She states a famous Shakespeare quote:.the tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony.

Afterwards, she joined Philanthropy, an anti-Metal Gear organization, and assisted Snake in secret by providing stolen military equipment.

Years later, Mei Ling became Captain of the museum-turned-training vessel USS Missouri, commanding it in battle at the time of the Guns of the Patriots Incident.

She did this to help keep in touch with both sides of her heritage, as both her parents were from Guangdong, China, though she herself was born in America 2 and grew up in Chinatown.

In addition, she ultimately decided to go to MIT instead of Princeton or Vassar with her friends, due to wanting to go for applied physics instead of just sticking with theoreticals.

After learning that the U.S.

Air Force needed pilots to perform battle damage assessments (BDAs), she decided to major in aerial photography and air intelligence at MIT, becoming an expert in her field, 2 and joined the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps).

However, her dreams of becoming a pilot were crushed after she learned that there werent any pilots who only did BDAs, 2 along with failing an aptitude test, due to her poor vision.

Discovering that she was not suited to be an officer, she withdrew from the ROTC program.

However, her discovery that Miller was an enemy imposter came too late, as mission advisor Roy Campbell was unable to warn Snake before the latter unintentionally activated Metal Gear REX.

Snake also requested that, as insurance, she create a hard copy of all the Codec transmissions during the mission.

Although the incident was ultimately resolved, Mei Ling made a hard copy of all the intelligence she had gathered, concerning the Pentagon conspiracy surrounding the mission, in order to protect Campbell, Snake, and herself from any political fallout.

During one of these instances involving Natik flashware, Snake told Otacon to tell Mei Ling to quit, as the military would find out sooner or later.

Because she was busy during the Tanker Incident, Mei Ling left Otacon a cheat sheet for deciphering Chinese proverbs every time Snake wanted to save (although Snake admitted that he didnt miss her).

However, this plan backfired as Otacon had mislaid the cheat sheet and kept misinterpreting the translations, leaving an annoyed Mei Ling to correct one of the proverbs for Snake.

She eventually joined the Navy, where she was presented with the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, the second Navy E Medal, the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal, and one other medal.

After Liquid hijacked the Sons of the Patriots battlefield control system, she provided confirmation that he had returned to Shadow Moses Island, using data from Metal Gear Mk.

After extracting them, she then proceeded to give a briefing for the mission to stop Liquid Ocelot, although her inexperience had her fumbling through the briefing, including trying to jump with the pointer before realizing it was extendable, as well as accidentally dropping the pointer before giving the distance.

She provided Snake and Otacon with backup during the subsequent assault on Haven at the Bering Sea.

Shortly after Snake managed to destroy Haven s on-board AI, GW, she ordered the surrender of any resisting Haven forces on the Missouri.

Prior to the ceremony, she became tearful after witnessing Meryls reconciliation with her estranged father, Roy Campbell.

She later ended up losing the bouquet toss to Drebin s pet monkey, Little Gray, much to her chagrin.

Western quotes were added in the English version due to a decision between Hideo Kojima and translator Jeremy Blaustein.

In the same scene, she also gets angry at Otacon for not using the cheat sheet that she gave him in regards to deciphering Chinese proverbs.

In The Twin Snakes, she speaks with an American accent, which is retained in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Metal Gear Solid 4 assistant producer Ryan Payton explained his decision to remove Mei Lings Chinese accent, saying that it contradicted the true fiction that Mei Ling is American born and that the accent in the original Metal Gear Solid was a mistake.

Brawl, Mei Ling can be contacted while playing as Snake, using his Codec taunt.

If the player contacts Mei Ling while fighting Pikachu, she will ask Snake to capture it for her.

Keeping true to her character, she will also mention several Chinese proverbs in the case of opponents such as Captain Olimar, the Ice Climbers and so forth, with Snake doubting that they are actually proverbs.

She is also usable as a sticker, which grants the player an increase of arm and leg attacks by 3.

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