Learn how to successfully execute a diversionary operation in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. This guide covers enemy recruitment, unit management, and effective strategies.
Walkthrough
- 1Knock out enemy soldiers.
- 2Drag them to a truck or cardboard box before they wake up.
- 3After completing or aborting the mission, they will be in prison on the Squad Management screen.
- 4From prison, you can view their skills, remove equipment, rename them, or dispose of them.
- 5Soldiers will join your unit after a few days; this process is accelerated by having a Politician-class soldier in your squad.
Tips
- Rescuing a captured soldier during a mission will make them join your unit immediately.
- Unique Characters have special conditions for recruitment.
- Soldiers can also join your unit via AP Scan, passwords (though generally not recommended except for specific cases like the GAKO soldier or Zero if you don't own the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel), or of their own free will through Cyber-Survival.
- Soldiers have different careers that provide various effects and are best suited for specific units (e.g., Athlete for Infiltration Unit, Engineer for Technical Unit, Politician for any unit).
- Cyber-Survival mode, accessible via WLAN, allows you to send your units on missions with different rules. Success can lead to new recruits, sometimes with gifts like Stealth Camouflage, but failure can result in your soldiers being captured. Avoid sending your favorite soldiers into Cyber-Survival.
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