While providing security detail in an unnamed African country for its prime minister, N'
Mani, Raiden and his team are attacked by
rogue PMC Desperado. While Raiden fends off their forces, their leader Sundowner manages to kidnap N'
Mani. Raiden attempts to pursue them, battling a Metal
Gear RAY but N'
Mani is executed by Sundowner. Sundowner's comrade, Jetstream Sam, fights and defeats Raiden in a duel. Boris's timely arrival saves him. Raiden collapses from his wounds but survives, and Doktor later gives him a new black cyborg armor which grants him much more
power.20
Three weeks later, Raiden infiltrates the breakaway nation of Abkhazia after learning that Desperado is leading a military coup there.26 He plans to capture Andrey Dolzaev (
Russian: Андрей Долзаев), an extremist leading the Abkhazian forces, to force Desperado into standing down. Desperado anticipates the move and assigns a prototype
AI designated LQ-84i to
stop him. Raiden defeats LQ-84i in combat and later has it rebuilt as an
ally, naming it Blade Wolf. He faces further opposition from Mistral, the commander of Desperado's forces in Abkhazia. After Raiden kills Mistral in combat, Dolzaev commits
suicide by blowing up an oil tank he is standing on.27 Maverick assigns Raiden and Blade Wolf to investigate a research facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. There, Raiden meets an orphan named George, who was brought to the facility to have his brain—along with the brains of several other orphans—surgically removed
1. "Metal Gear Rising: Revengeancea is a 2013 action hack and
slash game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. Released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox
360, and Microsoft
Windows, it is a spin-off in the Metal Gear series, and is set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In the
game, players control Raiden, a cyborg who confronts the private military company Desperado Enforcement, with the gameplay focusing on fighting enemies using a sword and other weapons to perform combos and counterattacks. Through the use of Blade Mode, Raiden can
cut cyborgs in slow motion and steal parts stored in their bodies. The series' usual stealth elements are also optional to reduce combat."
2. Raiden: "This is my Metal gear rising: Revengance Armstrong!"