Kenneth Baker

Kenneth Baker (ケネス・ベイカー) was, during the Shadow Moses Incident, the president of ArmsTech, one of the leading manufacturers of the arms industry.

Early Life and Career
His company initiated the development of Metal Gear REX for the purpose of recovering financial losses his company suffered, which were a result of several factors, including losing projects to rival companies and reduction in spending for the Strategic Defense Initiative. He bribed the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson to support the project (or as he put it, did his part in the Military-Industrial Complex) and pushed to have it be developed as a Black Project.

However, in 2005, during a planned field exercise of REX in the Nuclear Disposal Facility on Shadow Moses, Baker was taken hostage during Liquid Snake's takeover.

During his captivity, he hid the optical disk containing REX's test data and gave the PAL card to Meryl Silverburgh, a fellow prisoner. He was tortured by Ocelot, and his right arm was broken during the interrogation. Upon being located by Solid Snake, Baker was wired to C4 explosives, but was released by the Cyborg Ninja, who also later cut off Ocelot's right arm.

After giving Snake all the information he knew about REX, Baker ultimately died due to exposure to the FOXDIE virus within Snake. He implied in his death throes that he had knowledge of FOXDIE, and what the Pentagon planned to do with it (although unaware that they would actually go through with it).

Behind the Scenes

 * In Metal Gear Solid, after Snake realized that Baker was referring to bribes when describing what a black project was, Baker mentioned that he preferred to refer to it as "good business." This was changed in its remake, The Twin Snakes, to be a reference to the military-industrial complex.