Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-79.52.61.188-20130415085048/@comment-6747658-20130415112819

Weedle McHairybug wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: Well, so far it is still a mystery as to why he did such, it has not exactly been told in the current canon as to why he did this.

My thoughts on it? He pulled the "keep your friends close but your enemies closer" tactic, as under FOXHOUND it would seem that Big Boss has finally accepted the offer originally extended by Paz in Peace Walker and has come to terms with Zero. But in the meanwhile he gathers his own resources and influence to create Outer Heaven. I reckon he figured they would not suspect him when he was doing this all right under their noses.

Hopefully the upcoming games will shed more light onto why Big Boss returned to FOXHOUND and became it's Commander.

Yeah, I never got how he could retake command of FOXHOUND, either, especially going by what happened in Peace Walker. The ending makes it clear that MSF has to go into hiding thanks to Cipher (the Patriots) and the world's knowledge about them. Not only that, but going by what Paz was talking about, the NRO, DIA, CSS, and NSA are also under direct control of Cipher by that point as well, and they are a major influencing factor of the CIA and KGB's actions as well. Heck, they may have even had enough power to influence the UN as well, if Ground Zeroes is anything to go by. Knowing this and his moves being heavily monitored by that point, I doubt he would be able to retake command in large part because he's being watched, and they probably already know about his connection to Outer Heaven as well. When you think about it, Metal Gear makes less and less sense. First of all, why is Big Boss back in FOXHOUND? If we go by the canon he's been back in FOXHOUND as early as 1991 when he met Solid Snake and took him under his wing as a pupil. Big Boss personally trained Snake and assumingly knew as well as who Snake was.

That fact alone, makes no sense why he sent in Solid Snake to infiltrate Outer Heaven as he personally trained him and knew his capabilities, it goes without saying that due to being a clone of Big Boss, Snake naturally had the potential as well. He only cut himself in the finger by knowingly sending Snake in.

And like you said, Cipher/The Patriots would keep a heavy eye on Big Boss making sure he doesn't double cross them, it would be hard to get his Outer Heaven uprising going, though it probably would not be impossible as Zero may well have put too much trust into Big Boss considering their friendship.