Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-1672596-20130503023837

Solid-Boss wrote: I highly doubt technology and science was that great when the philosphers were around. So I highly doubt it's the Boss' father. Or Galvez, Volgin, Decoy Octopus and whoever else it's suspected to be.

People commonly seem to be forgetting one very important thing. TIME LINE.

Ground Zeroes is set straight after Peace Walker, Peace Walker was set in November 1974. Making Ground Zeroes' time peroid either December 1974 or early 1975. Psycho Mantis was born in 1970. In Ground Zeroes he would be 4/5 years old, in Phantom Pain, which is set 9 years after, he would be 13/14. Decoy Octopus from his skin tone and hair, is probably the same age as Mantis or Liquid, so he would really young back then.

The XOF operator is probably a new character, with KGB background and maybe a affliation to Galvez.

Remember, in Peace Walker, Paz stated in her first diary tape that Galvez brought her story, and joined her but never returned, perhaps the KGB and the Soviet Union were concerned of the whereabout of our one handed friend, so they dug Paz out of the sea to learn more about what happened. The whole XOF thing could be a part of Zero/Cipher's doing, with the KGB involved somehow..

Oh and no point using Nanomachines. That wasn't invented til early 2000's. Right before the Shadow Moses Island Incident of 2005.

Actually, going by what Ocelot stated to Liquid regarding their knowledge on FOXDIE, Decoy Octopus was most likely far older than either Mantis or Liquid (probably closer to Kenneth Baker or even Ocelot's age at the very least). I understand why you might think that, though, though its not impossible to look young despite being a senior citizen. Heck, Charlie Sheen looks like he's hitting his thirties, and he's actually around sixty. The other points still hold up, though. And its pretty clear XOF was affiliated with Cipher. The opening practically stated this.