Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - Diversionary Operation (3) Guide

Q: Where is the culture tank in DIVERSIONARY OPERATION (3)?

To recruit enemy soldiers in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, you must first incapacitate them and drag them to your truck or a cardboard box before they recover. Recruited soldiers are held in prison and will join your unit after a few days, a process sped up by having a Politician in your squad. Rescued soldiers, unique characters, and those found via AP Scan or passwords join immediately. Soldiers can also join voluntarily through Cyber-Survival mode.

Q: How to distract enemies in DIVERSIONARY OPERATION (3)?

To recruit enemy soldiers in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, you must first incapacitate them and drag them to your truck or a cardboard box before they recover. Recruited soldiers are held in prison and will join your unit after a few days, a process sped up by having a Politician in your squad. Rescued soldiers, unique characters, and those found via AP Scan or passwords join immediately. Soldiers can also join voluntarily through Cyber-Survival mode.

Q: What is the best way to use explosives in DIVERSIONARY OPERATION (3)?

To recruit enemy soldiers in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, you must first incapacitate them and drag them to your truck or a cardboard box before they recover. Recruited soldiers are held in prison and will join your unit after a few days, a process sped up by having a Politician in your squad. Rescued soldiers, unique characters, and those found via AP Scan or passwords join immediately. Soldiers can also join voluntarily through Cyber-Survival mode.

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Walkthrough

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Knock out enemy soldiers.
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Drag them to the truck or a cardboard box before they wake up.
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After completing or aborting the mission, they will be in prison on the Squad Management screen.
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From prison, you can view their skills, remove equipment, rename them, or dispose of them.
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After a few days, they will join your unit. Having a Politician in your squad speeds this up.

Tips

Rescued soldiers, Unique Characters (like Jonathan, Para-Medic, Python, Raikov, Sigint, Sokolov, Eva, Venus, Teliko, Gene in EU version), soldiers found via AP Scan, and those recruited via password (GAKO soldier, Zero if you don't own the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel) join your unit immediately.
Cyber-Survival mode, accessible via WLAN, allows you to send your units on missions. Success can lead to voluntary recruitment and gifts (like Stealth Camouflage), but failure risks capturing your own soldiers.
Soldiers have different careers that affect their abilities and the best unit to place them in:
- Athlete, Quarterback, Scout, Rescuer, Deliveryman, Bait: Best in Infiltration Unit.
Artist, Stuntman: Best in Online Unit.
Gambler: Best in Cyber-Survival.
Surveyor, Spy/Agent, Arms Dealer: Best in Intelligence Unit.
Arms Specialist, Elite Engineer, Engineer: Best in Technical Unit.
Chemist, Doctor, Nutritionist: Best in Medical Unit.
Politician: Can be placed in ANY UNIT to speed up prisoner recruitment.

The Spy/Agent career decreases enemy life by 10%, but also affects your recruits' life, so use with caution.

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