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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

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Learn how to recruit allies in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. This guide covers capturing soldiers, special conditions, careers, Cyber-Survival, and effective recruiting strategies.

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Learn how to recruit allies in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. This guide covers capturing soldiers, special conditions, careers, Cyber-Survival, and effective recruiting strategies.

Walkthrough
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    Knock out enemy soldiers using non-lethal means.
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    Drag the unconscious soldier to a truck or a cardboard box.
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    Ensure the soldier does not wake up before you reach the transport point.
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    After completing or aborting the mission, captured soldiers 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. This process is faster if you have a Politician in your squad.
Tips
  • Rescuing a captured soldier will make them join your unit immediately.
  • Unique characters have special conditions that must be fulfilled for recruitment.
  • The following characters join immediately after capture/rescue: Jonathan, Para-Medic, Python, Raikov, Sigint, Sokolov, Eva, Venus, Teliko, Gene (EU version), any rescued soldier, any soldier via AP Scan, any soldier via password (GAKO soldier and Zero recommended), and any soldier via Cyber-Survival.
  • Soldiers have careers that affect their abilities and unit placement (e.g., Athlete for Infiltration Unit, Politician for faster prisoner recruitment).
  • Cyber-Survival mode allows you to send units online via WLAN. Success can lead to new allies, but failure may result in your soldiers being captured.
  • Effective recruiting strategies include using the SVD to gauge enemy HP, exploiting a bug at the Airport by repeatedly triggering alerts and capturing soldiers, and replaying Boss Rush for soldiers with at least 2 S skills.

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