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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

EMERGING ATTACK

Learn how to recruit allies in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. This guide covers capturing soldiers, special conditions for unique characters, and career effects.

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Learn how to recruit allies in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. This guide covers capturing soldiers, special conditions for unique characters, and career effects.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Knock out enemy soldiers.
  2. 2
    Drag the unconscious soldier to your truck or a cardboard box.
  3. 3
    After completing or aborting the mission, the soldier will be in prison on the Squad Management screen.
  4. 4
    After a few days, they will join your unit. This process is faster if you have a Politician in your squad.

Special Conditions for Immediate Recruitment:

  • Rescuing a captured soldier.
  • Recruiting Unique Characters (specific conditions apply).
  • The following characters join immediately after capture/rescue: Jonathan, Para-Medic, Python, Raikov, Sigint, Sokolov, Eva, Venus, Teliko, Gene (EU version).
  • Any soldier rescued during a mission.
  • Any soldier recruited via AP Scan.
  • Any soldier recruited via password (GAKO soldier and Zero are notable exceptions).
  • Any soldier who joins voluntarily via Cyber-Survival.

Soldier Careers and Effects:

  • Athlete: Faster movement speed (Infiltration Unit).
  • Quarterback: Longer throwing distance (Infiltration Unit).
  • Artist: Magazines have no effect (Online Unit).
  • Scout: Faster stalking speed (Infiltration Unit).
  • Rescuer: Faster dragging movement speed (Infiltration Unit).
  • Gambler: Increases chance of hitting/getting hit in weak spots (Cyber-Survival).
  • Deliveryman: Can send items back to Campbell's truck (Infiltration Unit).
  • Bait: Makes stronger enemies appear more often (Infiltration Unit).
  • Stuntman: Quick recovery from knockouts (Online Unit).
  • Surveyor: Increases detail in the stage map (Intelligence Unit).
  • Spy/Agent: Decreases enemy life by 10% (use with caution as it affects your recruits too) (Intelligence Unit).
  • Arms Dealer: Increases chance of finding ammunition (Intelligence Unit).
  • Arms Specialist: Increases carried ammunition capacity (Technical Unit).
  • Elite Engineer: Very high technical development skills (Technical Unit).
  • Engineer: High technical development skills (Technical Unit).
  • Chemist: Works on medicine development (Medical Unit).
  • Doctor: Increases life recovery speed for your squad (Medical Unit).
  • Nutritionist: Increases stamina recovery speed for your squad (Medical Unit).
  • Politician: Prisoners become allies more easily (Any Unit).

Cyber-Survival Mode:

  • Requires a WLAN point.
  • Assign equipment to your unit and send them online.
  • Check unit condition after 12 hours.
  • Analyze battle reports to improve strategy.
  • May result in capturing enemy soldiers or them joining voluntarily.
  • Risk of losing your own soldiers if defeated.

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