Desperado Enforcement LLC

Lore & Background

Desperado Enforcement LLC is a private military company that serves as the primary antagonist in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The organization's goal is to destabilize peaceful nations and preserve conflict, allowing them to reap the financial rewards and technological advancements of the war economy. The group operates through an elite team of cyborg assassins called the "Winds of Destruction." This team includes Sundowner, the de facto leader who wields machetes that combine into a large pair of pincers and has reactive armour shields; Mistral, whose frame can support multiple additional arms that combine into a staff she can use as a whip; Monsoon, who wields dual sai and uses magnetism to manipulate large objects and separate his body into individual components; and Khamsin, who wields a battle axe and uses a jetpack. Additionally, Colorado Senator Steven Armstrong is involved in Desperado's activities. Jetstream Sam is not an official member of the Winds of Destruction.

In Their Own Story

While providing security detail in an unnamed African country for its prime minister, N'Mani, Raiden and his team are attacked by rogue PMC Desperado. While Raiden fends off their forces, their leader Sundowner kidnaps and assassinates N'Mani. Raiden is badly wounded in a duel with Sundowner's lackey "Jetstream" Samuel Rodrigues, losing his left eye and arm, but Boris saves him as Sundowner and Sam escape. Three weeks later, Raiden infiltrates the breakaway Georgian statelet of Abkhazia after learning that Desperado is leading a military coup there. Desperado assigns a prototype AI robot designated LQ-84i to stop Raiden. Raiden faces further opposition from Mistral, the commander of Desperado's forces in Abkhazia. After Raiden kills Mistral in combat, Dolzaev commits suicide. Later, Raiden investigates a research facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he learns that Sundowner inspected the facility in the company of Senator Steven Armstrong, creating an alliance between Desperado and World Marshal, a major PMC Armstrong has invested in.

Reader's Guide

Desperado Enforcement LLC is the main antagonist faction in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The organization is a rival PMC that aims to destabilize peaceful nations and preserve conflict for profit. Key members include Sundowner (de facto leader), Jetstream Sam (Raiden's rival), Mistral, Monsoon, and Khamsin (appearing in DLC). Colorado Senator Steven Armstrong is also involved in their activities. The group operates through an elite team of cyborg assassins called the "Winds of Destruction." Their operations include assassinating political figures like Prime Minister N'Mani, leading military coups in Abkhazia, and forming alliances with other PMCs like World Marshal. The organization is responsible for Raiden's near-death experience in Africa, where he lost his left eye and arm in a duel with Jetstream Sam.

Did You Know?

• Desperado's elite team of cyborg assassins is called the "Winds of Destruction."
• Sundowner, Desperado's de facto leader, wields machetes that combine into a large pair of pincers and has reactive armour shields connected to his body.
• Monsoon uses magnetism to manipulate large objects and separate his body into individual components while retaining control over each part.
• Colorado Senator Steven Armstrong is involved in Desperado's activities.
• Khamsin is a member of the Winds of Destruction and appears as a boss in the main story of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, not in the Blade Wolf DLC.