Ptolemaic Army

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Ptolemaic Army




Leader	Unknown

Founded
Headquarters	Variable
Area of Operations	Worldwide. Includes the Corridor of Fire.

Enemies With	Regular Army
Affiliated With	Natives, Scyther

The Ptolemaic Army serve as the main antagonists of Metal Slug 5. Thier motives are unclear but are likely to center around world domination.

[edit] Ptolemaic Storyline

It is unknown how long the Ptolemaic Army have been around but thier first notable operation was to infiltrate a Regular Army facility responsible for the creation of Metal Slugs. During this raid a disc containing data on the Metal Slugs was stolen and the Ptolemaic Army became the first faction to utilise Metal Slug's other than the Regular Army. This disc also cotained information on the rebellion vehicles, which they used and changed for their own personal use.

The regular army tracked down units of the ptolemaic army, to a place known as the 'Corridor of Fire'. Ptolemaic soldiers were spotted in the area, and it seemed that they had allied themselves with local Natives. The Peregrine Falcons Squad (Marco and Tarma) and the Sparrows (Eri and Fio), were told to attack the Ptolemaic's postion to recover the secrets and destroy the paramilitary syndicate in one fell swoop.

After the 'Corridor of Fire' mission, a few of the Natives came across a cultist mask, which fell from the sky. Confused as to what to do, one of them puts it on, and gets struck by blue lightning, which seems to give him special abilitys. During the third and fourth missions, the group continues to encounter a red cultist, wearing the same mask, who is seen commanding the lower ranks. As to whether or not he was the native from before is unknown, but it seems he gains power, and soon controls the Ptolemaic army. The short cutscene after the first mission does not make this clear.

The follwing missions took both squads to four other locations to where units of the Ptolemaic army were stationed. These included the Ptolemaic Metal Slug building facility, and a run down building where the production of the Ptolemaic's Mechas was in full swing.

In the squad's final mission, they annhilated the remaining Ptolemaic forces in the an unknow city(It's name is never revealed). Both squads came across a huge tower, which had appeared out of nowhere. Sensing the final battle, both teams climbed to the top. The final showdown was to be against a great demon, known as Scyther. The conflict ended with the demon being defeated. However, it flew away before it's true identity could be revealed. The Ptolemaic threat seemed to be at an end...