Ambush in Africa

In 2015, the Colorado-based private military company/private security provider Maverick Security Consulting LLC. was stationed in a country in Africa, in order to help rebuild the country after it was devastated from a long, destructive civil war.

Ambush
Three years later, order had been restored in the country. The Prime Minister, N'Mani, then meet with the Maverick member, Raiden, and discussed his amazement that they were able to restore the country to its original form and improve the lives of its citizens in only three short years. After giving thanks to his aid as well as the will of the people, N'Mani then explained that Raiden and the Maverick PMC deserved credit as well. Raiden then simply informed him that they were just doing their job. N'Mani then mentioned that he was initially untrusting of them due to their status as a PMC, and the PMCs stigmas regarding their stance as propegators of war, although he admitted that they trained his army well and restored order, and expressed that he may have been wrong in his views about PMCs. Raiden then explained that Maverick's closer to a private security provider, as their contracts focus mostly on security, and also cited a saying from the Samurai code, "one sword keeps another in the sheath." However, their limo unexpectedly stopped. N'Mani's advisor then proceeded to ask what was going on, before Courtney explained that someone was blocking the road. The lead APC's gunner then proceeded to warn the person to clear the road, before he is forced to use lethal measures. He then fired at the approaching person, a cyborg ninja named Samuel Rodriguez, before the latter cut up the gunner. Two more APCs released several Maverick soldiers in an attempt to stop Sam, while the third APC escorted the limo away. Raiden and Courtney then explained to the cabinet and Maverick's commander, Boris respectively, that they were ambushed by a cyborg. When questioned whether the soldier belonged to any of their competitors, Courtney then explained that the XLFF identified the cyborg as being "unaffiliated." Boris then proceeded to notify all checkpoints and ordered them to evacuate the prime minister. Unfortunately, another cyborg managed to stop the escorting APC with a RPG round, with the soldiers also being slaughtered by several of the soldiers. The limo then was forced to escape while evading barricade vehicles. Eventually, they are cornered by more cyborgs. Raiden then, under Boris's orders, disembarked from the limo to confront the cyborgs, also ordering the bodyguards to guard N'Mani. After shedding his business sut and then bringing out his HF blade, he attacked the soldiers, and also collapsed a large part of the wall to ensure they don't pursue the fleeing limo.

Rules of Nature
Unfortunately, the limo ended up ambushed at the harbor. The bodyguards managed to take out the cyborgs that were attacking the vehicle effortlessly. However, they later bore witness to the arrival of the enemy group's cavalry: A modified Metal Gear RAY unit. The RAY unit then proceeded to fire its onboard plasma cannon at the limo, sending it flying as well as severely damaging the building behind it. N'Mani survived and struggled to get out. The bodyguards then attempted to rush to the prime minister's aid, but they were stopped by the group's leader, Sundowner, cutting down the first bodyguard with two machetes, and entering a quick duel before disarming the other, and then decapitating him with the machetes combined giant shears. He then grabbed the prime minister by the leg and hoisted him onto his shoulder.

Boris then informed Raiden that the limo was in trouble. Tracking the location of the limo via the Soliton Radar, Raiden made his way back. Raiden then arrived to witness this, and attempted to stop Sundowner. Sundowner, recognizing Raiden as Jack, then told him that he wants N'Mani dead, because Africa has gotten too peaceful. He then explained that he wanted to restore the war economy, which had waned due to the shutdown of SOP five years earlier, and viewed it as his livelihood. Sundowner then took out a machete, although he assured Raiden that he won't kill N'Mani yet, as he still had his uses before escaping. Raiden attempted to pursue him, but Sundowner then had the RAY unit attack Raiden, forcing the latter into a battle with the machine. He then proceeded to damage the weapon, cumulating in him parrying its blade arm and destroying it. He then was ordered by Boris to pursue Sundowner. He then arrived at a rooftop, but he then discovered that RAY was still operational. Raiden the proceeded to destroy its remaining arm after jumping across its misisles. Even that, however, did not stop the RAY unit, which hoisted him into a clock tower. Raiden then ran down the clock tower building, evading its missiles, before vivisecting it by dragging his sword down its spine.

It Has to Be This Way
Sundowner, carrying the prime minister's prone body, was then surrounded by several Maverick soldiers. However, Sundowner proceeded to jump towards a passing train. Raiden, witnessing this, rushed over to the train, eventually using his ninja run to run across the buildings to gain enough distance to board the train. Raiden also evaded a tiltrotor vehicle, upon being warned of its presence by Boris. Raiden eventually found Sundowner, Sam, and N'Mani at the front of the train, the last being chaned to several cargo boxes. Sundowner then informed Raiden that N'Mani's usefulness had been expended. He then proceeded to slice N'Mani's neck. Raiden attempted to save the prime minister, but Sam stopped him. Sundowner then proceeded to enter a rant regarding how war's benefits have been underreported, while proceeding to strangle N'Mani. N'Mani, realizing that he will die, then told Raiden to forget about saving him, and to stop Sundowner instead. Sundowner then proceeded to release the prime minister from his chains, and then proceeded to impale N'Mani through the back, some of his blood spilling near Raiden's left eye, before dropping him off the train. Raiden attempted to attack Sundowner to avenge N'Mani, but Sam stopped him again. Sundowner then made his escape via the tiltrotor, also informing Sam that Raiden's his to take care of. The train the proceeded to fight in the tunnel, with Raiden and Sam commencing their duel. However, a combination of both Sam and Raiden's different sword techniques as well as Raiden holding back and Sam's superior body left Raiden completely outmatched. Raiden then had his left eye damaged by Sam's extendable shoto, with Sam also blowing up a propane tank before emerging from the flames, also dismembering Raiden's left arm. Boris then informed Raiden that needs to last long enough to reach the end of the tunnel, as they are on their way. Raiden then continued to attempt to fight Sam, buying time. However, Sam overpowered him, causing Raiden to hang onto the ledge of the last car, and be at Sam's mercy. Sam then attempts to finish Raiden off, but then notices he's out of the tunnel. He's forced to break off from finishing off Raiden to deflect gunfire from Raiden's cavalry, three APCs, one of which Boris personally commanded. Sam then made his escape via the tiltrotor. Boris attempted to shoot down the tiltrotor with a missile, but the tiltrotor was revealed to possess flares, which it used to prevent the missile from making contact. Boris then attempted to aim at it again, but it disappeared through the ridge before he could get a good aim at it. Raiden witnessed this, before passing out from his injuries.

Aftermath
Sometime after the mission, Maverick recovered Raiden's dismembered left arm, and proceeded to retrieve all of the files from it, doing it under a weekly basis due to the files being corrupted due to damage. In addition, Raiden also underwent emergency due to his injuries, which also resulted in the removal of his left eye because Sam's attack had completely destroyed its optical nerve. He eventually had his body reconverted into a new cyborg body, because of the attack and due to Raiden feeling that the Patriots' experiments didn't leave him with much of a body anyways, and thus decided they should just finish their work. As such, because their old cybernetics person went into hiding, Maverick hired the German cyberneticist surgeon, Dr. Wilhelm Voight, nicknamed Doktor, to do the conversion process. Raiden will also harbor intense desires for revenge against the group, revealed to be Desperado.