Red Blaster was a Zanzibar Land mercenary who specialized as a grenadier.
Biography[]
Early career[]
Red Blaster was an elite assassin who earned his special operations degree from the Patrice Lumumba University of the former Soviet Union. He once served as an explosives expert for Spetsnaz.[1] His main fighting style involved laying a trap using tripwires, and then throwing his RKG-3 antitank grenades at his target, while hiding behind cover.[1][2]
Zanzibar Land Disturbance[]
- Main article: Zanzibar Land Disturbance
Red Blaster fought against Solid Snake, during Operation Intrude F014, on the 30th floor of the Tower Building. He ambushed Snake as he left the elevator, with wired traps set up all over the room. These traps restricted his movements, leaving him open to attack by Blaster's grenades.[3] However, Snake was able to outsmart him and, in a twist of irony, defeated him using the same weapon type.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Red Blaster (レッド・ブラスター Reddo Burasutā?) is a boss character from Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. In the re-released versions of the game, he is one of two bosses whose name was not changed from the original (the other being Running Man), and one of two who is not featured in the Boss Survival mode (the other being Jungle Evil). In the original game, he was stated to have graduated from the Soviet Union's Lumumba University, although this was later removed from the re-releases.[4]
Like many characters from the Metal Gear series, Red Blaster's name is referenced in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as possible word parts of a custom emblem, earned after successfully capturing an enemy outpost.
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- ^ a b Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake - User's Manual, Konami Corporation (1990).
- ^ a b Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (re-release), Kojima Productions (2006).
George Kasler: Red Blaster... He's an elite assassin who likes to blow things up. He'll set booby traps all around to pin his target down, then use those grenades he always carries to finish the job. Snake, give him a taste of his own medicine! He's bound to be hiding behind a wall or something. But you can flush him out with a grenade of your own! ...Over and out. - ^ Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (re-release), Kojima Productions (2006).
Solid Snake: Wh... What is this? ...A booby trap? // Red Blaster: That's right. A trap clever enough to catch a fox. Or should I say, a FOXHOUND? // (Red Blaster appears) // Red Blaster: I am Red Blaster, and you're not going anywhere. My grenades will see to it that your death is slow...and painful. - ^ https://tcrf.net/Metal_Gear_2:_Solid_Snake#George_Kasler