Metal Gear Sahelanthropus

==Summary==
Metal Gear Sahelanthropus is a Metal Gear featured in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Created by Huey Emmerich and funded by the Soviet Union, Sahelanthropus was in actuality a project overseen by XOF, the covert strike force and at-the-time usurper of the shadow government known as The Patriots. Encountered by Venom Snake several times in Afghanistan, he managed to best the machine multiple times, eventually capturing it after the death of Skull Face, the leader of XOF. Snake kept it at Mother Base for some time, until it was stolen by Eli with the help of the Third Child, who took it to Central Africa, where he, the remnants of XOF and Venom Snake with his Diamond Dogs private military company, fought to reclaim the weapon. Snake eventually won the day, but Sahelanthropus was destroyed in battle.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least physically and with weapons, via self-destruct
Name: ST-84 
Origin: Metal Gear
Age: Unknown
Classification: Metal Gear, Anthropoid Bipedal Weapons Platform
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Fire Manipulation with flamethrower, Sword Usage, Self-Destruction, Metal Manipulation (can decay metal constructs, enrich its depleted uranium armor into weapons-grade uranium, and turn the metal particles in soil into solid pylons to attack targets), Homing Attack with missiles, Enhanced Senses with hunter-killer drones (act as an extension of its sensory capabilities, freely wandering the nearby area to find targets Sahelanthropus itself can't spot), Durability Negation against metal
Attack Potency: At least City Block level physically and with weapons (Stronger than Venom Snake and Metal Gear ZEKE, its railgun is stated to be capable of piercing through a mountain to strike a target on the other side, Town level via self-destruct (Stated to have a 15 kiloton yield), metallic archaea negates durability against metal constructs
Speed: Superhuman movement speed via size, High Hypersonic+ combat speed (can land hits on Venom Snake), possibly Massively Hypersonic attack speed with railgun (A precursor to Metal Gear REX, and fires a smaller payload)
Lifting Strength: Likely Class M (Should be superior to Venom Snake)
Striking Strength: At least City Block level (Can make short work of Venom Snake in a straight fight)
Durability: At least City Block level with armor (Can withstand a few hits from Venom Snake's heaviest weaponry. Can withstand shots from Soviet main battle tanks with no damage)
Range: A few dozen meters to a few kilometers with weaponry, a few dozen meters with swords and legs, kilometers with self-destruction
Standard Equipment: Metallic archaea, railgun, metallic arachaea-coated swords, "groin"-mounted flamethrower (so placed to cover the blind spot underneath it)
Weaknesses: Needs to be puppeteered by someone such as the Third Child or manually piloted by a child, due to lacking an AI pod or a cockpit large enough to house an adult pilot. Miller states that parts of Sahelanthropus are light or lacking in armor, as due to its bipedal nature, Huey needed some of the areas on the frame to have less bulk
==Notable Matchups==
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Category:Fire Users
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