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Guide to Metal Gear after the boss fight: Ocelot's taunts, the ninja's intervention, Kenneth's death, and navigating the armory and tank hanger with new keycards and items.

After the boss fight, Ocelot taunts Snake. A ninja appears, cuts off Ocelot's gun hand, and frees Kenneth Baker. Ocelot and the ninja escape. Kenneth Baker explains more about Metal Gear to Snake before dying of a heart attack, similar to the DARPA chief. Snake obtains Baker's Level 2 keycard before he dies.

After a long codec conversation, you regain control. Take the regenerated ammo packs in the room. The Level 5 locked door is not a concern now. Head back the way you came into this area and return to the main armory.

With the new keycard, new doors can be opened. Return to the rooms opened with the Level 1 card; items inside, especially C4, will have regenerated. Check the middle room in the bottom row for hand grenades. In the bottom right door, you'll find a box blocked by laser wires. Equip the Thermal Goggles to see them. Crouch to avoid the lasers and take the FAMAS assault rifle and ammo. The FAMAS fires bullets rapidly.

Contact Nastasha Romanenko on frequency 141.52 for information on items like the laser wires. To find Meryl's frequency (140.15), check the back of your CD case or the game manual. Contact Meryl for a long codec conversation where she reveals Hal Emmerich's whereabouts and that she has the key to his building, requiring Snake to work with her.

Take the elevator to the 1st floor of the hanger. Meryl will contact you and open the large gate north of the tank hanger.

THE TANK HANGER

Back in the Tank Hanger, you can proceed to the gate Meryl opened, but first, collect necessary items. From the elevator, go right, past the gate, and enter the door on the right wall. Kill the sleeping guard and take the SOCOM Suppressor (silencer) from the box behind him. Return to the main hanger area.

Proceed right, avoiding guards, and test your silenced SOCOM. Take the stairs to the second floor. Avoid the camera and enter the door on the right wall. Take BOX A from this room. Cross the catwalk towards the thermal goggles room, but continue north past that door. Avoid the camera and enter the adjacent Level 2 door. Kill the guard inside and take the Mine Detector. Return to the main hanger floor and enter the unlocked door.

Inside, Meryl warns of laser beams that will gas the area if touched. Equip the Thermal Goggles to see the wires and carefully dodge them. If you don't have the goggles, equip cigarettes from Snake's inventory; their smoke will reveal the lasers, but will slowly decrease Snake's health.

Reach the north end of the room and use the card key to exit the Tank Hanger.