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Mei Ling was a prodigal PhD candidate at the MIT, who served as a member of Solid Snake's mission support team during the Galuade Incident in 2002.
Biography[]
A bright young woman, Mei Ling was a doctoral candidate at the MIT. She developed the radar and Codec system that Solid Snake used during his mission to Galuade. She was in charge of recording Snake's mission data (saving the game), and often read him proverbs or encouraged him to go on with the mission.
After Snake's defeated Pyro Bison in battle, the mercenary revealed to him the existence of a fifth surviving member of Black Chamber, and also implied that said member was operating among Snake's support team, feeding Black Arts Viper information regarding his mission progress. Upon learning this, Weasel pointed to Mei Ling as a potential suspect, due to her unusually high position within the U.S. military structure, inconsistent with her young age and status of a college student.
Personality and traits[]
Mei Ling believed in being a "well rounded engineer", intentionally taking electives unrelated to her major in order to broaden her knowledge.
She was young and still in college at the time of the Galuade Incident, which Snake noted, saying she did not look old enough to be a soldier.
During the Galuade Incident, Mei Ling would often quote famous figures and works to Snake whenever he asked to save his mission data, the latter being slightly confused to discover she wasn't solely obsessed with technology.
Behind the scenes[]
This incarnation of Mei Ling appears in Metal Gear: Ghost Babel. She serves much the same role as the canonical Mei Ling, going as far as being the inventor of Snake's equipment and reading him proverbs when he saves. Her Codec frequency is 140.96.
She will not respond to Snake during Special Missions or when replaying a stage, making saving impossible, although a facsimile of her does appear in one of the Special Missions, later revealed to be No. 4.