The Colonel (AI)
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An illusion created within Raiden's brain by GW that offered him instructions on his mission. According to Otacon's hypothesis, it was likely the result of signals emitted by GW which stimulated the nanomachines within Raiden's brain, organically operating the synapses within an unused portion of grey matter.
The existence of a newly reformed FOXHOUND was misinformation, and the real FOXHOUND was disbanded two years prior.
After injecting GW with the worm cluster, the Colonel's utterances became erratic.
Hal Emmerich's investigation uncovered that the Colonel's Codec communiqués were originating within Arsenal Gear's core, via an encryption code identical to GW's.