User blog:BeastMan14/Comeback battle 1: Jetstream Sam vs Kai Leng



Tonight on Comeback, two of gaming's most fearsome cyber-ninja's do battle. In corner one, we have Samuel "Jetstream" Rodrigues, the Desperado mercernary who cut off Raiden's eye and left arm and helped him rediscover his sociopathic nature! In corner two, we have Kai Leng, the Cerberus assasin who killed Thane Krios and enforced the bidding of the Illusive Man in his war against Commander Shepard! It's time to test their weapons and their skills to see WHO...IS...DEADLIEST?

Jetstream Sam
"We've both heard enough speeches about higher causes by now. History will decide who's right. End of story."

- Sam to Raiden (Metal Gear)

Bio: Sam is the latest in a long line of swordsmen dating back to the 16th century. Taught the Uradichi, or "Murdering Sword", technique by his father who ran a dojo, Sam inherited the Muramasa Blade shortly before his father's death at the hands of one of his pupils. Sam fled the country, training his swordmanship heavily, then returned briefly to kill the pupil in question before becoming a mercernary. Sometime later, Sam attempted to assasinate Senator Steven Armstrong for wasting human lives for his spot in office, but was defeated and contracted into Desperado to assist in Armstrong's plan. He and Raiden first encounter each other in Africa, where Sam assists Sundowner in assasinating Prime Minister N'Mani, a man Raiden and his PMC company were assigned to protect before savagely beating Raiden to near death, costing him his eye and left arm. Raiden encounters Sam in Denver, Colorado en route to stop Desperado from turning children into cyborgs, and alongside Monsoon, forced Raiden to re-activate his Jack the Ripper persona in order to continue fighting properly. After Raiden kills both Monsoon and Sundowner, Sam corners him on the highway to a nearby launch site, and the two do battle a final time, where Raiden prevails after a brutal battle by stabbing Sam in the abdomen and discovering he has little in the way of cyborg technology. As a show of respect for an old friend, Sam allows Bladewolf to take his sword after his death and give it to Raiden, enabling him to use it to kill Senator Armstrong and stop his plan of a war with Pakistan to get himself elected.

Kai Leng
"Cerberus thanks you for all your hard work."

- Kai Leng

Bio: Kai Leng was a former N7 marine turned Cebrerus assassin after he was court-martialed and discharged for killing a Krogan in cold blood. After Kai Leng is discharged, The Illusive Man recruited Kai Leng and cybernetically enhanced him to make him the ultimate assassin. He and Shepard first encounter each other during Cebrerus failed coup of the Citadel, where Leng attempts to assasinate the Salarian councilor, but is stopped by Thane Krios, who is critcally injured and dies of his wounds later. Leng narrowly escapes Shepard, and removes any evidence of his appearance from C-Sec camera's. Kai Leng appears later during Shepard's mission of capturing a Prothean VI on Thessia, killing the scientist personel and doing battle with Shepard with backup from a nearby gunship. Realizing Shepard and his team are too much for him, he retreats with the VI, leveling the temple in the process. The Reapers overrun Illium, and Kai Leng sends Shepard a taunting email mocking him for his failures. Kai Leng remerges briefly on Horizon, nearly killing Ex-Cerberus agent Miranda Lawson, who only survives due to Shepard warning her about Leng beforehand. Miranda reveals she deployed a tracking device on Leng as he escaped, which enables the Systems Alliance to lead a massive assault on Cerberus headquarters. Kai Leng attacks Shepard as he reaches the VI in the Illusive Man's communications room, and Kai Leng is defeated and critcally injured by Shepard. He attempts to make a final strike against a distracted Shepard, who breaks his sword and impales him on his Omni-blade, telling him, "That was for Thane, you son of a bitch."

Jetstream Sam
"Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bathe in the blood of your enemies... but you hold it back!"

- Sam taunting Raiden

Muramasa Blade: Passed down for generations, Sam's Muramasa blade was originally just a normal katana, but when it was given to Sam, he turned it into a High Frequency blade, making it significantly stronger than any other HF blade, such as being capable of tearing through Nanomachines signifacantly easier than Raiden's standard blade could.

Kai Leng
"Shepard: Three-on-one, pal. It's over. Kai Leng: No. Now it's fun."

- Sheprd and Kai Leng's first meeting

Monomolecular Blade: Wielded by Leng and numerous Cerberus phantoms, Monomolecular blades are weapons designed to be as sharp as possible. They can cut straight through kinetic barriers with no issue, though they don't appear to be incredibly durable, as Shepard was capable of snapping it with minimal effort.

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Jetstream Sam vs Kai Leng

60 Organization Loyalty 85 Over the course of Rising, Sam never shows an intense loyalty to Steven Armstrong or Desperado, only reluctantly following the majority of his orders, and Armstrong actively regarded him as a pain in the ass. Kai Leng was indoctrinated, at the very least forcing him to exactly follow the Illusive Man's orders without question. 100 Weapon Skill 70 Kai Leng relied mostly on dirty tricks and his opponents overwhelming stupidity in the way of anything resembling actual skill in fighting, and when he was pitted against a foe who could match him in skill, it ended in his crushing defeat and brutal death. Sam is easily the best swordsman in the Metal Gear universe, capable of effortlessly defeating Raiden, a foe stronger and faster than he is, in their first fight and just barely losing to him in their second battle. He's capable of blocking fire from a .50 Caliber machine at a range of two or three feet, and defeating a dozen cybernetically enhanced soldiers wielding submachine guns in a time before genetic enhancement was the norm for soldiers. 90 Speed 75 Kai Leng can dodge fire from a pistol at a decent range, but against opponents who weren't busy driving a car and wielding much stronger and faster weapons, he was no match for anything sent his way. Sam can dodge a .50 Cal machine gun at a matter of feet, and close the distance of several yards in a matter of seconds. 78 Strength 85 Sam had very little in the way of cybernetic modification beyond a cybernetic left arm, and he's never portrayed as anything beyond slightly stronger than the average human. Kai Leng can crush metal panels under his feet, and overpower a Krogan in a knifefight even prior to cyborgization. 65 Training 90 Sam received brief training under his father prior to his death, and then trained himself for his vengeance against the person who killed him. Kai Leng was an N7 Alliance Marine, part of a group of immensely skilled marines with an incredibly high failure rate, as part of his whole "Evil Shepard" gimmick.  90 Combat Experience 85 While both warriors have been active around the same amount of time, Kai Leng was never pitted against foes as brutal as cyborgs, Metal Gears, and a nano-machines (SON) enhanced Senator, like Sam was.