MGS:PO Solokov?????????

I am digging this game, but I'm on my second playthrough, and I can't find this scientist fucker to recruit. I checked the FAQ and I'm still stumped. I need to get the blueprints, and there's supposed to be a locked door somewhere in the Silo Enterance? I've been all over and everything is wide open. AAAIIIEEE. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Thanks...

I haven't tried these myself but kept them for future reference just in case:

HUNTER-N is NULL
LQ.N2 is PYTHON
JUNKER is CHUNNINGHAM
ERBE is GENE
PK +ESP is URSULA (can't be got with ELISA at the same time)
THE-L is ELISA (can't be got with URSULA at the same time)
E.APPLE is EVA
PM-EMS is PARAMEDIC
DARPA-1 is SIGHT
R.R.R. is OCELOT
1+2-3 is ZERO
SATURNV is SOKOLOV
IVN =RV is RAIKOV
T.F-ACID is TELIKO
MGA2VE is VENUS
! TRAUMER is GAKO

*passwords to get various characters*

I can barely make it through the first play, hell knows why, I'm just not feeling it.

kernow said:

I can barely make it through the first play, hell knows why, I'm just not feeling it.

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Heh I started my 2nd run almost immediately after my 1st one, first time I've done it with an MGS (I usually take an break on purpose).

I got Solokov on my first play thru.
Someone on gamefaqs posted this as a thread, a step by step guide with photos for Solokov, Eva and Ocelot.




Ok here's a guide with pictures to get all three charactesr. Should be easier.

I'm not sure of the exact requirements but get to just before the fight with Gene, maybe as early as after the second Null fight.

Put max spies or at least some in the Harbor, Silo Complex, Power Substation, Town, Airport, Western Wilderness.

You probably have to beat the game at least once aswell.

First put some spies on the Harbor until you get this mission:
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Just go down to the hull of the ship and Ghost will contact you:
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Then go to the Power Substation and wait around here:
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Interrogate him and he will give you a codec number:
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Go to the Silo Entrance and head for the X on the map:
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Campbell will contact you telling you about the door:
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Stand in front of the door and message 145.61 the door will unlock:
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Pick up the Blueprints:
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A new report will tell you about a person at the plant so go to the plant:
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Go here on the map:
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And Sokolov will be recruited:
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Go back to the Silo Entrance:
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Campbell will message you even though there was no spy report:
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Go to the walkway on the second level of the building where the RPG is. There is a Commander walking around there. Interrogate him:

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A report will come in from the Town:
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Go to the town at inside this building on the map:
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Interrogate him he'll mention the airport:
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Go to the aiport and up to the third floor and interrogate the guard up there (ignore the number for now):
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You'll get a report about the guest house:
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Go here in the Guest House:
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Interrogate the Officer twice to get him to tell you about the locker:
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You'll get a report about the Western Wilderness:
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I don't know if it's necessairy but interrogate the guard near here:
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He'll talk about the guy hating Gene:
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I captured the grunt and the official in the basement prison (not sure if this is required:
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Go to the Security Base and this point on the map:
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Open the locker and a cutscene will occur:
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Go to the Comm Base to this point:
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Eva will say she'll be there in one weeks time:
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Go toward the Airport:
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I don't think the spies will announce when she arrives so just keep going there and aborting the mission:
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MaDMaJ22
Posted 12/14/2006 2:06:50 AM
message detail Eventually Campbell will contact you:
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Head to the top of the airport:
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Eva will crash:
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Your spies will report Eva in the Western Wilderness:
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Go to this point in the map:
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And you rescued her:
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And she'll be unlocked:
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Now go to the Ravine and head to this spot:
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Pick up the key there:
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Then head here:
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And go to the communication equipment:
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Ocelot will say he'll think about joining you:
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Now beat Gene:
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Save the game, load that save to start a new game. Play until it allows you to save. Save then exit and load again. New Soldier Found:
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You now have Sokolov, Eva, and Ocelot.

Ron McRae said:

I got Solokov on my first play thru.
Someone on gamefaqs posted this as a thread, a step by step guide with photos for Solokov, Eva and Ocelot.

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Holy crap, you went above and beyond there. Thanks for all that.

I don't have any of those characters yet.

Thanks for the detailed post, I'll be trying out some of that shit soon.

By the way, I found doing the AP Scan can give pretty excellent results to for generating new recruits.

kernow said:

I can barely make it through the first play, hell knows why, I'm just not feeling it.

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Felt the same way.... just not into capturing soldiers.

Lastblade said:

Felt the same way.... just not into capturing soldiers.

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I'm the opposite. I think it's hillarious that the game is about kidnapping people and making them drink the kool-aid. A couple days in the truck, and they are ready to jump out and start wasting their former friends. Anyhow, the trick to recruiting them is to have your team in boxes all over, and drag recruits to teammates, rather than all the way back to the truck. And once you finish the game once, you get to keep all your recruits for future playthroughs, so you can go for speedruns and whatnot, and not have to recruit anyone (except Jonathan at the beginning of the game).

Yeah, it's no MGS3, but it's a lot of fun, imo. Some really great levels in there.

I haven't played MPO yet, does eva and ocelot play a role in the story, or are they just hidden characters?

Lastblade said:

Felt the same way.... just not into capturing soldiers.

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exactly, my copy is for sale

I drew a lot of similarities between this and MG ACID

even though its full action

no sir, I don't like it

i didn't really care about capturing, so i bought the game and it just sat around after the first hour i played. but it was also because i bought castlevania the same day. it took me awhile to get into it, but i appreciate it now.
with how easy the bosses were, i feel like the game was really only built around the multiplayer. which is actually pretty good anyway. it was cool playing a friend of mine back home when i had to go down to texas.

NeoGeoSaint said:

I haven't played MPO yet, does eva and ocelot play a role in the story, or are they just hidden characters?

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ocelot has a place in the story, eva really is just a character.

FairlanePhantom said:

ocelot has a place in the story, eva really is just a character.

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thanks for the info mate, I read some where that eva became a freelance pilot and escaped the chinese before they could kill her, I don't know if that's true though.