2010s

The 2010s
Late 2009/Early 2010:

Rosemary has Raiden’s baby, but tells Raiden she had a miscarriage. After Raiden leaves her, she pretends to be married to Roy Campbell to keep herself and her baby safe.

The Patriots release information on Big Boss, including the case file for Operation Snake Eater and CQC.

2010:

With a distrust of state armies and restrictions on military intervention in foreign countries increasing, the need for Private Military Companies grows; as does the number of PMCs. The United States increasingly utilizes PMC Troops.

2011:

Raiden infiltrates Area 51 in order to rescue Sunny, who is then left to Solid Snake and Otacon.

Worldwide demands for PMCs increase, with disputes intensifying. The five largest PMCs are now run by a single mother company known as Outer Heaven, run by Liquid Ocelot.

ArmsTech Security (now known as AT Corp) implements the SOP system, which allows governments to keep check on all soldiers engaged in combat action. PMCs intensify even more.

2012:

Raiden is captured by the Patriots. They fit him with a cybernetic suit as part of their Exoskeletal Enhancement project.

Raiden is rescued by Big Mama and the Paradise Lost Army.

2014:

Solid Snake, now a recluse suffering from accelerated aging, is unofficially requested by Roy Campbell to assassinate Liquid Ocelot. He accepts.

Solid Snake infiltrates the Middle East, meeting Rat Patrol 01. The SOP system malfunctions. Snake fails in his mission.

Solid Snake infiltrates South America in order to rescue Naomi Hunter. Snake successfully rescues Naomi and escapes with her and injured Raiden.

Solid Snake infiltrates Eastern Europe with the help of Meryl and Rat Patrol 01. He meets up with Big Mama who reveals herself as his mother, and tells him of the beginnings of The Patriots. Liquid Ocelot destroys the body of Solidus Snake, believing it to be that of Big Boss, and locks down SOP, killing dozens of American soldiers. Big Mama, aka EVA, dies from exposure to the new FOXDIE virus.

Roy Campbell attends a UN-sanctioned ration swap meet with Rosemary. The swap meet reveals that the worst made rations in all of the UN are the ones in America.

Solid Snake infiltrates Shadow Moses once again in order to stop Liquid Ocelot from retrieving the railgun from Metal Gear REX. Vamp dies for the last time. Naomi Hunter dies of cancer after disabling her self-sustaining nanomachines.

Solid Snake makes it onto Outer Haven. He unknowingly uploads the FOXALIVE virus to JD, the Patriots' lead AI, destroying it.

Liquid Ocelot dies from the FOXDIE virus.

Meryl Silverburgh marries Johnny Sasaki.

Rose makes her peace with Raiden.

Solid Snake visits the grave of his father, Big Boss. He attempts to commit suicide but relents at the last moment, only to encounter Big Boss one final time.

Big Boss suffocates a now near-dead Major Zero by cutting off his life support system, before making peace with his son and dying from the FOXDIE virus.

Solid Snake spends his final days living in solitude with Otacon and Sunny.