Ptolemaic Army | |
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Leader | Ptolemaios Avatar of Evil Katherine |
Commanders | Mira Dragunov Maria Anastasia IV |
Founded | Unknown |
Headquarters | Variable |
Area of Operations | Worldwide |
Enemies With | Regular Army Amadeus Syndicate (MSA) Rebel Army (MSA) Martians (MSA) Invaders (MSA) |
Affiliated With | Natives (MS5) Avatar of Evil (MS5) Regular Army (MSA briefly) Rebel Army (MSI and MSAwk) Amadeus Syndicate (MSI) |
The Ptolemaic Army (プトレマイック・アーミー Putoremaikku Āmī) (a.k.a P.M Army) serves as the main antagonist force of Metal Slug 5.
Information[]
The Ptolemaic Army's motives are unclear but are likely centered around world domination and eventual subjugation of all reality and timelines to their Dark Lord. Despite their technological capabilities, they are presumably trying to achieve their goal through the use of supernatural forces, given their large involvement in mysterious practices. Their sect-like structure and the great amount of cultists and wizards in their ranks seems to confirm this.
Their specialties are espionage, sabotage, guerrilla warfare, incursions, wizardry, and dark magic.
Metal Slug 5[]
It is unknown how long the Ptolemaic Army had been around, but their first notable operation was to raid a Regular Army facility responsible for the creation of Metal Slugs. During this operation, a disc containing data on the Metal Slugs was stolen and the Ptolemaic Army became the first faction to utilize Metal Slugs besides the Regular Army. This disc also contained information on the Rebel Army's vehicles, which they used and modified 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 P.F. Squad and the S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S. attack the Ptolemaic's position to recover the secrets and destroy the paramilitary syndicate in one fell swoop.
After the "Corridor of Fire" mission, a few of the natives come 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 apparently grants him special abilities. During the third and fourth missions, the group continues to encounter a masked shaman with red hood, wearing the same mask, who is seen commanding the lower ranks. As to whether or not he was the same 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 following missions take both squads to other four locations where units of the Ptolemaic Army are stationed. These include a Ptolemaic Slug production facility in Brazil, a Ptolemaic naval base that led to a secret underwater production facility, and a bipedal tank production facility in New York City, USA.
In the squad's final mission, they attack the remaining Ptolemaic forces in the besieged city of Osaka, Japan. Both squads come across what appears to be a tall structure, which can be seen from the highway, where on top, some kind of ritual is being presumably performed by Ptolemaios. The final showdown takes place at the top of the tower, against a great ethereal demon known only as the Avatar of Evil. The conflict ends with the demon being defeated and forced to retreat. It flies back to its dimension before any clue about who or what it was could be unraveled. With this, the Ptolemaic threat seems to be at an end.
Metal Slug Attack[]
It is revealed that scattered groups of soldiers and cultists have survived the siege of Osaka, and banded together once again under the command of their supreme leader Ptolemaios. The Ptolemaic Army is shown to possesses three branches; the cult, an army and a navy. The cult is the commanding organ of the organization and is led directly by its leader Ptolemaios together with his aide Mira, while the army is led by Dragunov. Due to the secrecy of the cult plans regarding the methods of obtaining eternal life, and their often immoral conduct, Dragunov started a rebellion, though its outcome remains unknown. Virtually nothing is known about the navy, outside of several generic commanders who often squabble with the army commanders. The navy also possesses customized hover units.
Anastasia's sect is different to that of Ptolemaios'. Originally the sect was at war with the Ptolemaic Army, but eventually came to a truce and became allies by name only. This eventually changed, but like Dragunov, Anastasia IV is suspicious of Ptolemaios' intentions after being shown a vision by a Dark Monoeye.
Metal Slug: Awakening[]
After the events of Metal Slug 5, the military remnants of the Ptolemaic Army went into hiding in a large laboratory located in North America. The Rebel Army soon stumbles upon the very same laboratory and discovers the Ptolemaic Army. Instead of eradicating them and taking the laboratory over for their own use, Donald Morden suggested a truce between the two armies and is agreed by Katherine, the former sergeant of Ptolemaic Army's military branch and the current leader of the Ptolemaic remnants.
Both the Rebel Army and the Ptolemaic remnants then started sharing the use of the laboratory and factory-like facility, developing technologies that are heavily related to gravity. The Rebel Army also supported the Ptolemaic Army with their army vehicles to defend the facilities.
Units of the Ptolemaic Army[]
Deity of Fear[]
Avatar of Evil |
Commander-in-chief[]
Lord Ptolemaios (Actual leader) | |
Katherine (Commander of the Ptolemaic remnants) |
Cultists[]
Mira (Great wizard) | |
Damian (Wizard) | |
Sorceress (Wizard) | |
Achetto (Enhanced soldier) | |
Sally (Assassin) | |
Cara (Mira's assistant) | |
Maria (Knight captain) | |
Oao-One (Ancient weapon) |
Anastasia's Sect[]
Anastasia IV (Sect leader) | |
Beecham (Sect's First Mechanic) | |
Melvina (Anastasia's bodyguard) | |
Anastasia I (Founder; Anastasia IV's great-grandmother) | |
Zahara (Commander) |
Artificial Intelligence[]
Little Lady Black (Black Hound AI) | |
Valette (Combat android/maid) |
Main Army/Rebellion[]
Dragunov (Army leader) | |
Elite Special Forces Commander (Commander; Operates the Screamer and Rock Mole) | |
Yoshino (Martial arts Instructor) | |
Caroline (First mechanic) | |
Owen (Colonel) | |
Veronica (Biker) | |
Sisilia (Supply officer) | |
Towa (Mechanic/Pilot) | |
Simon (Elite sniper) | |
Chunyan (Martial Artist/Chef) | |
Sho (Ninja) | |
Lucy (Animal Unit member) | |
Phoebe (Pilot) | |
Josette | |
Mizuna (Ninja) | |
Svetla | |
Yutong | |
Miharu | |
Matilda | |
Humphrey | |
Lithos | |
Tatyana | |
Cica (Animal Unit member) | |
Linhua (Martial Artist/Chef) |
Other Affiliates[]
Reverse Trinity (Ptolemaic associates) | |
Ptolemaios Shadow (Masked Soldier; Possessed Proxy/Incarnation) |
Infantry[]
- Believers (Anastasia's followers)
Vehicles[]
Combat[]
- Black Hound
- Ptolemaic Slug
- Units
- D-001 Tanbal
- Towa's Mech
- Unit Suit
- Vermilion Tank
- Hammer DX5005
- Lucy's Frog Mecha
- Tatyana's Mech
- Snordon
- GIP-03 Bergenia
- GIP-03α Valkyrie
Upgraded Rebel Army Vehicles[]
The stolen disc also contained data about the Rebel Army vehicles which the Ptolemaic Army used to bolster their military.
- Girida-O
- Di-Cokka
- M-15A Bradley
- Flying Tara
- Eaca-B
- R-Shobu
- MH-6J Masknell
- Nop-03 Sarubia
- Landseek
- Mini-Sub 88
- Iron Nokana
- Formor
- T-2B Melty Honey
- Emain Macha
- Jupiter King
- Rebel Gigant
- The Union
Upgraded Regular Army Vehicles[]
The stolen disc also contained data about the Regular Army vehicles which the Ptolemaic Army used to bolster their military.
- Augensterm (Ver P.M)
Support[]
Aerial[]
Vigilance[]
Bosses[]
These are the unique vehicles developed by the Ptolemaic Army designed for large scale operations and vigilance.
- Metal Rear
- Shooting Ray
- Screamer
- Screamer (Ground Type)
- Sandmarine
- Stone Turtle
- Land Blowfish
- Quadro Jumper
- Rock Mole
- D-Gu
- Gaia Elephant (Ground Type)
- Armored Crawler
- Scrambled Egg
- La Torne
- Life Reaper
- Pug's Meal
- Volmes
- Firefly
- Genero
Affiliated Allies[]
- Regular Army (Metal Slug Attack briefly)
- Rebel Army (Metal Slug Infinity and Metal Slug: Awakening)
- Amadeus Syndicate (Metal Slug Infinity)
Trivia[]
- Concept art for the Stone Turtle has what appears to be an earlier pitch of the main enemy force - mentioning a division consisting of the Rebel Army, and the main enemies: the German Natives (ゲルマン系/ドイツ) (likely the first mission Natives and the Masked Soldiers). While the player was to fight the Rebel Army, the natives were to carry a plan of "Human Apotheosis" (人類の神化), that would've likely culminated in the battle against the Avatar of Evil. Although the Rebel Army was soon replaced, a similar setup with them would be done with the Oguma Corporation in Metal Slug 3D.
- Ptolemaios' secret hiding is unknown to all but a restrict group of cultists under the direct command of Mira and possibly Maria.
- Unlike the Rebel Army, most of the Ptolemaic Army vehicles don't show their "faction symbol" on them. The Sand Marine is presumably the lone exception, featuring what appears to be a symbol on its side. This would be adopted as the faction's official symbol in Metal Slug: Awakening.
- The Ptolemaic Army is said to be modeled after the Brotherhood of Nod from the Command & Conquer series, both having a similar use of advance military technology, a cult-like religion, and leaders that are considered as messiahs.
Factions | |
Regular Army | P.F. Squad • S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S • Ikari Warriors • Metal Device Project |
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Rebel Army | Rebel Infantry • Arabian Infantry • PHANTOM Squad • Future Rebels • ACE • Allen Platoon • Blaze Brigade • "Frozen Brigade" • MRAW • Far East Division |
Large Scale | Martians • Amadeus Syndicate • Ptolemaic Army • Invaders • Oguma Corporation • Mummy Army • Atlan Army (Dolphins) |
Small Scale | Japonese Army (Division 6) • Pirates • KOF Team • Red Goblin Society • Secret Sect • Vampires • "World Military Corp." • Yuki Tsuki Hana • Mirage Circus • Kemut Posse |
Mixed | Space Army • East • Another Force • Desert Army • Revolution Army |