Exposition - Video Game: Storytelling - page 69

▪ Snake's weapon is a tranquilizer gun .
▪ [Gun controls]
▪ Snake's tranq gun needs to be reloaded after each shot .
▪ The gun's stun effect takes effect in seconds and lasts hours .
▪ Snake's gun has a laser sighting .
▪ The effect of the tranq gun varies depending on what part of the vic-
tim's body is hit—limbs, chest, or head .
▪ Snake has a digital camera.
▪ The camera works almost the same way as Snake's old one.
▪ [Digital camera controls]
▪ The Marines are disguised as civilians because they clearly don't want
to draw undue attention to the tanker.
Incidental
▪ Otacon believes the target is in the ship's cargo holds, below deck .
▪ Invaders silently storm the ship, taking out the Marines on deck.
▪ The invaders may be Russians.
▪ Snake uploads a photo of the invaders' leader to Otacon for identific-
ation.
▪ The ship is run by a computer.
▪ Otacon believes it would take about eighteen people to take over and
run the tanker .
▪ Once Snake gets the photographic evidence, they will post it online
and blow the whole thing wide open.
▪ Otacon will be waiting just past the Verrazano Bridge.
▪ Snake needs to complete his mission by the time the tanker reaches
the Verrazano Bridge .
▪ Snake is not in the military anymore.
▪ Snake didn't plan on relying on the stealth camo anyway.