Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001 Video Game)
Quinton Flynn: Raiden
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Quotes
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Solid Snake : Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. When you do, pass it on to the future.
Raiden : Believe in what?
Solid Snake : That's your problem.
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[When the player equips a cardboard box]
Iroquois Pliskin : The cardboard box that you have is ideal for fooling your enemies. It's a very important tool for infiltration missions.
Raiden : Really?
Iroquois Pliskin : Of course. I can't begin to count the number of agents whose lives were saved by a cardboard box...
Raiden : You mean everyone's using them?
Iroquois Pliskin : Look, I'm not exaggerating when I say the success of your mission hinges on how you use that cardboard box. But in the end, a cardboard box is only made of paper. Handle it with care or it won't be of much use to you. Don't think of it as just another box. Treat it with love... Don't be rough. Okay?
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Solid Snake : If you run out of ammo, you can have mine.
Raiden : You got enough?
Solid Snake : [points to his bandanna] Absolutely. Infinite ammo.
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Colonel : To begin with, we're not what you'd call "human." Over the past 200 years, a consciousness appeared layer by layer at the crucible of the White House. It's not unlike life started in the oceans four billion years ago. The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution. We are formless. We are the very discipline and morality that Americans invoke so often. How can anyone hope to eliminate us? As long as this nation exists, so will we.
Raiden : Cut the crap! If you're immortal, why would you take away individual freedoms and censor the Net?
Rose : Jack, don't be silly.
Colonel : Don't you know that our plans have your interests - not ours - in mind?
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Solid Snake : We don't use guns to take people down, and we're not here to help some politician either.
Raiden : What are you and Otacon fighting for?
Solid Snake : A future.
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[Raiden loses all of his gear and is forced to sneak around in the nude]
Colonel : Raiden, you won't be able to Hang, throw, or chokehold anyone in your current state.
Raiden : Why not?
Colonel : Is it really necessary to ask? It's just not a good idea to perform those maneuvers. There could be... complications.
Rose : Oh really, Jack. Do we have to spell it out for you? Really!
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[Examining Emma's Policenauts poster]
Raiden : What kind of a dork brings all this stuff to work? Must be a super freak!
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Raiden : Why didn't you tell me you were the real Snake?
Solid Snake : You never asked.
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Raiden : What am I supposed to believe in? What am I going to leave behind when I'm through?
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Raiden : Snake, you're a legend!
Solid Snake : A legend is usually bad news. Someone tells it, someone else remembers, everybody passes it on.
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Raiden : Snake, have you ever enjoyed killing someone?
Solid Snake : Diminished sense of reality, huh? VR Training will do that.
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Solid Snake : Freeze-dried, the rations are easy to carry and keep well. It ain't home cookin', but it'll satisfy your nutritional needs.
Raiden : Hmmm.
Solid Snake : What's on your mind?
Raiden : Well, just between you and me?
Solid Snake : Sure. What is it?
Raiden : I prefer rations over Rose's home cooking...
Solid Snake : That bad, huh?
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Raiden : People will remember only the good part, the right part about what you did.
Solid Snake : There's nothing right part in murder, not ever.
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Raiden : All you want is power, at any cost.
Solidus Snake : Jack, it's not power I want. What I want to take back from the Patriots are things like... freedom, civil rights, opportunities. The founding principles of this country. Everything that's about to be wiped out by their digital censorship.
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Richard Ames : [contacting Raiden via Codec] Are you on?
Raiden : Right here. Do you really know where the President is?
Richard Ames : Almost certainly. He was moved to the first floor of Shell 2's core section.
Raiden : The first floor, the core of Shell 2... Is he still there?
Richard Ames : I don't know. I can't get a response.
Raiden : You don't think he's been - like the other hostages...?
Richard Ames : ?
Raiden : A hostage was killed in retaliation after the SEAL 10 disaster, remember?
Richard Ames : What are you talking about?
Raiden : ...?
Richard Ames : Regardless of what they do to other hostages, they won't touch the President.
Raiden : What makes you so sure?
Richard Ames : The case.
Raiden : You mean the nuclear button they took?
Richard Ames : Right, and the case won't do a thing by itself. That case may be the single most advanced example of a weapons fail-safe system. The password is nothing less than the physiological data of the U.S. President.
Raiden : Physiological data?
Richard Ames : The President's own vital signs, heartbeat, brainwave pattern, blood pressure, and so on are constantly monitored and relayed by his internal nanomachines. This information, along with the DNA pattern, serve as a bio-metric password, unbreakable even by the latest parallel processor supercomputers. The password entry itself cannot be performed unless brainwave patterns and heartbeats fall within normal parameters, rendering chemical and other forms of coercion impractical. In other words, the login must be made of the President's own free will. As a fail-safe, the input must also be reconfirmed hourly, even after the initial login. If a valid confirmation is not forthcoming, the system will automatically cancel the login.
Raiden : And that's why they can't harm the President.
Richard Ames : At least until the bird flies.
Raiden : Is there really a new model of Metal Gear here?
Richard Ames : Absolutely. The Black Case serves as the launch key to Metal Gear as well.
Raiden : Why would they hide a Metal Gear in an offshore plant?
Richard Ames : Haven't they told you anything?
Raiden : ...
Richard Ames : The entire thing was planned. The oil spill, the tanker accident that caused it, everything. The Big Shell was built specifically for the development of a new Metal Gear model. The inspection tour was to check its progress.
Raiden : What's going on around here?
Richard Ames : Wait!
[their conversation ends as Ames sees Snake, a.k.a. Solidus, enter the room]
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Richard Ames : [after Raiden hears Ocelot's and Solidus' conversation through the directional microphone] Anyway, what did you manage to catch?
Raiden : They said password input was complete.
Richard Ames : I thought so.
Raiden : You said the password entry into the Black Case had to be made by the President willingly.
Richard Ames : That's right.
Raiden : So, this means the President is cooperating with them?
Richard Ames : It would have to be, yes.
Raiden : Why?
Richard Ames : Probably tired of being a puppet, but, it wasn't a smart move to betray us.
Raiden : A puppet?
Richard Ames : We're running out of time. They will fire a nuke. You know what you need to do before then.
Raiden : Fire the nuke? But, it's nowhere close to the ransom deadline.
Richard Ames : Ransom?
Raiden : Thirty billion dollars in cash.
Richard Ames : What are you babbling about? The nuclear strike is not a threat. It's been the objective all along!
Raiden : They plan to slaughter millions of people?
Richard Ames : No, a high-altitude detonation. You've heard of the Compton Effect?
Raiden : The total disruption of electronic equipment caused by EMMA pulse.
Richard Ames : Textbook answer. Well, when an average nuclear warhead goes off within the atmosphere, the result is an electromagnetic pulse of up to fifty billion megawatts. The EMMA field can reach tens of thousands of volts per meter, and most electronic equipment will be toast in an instant.
Raiden : If one of the key movers of world economy stops functioning, it could mean the beginning of a global depression.
Richard Ames : But, that isn't their aim. What they plan to do is "liberate" Manhattan, pull it offline, and turn it into some kind of a republic. Hence "Sons of Liberty," I suppose.
Raiden : Sons of Liberty?
Richard Ames : Damn, Ocelot is coming! I'm going offline.
[their conversation ends]
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Solid Snake : [during flashbacks from the 'Tanker' mission] I'd infiltrated the dummy tanker to obtain proof that a Metal Gear was under development. Shortly after I made it aboard, an armed group led by Colonel Gurlukovich raided the ship and gained control.
Otacon : Olga and Ocelot were among the raiding party.
Solid Snake : Yeah, and him.
[referring to Liquid]
Raiden : Who're you talking about?
Solid Snake : A man that was supposed to be dead.
Otacon : Their target was also Metal Gear RAY, but, Ocelot eliminated Colonel Gurlukovich and Marine Commander Scott Dolph, and he hijacked RAY.
Raiden : So, he betrayed them?
Solid Snake : I don't know what kind of deal was going down. All I remember is what Ocelot said at the time. Something like, "I'm taking it back."
Otacon : Ocelot then sank the tanker along with the soldiers of the Marine Corps.
Raiden : [cuts back to the Codec screen] How did you manage to get out?
Solid Snake : Otacon managed to have a small boat ready for me.
Otacon : That was the easy part. The tough part was not getting dragged down with the sinking tanker. Small miracle when you think about it. It turned out that the whole thing was a setup to lure us.
[cuts back to flashbacks from the 'Tanker' mission]
Otacon : Photos of Snake, taken by the Cypher, were released to the public. In turn, we became the world's most wanted environmental terrorists.
Solid Snake : It was definitely a move aimed at putting a stop to our anti-Metal Gear activities.
Raiden : But, why did they choose Snake?
Otacon : [cuts to a 'Mission Briefing' tape from Metal Gear Solid 1] Since the Shadow Moses incident, Snake became sort of a hero.
[cuts back to the 'Tanker' mission flashbacks]
Otacon : I think the Patriots weren't too happy about that.
Raiden : You knew about the Patriots?
Otacon : Well, yes... to a certain degree.
Raiden : It seems like everyone knows about them except me.
Otacon : They didn't choose Snake to be a hero.
Raiden : So, they decided to do a smear campaign.
Otacon : I think the Patriots wanted to make an example of him, so everybody would think twice before opposing them.
Raiden : That's it! They set all this up just to nail you guys?
Otacon : No, there's more to it than that. The Marines' Metal Gear RAY project, headed by Commander Dolph, was carried out in opposition to the Navy's Arsenal Gear project. To be more precise, the Patriots considered Metal Gear RAY to be a thorn in their side. Hence, they attacked the dummy tanker and stole RAY. They followed this up with the perfect plan. They immediately sent a fully loaded tanker to the same location and sank it, then, set up the facility to camouflage the development of Arsenal Gear.
Solid Snake : And we fell for it. Two more puppets in their show.
Raiden : Colonel Gurlukovich and his daughter, Olga?
Otacon : Both fell victim to Ocelot's plot.
Raiden : Was Solidus behind all this? He used Ocelot to get hold of RAY, huh?
Otacon : No. He was underground, keeping a low profile at the time.
Raiden : Then, it must be the Patriots.
Otacon : If that's the case, what's Ocelot doing alongside Solidus?
Raiden : ...
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Solid Snake : A virtual grunt of the digital age, that's just great.
Raiden : It's far more effective than live exercises.
Solid Snake : You don't get injured in VR, do you? Every year, a few soldiers die in field exercises.
Raiden : There's pain sensation in VR, and even a sense of reality and urgency. The only difference is that it isn't actually happening.
Solid Snake : That's the way they want you to think, to remove you from the fear that goes with battle situations. War as a video game - what better way to raise the ultimate soldier?
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[When the player equips an enemy uniform]
Colonel : Raiden, don't act in any way that will excite the enemy's suspicion. A perfect disguise can be ruined by a single odd behavior. Be careful. If you make physical contact with the enemy while in disguise, the disguise will be deselected.
Rose : That uniform's probably not even close to your size.
Raiden : Yeah, to tell you the truth, it feels pretty tight.
Colonel : It's probably a better fit for Rosemary here than you.
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[Raiden lies unconscious on the examination table]
Solidus Snake : Is he still alive?
Revolver Ocelot : He was when Olga brought him in. I've checked everything, including the Genome data, but there's nothing on this guy; NSA, CIA, FBI, he doesn't exist in any database. He's a non-existent operative from a non-existent organization.
Solidus Snake : I suspected as much. However, I know this man.
Revolver Ocelot : [shocked] Hm?
Solidus Snake : Wake him up.
[the examination table tilts forward, bringing Raiden face-to-face with Solidus and Ocelot]
Solidus Snake : It's been a while hasn't it, Jack the Ripper?
Revolver Ocelot : You know this fellow?
Solidus Snake : You remember me, don't you? You've grown.
Solidus Snake : [snags Raiden's head with one of his mechanical arms and begins scanning] High concentration of cerebral implants. Have they altered your memory too?
[Raiden chokes and screams as Solidus scans him]
Solidus Snake : This is my son, I taught him everything I know.
[Solidus looks up in nostalgia]
Solidus Snake : Jack, I thought I'd never see you again.
Raiden : You... know me?
Solidus Snake : You don't remember? Your name, your skills, everything you know you learned from me.
Solidus Snake : [cuts to flashbacks while Solidus narrates] The 80s... the civil war... you were one of the best amongst the child soldiers that fought in that conflict. When you were barely ten years old, you became the platoon leader of the "Small Boy" unit. At the time, your outstanding kill record earned you several nicknames including "White Devil" and "Jack the Ripper." Jack, I was your godfather, I named you. When the war ended, you disappeared from the relief center. I wondered what happened to you, but I should have known they would recruit you!
Revolver Ocelot : [cuts back to present day] It's an interesting coincidence.
Solidus Snake : If he's a lackey for the Patriots, I doubt he knows anything of interest.
Revolver Ocelot : What shall we do with him?
Solidus Snake : We'll use him like you suggested.
Revolver Ocelot : What about Dead Cell?
Solidus Snake : ...Ignore them.
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Raiden : So you're the boss around here?
Solidus Snake : No, not just here. I'm the boss to surpass Big Boss himself. Solid Snake!
Solid Snake : No! That is NOT Solid Snake!
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[When Snake tries to kill Fortune]
Raiden : What are ya gonna do? Bullets can't get near her.
Solid Snake : I'll think of something. There's no such thing as a witch.
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Raiden : Snake, you can say that because you're a legend. But I'm Jack the Ripper; a terrible reminder of a dirty mistake.
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Raiden : [thinking] What a weirdo!
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Richard Ames : I'm Richard Ames.
Raiden : Secret Service?
Richard Ames : No, I was sent in by the La-li-lu-le-lo, just like you. Switch over to nanocommunication, so no one can listen in.
Raiden : What for?
Richard Ames : Silence beats talk.
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[to Peter Stillman]
Raiden : So you're the bomb disposal guy?
Solid Snake : Kid, this is THE bomb disposal guy.
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Raiden : You want to control human thoughts? Human memories?
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Raiden : They said you were dead?
Solid Snake : No, not me. There are still too many things I need to do.
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Raiden : You're changing sides now?
Solid Snake : I don't recall saying I was on yours.
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[Raiden is guarding Emma with a PSG1 sniper rifle]
Solid Snake : Think you can handle it?
Raiden : Yeah. I know the drill. I've faced a similar situation in Advanced Mode Level 4 VR training with the PSG1.
Solid Snake : VR...? Guess that's better than nothing. Make sure you don't hit Emma.
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[When Raiden takes a picture of the hostage Jennifer's panties]
Raiden : ...Colonel, was I wrong in what I did...?
Colonel : Perhaps. There are certain things that a person can and can't do.
Raiden : Yeah, maybe you're right...
Colonel : Do you understand? Come out of this thing alive, both for yourself and so as not to waste your training.
Raiden : No need to tell me that, Colonel.
Colonel : Right. And... I recommend you not throw away that picture.
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Solidus Snake : [walking slowly towards Raiden] Jack, my son, my brothers and I are called "Les Enfant Terribles," replicas of evil genes. You are different; one-of-a-kind, but still a monster. We must decide now which monstrosity will have the privledge of survival. Oh, and by the way Jack, I was the one who killed your parents.
[Raiden looks up at him in shock]
Solidus Snake : I claimed you for my own and raised you as a soldier in the army of the Devil. I am your foster-father and your worst enemy!
Raiden : Why?
Solidus Snake : Because I needed to know if we were really someone else's creation. We're repeating history here, Jack; Liquid and Solid hunted down Big Boss trying to sever the tie that bound them to him. Unless you kill me and face your past, Jack, you will never escape. You'll stay in the endless loop: your own double helix.
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Otacon : Raiden? About this Colonel of yours - I found out where he is.
Raiden : Where?
Otacon : Inside Arsenal.
Raiden : What?
Otacon : I've checked out all the possibilities, but I keep coming back to Arsenal. It isn't a relay point, it's the origin of the signal. And the encryption protocol it uses is exactly the same as that of Arsenal's AI - the so-called GW.
Raiden : What the hell does this mean?
Otacon : I think it means - you've been talking to an AI.
Raiden : That's impossible!
Otacon : The Colonel probably isn't GW per se. GW was most likely stimulating cortical activity in the dormant part of your brain through signal manipulation of your own nanomachines. The Colonel is in part your own creation, cobbled together from expectations and experience.
Raiden : That's crazy!
Otacon : But it's probably the truth. The virus may be starting to affect GW, which would explain the Colonel's behavior.
Raiden : It was all - an illusion? Everything I've done so far...?
Solid Snake : Raiden!
Raiden : Snake - what's happening around here?
Solid Snake : I don't know. What I do know is that you're standing right here in front of me. Not an illusion - flesh and blood. It's your call. You can drop this if you want.
Raiden : No, I can't do that. Let's go!
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Solidus Snake : [talking to Olga via walkie-talkie] I've taken care of that annoying fly. What's the situation over there?
Olga : Puzzling. I saw a man dressed like a ninja just now.
Solidus Snake : Ninja?
Olga : It's the only way to describe it. A kind of cyborg ninja, complete with a sword.
Solidus Snake : What?
Olga : Are you hiding something from me?
[Raiden is eavesdropping, though Olga doesn't notice]
Solidus Snake : Olga, are you sure it wasn't an Arsenal Tengu?
Olga : Don't be a fool. Think I wouldn't know the difference? I've never seen field gear like that ever.
Solidus Snake : Alright. We'll intensify patrols. Anything else?
Olga : Actually, one more thing. You'll find it hard to believe, though. I saw a man hiding under a cardboard box.
Solidus Snake : Where?
Olga : On the connecting bridge to Shell 2.
Solidus Snake : Hmm.
Olga : So, you believe me this time?
Solidus Snake : I've seen someone use that box trick before. We'll lay a trap on the Shell 2 connecting bridge.
Olga : Over and out, then.
[hangs up and Raiden appears]
Raiden : Freeze!
[aiming his gun at Olga]
Raiden : You must be one of Dead Cell.
Olga : Of course not. What a thing to say.
Raiden : [sees her holding a gun] Drop your gun!
Olga : Not a chance.
[jumps over a railing and escapes]
Raiden : [contacting Pliskin via Codec] I saw a female soldier. Russian.
Iroquois Pliskin : Must be Olga Gurlukovich.
Raiden : How do you know?
Iroquois Pliskin : Unlike you, I've been briefed.
Raiden : She's not a Dead Cell?
Iroquois Pliskin : No, she commands a Russian private army.
Raiden : They must be the ones patrolling the Big Shell.
Iroquois Pliskin : That's right. She's led the group ever since her old man, Colonel Gurlukovich, died. Watch yourself with her. She's a tough one.
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Peter Stillman : Raiden, Pliskin, listen carefully.
Raiden : What is it?
Peter Stillman : I fell for it.
Raiden : Fell for what?
Peter Stillman : Fatman has my number. A proximity trigger. Microwave.
Raiden : [Worried] Microwave?
Peter Stillman : With a 7 foot range. It's not a technique I taught him. Neither was that multi-bomb booby trap. Looks Like he's far surpassed me as far as explosives technique goes. As for the rest...
Iroquois Pliskin : Pete, get the hell out of there!
Peter Stillman : There's less than 30 seconds left. It's too late.
Raiden : No!
Peter Stillman : Pliskin, get away from Strut H, as fast as you can.
Iroquois Pliskin : Pete-!
Peter Stillman : Raiden, keep your distance. Use the spray from as far away as possible.
Raiden : [Nervously] Me?
Peter Stillman : You can do it. I know that.
Raiden : I'm not so sure!
Peter Stillman : But I am! Do it. I know you can...!
[the bomb on Stillman's end goes off, killing him in the blast with a cry while his codec cuts out]
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Iroquois Pliskin : [codec screen describing Vamp] Vamp is a member of Dead Cell. Born in Romania, his specialty is knives. But I guess you know that by now. When he was just a kid his family was killed by a terrorist bomb that went off in a church they were attending. His body pierced by a crucifix, Vamp was buried under the rubble for two days before he was finally rescued. During those two days he survived by feeding on the blood of his family to quench his thirst. That was how he acquired a taste for blood.
Raiden : So that's why they call him Vamp.
Iroquois Pliskin : No. Vamp isn't for vampire. It's because he's bisexual.
Raiden : ?
Iroquois Pliskin : Rumor has it Vamp is the lover of Scott Dolph, the marine commandant who accidentally died two years ago. Dolph is also the father of Fortune, the Dead Cell leader.
Raiden : Fortune's old man? But Vamp and Fortune are?
Iroquois Pliskin : You noticed eh? Not bad for a rookie.
Raiden : Uhhhh right.
Iroquois Pliskin : As you say, Vamp and Fortune are very close. Not lovers but very close.
Raiden : Friends?
Iroquois Pliskin : No. There's more to their relationship than that.
Raiden : But Vamp was her fathers lover!
Iroquois Pliskin : Would it have been better if it was with her mother?
Raiden : ....
Iroquois Pliskin : I don't think they really care what you think. Just focus on the mission.
Raiden : By the way, have you ever met the guy before?
Iroquois Pliskin : No. Why?
Raiden : Because he seemed to know you.
Iroquois Pliskin : Well I... ..no. It can't be.
Raiden : What is it?
Iroquois Pliskin : I told you that Dead Cell is a group of madmen. I wouldn't take anything they say very seriously.
