Zanzibar Land Disturbance

By 1999, the Cold War had thawed, and it seemed nuclear proliferation would soon be a thing of the past. Despite this, all was not well in the world. A series of shocks to the oil market spurred the development of new high-tech energy sources, including fusion power. However, most vehicles still relied on oil for power. Oil reserves were at a critical low, and the world community was prepared to take drastic measures, either by drilling into sand and shale for more oil, despite the difficulty -- or moving on to renewable fuels.

Such steps proved unnecessary when Czech scientist, Dr. Kio Marv, successfully bio-engineered a new species of algae, OILIX, that could produce petroleum-grade hydrocarbons with little expense and effort. Marv presented the algae to the World Energy Conference in Prague, and was on his way to a demonstration in the United States when he was kidnapped by soldiers from Zanzibar Land.

Zanzibar Land had been attacking nuclear weapons disposal sites around the world, seizing those weapons that are still intact, and became the world's only nuclear power. It then began to invade its neighbors at will. NATO discovers that Zanzibar Land's leaders plan to hold the world hostage by controlling the supply of oil, along with the threat of nuclear war.

Solid Snake was brought out of retirement by FOXHOUND's new commander, Roy Campbell, and sent into Zanzibar Land to rescue Dr. Marv. Infiltrating the first of Zanzibar Land’s large building complexes, he is contacted by Holly White a CIA operative posing as a journalist who promises to help in any way she can. Making his way up to the third floor of the Main Building, Snake is confronted by Black Ninja, who Snake easily defeated in battle. The Ninja was really Kyle Schneider, leader of the resistance at Outer Heaven who helped Snake during his mission there four years before. Schneider gave Snake a clue on how to find Marv’s whereabouts: “Follow the Green Beret…”

Finding the man in the Green Beret, Snake patiently followed him into the jungle behind the Main Building before coming into a clearing, with a small building sitting in the middle. Sneaking past the Green Beret, Snake entered the building to find a large cell, completely empty. Snake could hear a strange knocking, and was phoned by Campbell who told Snake that the knocking was a kind of Morse code. After figuring out a radio frequency from the knocks, Snake called on his radio only to find the knocking was not Dr. Marv, but Dr. Petrovich Madnar, the Metal Gear inventor from Outer Heaven! Madnar claimed he had been captured once again in order to build another Metal Gear tank: Metal Gear D. Snake, amazed by this new development, is also told that the leader of Zanzibar Land is none other than Big Boss, former leader of Outer Heaven, himself!

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