasn't there at that point, but the concept of an invisible missile from a rail gun
seems to have been already planned by Big Boss. And the idea became a reality in American
hands following Outer Heaven -- Metal Gear is the phantom of Big Boss, in a sense. It's no wonder
Snake is so obsessed with the destruction of Metal Gear; to him, it truly is the 'evil past'. But to us,
it's the gospel to a new world -- a blessing.

-Stage 11-2 clear-
No. 4: Actually Parker is more than a minor figure in the founding of Black Chamber. Parker once
recovered Metal Gear from terrorist hands using Black Chamber, and demanded total control over
Project Babel and Metal Gear on the strenght of that accomplishment. But Gardner named a price:
Black Chamber. And Parker accepted the deal for the sake of that power and stood by without lifting
a finger while Gardner liquidated his Black Chamber Special Force...

-Stage 11-3 clear-
No. 4: What lies ahead of this training -- Is that what you want to know? You will... Soon enough.

-Stage 12-2 clear
No. 4: It looks as though Parker was aware of the possibility that the 'General' would betray Project
Babel; they just went right ahead, using each other. The 'General' was doing a top-notch job. He
fanned the flames of the minority identity movement for the Gindran Boias group with seemingly
authentic ideology, and organized the GLF into a force to reckoned with - and all of this in spite
of the fact that he is neither a Boian, nor even, as a matter of fact, of Gindran birth. But even he
failed to best Solid Snake. We expect you not to repeat that mistake.

-Stage 12-3 clear-
No. 4: Do you suspect us of using you? We don't deny it. But you're using us too, aren't you?
Quid pro quo...

-Stage 13-2 clear-
No. 4: The feud between the Army Chief of Staff Parker and National Security Advisor Gardner
predates Project Babel and their current, respective positions as the power over the Army and
the second most influential man in the U.S. government. It goes back to a time when Parker
was an Army colonel and Gardner was only a CIA section chief. At the time, there was an
incident involving the assasination of a government VIP and a foreign agent, and Parker's
daughter was one of those under investigation. Even though the entire affair was clearly out
of the CIA's jurisdiction, Gardner pursued the matter zelously, and the case ended with
Parker's daughter commiting suicide. Since then, Parker and Gardner have been mortal
enemies, taking their personal war to issues of politics, military operations, you name it.
It looks as though Gardner meant to bring Parker down once and for all using Black Chamber
and Metal Gear.

-All Stages clear-
No. 4: Your training is complete. Well done. Your combat capability is now undoubtedly
beyond that of Solid Snake at the time of Galuade's fall. Your time is about to come. Get some
rest for now....Jack.
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Greta to have that all in one big chunk.. it indeed has lots of stuff in it.. I didn't recall so much was said. thanks a lot man!
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I'm still having trouble suspending my disbelief over a woman in Delta Force.
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Post by Marc »

Thanks for that, man, great to have readily at hand. :)
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Thanks!
What?

Say what say what one more time i dare i double dare you mother f##### say what one more god damm time

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