She changed her appearance to suit his desires, but her transmission was eventually cut-off with her final words being "Jack… I’m… pregnant, Jack…your baby.". Following the guard's path into the next room, Raiden witnessed another sentry being catapulted out of the nearby elevator, knocking him unconscious, before coming across the prone body of the previous guard from the hallway. Stillman briefed Raiden and Pliskin on disarming C4 explosives. Rather than "Solid Snake Simulation," the S3 Plan actually stood for "Selection for Societal Sanity," and the entire incident on the Big Shell had been orchestrated in order to test S3's crisis management capabilities, echoing what Emma had said earlier. Whereas FPV was used mostly to get a player-character's-eye view of an area in the previous installment and was used only for shooting with a few weapons, MGS2 allowed for players to aim and fire all its weapons in FPV. By doing this, the Patriots wished to shape history as they saw fit, while maintaining the secret of their own existence. Third, the door leading to the room the hostages were located at was wired with a biometric scanning system, necessitating that Raiden force one of the guards to be scanned to open the door. The second floor basement also contained a large door that led straight into Arsenal Gear. The first floor also contained an air purification facility that eliminated the stench from the seawater that resulted from the oil spill. According to Ames, the terrorist's intention all along was the high-altitude detonation of the nuke over Manhattan, which would cause an electromagentic pulse, thus "liberating" it. Enjoy guys and i hope this helps you. I spended a lot of time in this map with much fun and i hope you feel this fun on your Computer. Raiden is restrained after being captured. Although Raiden was able to disarm the Strut A bomb, after returning to the deep sea dock, the Strut H bomb detonated, killing Stillman. Wharf Roach is the species name given in the. In 2009, a terrorist group calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" led by Solidus Snake, a.k.a. On April 29, 2009, a terrorist group calling themselves the Sons of Liberty seized control of the Big Shell during a routine inspection tour. It eventually got its name in Metal Gear Solid 4, during a conversation with Roy Campbell in Act 2. Groups Technological data on the nuclear-armed walking tank, Metal Gear, leaks onto the black market. If both shell cores were to be destroyed at the same time, the entire facility would collapse. The AI then ordered Raiden to kill Solidus, and he was forced to comply after realizing that the lives of Olga's child and Rosemary depended on his victory. Each shell's main struts are hexagonal in shape, while the shell core is square-shaped. Revenge of the Seagulls. 1, which was a facility where polluted water was stored without disruption so that its large pollutants could settle and then be extracted from the water. Fortune blamed Solid Snake for her father's death. Solidus then revealed his true intention: locating information within GW, regarding the identities of the Patriots. When Raiden came to, he was tied to a torture bed completely naked. The Ninja meets Raiden shortly after Fatman's death. Scientists had to make thousands of calculations to create the (atomic bomb) and determine its effects… Computers and atomic bombs, both products of World War II, grew up together.“ Information Age: People, information, and Technology exhibition- Nation Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute. Arsenal Gear proceeded on its course, crashing into the banks of New York City and through the streets of lower Manhattan, destroying a sizable portion of the Lower West side of the city, before stopping at Federal Hall. SEAL Team 10 Alpha Division survivors traversing through Strut B's transformer room. The "Big Shell" decontamination facility. Featuring Vamp, Fortune, Raiden, Stillman, Pliskin and others. Ocelot then proceeded to kill Fortune, revealing that her apparent supernatural abilities were simply the result of Patriot technology, and climbed aboard Metal Gear RAY. He can hear Ocelot and Solidus Snake discussing his presence. Pliskin was able to survive unscathed. Although the mission had been a simulation, Snake comforted Raiden with the fact that everything he had felt during the mission was his and his alone: it was up to him to decide what to pass on to the future, and to figure out his own purpose for himself. And it was Solidus who orchestrated the Shadow Moses Incident in 2005, but was removed from office by the Patriots. In Hideo Kojima's "Grand Game Plan" for Metal Gear Solid 2, the Big Shell was originally to have been called the Big Blue Apple (a combination of "Big Blue Sea" and the "Big Apple," nic… When Raiden got there they were inputting the virus that Emma has created to destroy GW. After falling from Arsenal to the Hall's rooftop, and recovering their senses, Solidus attempted to explain his motives to Raiden: expressing frustration at being unable to pass on his own genetic legacy, he wished to be remembered in history. Revolver Ocelot spoke to Ames, revealing that Ames was sent there to keep tabs on the President, suspecting that he might betray "them." Radar Girl on the Big Shell. Additionally, although the Big Shell's involvement in Arsenal Gear's construction was the same, it was originally to have been constructed to raise up the USS Discovery (nicknamed the Arsenal Ship) and recover valuable data on Arsenal Gear in order to resume its development. These features ultimately never made the cut. Big Shell Incident Raiden and Solid Snake, with Metal Gear RAY in the background. by | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorised | 0 comments | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorised | 0 comments Outcome After directing Arsenal Gear onto a collision course with Manhattan, Liquid climbed back inside RAY and took off. Instead, Hideo Kojima took players into the mind of super soldier Raiden, a stealthoperative on his first live combat scenario. Having been convinced that the "nuclear button" had been successfully accessed, due to RAY's sudden appearance, Raiden immediately headed towards the Shell 2 Core to rescue President Johnson. Snake deduced that the information retrieved from Arsenal Gear was false; it was only a fake lead orchestrated by the Patriots. Unfortunately, I found the layout and color scheme of Big Shell to be super bland. Olga could not let this happen, and she had been sent in by the Patriots to assist Raiden. Although their normal diet usually composes of algae and dead organisms, the variety on the Big Shells were created in a lab and genetically engineered to break down the spilled oil by splicing their genes with that of the bacterium Pseudomonas so they could absorb and eat oil. Hideo Kojima had come up with the idea for the Big Shell being an oil platform in order to fulfill one of two scenarios he had in mind for the second game: specifically, infiltrating an immobile area, as he had already utilized Alaska for the previous game. But with the Box 5 (and the other boxes) you can use the Conveyor Belt in Strut E to move around the Big Shell. When I beat MGS1, I went to MGS2. Fatman was also suspiciously unaware of the existence of the ransom demands for $30 billion. If you should get noticed by one of the guards you run to the westpart of the room, get down the stairs there and hide behind some crates down here. After recovering from RAY's attack, Solid Snake contacted Raiden by Codec, informing him of the situation, and introducing him to his partner, the Kasatka's pilot, Otacon. However, moments later, Vamp awakened, having shrugged off the seemingly fatal attack. The original tanker had contained no crude oil at all, having instead been used to transport Metal Gear RAY, prior to its theft. Otacon also speculated that more crude oil may have been spilt into the harbor to replace any oil that was cleaned out of the bay, and deduced that the "toxic gas" theory sounded too suspicious to even be considered remotely true. Metal Gear Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Shell 1 Core Presidential Hall door, containing biometric scanning equipment. The long awaited sequel to the PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was released on November 13th, 2001. Johnson only knew that every key decision was made by a group of twelve men called the Wisemen's Committee. Solidus and Ocelot talked to him, with Solidus remembering that he taught Raiden everything he knew during the Liberian Civil War, when Raiden's real parents died. The legendary hero, Solid Snake, sets out in pursuit of a tanker carrying a new Metal Gear prototype. Deaths The strut also contained an emergency ladder of a height of at least 40 meters/130 feet. [3] Although it had several facilities that were utilized to clean up the oil spill, they had not been running at full capacity, as Snake learned during his infiltration of the facility. In fact, since MGS2, hexagonal design has been a really big thing to them. Snake prepares to stall Fortune while Raiden escapes. She told him that Snake was waiting up ahead, before leaving the room. Also, the Big Shell utilized a genetically altered form of sea lice that had its DNA altered with that of the bacterium Pseudomonas to give it the ability to decompose crude oil through an enzyme in its body. He was then confronted by Fatman himself, who professed his disinterest in Dead Cell's and the Sons of Liberty's goals. The Sons of Liberty's demands were $30 billion, and they claimed that if their demands were not met, they would destroy the Big Shell. Ocelot, seemingly amused by this plan, then revealed to the group that the entire incident had actually been orchestrated by the Patriots all along, and that similarities between the Shadow Moses Incident and the Big Shell crisis were much more than mere coincidence. Luckily, however, GW was not yet ready for activation and still lacked necessary factors for judging situations. Snake and Raiden prepare to battle Arsenal Tengu. Shell 1 Core Presidential Hall, during the hostage crisis. She became his girlfriend, simply to keep an eye on him, but truly fell in love with him. The chlorides used to decontaminate the harbor would be ignited as well, releasing clouds of toxins containing catastrophic levels of dioxins, totally destroying the Hudson Bay ecosystem, with naught but a toxic soup remaining for centuries to come. save. This would later be known as the Big Shell Incident, and more commonly, the Manhattan Incident. Raiden proceeded to leave the heliport in order to locate the President when he was confronted by the Cyborg Ninja; an exoskeleton-encased soldier, brandishing a sword. Posted by 6 days ago. Welcome on my Remake Map of MGS 2 "Big Shell". His only wish was to surpass his former mentor, Peter Stillman, and become the most famous bomber in history, by destroying the entire Big Shell. The Big Shell, New York Harbor (Lower Manhattan) The year in which the incident took place was originally intended to be 2007, according to Hideo Kojima's "Grand Game Plan" for Metal Gear Solid 2. The Shell 1 Core was one of the more important facilities, and it was the center of the Big Shell: Its first basement floor contained a meeting hall that was used for the receptions for the President as well as the environmental protection inspection team. Snake and Fortune prepared to battle as Raiden headed up a nearby ladder, and Raiden appeared on a giant platform. This is implied with the Cardboard Box #4 item, which had the logo for McFarlane Toys, being the box sent to Strut F. The presence of a SOCOM suppresor implies that the weapon itself may have been present on the Big Shell, and that this was the pistol initially procured by Solid Snake. While Fortune cradled Vamp in her arms, lamenting that she herself could not follow him in death, Raiden made his escape. to gain clearance to use the elevator. Read the linked chapter for more info and now continue disarming Fatman's bombs! Sons of LibertyDead CellGurlukovich MercenariesHi-Tech SoldiersThe Patriots United States Army SEAL Team 10 Philanthropy Snake then told Raiden to shoot it down, throwing a Stinger missile system down to him. It is at this point the mission begin to unravel… Ocelot: He was when Olga brought him in. After a vicious sword duel, Raiden struck down Solidus. Contributed By: Nanoframe. The pair then proceeded to head to the Shell 1 Core. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He was the star of Solidus' Small Boy Unit, earning him nicknames like "Jack the Ripper" and "White Devil." 8 1. Emma and Otacon shared one final moment together, before she died as a result of her wound. As you wait for snake in the Arsenal Gear corridor, a video will start playing on your radar- DO NOT answer your codec to see the whole video. Hideo Kojima had come up with the idea for the Big Shell being an oil platform in order to fulfill one of two scenarios he had in mind for the second game: specifically, infiltrating an immobile area, as he had already utilized Alaska for the previous game.[14]. The second floor basement contained a computer room that was used to monitor the flow of polluted water and the status of filtration, as well as where all tasks of the Big Shell are carried out. The Big Shell was composed of two "shells," each containing six struts around the core of the shell. In reality, Big Shell was housing a new Metal Gear. They also stated that if the government was unable to meet their demands, they would blow the Big Shell out of the water, which would result in the ignition of the remaining crude oil in Manhattan Harbor, creating an inferno. On the way he fought and defeated Vamp, confused as to how he could still possibly be alive. Solidus and Ocelot discuss their captive. He also hinted that, contrary to what the press stated, Dead Cell was actually framed for the terrorist acts six months prior by the Patriots. The Patriots considered most humans' tendency to prefer politically correct thinking over acceptance of unpleasant truths harmful to society as it would create great amounts of junk information that would bury what was indeed true. You need at least that to take a building of this integrity out. Strut B acted as the electric generator of the entire facility, with its power substation being located on the first floor. Similar to President Johnson, the Patriots had used Solidus's ambitions for their own ends. Johnson also confirmed to Raiden that the Big Shell was merely a cover up for the construction of Arsenal Gear; a gigantic mobile fortress that employed mass-produced unmanned Metal Gear RAYs to defend itself, and had the ability to fire nuclear warheads from anywhere on the planet. Strut F acted as a warehouse for several of their equipment that they didn't have any immediate use for. Big Shell acted as the password for an "encrypted file" on the Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance website. A break-room is also situated nearby. Strut G contained the oil processing facility. Sea gull: These birds were abundant throughout the facility. Participants The one responsible was Vamp, a mysterious vampire-like member of Dead Cell who ambushed and slaughtered virtually the entire team. So the Big Shell mirrors Shadow Moses because that's what it was designed to do - the Patriots, who control the AI system, made the sequel the fans wanted. I found the Tanker section to be really enjoyable, and was excited for Big Shell (even though I wasn't fond of Raiden). Snake ran to her, shooting down nearby Cyphers along the way. 1 4 0 1 1041. It also had access to the Military's Tactical Network, allowing it to have absolute control over the nation's armed forces and its nuclear arsenal. Shortly thereafter, Vamp arrived in the area to inform Fortune of Fatman's apparent betrayal. Rose also stated to the Colonel that because of this, she would not follow any orders unless it directly related to her immediate duties. The members of Dead Cell involved in the Big Shell takeover, from left to right: Fatman, Fortune, Vamp and George Sears (Solidus Snake). The mysterious informant then provided Raiden with an enemy uniform, which he could use to infiltrate the area. The Verrazano Bridge on the morning of April 29. The Big Shell is the setting of the "Shell Connecting Bridge" stage in DreamMix TV World Fighters, which takes place on a set of parallel bridges between two of the struts. After agreeing that Stillman would be safer hiding where he was, Raiden and Pliskin headed out to disarm the C4 planted within Shells 1 and 2, respectively, by Fatman. Snake then took her to the Shell 1 Core. Raiden then rescued Emma, although he first had to convince Emma that he wasn't with the terrorist group, and managed to convince her that he wasn't among them by showing her that he had Codec nanomachines. Finally, the entire Big Shell was completely destroyed altogether when Arsenal Gear went active, as the chains holding the structures in place were severed, causing the struts to break apart and collapse in on each other before sinking into the sea. Armed with Ocelot's knowledge of the Patriots' whereabouts, he intended to go and destroy them all. Unfortunately, due to th… RAY proceeded to launch missiles into the air, destroying sections of the Big Shell, and damaging the Kasatka, forcing it to land. Dates However, when all the bombs were disarmed, Raiden received some shocking and disappointing news from a now mobile Stillman. Afterwards, Pliskin told Raiden that the only way to rescue the hostages was to extract them via chopper. However, the Ninja also warned Raiden that he had three obstacles upon entering the Shell 1 Core: First, the elevator was guarded by a pressure-activated surveillance camera, necessitating the use of the B.D.U. The oil fence, viewed from Strut L at sunset. The two then battled their way through the Arsenal Tengu and, on the way, Otacon discovered that the Colonel Campbell who had been helping Raiden throughout the mission, wasn't the real Colonel, but an AI created by GW, cobbled together from Raiden's hopes and expectations. Raiden's perseverance eventually paid off, with Fatman collapsing from his injuries. After Otacon had left to rescue the hostages, Snake mentioned to Raiden that they may need a hand getting inside. The decontamination effort that followed was staged in order to complete tests on Arsenal Gear and the AI, GW, as part of the S3 Plan. Raiden was preparing to exit the immediate area, when he heard sounds of a scuffle emanating from behind a hatch. As Raiden commenced his underwater infiltration from the Hudson River, he discovered a recently cut hole in the Big Shell's oil fence. If rumors were to be believed, this project might be an Xbox port of MGS2, or an alternate scenario, where the player plays through the Big Shell chapter doing Solid Snake's part of the mission rather than Raiden's, or even an update of Metal Gear Solid using the MGS2 engine. Second, Ames could only be identified by a unique heartbeat due to his possessing a pacemaker, necessitating a remote sound amplifier to locate him while at the same time not drawing too much suspicion. former President George Sears, attacked the Big Shell while a government sponsored tour was being held. At that moment, Snake discovered that the virus had not installed properly, and the trio came up with a plan to get inside Arsenal Gear, their only choice now being to take out Solidus and his men. Raiden was forced to neutralize each bomb in turn, with coolant spray, while fighting Fatman at the same time. The damage to the Shell 1-2 connecting bridge forced Raiden to hang-grip all the way over to Shell 2, via a dislodged support beam, as well as avoiding the Gurlukovich soldiers on the next strut, who had arrived to investigate the area. Raiden eventually comes around. This is implied with both the design of Cardboard Box 2 (which has PSF-Z1 written on it) and the item description of the same item. Just then, the Cyborg Ninja appeared once again and revealed himself to actually have been Olga in disguise. He also identified Raiden as a member of FOXHOUND, even though Pliskin explained that the unit was disbanded 4 years ago. The first and most obvious change was the addition of shooting from First-Person View (FPV) for all ingame weapons. The big shell was an entirely different structure then MB or any of the FOBs. Bravo Team fire on Fortune from one of the Big Shell's connecting bridges. The AI explained the true nature of the Patriots' goals to Raiden, hinting that they now existed on a digital plane of existence. As a side effect of the microbes decomposing the oil by absorbing large amounts of oxygen in the purification chamber, the water within the chamber also had its buoyancy virtually eliminated, which meant there was virtually no chance of getting back to the surface once one falls into the vat. One of the most surprising additions to MGS2 is probably the fact that you can literally skate round a bastardised level of the Big Shell as either Snake or Raiden on a skateboard in the PlayStation 2 version! It also turned out that the real bombs were programmed to activate after all of the baby C4s were disarmed. Utilizing an advanced exoskeleton, the terrorist leader evaded Snake's attack and boarded a Harrier, being piloted by Vamp. However, before the President could make Raiden kill him by shooting him inside the mouth, Revolver Ocelot suddenly intervened, shooting Johnson before Raiden could act. His objective is to stop a group of terrorists, calling themselves the Sons of Liberty. The Shell 2 Core was where the actual filtration system resided. Raiden was then forced to battle a horde of Metal Gear RAYs, destroying several with his Stinger missile launcher, before eventually giving in to exhaustion and falling to his knees. Hey guys here is the walkthrough for the snake tale 'Big Shell Evil.' 7 4 47. comments. It is referred to as the Plant Chapter during story selections. Before his defeat, Vamp revealed that even without the possibility of a nuclear strike, they could still use Arsenal's purified hydrogen bomb to emit an EMP over Manhattan knocking it offline. It seemed that all of the "baby" C4s (which had been planted in places where serious damage could not be done to the Big Shell) were simply diversions for the real bombs, which were hidden in the lower levels of Strut A and H. The two were large enough to disturb the structure's integrity and destroy the entirety of the Big Shell if they both detonated. Afterwards, Snake told Raiden what had happened during the Tanker Incident, how the Patriots had used the incident to launch a smear campaign against Snake, and how the U.S. Marines' RAY project had conflicted with the U.S. Navy's (and the Patriots') Arsenal Gear project. Otacon had rescued Snake from the sinking tanker two years earlier, and Snake had faked his own death using the body of Liquid Snake in place of his own. Johnson’s last request was that Raiden locate GW's main programmer Emma Emmerich, and provide her with a computer worm to eradicate the AI. :) As she gave her life to save Raiden and, therefore, her child, Solidus ordered the remaining RAYs to kill Raiden, but Emma's GW virus started to take effect. The Big Shell was a large marine decontamination facility established approximately 30 kilometers offshore from Manhattan, New York. This is implied with the Cardboard Box 5 item, which both had a design based on that of Zones of the Enders, and a general description stating that the box was meant to transport game software. Raiden then received a call from Rose, asking him if what Solidus said was true, which he admitted. However, when Ocelot fired RAY's payload, a dying Fortune miraculously deflected its missiles, protecting Raiden, Snake and Solidus. The Big Shell Incident is the main plot of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Emma was almost all the way across, when Vamp appeared once again, holding her at knife point. Technological data on the nuclear-armed walking tank, Metal Gear, leaks onto the black market. Feeling he'd said everything he needed to, Johnson suddenly grabbed Raiden's gun, attempting to have Raiden shoot him, thinking that he was to kill him. [4], The two shells were connected by a bridge. Two years after the sinking of the tanker USS Discovery, with Solid Snake blamed and confirmed dead as a result, new FOXHOUND recruit Snake, (changed to Raiden during the mission) was sent to infiltrate the off-shore decontamination facility known as the Big Shell, which was constructed shortly after the sinking of the tanker, which, according the government, spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil into the New York Harbor. He had been a child soldier, raised by Solidus to be a ruthless killing machine. The Ninja also revealed to Raiden that the terrorists had access to a nuke which could be activated, since the nuclear football that could activate the nuke was brought to the Big Shell by a Navy Captain. The area below the first floor contained a vat for this purpose. Biological reactors managed in "nodes" were installed inside the Big Shell, and it became a symbol of environmental protection. Raiden was soon contacted by Campbell, to relay a demand made by Fatman: Raiden must head to the heliport on Strut E, otherwise another bomb would be detonated there, destroying the entire facility. The controls for the pump facility were located in the northern section of Strut A. Strut A also contained a dock that was used for deep sea submarines to investigate for damages around the Big Shell underwater. Is the mother base we build on MGSV the same as Shell platforms that we encounter on MGS2? Raiden then headed to President Johnson's location, but on his way there, he was confronted by the terrorist leader, proclaiming himself to be Solid Snake. Nevertheless, she remarked that he may still be able to "bring her death." Half of the iconic hexagonal cleanup facility from MGS2 making oil products, fuel. As Raiden prepared to leave Strut A, he was confronted by Fortune, who was surprised since she had been expecting to find somebody else. The Big Shell balanced itself by attaching shell struts to the shell core. During the ordeal, Raiden managed to catch a brief glimpse of the person responsible, behind the closing elevator doors, thus confirming that there was indeed an intruder other than himself aboard the Big Shell. Wharf roach:[13] A crustacean of order Isopoda under the family Ligidaie that lives primarily near reefs and seashores. Strut C was the residential area of the facility, which contained a kitchen, a pantry, restrooms, and a mess hall to support the few workers it has. During the Big Shell Incident, the facility was damaged in several places by various attacks, battles and bomb explosions; Shell 2 in particular suffered heavy damage to its Core section and the connecting bridge between the two shells was also destroyed. Enraged by this, Pliskin revealed himself to be the real Solid Snake and fired on the imposter from a Kasatka helicopter. Snake and Raiden infiltrate File:Arsenal Gear's interior. Screenshot. After his bonds were released by Olga, a distressed Raiden pressed on and met up with Snake. Unsubscribe. I am a big "Metal Gear Solid" fan and I thought I create a remake of the "Big Shell" of MGS 2. Metal Gear threat This is the culmination of over 2 months of hard work, a Ravenfield recreation of Metal Gear Solid 2's "Big Shell". The group consisted of former special forces unit Dead Cell and Russian private army members, who were apparently being led by Solid Snake himself. After entering the Shell 2 Core, Raiden listened in on a radio conversation between Olga Gurlukovich, and the terrorist leader. Solidus now had an eye patch over his left eye (which was damaged when Raiden took down the Harrier) with Ocelot commenting that he was the "spitting image of Big Boss.". Because of it being used by high-ranking officials, it also contains biometrics scanning equipment at the door to the meeting hall. President James Johnson and the rest of the party were captured and taken hostage. But Snake falls into a trap and is believed lost along with the tanker at the bottom of the Hudson River. All SEAL Team 10 operation members Numerous Sons of Liberty members Several U.S. government employees and civilians series of British World War II anti-aircraft facilities, The Making of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Shell?oldid=276147. After Ocelot left, Olga walked in and told Raiden about her child, whom she had never met because she was stolen by the Patriots. 1/4. Dec 5, 2020 #52 share. They demanded a ransom of $30 billion. Angered by this new development, Solidus destroyed the remaining RAYs and cursed the Patriots. They revealed to Raiden that they were there to stop the terrorists from using the new Metal Gear prototype, continuing their work for the anti-Metal Gear NGO Philanthropy.