Solidus Snake

Solidus Snake is the third "Son of Big Boss", created as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project. The initial phase of the project produced twin clones, one inheriting Big Boss’ dominant genes, and the other his recessive genes. They were designated Liquid and [[Solid Snake|Solid] respectively. Solidus, meaning neither solid nor liquid, was created with a perfect balance of dominant and recessive genes.

The reference to Solidus as ‘Solidus Snake’ is a purely honorary title in reference to his father and brothers, he did not gain the codename as a member of [FOXHOUND] as his brothers did.

Background
The early years of Solidus' life are unknown. The earliest relevant information that has been discovered is that Solidus fought in the first Liberian Civil War during the late 1980's as a teenager. He killed Jack's parents during that time, adopted him, and trained him to be a ruthless killer at an extremely young age as part of Solidus small boy unit (which he was presumably the commander of).

Solidus Snake looks considerably older than his cloned brothers. Although not explicitly stated, it has been implied that, due to his unique genetic structure and being the byproduct of analog cloning, he ages at a more accelerated rate, even more than that of Solid Snake's. During the events of the Manhattan Incident, Solidus Snake was 37 years old. However, his appearance suggested that he looks over 50. As the perfect clone, he is almost identical to Big Boss in appearance. This is a fact that he takes pride in, even going as far as to intentionally dye his already graying hair. After he loses his left eye, Revolver Ocelot makes an off-hand remark on how he is "the spitting image of Big Boss." After which, he begins to laugh somewhat joyously at that remark.

Solidus was later the 43rd President of the United States of America, being known as George Sears while he was in office. In the year 2005, acting outside the orders of The Patriots, Solidus initiated the Shadow Moses incident in total secrecy, ordering Revolver Ocelot to persuade Liquid Snake into stealing Metal Gear REX and use the weapon as he saw fit. But because the existence of Metal Gear REX and the GENOME Army were both made public during the aftermath of the incident, Solidus was forced to resign from the Presidency in humiliation. Solidus then went into hiding when he learned that his former superiors, the Patriots, were planning to kill him off as punishment for such embarrassment. While in hiding, Solidus took command of the Dead Cell unit as a way to gain power and destroy the Patriots.

From the early events of the Manhattan Incident it was made clear that Solidus, along with Ocelot, Olga Gurlukovich and the remaining members of Dead Cell had devised a plot to take over the Big Shell where rumours stated that a new and highly advanced battle station known as Arsenal Gear was being developed there. Calling themselves the Sons of Liberty, Solidus Snake assumed the identity of his presumed dead brother, Solid Snake, and "kidnapped" the current President James Johnson (The President originally aided Solidus of his own freewill).

It was believed that Solidus planned on using a nuclear warhead from Arsenal Gear to create a gigantic electro-magnetic-pulse over New York City, and attempt to reveal the existence of The Patriots to worldwide public scrutiny and topple their power of the business community in Manhattan. Solidus later revealed that he was in fact going to give Arsenal to Dead Cell after extracting the identity of The Patriots. Dead Cell were intended to draw the Patriots' attentions whilst Solidus would hunt the 12 individuals down killing them off one by one. Solidus' plan never came to fruition thanks to Ocelot, a Patriot spy, who had helped orchestrate the entire event (see S3 Plan for more information). Solidus was chosen to be involved because his relationship with Raiden resembled that of Solid Snake and Big Boss.

When Arsenal Gear crashed into Manhattan, Solidus and Raiden were thrown from the top of Arsenal onto the roof top of Federal Hall, where Solidus told Raiden his true intents and desires. Solidus, unable to father children and pass on his legacy, wished to be immortalized by history, but knowing The Patriots indomitable control of information they wouldn’t allow this. He explained his reason for the Big Shell takeover and his plan to kill off The Patriots, finishing off by declaring that only one monstrosity will have the privilege to live on. Solidus and Raiden clashed swords in a duel that would ultimately result in Solidus’ death, falling from the rooftops of Federal Hall with his spine severed.

Solidus Snake's corpse was stolen by EVA and used as decoy in a huge pursuit involving Raging Raven, and the Raven-Sword PMC group. Vamp later throws the body (thinking it belonged to Big Boss) into a fire where it was incinerated.

Weapons
Solidus used a FN P90 sub-machine gun and also used a daisho (Katana and Wakizashi set); the "Minshuto" and "Kyowato" (Democracy and Republic) blades, as well as the missile fireing Snake arms of his suit.

It's of considerable note that Solidus' combat ability was demonstrated as extremely dextrous; both as a marksman and a swordsman.

Exoskeleton
The Exoskeleton that Solidus wears was developed by the U.S. Army. It increases the wearer's speed, strength, and agility through the use of the same artificial muscle technology that was initially developed for Metal Gear RAY. It has two prehensile tentacles, or "Snake Arms", which can be used to grab or suffocate opponents and also has the ability to fire missiles. The snake arms can be ejected to further increase the wearer's speed and agility. The suit is also equipped with an accelerator that allows the user to make quick movements across terrain, leaving a trail of flames in his path.

Solidus Snake