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| - Solid Sun refers to the 2014 incident in South America, during which Liquid Ocelot continued preparations for his armed insurrection against the Patriots. Solid Snake and Hal Emmerich also initiated a rescue mission for geneticist Dr. Naomi Hunter, who had been assisting Liquid in his efforts to hack into the Sons of the Patriots System. Having recovered from his ordeal in the Middle East, Snake awoke back on board the Nomad. There, Otacon informed him of a video message that they had received from Naomi from Otacon's old address, whom Snake recalled seeing at Liquid Ocelot's camp (and of whom traces of her DNA were found on the syringe she dropped to Snake). The message was a plea to be rescued, explaining about the SOP system, its use of third generation nanomachines and her indirect role in creating it from her development of the first generation nanomachines, and that Liquid Ocelot had forced her to cooperate because she was the creator of FOXDIE, and that the SOP system is derived from FOXDIE. The mail address included an encrypted map of Liquid's PMC base in South America, where she was being held, although Sunny and Otacon had to retrace the origin due to the direct address being faked. A message from Roy Campbell confirmed that Liquid's forces were operating in the area, as one of Liquid's PMCs, Pieuvre Armement, was acting as the de-facto group running the country after the regime that hired them ended up in shambles. In addition, Campbell referenced Naomi's arrest after the Shadow Moses Incident and her escape, and speculated that Liquid Ocelot was the one responsible and not Solid Snake. Campbell also explained that Meryl Silverburgh had left the Middle East to continue tracking down Liquid herself, and that ARSOC was likely aware of Snake and Otacon's activities and Campbell's involvement. Therefore, Naomi was the only lead left to them. Roy Campbell also gave clearance for the Nomad to land in the El Dorado International Airport in Colombia with Snake also being given the cover job as a UN inspector. In addition, he also arranged for Snake to acquire a 4x4 vehicle as soon as he landed so he could get as close as he could to the Pieuvre Armement's security perimeter, and that afterwards its a solo sneaking mission. Because the battle between Pieuvre Armement and the rebels is still upscaling, Roy Campbell also speculated that this would make sneaking into Liquid's facility much easier. Sunny was able to trace where the message originated, and they began the journey to South America.
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