

Turns out I wasted alot of time doing this because there is no clue in the avatars of the staff. Remember Quiet attacked those guards because there was something suspicious about their mouths? She stuck a knife in one of the soldiers mouths, almost ripping out his teeth. How to identify infected staff At first I spent a fair amount of time studying the staff lists at Mother Base, looking for clues in the people's faces. You can ignore this infection and carry on with other missions but I strongly recommend you find the root cause of the problem and stop the outbreak at Mother Base otherwise you'll gradually lose more staff. Things like R&D, Intel, Support will drop down forcing you to lose support drops, new weapons and equipment.

Your unit levels are going to drop across all areas. If ever there was a time to cry then now is the time. The big problem is that there's no clear way to identify who is infected and who isn't. As time passes, more recruits either die or are moved to quarantine - either way you lose staff and hence you lose Unit levels. It's now your job to move staff from their Units to the quarantine lab in order to prevent more staff getting infected. At this point the Quarantine Platform is constructed at Mother Base. At first it seemed like a common cold but before they knew it blisters started popping out on their chests. As soon as the reward screen is closed, Mother Base gets in touch to warn you of an emergency, saying that many of the staff are falling ill.

If you've just completed this mission then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. The Phantom Pain really knows how to punish you and this has never been more true until Mission 26. Once you know how to solve the problem you can save yourself some recruits and many tears along the way. In this guide I'm going to explain how to identify infected staff at Mother Base and move them to quarantine.
