Upon its destruction, Morden and two Mars People capture the PF soldiers. Morden and a few Martians ride the Iron Sentinel as a means to stop the heroes. Morden is last seen in his underwear flying a commandeered Space Tank with the Rebels in Mini-UFOs, laughing triumphantly.Īfter a time of inactivity, the Regular Army notices a Rebel base on an open savanna, so the PF squad and SPARROWS are again sent to investigate, alongside two spec-ops soldiers Ralf Jones and Clark Still. Both Morden and the captured soldier are rescued, and the Martians are ultimately defeated. Once again the Rebels and Regular Army form a temporary alliance.Īfter fighting their way to the command center, the player finds Morden being tortured via electrocution inside a torture room. As he is defeated, he reveals himself, captures one of the Regular Army soldiers, and flees to the Rugname. Marco, Tarma, Eri and Fio once again are sent into battle. Soon, causing strange supernatural phenomena throughout the world. Unfortunately, he was still strapped to a table and it fell, crushing him to the ground, though he still survived.īefore anything was known, the Martians kidnapped General Morden and sent a Martian disguised as him to lead the Rebel Army to build more power for a new uprising. The rebels cheer with their leader's return, with Morden being happy with the loyalty of his soldiers. The Dai-Manji that abducted Morden explodes, and he safely returns to ground. The Rebel Army temporarily sides with the Regular Army to defeat the Martians, and after a prolonged battle, the Rugname is heavily damaged. Morden is levitated out of the remains of his saucer, completely baffled as a Dai-Manji beams him up. When the commandos confront Morden, the Mars People turn on him, killing his soldiers and easily destroying his saucer. Morden had made a pact with the Martians, but these aliens were just using him. Many rumors spread, some of them talking about UFO sightings, so the Regular Army, preoccupied to keep the secrecy in this, calls the Intelligence Agency SPARROWS, who sends two of their members, Eri Kasamoto and Fio Germi, along with the PF squad Marco and Tarma, to investigate this new uprising. Morden somehow manages to escape prison, and disappears from eyesight. After a bloody conflict, Morden is defeated and is imprisoned in a high-security prison. With a grave situation on their hands (the Regular Army's), the Regular Army sends two soldiers from the Peregrine Falcons squad, Marco Rossi and Tarma Roving, with the mission to infiltrate the Rebel Army freed areas, recover the Metal Slugs or destroy them, and capture General Morden. However, the production of the tanks is discovered by the Rebels, so they launch an attack to destroy the factories where the SV-001 is being produced and seize the finished products.ĭonald Morden finally starts his coup d'état to destroy the Regular Army and conquer the world. After various tests, the SV-001 (nicknamed Metal Slug) is finally put under mass production. The Regular Army then decides to start the production of new weapons and vehicles to turn the tables.
After a succession of battles, the Rebel Army outnumber the Regular Army, and earn various victories over them. He then creates the Rebel Army with dissidents of the Regular Army, self-promotes to a General, and starts to build up power to launch a full-scale attack. However, Morden immediately defects over to the Rebellion when both his daughter and wife are killed in the Central Park bombing caused by an intelligence failure on the part of the Regular Army.Īs he goes insane, he decides to take revenge on the Regular Army. He was also a caring father to his daughter. In this time, he had a reputation of being a tough, efficient, and caring officer of the Regular Army, and is held in high regard by his troops. He was a former Vice Admiral in the Regular Army.