History Characters / MetalGearGhostBabel

!!US Government:
[[folder: Steve Gardner]]
The National Security Advisor and a former Director of Central Intelligence. Was the one who got Snake to participate in the mission, allegedly for the sake of America. [[spoiler:In actuality, he set up most of the mission and manipulated both sides so he could discredit Army Chief of Staff John Parker so he'd regain control over Project Babel, and was the actual founder of Outer Heaven as a means to keep unofficial tabs on Anti-American Forces, while he was the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and he was responsible for wiping out Black Chamber.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Was responsible for pretty much everything bad that happened in that game, and in that storyline, even the story of ''Metal Gear''. However he is never shown on screen.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The vendetta between him and Parker began when one of them was considered to be partially responsible for the death of the other's daughter. The anger and enmity didn't take long to escalate.]]

[[folder:John Parker]]
The US Army Chief of Staff. He's been the founder of Black Chamber.

* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:He blames Gardner for his overzealous investigation into an assassination attempt that led to his daughter killing herself out of paranoia.]]

[[folder: Metal Gear Codename: '''GANDER''']]
The follow-up model to the TX-55 developed by the United States, GANDER was being transported to be tested when it was stolen by Gindran forces and taken to Galuade. Similar to the Rex model, it is capable of firing nuclear warheads with a railgun (which it has two of). [[spoiler: Its greatest asset and danger is communications equipment to contact satellites carrying nuclear missiles and using them to strike anywhere in the world.]]

* AttackDrone: Carries two flying attack pods for additional defense.
* GatlingGood: Has two vulcan guns mounted on it.
* HumongousMecha: Barring Arsenal Gear from ''[=MGS2=]'' (which isn't really, technically, a Metal Gear), it's possibly the largest Metal Gear in the entire franchise until ''much'' later designs like [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Excelsus]] or [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain Sahelanthropus]]]].
* KillItWithFire: Has a flamethrower for short-range combat.
* KillSat: [[spoiler: It can uplink to nuke-carrying satellites in orbit.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Can launch a salvo of guided missiles from an array on its back.
* SubsystemDamage: Unlike most Metal Gears, this one does not have a single weak point to focus your attacks towards. Snake first has to cripple its legs, and then destroy every single weapon emplacement on the thing (apart from the railguns).

[[folder: Black Chamber]]
The main villains in ''Ghost Babel''. They are a quintet of mercenaries serving the Gindran Liberation Front, an army which has taken over the fortress Galuade (built upon the rubble of Outer Heaven) and hijacked Metal Gear Gander. It's revealed that Black Chamber [[spoiler:was originally a U.S. Special Forces team. Because of Solid Snake's success at thwarting Metal Gear in Outer Heaven, FOXHOUND no longer could remain top secret, and therefore, conduct clandestine operations. Therefore, Black Chamber was created to replace it in the wetwork role. However, eventually 'Anonymous', a mysterious U.S. official, had them all gunned down by FOXHOUND under Roy Campbell (who had been told they were terrorists, and resigned when he learned the truth).]] The five members of Black Chamber that survived swore vengeance upon the U.S. government, FOXHOUND, and Solid Snake. They are Slasher Hawk, Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison, and Black Arts Viper. [[spoiler:And Brian [=McBride=]]].

* AnimalMotifs: Much like Liquid Snake's incarnation of FOXHOUND, they each have an animal-themed codename which reflects on their specialty.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Pyro Bison's only weak point is logically the flamethrower's fuel tank on his back.
* AxCrazy: Owl and Bison. The former is a serial killer, while the latter is a pyromaniac.
* BigBad: Black Arts Viper.
* BreakingSpeech: They all accuse Snake of being just as bad as they are or [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech no match for the legend that was built around him]].
* DeathTrap: Viper's specialty.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Viper lost an arm in the ambush, and uses a prosthetic that can generate flashes and cause shockwaves. However, he rarely ever uses it, as he apparently uses his stump to remind himself of FOXHOUND's betrayal.
* EvilCounterpart: Viper to Snake.
* EvilIsNotWellLit: Marionette Owl's specialties includes better night vision.
* {{Expy}}: The whole team is this to the FOXHOUND in [=MGS1=].
** Black Arts Viper to Liquid Snake, although his motivations for hating Snake arguably make more sense than Liquid's, targeting Snake specifically because [[spoiler: they were made to take on the same missions as Snake once he got ''too famous'' following Outer Heaven]]. His gear - given his codename and status on his team - also appears to be designed as an opposite number sneaking-suit to Snake's own.
** Pyro Bison to Vulcan Raven, being fought in a mazelike room of boxes, having a similar stature, and using a weapon that involves carrying a large part of it on his back.
** Marionette Owl to Psycho Mantis, being a psychotic individual who was driven that way due to the actions of a different serial killer and much more of a PuzzleBoss.
** Slasher Hawk's relationship with his hawk is also similar to Vulcan Raven, though the fact that you fight him from across the screen means he's probably the counterpart to Sniper Wolf.
** [[spoiler:Brian [=McBride=] to Decoy Octopus, being TheUnfought who pretends to be an ally of the player]].
* FreudianExcuse: Marionette Owl became the psychotic stalker and serial killer before being recruited into Black Chamber because he witnessed a traumatic event where a female friend of his was killed and dismembered in a field that he witnessed.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Subverted: Although they did do a similar action of hijacking Metal Gear from the U.S. as a South American terrorist group that they eliminated two years prior, it was not their defeating the terorist group or the destruction of Metal Gear that led to them commiting the action as much as [[spoiler:being betrayed and massacred by FOXHOUND and Campbell via someone known only as Anonymous.]]
* PlayingWithFire: With a name like "Pyro Bison", what do you'd think he'd have? Also mixed with KillItWithFire and BetterToDieThanBeKilled.
* PetTheDog: The Black Chamber unit had its moments. Black Arts Viper gave even the worst bunch a chance in his unit, and he even allowed Slasher Hawk into the unit when he had nowhere else to go because the Aborigines didn't allow him into their tribe, despite observing their taboos, simply because of his Caucasian heritage.
* TheMole: Bison suggests that one of the remaining Black Chamber members is among Snake's support team. They argue amongst themselves for a while trying to figure out who, but ultimately Campbell concludes that there is no spy and that Bison was simply trying to confuse and disorientate them. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be [=McBride=].]]
* MoralMyopia: They have no problem with the General's plans to launch a nuke, because in their opinion, even innocent civilians are just the pawns of "Anonymous", and in fact are the reasons why people like Anonymous even existed.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Slasher Hawk, a member raised by Australian aboriginals, uses a pair of boomerangs. Six-foot, razor-sharp, steel boomerangs.
* RevengeBeforeReason: The Black Chamber Unit wanted revenge against FOXHOUND and Anonymous specifically because it was because of them that, thanks to misinformation supplied by Anonymous/[[spoiler:Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Steve Gardner]] to Roy Campbell about a terrorist cell attempting to arrive in America, their unit ended up decimated completely.
* SunglassesAtNight: Marionette Owl. It's justified, however, due to the fact that the same gene that supplies him with his enhanced vision in dark places on par with an owl also results in his eyes shining in the dark.
* TimedMission: Snake's last fight with Viper; Snake must win before Metal Gear reaches the surface, or else it will activate seven {{Kill Sat}}s in orbit which will lay destruction across the world.
* VillainousBreakdown: Once beaten for the last time, Viper apologizes to his dead comrades for failing to avenge them.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After the Black Chamber unit was wiped out, it is strongly implied that a lot of the survivors changed for the worse as a result of the deaths of their comrades and being set up: Viper often keeps his stump of an arm instead of wearing the prosthetic specifically to serve as a reminder of their being betrayed, for example. By the time of the game, they felt that it didn't matter if the world was innocent, as their innocence is what allowed Anonymous to exist and cause the atrocities to them. Their stance as this was also highlighted in their death speeches.

[[folder: Augustine Eguabon]]
The "General" and leader of the Gindran Liberation Front. He has a secret agenda beyond simply liberating Gindra from the surrounding countries. [[spoiler:He was a lieutenant of Big Boss, who was set up in Outer Heaven with the express permission of "Anonymous" and the United State government, but rebelled. After Snake defeated Outer Heaven, U.S. involvement in Gindra continued, with the aim of securing U.S. influence over the entire continent.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He mentions that he had absolutely no intention of being Parker's puppet, stating he was going to break the deal.
* EvilOverlord
* BeardOfEvil
* IGaveMyWord: One fo the few redeemable aspects of his character, as he said he'd reveal the connection between the U.S. and GLF if Snake defeated him in battle. Sure enough, that's exactly what Snake did, and thus, true to his word, he told him everything. It's also hinted that he did legitimately intend to give Gindra their independence, and that he only worked with Parker in order to get the funds necessary to back their revolution, and betray him afterwards.
* TheReveal: The General declares, prior to piloting Metal Gear against Snake, that the loser would relinquish all the information they had.

[[folder: Sophie N'Dram]]
The second-in-command of the General. Unlike Eguabon, she is a true believer in Gindran independence.

* AntiVillain: She is genuinely dedicated to Gindran independence and unaware of Eguabon's behind the scenes dealing. Because of this, Snake ultimately decides to leave her alive to continue her fight.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Cambridge-educated, courtesy of the money from her French father who worked in Gindra briefly, had an affair with a local woman, and later paid Sophie off to get her out of his life.

[[folder: Chris Jenner]]
The lone survivor of a [[RedShirtArmy Delta Force]] squad that Black Chamber takes out early on in the game. It's revealed that [[spoiler:she had secret orders to cover up U.S. involvment in Gindra and kill the General]].

* FanGirl: Of Snake
* FauxActionGirl: Not very useful for a [[spoiler:supposed]] member of Delta Force.
* TheMole: Averted. Although Snake and his command group did begin to suspect Jenner of being the fifth Black Chamber due to the fact that she was never actually present in the Delta Force massacre, Viper and Jenner herself later revealed this was not truly the case ([[spoiler:she was indeed a mole, just not one for Black Chamber]]).

[[folder: Steve Gardner]]
The National Security Advisor and a former Director of Central Intelligence. Was the one who got Snake to participate in the mission, allegedly for the sake of America. [[spoiler:In actuality, he set up most of the mission and manipulated both sides so he could discredit Army Chief of Staff John Parker so he'd regain control over Project Babel, and was the actual founder of Outer Heaven as a means to keep unofficial tabs on Anti-American Forces, while he was the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and he was responsible for wiping out Black Chamber.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Was responsible for pretty much everything bad that happened in that game, and in that storyline, even the story of ''Metal Gear''. However he is never shown on screen.
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:The vendetta between him and Parker began when one of them was considered to be partially responsible for the death of the other's daughter. The anger and enmity didn't take long to escalate.]]

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[[folder:Dr. James "Jimmy" Harks]]
A teenage child genius and lead engineer on developing GANDER under Ramdyne Systems.

* BrattyHalfPint: [[Series/DoogieHowserMD How'd he get a doctorate at that age, anyway?]]
* ChildProdigy: James is recognized as such that the US military sought him out for the GANDER project. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University to obtain his Ph.D.

[[folder: Metal Gear Codename: '''GANDER''']]
The follow-up model to the TX-55 developed by the United States, GANDER was being transported to be tested when it was stolen by Gindran forces and taken to Galuade. Similar to the Rex model, it is capable of firing nuclear warheads with a railgun (which it has two of). [[spoiler: Its greatest asset and danger is communications equipment to contact satellites carrying nuclear missiles and using them to strike anywhere in the world.]]

The incarnation of the hero in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor GaidenGame ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel''. Like the version of Solid Snake found in consoles, Snake managed to defeat Big Boss's insurrection at Outer Heaven and destroy Metal Gear. However, unlike the mainstream version, Big Boss ''stayed dead'', and although it is mentioned in an optional Codec call that Big Boss was Solid Snake's father, it is unknown whether it was via natural means or if Snake was cloned from him.

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Mei Ling warns him when he decides to spare them against Gardner's orders that he'd probably end up killed by him.]]

[[folder: Metal Gear Codename: '''GANDER''']]
The follow-up model to the TX-55 developed by the United States, GANDER was being transported to be tested when it was stolen by Gindran forces and taken to Galuade. Similar to the Rex model, it is capable of firing nuclear warheads with a railgun (which it has two of). [[spoiler: Its greatest asset and danger is communications equipment to contact satellites carrying nuclear missiles and using them to strike anywhere in the world.]]

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* AbusiveParent: He got into a fight with his father that resulted in him getting scars and his father being confined to a wheelchair. Then again, since Weasel had indirectly killed his brother by that point, the father was probably justified in fighting Weasel.

The main villains in ''Ghost Babel''. They are a quintet of mercenaries serving the Gindran Liberation Front, an army which has taken over the fortress Galuade (built upon the rubble of Outer Heaven) and hijacked Metal Gear Gander. It's revealed that Black Chamber [[spoiler: was originally a U.S. Special Forces team. Because of Solid Snake's success at thwarting Metal Gear in Outer Heaven, FOXHOUND no longer could remain top secret, and therefore, conduct clandestine operations. Therefore, Black Chamber was created to replace it in the wetwork role. However, eventually 'Anonymous', a mysterious U.S. official, had them all gunned down by FOXHOUND under Roy Campbell (who had been told they were terrorists, and resigned when he learned the truth).]] The [[strike: four]] ''five'' members of Black Chamber that survived swore vengeance upon the U.S. government, FOXHOUND, and Solid Snake. They are Slasher Hawk, Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison, and Black Arts Viper. [[spoiler:And Brian [=McBride=]]].

* AnimalMotifs

** Marionette Owl to Psycho Mantis, being a psychotic individual who was driven that way due to the actions of a different serial killer.

* PlayingWithFire: With a name like "Pyro Bison", what do you'd think he'd have. Also mixed with KillItWithFire and BetterToDieThanBeKilled.
* PetTheDog: The Black Chamber unit had its moments. Black Arts Viper gave even the worst bunch a chance in his unit, and he even allowed Slasher Hawk into the unit when he had nowhere else to go because the Aborigines didn't allow him into their tribe, despite observing their taboos, simply because of his [[FantasticRacism Caucasian heritage.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole: [=McBride=], one of your CODEC contacts, is really the secret fifth member of Black Chamber.]]

* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Slasher Hawk, a member raised by Australian aboringals, uses a pair of boomerangs. Six-foot, razor-sharp, steel boomerangs.

* TimedMission: Snake's last fight with Viper; Snake must win before Metal Gear reaches the surface, or else it will activate seven {{KillSat}}s in orbit which will lay destruction across the world.

* AbusiveParent: He got into a fight with his father that resulted in him getting scars and his father being confined to a wheelchair. Then again, since Weasel had killed his brother by that point, the father was probably justified in fighting Weasel.

* DefrostingTheIceQueen[=/=]LaserGuidedKarma: Weasel was initially shown to be a cold mercenary who is willing to kill even his own allies and family if it meant accomplishing the mission. [[spoiler:However, after being exposed to a somewhat friendly environment, he reneigns against killing them]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn kind of]].]]
* OffingTheOffspring[=/=]SelfMadeOrphan: Sort of: while he may not have actually killed his father, he did nonetheless injure him severely enough to force him into a wheelchair. It was the result of a fight that happened shortly after he killed his brother.

The follow-up model to the TX-55 developed by United States, GANDER was being transported to be tested when it was stolen by Gindran forces and taken to Galuade. Similar to the Rex model, it is capable of firing nuclear warheads with a railgun (which it has two of). [[spoiler: Its greatest asset and danger is communications equipment to contact satellites carrying nuclear missiles and using them to strike anywhere in the world.]]

* HumongousMecha: Possibly the largest Metal Gear in the entire franchise short of Arsenal.

* [[spoiler: {{Killsat}}]]: [[spoiler: It can uplink to nuke-carrying satellites in orbit.]]

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He mentions that he had absolutely no intention of being Parker's puppet, stating he was going to break the deal.

* BreakingSpeech: They all accuse Snake of [[NotSoDifferent being just as bad as they are]] or [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech no match for the legend that was built around him]].

** However, the part about cigarettes was technically subverted in the beginning of the game, where Snake was seen smoking a cigarette in the opening cutscene in the cargo plane.

* DistressedDamsel

* HeelFaceTurn