Mei Ling

Mei Ling is a supporting character from "Metal Gear Solid" and "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots".
She was a Chinese-American data analyst who served on Solid Snake's radio support team during the Shadow Moses Incident. 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 Liquid Ocelot's Insurrection.
==Biography==
Mei Ling is the right-hand of Snake's Mission Control team. Likewise, she is a teenage prodigy and tech wiz who developed the Soliton Radar and Codec. She frequently quotes proverbs to lift Snake's spirits up. Mei later becomes a Naval officer in the fourth game.
In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, she has managed to attain the rank of Captain in the United States Navy and is placed in charge of the Iowa-class WWII battleship, USS Missouri, which thanks to it being outside of SOP, renders it still combat-effective when the rest of the DOD went down after Liquid Ocelot took over SOP. She has it head to Alaska to render aid to Snake upon learning that Liquid is returning to Shadow Moses Island to claim Metal Gear REX's railgun to use to launch a naked nuclear weapon at the main Patriot AI JD, hidden in a satellite in orbit. She arrives just after Liquid's Arsenal Gear, Outer Haven, has nearly crushed Snake when it rammed into the pier, but was held off by Raiden at the cost of crushing him instead. She has the Missouri fire its main 16-inch batteries at Outer Haven, forcing it to withdraw, though Liquid scoffs at seeing the old battleship show up to stop him.
After the Missouri picks up Raiden and Snake and transports them aboard for medical care, it sets course to intercept Outer Haven in the Bering Strait, where it will have the best chance to take out JD when it reaches perigee in its orbit over the strait. With the crew of U.S. sailors and Marines armed with naked weapons provided by Drebin 893, they are ready to face Outer Haven, despite the odds being against them without SOP to keep their fear in check. Mei Ling mans the command bridge with several naval officers and Hal "Otacon" Emmerich, and when one of her lieutenants voices his concern and how he is scared, Mei Ling assures him that no one will die on her watch and the Missouri will return to Pearl Harbor in one piece, raising his spirits.
When Outer Haven surfaces and opens to reveal REX's railgun armed and ready to go, sensing the Missouri, Outer Haven launches a missile barrage at the battleship. Mei Ling has the battleship's entire arsenal unleashed on Outer Haven, including its main batteries, secondary batteries, and other armaments, including Phalanx CIWS to shoot down the missiles. Several salvos hit REX's railgun, but are unable to disable it. Mei Ling has the ship ram Outer Haven and scrape along the side of its hull, allowing Snake, Meryl Silverburgh, and Johnny Sasaki to catapult onto Outer Haven to stop Liquid's plan by taking out GW.
With them on board Outer Haven, Mei Ling coordinates the defense of the Missouri as the battleship is attacked by Haven Troopers, Dwarf Gekko, and automated Metal Gear RAYs. At one point, as Dwarf Gekko climb onto the windows of the bridge, Mei Ling cowers with a .45 ACP pistol in case she has to take a stand herself to protect her ship, but it is clear that the Missouri is losing the fight and is going to be overwhelmed. Finally, just as Mei Ling finally finds the courage to stand up and confront the Dwarf Gekko on the window, it suddenly seizes up, loses its grip, and falls away, leaving Mei Ling to find herself staring face-to-face with one of the automated Metal Gear RAYs that climbed up onto the main batteries of the Missouri to attack the bridge. The RAY screeches at Mei Ling, who looks away and closes her eyes, preparing for the end, but as she decides to face death with dignity and opens her eyes again as the RAY is heard winding up its water jet cutter, a split-second before the RAY can fire, its head twitches slightly, and the sound of it winding up to fire dies off instantaneously as its head suddenly slumps and goes limp. Moments later, it begins to tilt to its left side, and as more Dwarf Gekko fall off the bridge and onto the deck below, the RAY finally loses its balance and falls off the Missouri into the sea with a resounding splash, rocking the Missouri as it resets back to an upright position without the RAY weighing it down. As the RAY is heard uttering one last defeated screech at being denied killing Mei Ling and her bridge staff, Mei Ling can only realize that Snake did it and wonders if he's alright. She later has her Marines take the incapacitated Haven Troopers into custody, since many of them are in no position to fight anymore with the shutdown of their nanomachines after GW was deactivated by the FOXALIVE virus.
Once things have settled down, Mei Ling is among the guests attending Meryl and Johnny's wedding. She is seen helping Meryl finish getting into her wedding dress before they find unwanted company in Meryl's father, Roy Campbell. When Meryl turns to look at her father and aim her Desert Eagle at him, Mei Ling can only watch as Campbell approaches Meryl and aims the barrel under his chin, leaving Mei Ling horrified as to if Meryl will really kill her father because of what he put her through. Instead, Meryl unloads her gun and tells Campbell he has a chance to atone himself by walking her down the aisle. Mei Ling is so moved to happy tears she can barely hold herself together as she gives Meryl her bouquet and goes on ahead to join everyone. After Drebin arrives with his own gifts to the newlyweds, Meryl throws her bouquet into the air, but before Mei Ling can grab it, it is caught by Little Gray, Drebin's monkey assistant, much to Mei Ling's anger as she chases Little Gray around before then wondering where Snake is as she thought he would be there as well. Nevertheless, she is later seen enjoying the reception, overseeing the arm wrestling matches between Meryl and her Rat Patrol Team 01 teammates.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mei Ling appears in Snake's codec conversations taunt in the shadow moses island stage, she also appears as an sticker that increases the user's hand and foot attacks. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mei Ling appears as an novice-ranked support spirit that increases the user's resistance of energy-shoots. Her spirit battle is against Wii Fit Trainer and Snake on the battlefield form of Midgar covered in fog. Only Wii Fit Trainer has to be defeated to win.
==Gallery==
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