Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6431205-20130423195835/@comment-2.27.149.45-20131225181615

Well, he also quit halfway through the first game and they still supported him then, but it seems Maverick doesn't have a lot in the way of combat assets; about the only other combat borgs we know about in Maverick are the Geminis. But you'd think Bladewolf would belong to Maverick, and we want him back so Raiden will have to be working with Maverick again. Maybe just semi-officially associated with them like during his operations in Denver.

I suppose the best way to implement that would be the new bad guys going after Maverick to draw out Raiden, so you'd get to see Maverick's HQ under attack and fight some giant boss mech that's trying to destroy the building after going inside and dealing with the assault force.

Maybe that would be the prolog level to explain how Raiden gets his Maverick-owned cyborg body back, so you'd spend that one in the body he's wearing at the end of Rising. Then the plot expands to who's trying to take Raiden down and why.