Solid Snake

Solid Snake is one of the three "Sons of Big Boss", created as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project. In the project, one of the clones was to carry all of Big Boss' recessive genes (Solid), one was to carry all of his dominant genes (Liquid Snake), and one was to be an exact copy of Big Boss (Solidus Snake).

Solid Snake's first mission for FOXHOUND was the Outer Heaven Crisis of 1995. His mission objectives we're to infiltrate Outer Heaven, rescue hostage Gray Fox (also a member of FOXHOUND), destroy Metal Gear and eliminate the man pulling all the strings in Outer Heaven. That man turned out to be the commander of FOXHOUND, the world's greatest soldier, Big Boss! Thay fought long and hard, but in the end it was Snake who emerged victorious.

1999 - Four years later, Snake had already retired but was called back into action by FOXHOUND's new commander, Colonel Campbell. Apparently a new highly armed nation titled Zanzibar had kidnapped Dr. Kio Marv, inventor of the oil refining microbe, OILIX. Snake's mission objectives were to infiltarte the seemingly impenetrable wall that surrounded Zanzibar, and recover Dr. Kio Marv. He succeeded in both tasks and deep in the heart of Zanzibar he once again destroyed the re-built Metal Gear, and fought in hand-to-hand combat with his best friend Gray Fox in the middle of a mine field. After succesfuly killing Gray Fox, he retrieved the OILIX manufacturing process and went head-to-head with the man was in control of Zanzibar, Big Boss! He had survived the battle in Outer Heaven and created Zanzibar in order to make a world rife with conflict and war, a world in which soldiers such as him would always have a place. He also revealed to Snake that he was his father. Snake, startled by this unbelievable news, proceeded to fight Big Boss in an epic battle to the death in which he emerged victorious. Snake somehow built up the courage to kill his own father. Snake, wrought with guilt and incredible pain, grew very depressed and decided to retire once again, and moved to peaceful Alaska.

And so it was at the beginning of the 21st century... Shadow Moses, a small nuclear disposal facility in Alaska's Fox Archapeligo is attacked and captured by the Genome Army led by members of FOXHOUND. Once again Snake is called out of retirement. His mission is to first single-handedly infiltrate the nuclear weapons disposal site and rescue the two hostages, DARPA chief Donald Anderson and the President of ArmsTech, Kenneth Baker, and then to eliminate the terrorists and prevent a nuclear launch. When there he discovers that the leader of FOXHOUND's codename is Liquid Snake. When Snake attempts te rescue Donald Anderson and Kenneth Baker they both mysteriously die of a heart attack. He also has a mysterious run-in with a cyborg ninja who, after Snake battles and defeats him, he reveals himself to be the remains of Gray Fox. Snake then makes friends with Otacon, a man who inadvertantly creates Metal Gear REX, the newest and most deadly incarnation of Metal Gear. Snake also befriends Meryl and starts to care for her alot. Subtle refferences are also made to the possibility of Snake falling in love Meryl. Snake then successfully manages to eliminate all members of FOXHOUND and is then told by Liquid that he and Solid Snake are infacts brothers, clones of Big Boss as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project. Then Snake destroys Metal Gear REX with the aid of Gray Fox. Liquid and Solid then battle atop of REX and Snake escapes from Shadow Moses with Meryl.

Sometime later, Snake and Otacon form an Anti-Metal Gear Group known as Philanthropy.