San Hieronymo Incident

Imprisonment

Six years after the events of "Operation Snake Eater," Naked Snake's former unit, FOX, had broken their allegiance with the CIA and gone renegade. Snake himself was targeted by the FOX Unit, which sent renegade FOX Unit soldiers to attack and capture him. Snake was captured and brought to an unknown location before he was tortured and interrogated by one of the members of FOX, Lieutenant Cunningham, who was trying to locate the whereabouts of the missing half of the The Philosophers' Legacy. He explained that the United States Government had already acquired the other half of the Legacy from the Soviet Union at the conclusion of Operation: Snake Eater and they had suspected that Snake had stole the other half. Imprisoned in a cell next Snake was Roy Campbell, the sole survivor of an American Green Beret team sent in to investigate the base. He told Snake that the way to escape from his cell was through an air vent under the bunk. Roy Campbell, upon recognizing Snake as "Big Boss", commented that he is a legend in the Black Ops world. Snake learned through Campbell that they were on the San Hieronymo Peninsula, the site of an abandoned Soviet missile silo in Colombia.

Roy Campbell then explained the history of the base, as the Soviets creating a Missile base after helping the FARC rebels in 1964, and they built it in secret after they failed to build a Missile Base in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, the Base construction plans had been abandoned due to détente, thus causing the SALT to limit each country's Ballistic Missile Supply, thus eliminating the need for a new Missile Base. However, The Base started nearing completion, thus prompting Campbell's Green Berets unit to investigate. However, The FOX unit ambushed them and wiped them out, and captured Roy Campbell. Snake attempted to free Campbell, but requires a special key. Campbell tells Snake to go to the Communications Base to send out an SOS signal via an encrypted message that won't be traced.

Snake headed straight to the Communications Base, where he attempted to contact his old commanding officer, Major Zero. Instead, he was greeted by his old FOX comrades Para-Medic and Sigint, who revealed that Snake and Zero were being accused of instigating the FOX revolt as well as stealing a prototype weapon from the military a month ago, and that the only way for Snake to clear their name would be to find and apprehend the leader of the rebellion, whose identity is not known. The Fox Unit has also complicated matters by bringing the Soviets under their control. Sigint suggested that Snake try to accomplish the mission by recruiting some of the soldiers.

After returning to the Detention center to free Campbell, he informed him of the bad news about the situation. He also asked Campbell if he was willing to help. Campbell however, declines, due to his broken leg and fever. Snake then asked him if he'd drive if they stole a truck, to which he agreed. The pair then reviewed what they should do first. According to Campbell's briefing, the Green Beret's first recon target was to be a Soviet Patrol Base. He knew where it was located, but not any other facilities of the base. Snake had to sneak into the Patrol Base, and eavesdrop on the soldiers to gain Intel. Upon arrival, Campbell's fever caused him to get dizzy, Snake asked if he's sure he's all right. Campbell reminds him that there are more important matters at hand.

Snake overheard two soldiers talking about a weapon powerful enough to obliterate every major city in Russia. One soldier was in disbelief about using the weapon against Russia, whilst the other confirms he heard it from Cunningham himself, also mentioning that their leader is a master of deception, and was most likely bluffing. Snake then manages to steal some secret documents confirming that the FOX rebels are planning on using the secret weapon against Russia, and that the documents outline details a launch plan. Snake was in disbelief, especially with the fact that the Soviets are in Washington and Moscow, and that even if the launch plan is real, it's a bluff to strengthen their hand. In the end, Roy and Snake are forced to assume that it's true and that it will spark a world crisis.

The fact that there were only two of them against both the Red Army and FOX didn't sit well against them. Campbell asked Snake if he noticed the Red Army soldiers had negative thoughts about their commander, leading Campbell to decide that they should attempt to recruit the soldiers to their side. Snake agreed, deciding to find a recruit, and convince him to join their resistance. Campbell also told Snake the name of the FOX commander: Gene.

To Arms

Snake quickly captured a Soviet Soldier, named Jonathan. Regaining consciousness, Jonathan grabbed Campbell's pistol, but before he could shoot, Snake used his CQC to pin him down, complimenting on his quick thinking. Snake introduced himself, telling him that he's neither with the Americans nor with FOX, and is nothing more than a Soldier, they were here to stop the FOX rebellion. Their mission was to free the soldiers in the peninsula from Gene's control, and apprehend the traitors in the FOX unit. Campbell asked if he's willing to join. Jonathan laughed, informing the pair that they didn't rebel because Gene made them. In fact, they rebelled because Russia betrayed them. They had spent years on the Peninsula without contact due to the secrecy of their mission, and without decent food in a harsh climate. Many had died, but they stayed believing their efforts to be for the good of the USSR, but they were repayed by being "stabbed in the back". Campbell commented that if the existance of the base was revealed, Moscow's position in the SALT program would be compromised. However, Jonathan replied that his unit didn't care about political rationals, they were forced to stay, making it seem as though it's the work of a few out of control soldiers. They were abandoned by Russia. They turned to Gene because he wanted to make a nation not of soldiers, but for them, and that they are loyal to Gene because of their belief that he will deliver them justice, and the only thing they feared is losing that justice. Snake told him that a professional soldier never brings justice to a mission, politics are fickle, and that the only ones who need a reason to fight are those who fight for a living. He cites The Boss's sacrifice as how he knows this. Jonathan, realizing that Snake is Big Boss, the hero who defeated Colonel Volgin at Groznyj Grad, is amazed, and finally decided to join them, not as a Red Army member, but as a Soldier.

Afterwards, Campbell's illness got worse and they realized he may have Malaria. The preventive drugs they had weren't working, and Snake snuck back into the Comminucations base to contact Para-Medic. After making their way inside and contacting her, Para-Medic drew the conclusion that the Malaria bug Campbell had may be a type that the drugs have no effect on. Luckily one of the recruited soldiers knew the location of a hospital which had recently recieved a suspiciously large shipment. After making their way there they soon discovered the drugs had been used up, the only thing that remained was a shipment of materials headed for a lab north of the Hospital. Unfortunately, Cunningham had noticed that Snake and Campbell had escaped, and is ordering a search team to find them. A mysterious blonde woman then noticed Snake from afar, forcing Snake to hide behind the window. Tailing the chopper, they find the Research Lab where Snake found Gene with Cunningham and the mysterious woman. Gene was talking to the woman about a soldier named Null's status. Suddenly, both the mysterious woman and Gene sensed something amiss, and their predictions were correct as scaffolding that the soldiers were working on collapsed in front of them. One soldier ends up injured and tried to apologize to Gene, and he forgave his error, sending him to the hospital. He apologized to the other soldiers for making it seem as though the work was more important than the soldiers well being, and expressed that the age of soldiers being treated as tools is ending.

Sneaking into the Research Lab proper, the mysterious woman Snake saw earlier discovered him in the room with the culture tank. As soldiers knocked on the door, she told Snake to hide and convinced the guards that she was alone in the room with the man in the culture tank. The woman's name was Elisa, and Snake asked her if she was with the FOX unit. She replied that she wasn't, but her sister, Ursula, was. Elisa considered herself a simple medic. Elisa continued, telling Snake that Ursula was one of the most powerful psychics in all the Communist world. Snake asked Elisa about the soldier in the culture tank and she told him his codename was Null, and he was known as The Perfect Soldier, incapable of emotions or doubts, his emotions are reset after every mission and his senses are honed to a razor sharpness. Elisa handed Snake a package containing the treatment for the Malaria, and telling him to head for the Harbour to find what he was looking for. Before Snake left Elisa told him one more thing: if he see Ursula in front of him, shoot. If he couldn't do that, he was already dead.

Diversionary Ops

Now free from Malaria, the group decided to set up a spy unit to find any leads that would lead them to the Harbor. Sending units to the Supply Depot, they quickly discovered the location of a map detailing cargo shipment routes. The groups sneaking unit retrieved the document and aswell as detaling a route to the harbor, also shows the locations of the Town, the Rail Bridge and the Soviet Security Base. However, Campbell also discovered that the Rail Bridge, which they need to cross in order to reach the Harbor, has been closed off and turned into a checkpoint. After sending a team to investigate, the discovered that the Bridge had been completely blocked off by trucks. Snake decided that, instead of pushing through head on, it would be better to make distractions elsewhere by blowing up enemy facilities or landmarks, they'd have to pull forces from the bridge to help out elsewhere. Snake snuck back into the Supply Depot to steal some TNT himself. The Spy units locate places in various facilities that, if blown, would 'cause a sufficient explosion. Trucks in the Supply Depot and Town, an Armory in the Soviet Patrol Base, and the biggest one: the Culture Tank which house the Perfect Soldier in the Research Lab. After blowing them all up, Snake and his sneaking unit headed back to the rail bridge to cross.

Sneaking into the Harbor, with Campbell warning that it may be a trap, Snake observed a deranged Officer and a man Snake recognized. The Officer, Colonel Skowronski, was apparantly upset at the man for "touching his collection", and taking command of "his base". The man, however, was amused that Skowronski was hiding in the harbor, and couldn't even command his unit anymore. Skowronski attempted to shoot the man, but he froze the bullets, halting them before they could hit him. Skowronski screamed in horror, accusing him of being a Monster. The man continued, freezing his gun, throwing him into a cell and freezing the lock. Snake was shocked that the other man, who he knows as Python, was not only alive, but is apparantly serving under Gene's rebellion. Snake approached Skowronski. He told Snake that he lost the Chain of Command to Gene, and with it, his entire platoon in the past four weeks. Gene was using greed and fear to get the soldiers to dance to his tune. Snake comments on the Lavotchkin La-5 Skowronski has in the harbour, Skowronski responded that if he had a MiG or a Sukhoi he would kill Gene, laughing manically. Snake shoots the ice lock on Skowronski's cell, and continues his mission. Snake eventually finds a crate labelled "Made In The USA" and deduces that this must be what they were looking for. After looking inside, Snake discovered most of the crates were emtpy, but some still had some spare parts left behind, most notably: "HEAT rounds for a recoilless cannon, spare barrels for an M1919, and bulletproof armor close to five inches thick". Campbell comments those are all parts for a tank or armoured vehicle.

Snake, after investigating the crates, recieved a call from someone calling themselves "Prividyenie" or "Ghost" in English. Ghost thanked Snake for taking care of Volgin, much to Snake's surprise, and asked if he remembered Sokolov's Shagohod, leading Snake to conclude that the prototype weapon could be a nuclear tank, but remembered that the Shagohod could only fire a single IRBM, and couldn't possibly hit every major city in Russia from the peninsula. Ghost reminded Snake that America had already successfully developed MIRV, a single ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, and able to strike several different locations. This new nuclear tank though, was able to make up for the drawbacks of conventional MIRVs. This new nuclear weapon could, in effect, be launched into an enemy country and completely neutralize it all by itself, with no support required. This new weapon was a walking tank, much smaller and more mobile than the Shagohod. These words reminded Snake of Granin and his Metal Gear concept and concluded that this new weapon, this "Metal Gear", was a small walking tank, able to launch multiple small nuclear warheads. Ghost continued, assuring Snake that it was still in preperation stages, Gene was planning on arming it with Soviet nukes, and commented that the Government official who helped FOX steal the weapon was most likely hiding somewhere, perhaps the Airport. Ghost gave Snake his frequency and told him that he was counting on him to stop Metal Gear.

Python

After deploying more spies to the peninsula, the group receieved a report from their spies in the Soviet Security Base detailing the presence of secret documents which could help them determine the location of the Nuclear Storage Facility. After sneaking in and stealing the documents, Campbell decided that instead of sending in a spy unit to determine which part would be the best to destroy, and with the knowledge that a transport team will arrive to pick the nukes up soon, they infiltrate immediately. Once inside, Campbell speculated that an elevator was most likely used to move the nukes from the bottom floor. Upon reaching a machine room, Campbell deduces that this must be what generates power for most of the facility, and most likely, the elevator aswell. Sabotage was the mission. They planted TNT on the generator, but when they attempt to detonate it the TNT didn't explode. Python emerged from the shadows, criticizing Snake. If he had detonated the bomb, he would have blown his only escape route in the process. Snake confronted Python, asking what had happened to him. He didn't die during their top secret mission in Vietnam, but his body lost the ability to regulate it's own heat, and his body temperature would rise uncontrollably. He was fitted with a suit filled with Liquid Nitrogen allowing him to keep cool. The CIA kept him alive so they could use him against Big Boss because they feared him. They trained him as the Anti-Snake, issuing him wetwork missions so as to keep his assassination skills razor-sharp. Python cocks his rifle, and demands that he and Snake fight.

After an intense battle, Python fell to the floor, amazed at Snake's abilities. Python seemed at peace; however, Snake refused to let his old friend die. Snake pressed his arms against Python's chest, attempting to keep the liquid nitrogen from seeping out of his suit. Python gave Snake words of wisdom: he himself followed Gene because he promised redemption. Soldiers can't find redemption in the "good of a nation" or in the "hatred of an enemy". Soldiers need heroes, for whom they would gladly risk their lives. Python asked Snake if he could bear the burden of holding his men's lives in his own hands. Snake helped Python, wounded but very much alive, out of the building.

Regrouping, the group realized that they failed to stop the transportation of the Nukes, but Campbell quickly concluded that there was only one option left: destroy Metal Gear. In some ways, that would be easier, as there were only a few places on the base that a weapon of Metal Gears size could be housed, plus, more people would know it's location. This reminded Snake of Ghost's words about the government official who helped sneak Metal Gear out of America. Ghost commented that the official was most likely hiding out in the Airport. After deploying their spy units in the Security Base and Warhead Storage facilities, their men had visual confirmation of several aircraft, and determined a rough location of the Airport based on this. Snake and his sneaking unit quickly made their way inside, located the Goverment official and interrogated him. It wasn't long before the official gave away the location of a Missile Silo, located east of the Ravine.

Infiltrating the Silo Entrance, the group attempted to locate the exact location of the entrance to the Silo proper. As they closed in on the entrance, the alarm was sounded, and the enemy released Null, the perfect soldier, to attack Snake. Snake attempted to shoot him, but Null deflected the bullets with his Machete. After a long fight, Null asked Snake why he still lived, no other man had faced the perfect soldier and survived, but Snake was different. It was then that Snake was reminded of a small boy in Mozambique. Null began to scream as Cunningham and his men closed in on Snake, who knocked Snake unconscious. Cunningham ordered Null to stand down, telling him his mission was complete.

Rescue Effort

Campbell informed the men that they had lost contact with Snake, but assured them that the legendary Big Boss would not let himself be killed easily. They initiate a plan to interrogate the men at the Silo Entrance, Snake's last known whereabouts, and see if they can find out anything that may lead them to him. After interrogating an enemy officer, they discover that Snake was being kept in the Guest House.

Meanwhile, Snake himself was being interrogated by Gene and Cunningham. Gene remarks that information extracted via physical torture is unreliable, with Cunningham replying that to Snake, this pain doesn't even qualify as torture. Cunningham goes on, telling Gene he was going to try truth serum on him. Gene remarks that information extracted via truth serum is also unreliable, before questioning Cunningham's methods and asking him why he was in such a hurry. Cunningham assured Gene it was because he was working from an efficiency point of view. Gene accepted this, but Cunningham left, allowing Gene a moment to talk to Snake alone. Gene questions Snake on his loyalty, and asked what he fights for, telling him that once someone has inherited the soul of a warrior, they can never leave the battlefield. Gene went on to reveal that the whole Metal Gear business was a set-up. The CIA were originally planning on giving Metal Gear to the Russians in order to prolong the Cold War. The Soviet Unions planned economy has failed, their finance was in shambles, and thanks to The Boss, they had lost the Philosopher's Legacy. In stark contrast, America has acquired the Legacy, succeeded in deploying MIRVs in battle, and is moving to cement their military superiority through SALT. The global balance of power would soon tip heavily in America's favor, and with it, the CIA's importance would diminish. So the CIA planned on giving Metal Gear, a weapon far more advanced than any MIRV, to the Russians as a valuable trump card. The age of soldiers and spies would continue. FOX's orders from the CIA were not to guard Metal Gear during transport, but to steal it and then pretend to defect to the Soviet Union. Snake, refused to believe it, but Gene continued, sayin just as Soldiers need talented Officers, men need talented Leaders, and he was created for that purpose. The Successor Project, which created Gene, was a top secret US project to create the perfect battlefield commander, giving him the skills to wage war, the aptitude for strategy, the endurance to return from battle alive, and the charisma to overwhelm and master the hearts of soldiers. The soldier they chose to use as a model leader was The Boss herself. Gene commented that and Snake were like brothers, and told him he was about to witness the birth of a new world.

Campbell and his men realized that it would be difficult to find the Guest House, it's location most likely kept a very close guarded secret due to it's housing of many high ranking officers. Eventually, the spy unit discovered that a map detailing the way to the Guest House had been given to several guards at the Rail Bridge, and another Spy unit discovered that Government Officials in the Town may now the way. Campbell ordered the sneaking unit to infiltrate and interrogate the men to get info from them.

Gene was later heard having a phone conversation with an, at first, unknown person. He told them that the Kermlin negotiations were a success, and them interfering would be unlikely. Gene thanked the unknown man, and proceeded to tell him that "they" knew this was no bluff when they saw Metal Gears trajectory data. He questioned the mans ability to obtain the data on his own, and enquires who it was who helped him, before shrugging it off and commenting that he had a good idea who it was: the man with the same code-name as Null. Gene asked the man if he knew he'd be betraying his employer, before questioning what he had in mind. He told the man, whom it turned out, was Ocelot, that they would meet again one day, in a world of Gene's creation. Soon after, two soldiers burst in, with Null in quick pursuit. Null cuts down the soldiers, demanding to know where Snake is. Snake still lived, and in Null's eyes, that meant he hadn't completed his mission. Gene took down Null and ordered for him to be taken back to the prep-chamber. Gene was impressed, Null has his memory reset after every mission, but his battle with Snake had left such an impression on him, he could not forget it, and needed to kill him...

As Snake laid in his cell, Elisa persuaded the guard to leave and give her some time alone with Snake, or as she put it "When a girl's life is on the line, sometimes she longs for a strong man." Once inside, she expressed surprise that Snake was able to fight Null and survive, and gave him some food to eat. She then embraced him, and communicated telepathically so that the guard would not hear, and warns him that she is not strong enough to talk like this for very long. She informed him that Gene was preparing to launch Metal Gear, Snake questioned this, thinking it was too early. Asking if the negotiations had broken down, Elisa responded that not even she or Ursula could tell what was going through Gene's mind. She continued, saying she thinks that Gene might be planning on launching Metal Gear no matter how the negotiations turn out. She informed that they have moved Metal Gear from the Harbor to the Assembly Plant in order to load it with nuclear warheads. She told Snake that now if the perfect time to destroy it. Snake wondered why she was telling him this, to which she responded that she had a vision of him destroying Metal Gear. Her visions don't always come true, she told him, but she knows he has the chance to stop a nuclear holocaust. She lets go, visibly drained from using her energy to talk to Snake telepathically, and the guard returned asking her to wrap it up. She winks at him, commenting that she must have gotten "too into it". As she left, she turned to Snake and whispered "Please, Snake... You have to believe".

After making their way to the Guest House, the sneaking unit led by Jonathan manage to find Snake. He questioned why they would risk their own lives to save him, especially considering they didn't even know for sure if he was still alive, to which Jonathan responded that he was their Boss and they needed him, and he shouldn't forget it. Snake, his spirit obviously lifted by this, told them that he knows where Metal Gear is, and it was now time that they finished this. Jonathan assured him the area ahead was only lightly guarded, but as they advanced they are ambushed by Cunningham. Cunningham applauded Snake, telling him he led capable men, but that thanks to Ursula, he would not slip through his fingers. Cunningham questioned Snake again on the whereabouts of the Legacy, saying he knew that Snake stole the KGB's half. After Snake told Cunningham once again that he has no idea where it was, Cunningham started shooting Snake's men until he changed his mind. Cunningham kept shooting, letting slip that he knew Snake had it because the Pentagon told him, with Snake questioning Cunningham's stake in this operation. As Cunningham prepared to shoot more of Snake's men, a truck driven by Elise barged in, ramming into Cunningham's hover-platform and sending him flying. Snake grabbed one of his wounded men, assuring him that he would be fine as the bullet passed straight through his body. Snake climbed aboard, and Elisa sped off.

Returning to the groups camp, Campbell greeted Snake and Elisa, quipping that she was a little too young for him. Elisa told Snake to follow her, as the night would make finding the Assembly Plant easier for them as it's lights would tell them exactly where it is. As they walked through the woods, Snake asked Elisa why she decided to betray Gene and help them. After a moment, she told him that she was grateful for what Gene had done for her and Ursula. In east Germany when they were younger they were treated like guinea pigs, but he saved them. She goes on to comment that the Communists and Americans were the same, wanting to unlock the secret of their ESP. But in the end, she betrayed him because of the Nukes. No one should be allowed to use nuclear warheads. Elisa and Ursula's parents were killed in the accident at the Kyshtym facility. It was the after effects of this that gave them their ESP, but Elisa still had nightmares about the incident, seeing the ashes of death raining around her. Snake consoled her, saying that he had been exposed too, at Bikini Atoll. After Elisa said that she knew, he asked her if that was why she helped him. She said that that was probably the reason, but she also thought that he would make a great father someday, and she was unable to have kids of her own. Snake told her that he would never be a father.

They then approach the perimeter of a large facility. Elisa identifies it as the Assembly Plant, and they can see it from here. Snake asks her if thats where they are storing Metal Gear, and she confirms it, or at least, she thinks that's where it was stored. Snake senses that something isn't right, that they are still working that late at night. He's going to go investigate. As Null is still undergoing readjustments with her gone, he won't be deployed for another few days, thus making it the perfect chance. Snake then feels the only person he has to worry about is Cunningham, but Elisa reveals that Gene's more of a threat, as she reveals that the Successor Project also was designed to create a Battle Commander capable of commanding The Perfect Soldier. She's never actually seen Gene fight, but she suspects that he has even faster reflexes than Null. not to mention that his very battle technique is patterned after the Boss herself. Snake remarks that it must have taken some guts for her to turn on Gene, and asks her if she was afraid of Gene. She remarks that she was, but she believes in Snake. Her sister foresaw that Snake would plunge the world into fear, but she saw him destroying Metal Gear. It was the one time their visions weren't one and the same, hence why she believes in Snake. Snake then tells Elisa that they will need to report back to camp, and after they catch their breath, they'll head straight for the assembly plant.

After arriving back at Camp and catching their breath, Campbell then announces to everyone that Snake's back, and he's still in one piece. Snake thanks them for the rescue. Campbell tells him that he doesn't need to thank them, as they're just happy to have him back. Snake then becomes speechless. Campbell then delievers some more good news on top of that: Thanks to the info left to them by Elisa, they have finally discovered the location of Metal Gear. It's being loaded with Nuclear Warheads at the Assembly plant, and is extremely vulnerable. This may be their one and only chance at mounting an assault. They then go to infiltrate the plant. They then manage to infiltrate Metal Gear's deployment station. Elisa tells Snake that they need to hurry up and start planting the bombs. Unfortunately, Gene's army discovers them before they can even get the chance to set the Bombs. Gene tells Snake that he won't escape this time. The guards are about to apprehend Snake when the Metal Gear suddenly becomes active. They wonder who could be controlling it. The Metal Gear then starts firing at Gene's vicinity. While it successfully kills many of Gene's men, it fails to actually kill Gene itself. In fact, he seems to avoid the bullets without apparently moving. The pilot is eventually revealed to be Colonel Skowronski. Skowronski is annoyed that he missed Gene, but soon becomes drunk with the power of Metal Gear and tries to wipe out all the "turncoats at the base" as well as Gene. However, the Metal Gear stops firing unexpectedly before he can even aim at Gene again. Snake uses this to his advantage and then places Gene at gunpoint. He tells Gene to freeze, and he also mentions how anticlimatic it was that it ended this way, and tells him to tell his men to drop their weapons. Gene, however, is amused, as he still has his Trump Card. He then tells Ursula to wake up. Elisa then starts struggling with something. She then tells Snake to shoot her before Ursula awakens. Unfortunately, Ursula manages to awaken, and she tells Snake that she'll kill him before he spawns his "accursed snake children". She then pushes Snake using Psychokinesis. Gene then explains that she used to have one personality, but it split in two after they had artifically augmented their powers, and the greater percentage of their overall powers went to Ursula. He also reveals that Ursula more than makes up for Metal Gear's shortcomings. Skowronski is then thrown out of the cockpit telepathically as Metal Gear is mentally enhanced by Ursula to beyond it's full potential, causing Snake to claim that it's not like a Machine at all. Ursula then descends into the Metal Gear, and prepares to attack Snake. Snake tries to tell her to stop, but she still attacks Snake. He manages to bomb the leg weakpoints with TNT, but Ursula then allows it to crawl towards Snake, so he then uses the RPG-3 to destroy the Missile Pods. Snake desperately tries to tell Elisa to get out of there, but the Metal Gear explodes with Elisa/Ursula still in it, apparantly killing her. Snake then mourns for what happened. The Guards then surrender, as without Metal Gear, they can never build their nation. Gene then congratulates Snake for his ability to defeat Metal Gear RAXA with Ursula at it's helm, realizing now why Snake caught Ocelot's eye. Snake then demands to know how Ocelot has to do with this. Gene laughs and tells Snake that he's a fascinating man. Snake then tells Gene that he destroyed Metal Gear, he can't do his nuclear attack, thus it's over. Gene, however, hints that this may not be the case. Suddenly, Ghost contacts him, and tells Snake that it's not over, not yet. The Metal Gear that Snake destroyed wasn't the Ballistic launch Metal Gear, it was Metal Gear RAXA, which is a Test Model for performance evaluation. Ghost then steps into the base and reveals his true identity: Sokolov.

Snake, after the initial shock of Sokolov being alive, then realizes how it makes sense that Ghost was Sokolov. As Sokolov designed Shagohod, he would naturally know about Granin's Metal Gear as well. Gene then realizes that Sokolov was the one feeding Snake the information. Sokolov explains that he's still grateful to Gene for rescuing him from the Russian Prison Camp and reuniting him with his family, for at least a little while. However, despite his gratitude to Gene, he simply could not bear to see his creation, Metal Gear, be launched against his native country. Gene then reminds him that he designed the Shagohod, and was a Soviet Rocket Scientist who defected to the United States, and that one day the United States would, indeed use Metal Gear against the Soviet Union. as Sokolov stands there speechless, then helecopters overhead are seen transporting a large Machine. Snake realizes that the large machine is the real Metal Gear, and Gene then confirms it, and that RAXA was a Decoy, and Ursula bought plenty of time. Snake demands for Gene to stop. Gene tells him to tell the trigger, but he warns him that the future may not be the one he wants to face after inheriting the title of Boss. Gene then tells everyone that the Cold War will soon end, and the United States will end up getting richer, whileas the Soviet Union will collapse. However, it does not mean that peace will come afterwards. He mentions that as the hate dies down and the gap between rich and poor widens, Nuclear missles diminish and then begin being used against one another, hinting that today's ally may be tomorrow's enemy or even worse, countries kill each other. He asks if any of them won't end up pointing their rifles tommorow at their neighbors, comrades, or families. Snake tries to get Gene to stop, but Gene continues on asking if there is no one who has a grudge against someone, mocks someone, really needs someone, if there is truly no one out there that want's to kill anyone. Sokolov ends up screaming from fear. Snake again demands that Gene stop. He then mentions that one of his men is among Snakes Group, his instructions being that they kill them for betraying Gene. Snake tells them that Gene's lying and they shouldn't listen to him. Unfortunately, the Soldiers are too panicked to listen to Snake. Snake tries to get them to snap out of it. Gene however, continues his threats, claiming that their enemy is standing right beside them, and begins asking which of them is their enemy. He then tells them to watch how easily the world blows itself apart with a single nuclear warhead, or even a single bullet. This causes even more fear to rise in the soldiers. Gene then says he has found the "enemy". Suddenly, he throws a dagger at one of Snake's men. he's hit by the dagger, and while in pain, he is unable to stop himself from shooting. Suddenly, all of the soldiers start shooting each other. Snake desparately tries to tell the Soldiers to stop and cease fire, but it's no use, and he ends up being grazed on the arm. He then shouts at Gene to stop. Gene says that if Snake wants his men to stop, why doesn't he make them. He then says that Metal Gear's launch is nearly ready, so he has no more use for the base. Snake then accuses him for killing his own men. Gene replies that he doesn't even need to kill them, as they are perfectly capable of doing it themselves. He then reveals his disgust towards humanity by claiming them to be foolish, fragile, and violent creatures, and tells Snake to watch what humanity truly is like. Suddenly, Jonathan dives in front of Snake as bullets are about to hit him, hitting Jonathan in the chest and head. Gene then walks back to the helecopter. The time that Jonathan first joins Snake flashes in Snake's mind as Jonathan dies in his arms. Surrounded by the bodies of fallen comrades, Snake lifts his head up to the sky and yells out in anguish.

Snake returns to the encampment and reports the bad news. Realizing that Gene had snuck the real Metal Gear out from the assembly plant to the Launch Silo from under their noses, and that they had most likely already armed it with warheads, Campbell decides that they can't afford any more setbacks, and they need to set a Spy Unit to the Silo entrance to discover a way into the Launch Silo. Snake is still affected by the death of Jonathan, as well as the possible deaths of most of his squad. Campbell tries to get Snake to cheer up, but then remembers why he's in the dumps in the first place. Snake apologises for the delay, and sends the Spy Unit over. Half a day later, the Spy Unit managed to procure technical documents detailing structural layouts of the Launch Silo, specifically the gate entrance. Campbell then announces his findings after reviewing it. The Gate is impenetrable, so it can't be breached via normal means. However, the lock system of the gate uses an electromagnet. If they cut the power, the Gate can be unlocked manually until the auxillary power comes on. Basically, they'll need to destroy the facility that supplies power before they can infiltrate the underground complex. Unfortunately, it's unknown where the facility is, so they'll need to send out a spy unit to the Ravine. Half a day later, the spy unit manages to find the substation, or at least, the general location of it. It's supposed to be south of the Ravine, but it's exact location is unclear. Snake is then sent out to sabotage the Substation. After successfully making it down to the Substation, Campbell tells Snake that they don't have enough explosives to destroy the entire complex, so they'll need to get creative. He then suggests that he locate the Switchboard and report back as soon as he finds it. After finding the Enterance to the Substation, Snake then tries to locate the Switchboard. he then finds the Switchboard, and reports back to Campbell. However, using the explosives now won't do any good, as they won't make it back to the Launch Silo from the Power Substation in five minutes. He then gets a Technical team to build a time bomb. After the Technical Team manages to build the time bomb, Snake has to place the Time Bomb on the Switchboard, and he has to remain focus, since if he fails, it's all over. Snake manages to place the Time Bomb on the Switchboard, but before he could get out of the Power Station, he sees a grizzly site of several soldiers corpses.

He then hears a slicing sound and a man screaming, and Snake then realizes that Null is present. Null then cuts through several soldiers, and the soldiers don't recall The Perfect Soldier being deployed, and in fact, he's still supposed to be readjusted. After killing several soldiers, Null then asks where Snake is. He then immediately senses him behind him. He then asks Snake why he is still alive. He reveals that he used to get dreams about his allies saving him, but when he woke up, he had nothing, neither emotion nor memory. When he wakes up, the only thing he finds are corpses of men he's killed lying in front of him. He knows that everybody dies, either by crime, disease, accidents, or war. There are no exceptions, regardless of how good of a solder someone is, or how noble a person is. Even if he doesn't kill them, they die. He even goes as far as to state that the world is full of Death, and yet, Snake won't be killed. He asks Snake why he still lives, and what does he hope to accomplish by living. He then slices at Snake. Snake tells him that he knows who he is. Null then says "name" in terms of familiarity. Snake then tells him that he met him back in the Mozambican War for Independence four years ago, and Null was a child soldier fighting in a Guerilla Group in the struggle for independence. He killed several Government soldiers with a single knife, as he would throw the enemy offguard with the innocent frankness of a young boy, and then he'd prey on them with the cold cruelty of a hunter. Because the boy spoke a little German, both comrades and enemies referred to him as Frank Jaeger, which means The Frank Hunter. Null then remembers his name. Snake tries to convince Null, now identified as Frank Jaeger, to not do this anymore, and that his allies are somewhere else. Null refused, however, as he is The Perfect Soldier, and where he exists, no other soldiers exist, so he doesn't need a name. He then declares himself to be Null, and that after he kills Snake, he can go back to being Null. He then fights Snake, and after an intense duel, Snake manages to defeat Null. Null now reasserts his identity of Frank Jaegar, and kneels down to Snake, he then says he remembers now who he is, and that even back then, Snake managed to stop him. he then takes off his mask revealing his face for the first time to Big Boss. He tells him how Adults raised him to be a tool of war, but Snake defeated him and watched over him. Snake then apologizes for what happened. He thought he placed him in a safe place when he took him to the Rehab center, but he didn't know that they would have subjected him to The Perfect Soldier project, and immediately believes that the Philosophers were responsible for this. Frank Jaeger then forgives Big Boss, as he helped fill the void in him, and that Snake was always there to save him. Snake then helps him up and out, as they are now going to blow the Grid up.

They then drive up to the Launch Silo. upon reaching the Silo Entrance, they have just confirmed that there is an explosion at the Power Substation. Snake then has to reach the gate withing five minutes, which he manages to do. He then gets through the complex and eventually finds the entrance to the Silo. Snake then discovers a Freight elevator leading down to the Silo. However, after reaching the top of the Freight Elevator, Cunningham is waiting for him on the top with his Floating Platform. Surprisingly, he isn't waiting there to attack him or even interrogate him. In fact, he didn't think he would make it that far, and that "he" was right about Snake. Snake doesn't know who he's referring to, then Cunningham tells him that he has no reason to fight anymore as his mission is already completed. Snake is naturally confused as to what he's talking about, so Cunningham explains that he doesn't answer to Gene, nor does he answer to the CIA, even though that's the organization that FOX is part of. He's actually answering to the U.S. Department of Defense. He then asks Snake if he noticed that the CIA and the Pentagon weren't on the best of terms. Snake then thinks that he's referring to a fight over the budget. However, Cunningham reveals that that's not what he's referring to. Apparantly, the Pentagon brass became worried of the CIA's growing influence in military affairs due to events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961 and the covert operations in North Vietnam and even the creation of Metal Gear. They had arranged for Gene to steal Metal Gear and launch the Metal Gear into Russia so that the CIA's reputation would be tarnished and the United States Military will be in charge again. Snake calls Cunningham out on the madness of the plan, as it would start a nuclear war. Cunningham then reveals that as far as the world is concerned, Gene is a renegade, and the fundamental design of Metal Gear as well as it's Missles are Soviet made, so they won't even think of blaming Washington, and besides which, the evidence won't be left behind anyways. He then reveals that he has a Davy-Crockett Nuclear Missile Launcher with him, and not just any Davy-Crockett, a Soviet-made Davy-Crockett, which he intends to use against the missile base as soon as Gene launches Metal Gear. When Snake asks him about the fates of the other soldiers, Cunningham laughs and says that he doesn't care what happens, as they are their enemies, and that Snake was different, that he followed the script of the mission down to the letter. Snake then asks what he meant by a script. Cunningham then asks Snake why he knew the real reason why he was sent to the San Hieronymo Peninsula. He then answers that they knew that Snake would throw a wrench in Gene's plan. They needed someone who would sneak into the San Hieronymo Missile Base alone, recruit the rebels to his side, and force Gene to launch Metal Gear, and that person was the Legendary Hero, Big Boss. He tells Snake that, sure enough, that's exactly he did. The only thing left is having Gene launch Metal Gear. The entire mission was part of the Pentagon's plan. As they don't want Snake disrupting that plan as well, Cunningham attempts to send Snake to a Heleport at the top of the base and get onto the Chopper, and after Metal Gear is launched as planned, Snake will be sent back to the United States, and after the San Hieronymo Base is nothing but cinders, Snake will be hailed as a hero yet again, though it won't be the CIA rewarding him this time. Snake has had enough and then points his pistol at Cunningham. Cunningham asks Snake what he's doing, and asks if he's still blinded by his loyalty to the CIA. He then asks him what have ever done for the FOX unit. He cites the fact that they were sent on brutal missions, and when he lost his leg, he was confined to a desk job, and the fact that sent the Boss, the mother of Special Forces, to a foreign land to die. Snake still aims at Cunningham. Cunningham then asks if he's doing it for the Russian soldiers on the Peninsula, and remarks it as pathetic, and he then says that he won't let him through and he should go back. Snake, thinking back to his meetings of Roy Campbell, Jonathan, and Elisa, finally explains that he simply cannot let Cunningham use Metal Gear, and he's doing this out of loyalty to himself. He will not live the way The Boss did. Cunningham laughs and then declares Snake to be a real traitor. After a difficult fight with Cunningham. Snake was able to significantly damage Cunningham's flying platform. Cunningham laments Snake's decision, since if Snake did what Cunningham was told, both he and Snake would get the highest awards that any soldier could dream of. However, he declares that he won't die alone, and he will take Snake with him. Cunningham then readies the Davy-Crockett. Snake then realizes that he's intending to blow up the entire base with it, and shouts at Cunningham to not do it. Cunningham laughs insanely, but before he can launch the Davy-Crockett, the Flying Platform he is on explodes, the Davy-Crockett Launcher is flown next to Snake, and the Flying Platform falls and is obliterated.

Campbell then tells Snake that the preparations on Metal Gear are almost completed, and it's beyond the elevator, and he should stop the launch by any means necessary. Snake then enters the Control Room, where Gene is, along with a group of corpses. Gene mentions that it's nice that Snake joined them. Snake realizes that the corpses are the Metal Gear engineers and accuses Gene of killing them. However, Gene denies any involvement in their deaths, as they had commited suicide due to their crimes. Snake then asks if this "crime" was the fact that this was all a Pentagon conspiracy. Gene then realizes that Cunningham spilled his guts, and he remarks that he was a poor fool for dying without realizing that he was nothing more than a puppet. Snake asks if Gene was the puppet, and points out that the Pentagon was trying to get rid of the CIA. Gene then reveals that he already knew everything that would transpire, including the Pentagon's plans and that Cunningham would betray him. He only allowed it to happen so he can utilize his real plan. Snake is confused, so Gene explains that he won't be launching the Metal Gear into the Soviet Union. he speculates that the Pentagon was prepared for the possibility that Cunningham had failed to destroy the evidence, and are preparing to be meeting with the Red Army as they speak, and he reveals that even IF he launched Metal Gear into the Soviet Union, it won't trigger a war. Snake then asks where he is going to be launching the Metal Gear, and Gene reveals that he is going to launch it at Virginia, USA, more specifically the CIA's headquarters at Langley, and the Pentagon, as both the Philosophers lairs would be obliterated. Snake is horrified at this, and Gene explains that Chaos would be spread at an unprecendated scale, and that at the Worst Case Scenario, America will cease to exist as a nation, and the World Order will crumble. He also reveals that Russia won't escape unscathed either, as the fact that Metal Gear was launched at a Soviet Missile Base will stir up international controversy that will result in the Warsaw Pact crumpling and even getting into armed conflict with NATO. Snake asks Gene why he's doing this. He replies that he seeks to free the world from the Philosophers influence, and create a new world order under his own design. His goal for making a nation for Mercenaries maybe real, but it won't be on the San Hieronymo Penninsula. In fact, this Nation is an organization of shadows, being formless and shapeless, lurking deep underground and intervene in conflicts all over the world. He intended to create what the Philosophers could not create with a superior breed of Soldier, and that this organization will be the true "Peninsula of the Dead". He calls it "Army's Heaven". He also would not allow the world to be a playground for abstract national interests or petty political gambits. He intends to use Superior force of arms to enforce a superior form of will, thus making the world whole again, as he is The Successor and this is his calling. Snake then has enough and tells him that he's nothing more than a dictator. Gene reacts in surprise at Snake's statement. Snake then tells him that he uses fear to keep his soldiers in line, deceives his allies with words, exploits those who look up to him as a mentor and then throws them away. He also tells him that the nation he's building is no heaven for soldiers, and the place he's looking for is outside Gene's "Heaven". Gene then tells Snake that this is their calling, and it's all part of a greater mission that the individual wills of individual soldiers are meaningless. He tells Snake that those who have no calling must be given one by those who do, and they must follow the teachings of a superior will, which Snake guesses is Gene. Gene then states that it is his calling, and that will bestow it upon others, the masses who have no will of their own must devote themselves to a higher cause. He claims that they must give up their trivial lives, their petty contempt, and sacrifice all of their energies and pour their lives into the cause, just as The Boss once did. Snake then tells him that he's full of himself and is not worthy to speak of The Boss that way. Gene deduces that Snake never knew the whole truth of The Boss's sacrifice. He then tells Snake exactly what EVA told him what happened in regards to The Boss in the events of the Virtuous Mission, leaving Snake speechless. Gene then asks if he really thought that Volgin destroyed the Sokolov Research Center on his own free will. Snake is shocked to realize that Volgin may have been used. Gene then confirms it was all a set-up from the very beginning, all the work of America and a single deviously cunning strategist. Snake then asks who set it up. Gene ignores it, and mentions that she sacrificed herself for someone's will, a noble act. Snake repeats the question of who set it up and demands the answer. Gene says that he doesn't need the answer, and that he only needs a calling, and that he should join Gene, and he will receive his calling. Snake then refuses and tells him that he and his phoney ideas can go to hell. Gene then remarks that Snake is a true soldier afterall, and it will be a shame that they won't meet eye-to-eye, and then tells him that the time for talk is over. Snake realizes that he is going to launch the Metal Gear, and points his pistol at him and demands that he stop. Gene then gloats that he is too late and that all preparations are complete. As he presses the button however, the entire console explodes mysteriously. Gene is suprised at this and wants to know who did it, and then notices Elisa/Ursula levitating at the window. She also manages to smash the window telepathically, causing Gene to demand that "Ursula" stay out of his way. Ursula/Elisa then say that Nuclear Weapons should never be used, that they are terrible weapons, everything dies because of them; People, Plants, Trees, the Earth, and that even today they suffer still. she/they also state that she/they knows their pain, their suffering, their cries, and their hatred. Snake wonders if it's Ursula or Elisa whose speaking. Gene then throws a knife at Ursula/Elisa, to which she/they effortlessly deflect. Gene realizes that she/they read his thoughts, and he let his mental defenses down when he believed that she/they died. However, this setback doesn't matter, as while she/they may read his mind, he cannot keep track of his body. Gene then moves at impossible speeds and stabs Ursula/Elisa. Snake cries out Elisa's name, and Gene then tosses her away to the ground. Gene then comments that he will have to find another way. Snake then tries to tell Gene to stop, but Gene is already walking out. Snake then cradles the dying Ursula/Elisa in his arms. Ursula/Elisa tries to tell Snake that they have already imput the trajectory data, and that there's a backup launch control in a nearby room, and that Snake has to stop him. Snake tells her/them that he will and that she/they shouldn't try to talk. Ursula/Elisa claims that she/they are all right. she/they reveal(s) that Snake that their visions were one and the same, that Snake will destroy Metal Gear, and that he will build another one. She/they then reveal that his children, the Les Enfants Terribles, one of them will bring the world to ruin and that one of them will save it. Snake tries to ask Elisa/Ursula what she means, she falls silent, and he then shouts "Elisa". Unfortunately, she had died that moment, and he then stands up and mourns for her/them.

Snake then rushes to the backup control room when Gene tells him that this is the end, that Metal Gear has already entered launch mode. the Trajectory calculations and the target locations have already been set, and that no one can stop it, not even Snake if he beats Gene. However, he realizes that Snake won't give up without a fight, and he reveals his own reasons to fight Snake, which is to see who the true successor is. He decides that it's time to settle the score. They then fight. Snake is constantly plagued by Gene's telepathy, quoting the Boss at one point, and trying to cast doubt on Snake. Regardless, after an intense fight, Snake managed to defeat Gene. Gene then expresses his disbelief that a product of The Successor Project such as himself would be defeated by a man of flesh and blood like Snake. He then admits that Snake is the true successor to The Boss after all, and that perhaps the story about Soldier genes was true after all. Snake then asks Gene how he's supposed to stop the launch. Gene then tells Snake that he's unable to stop it after it starts. He tells Snake to get out of there, and he also hands a microfilm to Snake telling him to take it with him. Snake asks him what it is, to which Gene answers that it contains the equipment, personnel, and funds for Army's Heaven. He also reveals he did it in secret and that no one else knows about it. Snake then asks Gene why he's giving it to him, and Gene reveals that he did it because they are the same. He also tells Snake that he'll be glad to have them someday, and mentions that it's their fate. He then reveals that he told him what he needed to tell him and that Snake should leave, and that he will inherit his genes, as Snake is the true successor, and he should go find his own calling. Gene then dies after saying this. Snake shouts Gene's name. However, the silo opens up and the Metal Gear is primed to launch. Sokolov calls Snake, who tells him that the countdown for Metal Gears launch has already begun, and the control panel is locked out. Sokolov states that he knows that. However, he also tells Snake that the rocket booster doesn't have a post ignition fuel control system, meaning that he can't stop Metal Gear after being launched. Snake then mentions that he doesn't care if he blows the base up, as long as it stops the nuke. Sokolov then reveals that he may have a chance at stopping the strike if he dismantles the Metal Gear Unit. Snake then deduces that he means the object attached to the Missile warhead. Sokolov then tells Snake that Metal Gear is not the same as a Nuclear Missile. it's jettisoned from the booster at 3000 feet and parachutes down to the ground, and after that it releases it's payload of miniature nuclear missiles. He tells Snake that if he can destroy the Metal Gear before it launches, he'll at least stop the nuclear strike, even if he can't stop the launch. He reveals that the designers anticipated that such a possibility would occur, so they gave it armor thicker than a tank. He also advises that he shouldn't try to destroy the rocket lest he risk the destruction of the entire silo. Snake then says that he'll probably end up being burned to a crisp, but he can't just sit there and allow the world to be destroyed. He then races out of the control room to the launch pad. Snake then uses a RPG launcher to damage it. Though the RPG lands a direct hit, it seems to be unaffected. Snake remarks angrily that it's not working. Suddenly, automatic weapons are being fired at the Metal Gear with the bullets bouncing off for the most part. Snake looks up at the catwalks and see's his fellow resistance members firing their weapons madly at the Metal Gear. Snake tells them that their weapons won't work and that they should get out of there before they get caught up in the ignition blast and killed. They then tell Snake that he risked his life to save Russia, so they are repaying the favor by helping Snake destroy the Metal Gear to save America, and besides which, he had given them a real reason to fight. then a soldier gives a thumbs up and Snake then agrees and helps them by launching another RPG at the Metal Gear just as it gains liftoff, knocking Snake off his feet. Sokolov tries to contact Snake that Metal Gear is in launch and it's too late. When it reached it's second launch phase, it becomes apparant that the the blows that Snake and his comrades had inflicted had caused structural damage, and the Metal Gear explodes in a spectacular way. The pieces then fall to Earth, Sokolov then tries to contact Snake telling him that Metal Gear is successfully destroyed, and the pieces are heading down to Earth, as well as the fact that the launch tubes remained shut. However, Snake doesn't respond, thus worrying Sokolov.

Meanwhile, in a sterile looking room, the Director of Central Intelligence and two body guards are walking down a hallway leading to a bunker, but then they encounter someone: Ocelot. Ocelot manages to express his amazement that they would have a bunker right under the CIA, and that since FOX was around, he definitely would not have been able to sneak down to the Bunker. He then says that he has been sent to meet with him. the DCI asks him who he is, and Ocelot introduces himself as ADAM, and then asks him if he remembers him now, and that they finally meet face-to-face. The DCI then remembers him as the triple-agent to the for the Philosophers, and then realizes that he's Ocelot. Ocelot then tells him that Metal Gear has already entered launch mode, and that the Nuclear warheads are arriving in thirty minutes. The DCI then reveals that he is aware of that, and in fact was already on his way to the shelter, but he couldn't leave the documents behind. Ocelot then asks the DCI if these documents are related to the patriots. The DCI confirms that they are, and that it contains the list of members, along with data and locations of the portions of the Legacy stashed around the world. He also adds that as long as he has them, then even if America is destroyed by the bombs, the Philosophers will be reborn. Ocelot says that's exactly what he wanted to hear. Suddenly, he shoots his accompanying men. The DCI is shocked at this, and wonders if Ocelot plans to betray the Philosophers. Ocelot reveals that he actually plans to end them, not merely betray them, and then he will take back what the Philosophers stole from them, and carry on the spirit of the true patriot. The DCI then wonders what he means by the true patriot, and then Ocelot mentions that it's part of their plan to make the world that The Boss envisioned a reality, and that he has come for the other half of the legacy. He then shoots the DCI.

Meanwhile, a plane is landing in the United States, leaving the Plane is Snake, revealed to have survived the launch, and walks down the Tarmac. He then talks with Sigint, Para-Medic, an unnamed man, and Major Zero and receives some official looking documents. he then looks beyond Major Zero and sees his comrades shuffled off of a plane. They then salute Snake, and Snake salutes back. Afterwards, Snake is in his bedroom talking on the phone. He is heard talking to Roy Campbell on the phone, who tells him that he hears that he was given quite a welcome home. Snake then asks how Roy Campbell is doing. Roy Campbell answers that he's doing all right, and is almost good as new. However, he does tell Snake that he can't wait to get out of the hospital, as his Nurse is a nightmare to deal with. He also reminds him that it was Snake's fault for pushing a wounded man too hard. Snake then asks about Frank, the child soldier from Mozambique. Roy Campbell tells Snake that he's fine, but he's a mess both physically and mentally. Roy also guesses that he won't be able to leave the hospital for a while. He also tells Snake that after he's released, he's not sure, and he may never be able to go back to leading a normal life. Roy then asks if they've got a good cover story for the FOX rebellion. Snake confirms that they did, that Snake was deployed to take down a Soviet Missile Base. Roy Campbell says that he can't blame the press for doing that, as he doubts even Snake would have been able to share that the United States Homeland was going to suffer a nuclear attack. He also tells Snake not to feel so beat up about it, as he did his country a great service, and thus he deserves the medal, that no one knows that better than himself and Snake. Snake agrees. When Roy asks what he plans to do, Snake says that he realizes something. Roy then asks what it is. Snake admits that he isn't truly alive unless he's in battle, but he has to find a reason to fight. He needs to pass down what has been handed down to him. Roy then wishes him luck, and hopes that they meet again someday. Snake then hangs up, and the Documents are revealed to be official documents that will bring about FOXHOUND.

Meanwhile, Ocelot receives a call from a mysterious man (the man is later revealed to be Major Zero) who seems to recognize. Apparantly, the mysterious man was the one who fed Ocelot information. When asked how the DCI's death will be handled, Ocelot states that it should pass as suicide, and that he committed suicide because he felt responsible for the Theft of Metal Gear. He also mentions that there will be a major shake-up on the seventh floor of Langley soon. He also says that everything is going according to what he planned. When asked about how the DCI reacted, Ocelot answered that when he saw that the trajectory data was pointed at him, he brought the documents straight to him. He then agrees that the DCI should have known that Gene was serious about launching the nukes, and that their insurance plan worked out after all, and that Gene did well. He then asks if his getting the legacy was part of his script as well. Ocelot then tells him that only his employer would use Gene and the FOX unit like that. He does tell him that he won't be using him anymore. He then hears about his employer receiving Battle data from The Perfect Soldier, and then learning about Genes and Genomes related to it. Ocelot then becomes interested in helping him with his project, though under one condition, that they recruit Snake so they can become the Patriots.