| rdfs:comment | - They were among the first divisions for both military groups. Under at least the MSF team, the R&D Team, aside from weapons and equipment development, was also involved in the development of Mother Base itself, namely plant expansion and upgrading the design for Mother Base to be a honeycomb design, which also required recruits and GMP expenditures to complete. In addition, in regards to at least the Diamond Dogs team, they were also extremely thorough in their researching of various weapons, taking apart and analyzing the components recovered from the battlefield and then putting them back together in such a way that it was as if it was never dismantled to begin with, as Miller relayed to Ocelot shortly after recovering the CIA weapon "Honey Bee" where they analyzed the weapon before givi
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| abstract | - They were among the first divisions for both military groups. Under at least the MSF team, the R&D Team, aside from weapons and equipment development, was also involved in the development of Mother Base itself, namely plant expansion and upgrading the design for Mother Base to be a honeycomb design, which also required recruits and GMP expenditures to complete. In addition, in regards to at least the Diamond Dogs team, they were also extremely thorough in their researching of various weapons, taking apart and analyzing the components recovered from the battlefield and then putting them back together in such a way that it was as if it was never dismantled to begin with, as Miller relayed to Ocelot shortly after recovering the CIA weapon "Honey Bee" where they analyzed the weapon before giving it back to the CIA and thus technically keeping their word about having it be "intact." Huey Emmerich also developed some weapons and equipment for Diamond Dogs, albeit unofficially due to his status as persona non grata for his suspected role in MSF's destruction, including D-Walker and Battle Gear. After he was exiled due to his various crimes, including confirmation on his role in MSF's destruction, came to light, his research notes were left behind, with the R&D Team putting them to use to ensure they can develop his various materials without needing Huey at all. The Diamond Dogs' R&D Team no longer had the function of base expansion, as that ended up being relegated to the Base Development Unit. During the Diamond Dogs' mission into Africa, around the time Venom Snake was about to assassinate an executive for the Contract Forces of Africa stationed at Nova Braga Airport, the R&D Team and their platform ended up attacked by an unknown private force led by a former disgruntled member of MSF, thus forcing Snake to return to Mother Base to quell the threat. This event ultimately convinced Miller to create Forward Operating Bases as a further security measure against another direct attack on Mother Base. During that time, several members of the R&D Team were held hostage.
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