Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4913740-20130628164607/@comment-24.145.116.151-20130701055710

Misterbunnsy wrote: Zelda4dinner wrote: I believe that Skullface is the father of Psycho Mantis, and a former KGB agent, and that both he, Psycho Mantis, and Those Who Don't Exist are related to Project Omega. I believe that Cipher's research has always been along two lines- the creation of the proxy AIs headed by Donald Anderson and helped along by the work of Dr. Strangelove (who may or may not be working for Cipher), and the creation of super-soldiers through gene therapy and cybernetic enhancements headed by Dr. Clark.

Cipher needed to create a system capable of manipulating and controlling information and people, modeled after a human brain. These would be the proxy AIs. Before implementing the system on a worldwide scale, they needed to scale down their tests. Null and the rest of Gene's army, as well as the Genome army, were all susceptible to hypnotic suggestion and could have their memories and emotions erased. Cipher continued the Perfect Soldier program which produced the Genome Army, the Cyborg Ninja, the Beauty and the Beast unit, and SOP. The final test subject was Raiden, through the S3 plan, and Cipher's dreams were realized through SOP- total battlefield control, on the genetic and psychological level. From there, SOP could be implemented on a world wide scale.

The weird super-soldiers in MGS V are the result of Project Omega, Cipher's program to create cybernetically enhanced super-soldiers under the influence of Psycho Mantis. It is no surprise that Mantis was also influencing the Genome Soldiers under Liquid's command, or that he was really the one influencing Screaming Mantis and controlling the B&B unit. That sounds pretty legit. I support the theory of Mantis' father being the XOF Commander. It makes sense that Mantis would join his father and help him.

I question whether Strangelove would work for the other side however. She's on Snake's side now, and since she's developed a relationship with Huey (that will likely lead to Hal's birth), I doubt she would switch sides. i have a problem with your thought that Mantis would join with his father or even his father or him being in MGSV for a few reasons.

1.) Psy-mantis' father blamed him for his mothers death and thus hated the boy. ( testimony to the father's likelyhood that they would work together)

2.) Psy-mantis' first expirience with his powers was reading his father's mind. and in tern saw nothign but hatred, fueled by his mother's death at child burth. Due to this Mantis beleived his father would kill him. ( time at witch he first discoverd his powers and his fear of what his father might do, thus effecting the likely hood they would work together.)

3.) fallowing this first expirience with his powers he killed his father and his Village, burning it to the ground to hide his past aslo giving him his diformed apearince. ( leaving no chance for them to ever work together since one is dead. Nore a chance for the father/ Mantis to apear in this game other than being just 2 normal people before the events of Mantis's self discovery)

Mantis's origenal death video my only refrence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBkc8Pm9_x8

i like to aslo point out that Mantis refurs to 'the boss', he isnt talking about "Big Boss" but more likly "liquid".