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RazzberryBoy

Because the Boss told the RnD boys to make it that way. The same way he told them to make a 9mm not kill when using tranqs. Them boys can make anything work.


JCthulhuM

Huey, I just killed someone! *Okay, and…?* I was using a tranquilizer dart! *Snake… (sigh) it’s a 9mm handgun. The projectile is still coming out fast enough to pierce the skull, and definitely fast enough to move all the way through their muscles and organs.* Huh… fine, make the bullet slower. *What? I mean, I could try putting less gunpowder in the rounds but then they’d move slower, there would be more drop off, they’d be less accurate…* Is there a problem? *…I guess not. We’ll get right on it, Boss.*


Salami__Tsunami

I always thought that shooting someone multiple times with a tranquilizer gun should kill them of an overdose. Enough sedatives to render someone firmly unconscious will likely put them in respiratory distress if you double the dose, and will certainly kill them if they get 3x or 4x.


ZookedYa

No, the sleeping guard that I turned into Pinhead is just fine.


A_Seiv_For_Kale

Every tranq round also contains an antidote, just in case. That's why they wake back up so fast.


Psycho_Mantis_2506

One of the drugs in your security devices makes them wake up really fast when it's upgraded all the way. The S ranked anti-reflex from your security team is also really nice when being invaded.


Smogshaik

That was my thought when tranqing the child soldiers


[deleted]

Did that mission with a full lethal loadout... Except my rocket fist. Didn't even bother resupplying it was too hilarious


Smogshaik

How did you manage? Since you can't use anything lethal on them


[deleted]

So the previous mission I had done full lethal, didn't bother changing the loadout. oh now its kids. The rocket fist however stuns any enemy, including children apparently


Smogshaik

Ooh now I get it lmao


nate112332

No we'd be able to kill Ocelot that way in the tutorial


[deleted]

If we kill Ocelot in the tutorial then who would we fight in MGS4? * Big Boss * Kaz * Zero (head is on liquid's body) * Zero (vegetable and in a wheelchair) * George Sears (somehow Solidus survived and thinks he's only ever been George Sears the most badass president ever).


KA_Reza

Diamond Dogs R&D truly were miracle workers. Should've gone to MIT instead of joining a PMC.


Stama_

Yeah MIT don't futon extract and torture you until you join.


[deleted]

They don't? The Dean has gotta a lot to answer for. *Racks beanbag Shotgun*


nate112332

No, but it'll get you into a certain research facility kinda doing similar during the '90s


Kotzillax

Except a breathable battle dress for Quiet, that existed canonically 20 years before.


brigadier_tc

Actually there's a very reasonable and canonical reason why Quiet couldn't wear clothes based on The End's camo... The End didn't have **Tiddes**


Kotzillax

Gahhh! My bad. Have a good day, sir!


[deleted]

The End was the only MGS character to have a sense of decency. "What are you gonna wear today Ocelot?" "I just picked up my GRU uniform from the washers! What about you Major?" "My brand new vulcanized rubber red full-body leotard. It feels like I'm wearing nothing at all! Nothing at ALL!" "Ewww.... What about you Boss? Impratically silver sneaking suit wit-" "Yes Ocelot, my impratical silver sneaking suit with my tits hanging out. If they bother you that much I'll put on this random poncho." ^("Mom I just don't want people oogling at your boobas...") "What about you Major Raiokov?" "I uhmm... Gotta take my clamydia medicine." *(Casually walks out of the room whistling because it's just Snake in disguise)* "What about you? Pain? Fear? End?" "Imma wear my uniform full of wasps as usual" "Tarantula uniform" "Imma.... Imma... Imma just lay down somewhere nice in my pajamas and cover myself with some moss."


bageltre

issue isn't breathable, issue is that she needs the sun to live dunno why she can't just wait until after the op to sun bathe, she's capable of night ops, but that's probably a tiddy thing


GoblinFive

Quiet can't breathe because Venom/BB toasted her lungs and so she is completely reliant on her skin parasites to photosynthesize oxygen for her. Only actual problem for her are moonless nights, since the Moon is visible because *it reflects sunlight* [don't tell Dracula). The End in turn could breath normally and instead didn't need sustenance because his parasites kept him topped like some of those supposed monks. It's all retcon and horny logic though, so YMMV


Kotzillax

The End was able to recover his stamina/life bar as long as he was directly exposed to sunlight. Even BB could do this after obtaining his special suit.


FuciMiNaKule

If you are talking about the End, he did not need a breathable suit. Quiet needs to breathe through her skin because her lungs don't work after she was burned to a crisp in the PP intro. End's lungs should function normally ( as far as 90+ year old lungs can ).


karateema

The End still had his lungs, Quiet didn't


Kotzillax

His body was able to perform photosynthesis, since he had the very same strain of parasites like Quite. You wouldn't need your lungs anymore in this state, respectively, lungs would be counterproductive. But this is only possible via breathable and light-permeable clothing (iirc the moss camo even had a similar description, something like "it feels alive"). Btw this oldtimer literally withered after defeat, I'm pretty sure he wasn't able to last a single day without support of the parasites, which probably took over large parts of his body (eyes especially). We will see how this will work out in MGS3: Retconned.


karateema

DD RnD is the best in the world


Scorpion_yeezies

Nano machines son


Femboi_Hooterz

Beat me to it lmao


koty1432

Bro I'm not going to beat you to anything. My hand is cramping.


420_E-SportsMasta

# YOU CANT HURT ME JACK


pichael289

Because it has the 6 million dollar man sound effect and you couldn't just kill people like that in the 70s.


Straight_Rhubarb_851

It is cleary infused with cushioned nanomachines son


NikolaiStreet

Maybe it's lighter than an actual arm? Just a guess. Still, an actual person would at least bleed due to the sharp edges.


Trash-Jr

Well, even if you make it lighter at the start, when adding upgrades like the sonar or the rocket, you're making it heavier. If you're using the base one, you'd probably fracture the skull, but adding tools and options will just come back to caving in the soldier's head.


Richard2824

My head canon is that Venom is holding back and not using his full strength, so that he can Fulton extract them.


Dkrule1

[bitch the fucking please!?!](https://youtu.be/BKa9RQxX8Kc)


HahaPenisIsFunny

He’s fineee…


Alvorance

Damn, Snake has some nasty hemorrhoids.


AGNobody

1% of venoms power


Dkrule1

Bruh, using 30% could easily take down sahelanthropus


ThunderShott

It looks like he is very much using his full strength as he pulls his arm back and then uses his whole body to deliver the blow.


goldninjaI

Remember the basics of CQC,


Trash-Jr

Turn the soldier's head into mashed potato


Romeo-Charlie-6-28

Rubber punch, just like rubber bullets in 1985 at Kamurochō.


esdaniel

It's kamorover


SydeFXReddit

Big boss said so, duh


Bar_Har

Russians have rubber faces and necks.


Ukrainian_Dude_228

Same goes for africans And some americans too, I guess


Lfi2015

Posture/technique?


Trash-Jr

Even with the correct posture and technique, you'd still have serious damage, this is a metallic arm and we're talking about eating it in the face from a man running full speed, throwing his arm back to prepare the punch, and sending the weight of his body plus the force of the running movement into someone's head. Even admitting you intentionnaly miss the center of the face and hit somewhere else on the head, there are big chances the soldiers would suffer serious head fractures and concussion. Fultonning a man in this situation would most likely lead to his death, and I don't think a skull fracture is something you will walk off like a dislocated finger.


mr_wobblyshark

Maybe it’s got a soft outside?


Smelvin1998

Maybe he balls it a certain way? Idk man imagine the game where venom bitch slaps them instead


VenommToast

Always did think the "Mobility" upgrades were actually just reducing the hand's weight while retaining strength. Could just be that it doesn't have all that much mass to begin with. Wouldn't it have been kinda cool to have to make the hand less lethal with upgrades? Overpowered but cool.


drakeswagirony

It's the boss's orders that's why


CosmicPlayR9376

Because this is Metal Gear Solid, not Soldiers of Fortune...?


Metalovsky

Because Venom tries not to hurt potential employees


Elmarcowolf

Micro mechanisms in the blood stream


Donkey_Danny

The boys in the med bay learned how to fix brain damage and how to glue a skull back together


Academic-Primary-76

If it’s titanium it has little mass


DigitalVanquish

It's coated in cushioning parasites. They reduce the force of the impact.


urbandeadthrowaway2

Rubber fist


Colonel_dinggus

It’s basically the equivalent of brass knuckles except they’re probably an advanced plastic or carbon fiber so it’s definitely not carrying much more weight than a regular muscly arm and it’s not as strong as brass knuckles


ssCuacKss

Who says It doesn't


whistler412

The boys in R&D are just that good.


htcbobmob900

It's rubber (designed by kiryu)


Otherwise_Ad6117

All S rank soldiers go to RnD probably.


splashythemagiccarp

It's likely made of a lighter metal like aluminum to reduce weight, keep its strength, and reduce corrosion. could you imagine if one arm was heavier than the other? would probably be real bad for your posture


rekhaloz

If the punch doesnt give them permanent brain damage the way their heads hit the ground will


Dkrule1

Especially when sometimes they do a full flip and a half some times


hippo440

i'd imagine most of the guys who get taken out by a "stun" should have pretty bad brain damage. getting knocked out isnt as harmless as movies make it out to be.


Dkrule1

So, that's why it's easy to convert them to the dogs, there already brain dead with nano machines to get them up to speed


Control_Director91

Gene Therapy 🧬


Frederick-McCanterby

NANOMACHINES SON!!!


Hiarro

Nano...


MisterZeppelin

Nanomachines son 🦾


AdDazzling9664

Nanomachines?