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==Origin==
==Origin==
Hal Emmerich is a genius programmer and anime devotee from which he derives his nickname Otacon (portmanteau of "Otaku Convention", and a re-spelling of the real-life [[wikipedia:Otakon|Otakon]] in the U.S. East Coast). Emmerich's family life was fraught with connections to nuclear weaponry--his grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project, and his father Huey was born on the day of the Hiroshima bombing. Both Huey and Hal's mother Strangelove worked with Big Boss during his days establishing Militaires Sans Frontières, a mercenary group not beholden to any nation. After several instances of betrayal, crimes against humanity and gross incompetence towards the group and its members, Huey was spared from execution and instead left adrift on a raft to fend for himself. After returning to society, Huey would later commit suicide by drowning himself in the family's pool upon discovering that Hal had been seduced by his stepmother. Huey accidentally dragged his stepdaughter Emma in with him, instilling her with a lifelong fear of water. Determined to dodge the "family curse" of nuclear weapons, Hal strove to become a scientist to develop robots like the ones in the anime he enjoyed. He received multiple degrees from MIT and Princeton at a young age and was recruited by the FBI, though later fired for hacking into their databases.
Hal Emmerich is a genius programmer and anime devotee from which he derives his nickname Otacon (portmanteau of "Otaku Convention"). Emmerich's family life was fraught with connections to nuclear weaponry--his grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project, and his father Huey was born on the day of the Hiroshima bombing. Both Huey and Hal's mother Strangelove worked with Big Boss during his days establishing Militaires Sans Frontières, a mercenary group not beholden to any nation. After several instances of betrayal, crimes against humanity and gross incompetence towards the group and its members, Huey was spared from execution and instead left adrift on a raft to fend for himself. After returning to society, Huey would later commit suicide by drowning himself in the family's pool upon discovering that Hal had been seduced by his stepmother. Huey accidentally dragged his stepdaughter Emma in with him, instilling her with a lifelong fear of water. Determined to dodge the "family curse" of nuclear weapons, Hal strove to become a scientist to develop robots like the ones in the anime he enjoyed. He received multiple degrees from MIT and Princeton at a young age and was recruited by the FBI, though later fired for hacking into their databases.


Eventually, Otacon was hired by weapons manufacturer ArmsTech and made the lead engineer of the Metal Gear REX project. Otacon was lead to believe that REX was a solely defensive measure, only learning that it was intended as a nuclear launch platform after being rescued by [[Solid Snake]] from a [[Gray Fox|Cyborg Ninja]] during the Shadow Moses Incident. During FOXHOUND's uprising at the nuclear disposal facility where development on REX was taking place, Otacon became taken with FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf, seeing her affection for the island's wolfdogs and her kindness towards him as indicative of her character. Feeling guilty about his involvement with Metal Gear, he assisted Snake in rendering REX inoperable, though he was heartbroken when Snake killed Wolf. If the player submits to Revolver Ocelot's torture in ''Metal Gear Solid'', he is the one who will escape with the player at the end instead of Meryl.
Eventually, Otacon was hired by weapons manufacturer ArmsTech and made the lead engineer of the Metal Gear REX project. Otacon was lead to believe that REX was a solely defensive measure, only learning that it was intended as a nuclear launch platform after being rescued by [[Solid Snake]] from a [[Gray Fox|Cyborg Ninja]] during the Shadow Moses Incident. During FOXHOUND's uprising at the nuclear disposal facility where development on REX was taking place, Otacon became taken with FOXHOUND member Sniper Wolf, seeing her affection for the island's wolfdogs and her kindness towards him as indicative of her character. Feeling guilty about his involvement with Metal Gear, he assisted Snake in rendering REX inoperable, though he was heartbroken when Snake killed Wolf. If the player submits to Revolver Ocelot's torture in ''Metal Gear Solid'', he is the one who will escape with the player at the end instead of Meryl.

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