Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-65.31.134.55-20130910020052/@comment-84.248.111.160-20130924132050

I don't know if anyone else already said it, but, I think that one of the ghost is Skullface, since in the trailer it says something like "a ghost without a past" and that's one ghost, and yes, still one ghost to reveal. but actually one thing that I was thinking is, who is in charge of FOX unit?? in MGS3 was Zero, right? then in in MGS Portable Ops, FoxHound was already stablish, and in Ground Zeros, Big Boss have the patch of FOX on one shoulder and the MSF patch on the other, any ideas or correct me if I'm wrong. Personally I doubt Skullface is gonna have that kind of a role, as I'd expect "Two Phantoms" to be referring either to Big Boss and whoever he is ultimately gonna be up against in the game (Zero himself obviously being the strongest canditate at this point), or some separate individuals who are gonna have bigger influence to the coming events (example of which is the Solid&Liquid-theory). Skullface is more than likely going to be one of the mayor bosses of the game, but personally I'd guess he is more of the "James Bondian Villain" of the game, as every MGS with Big Boss as a main character seems to have one (other such villains being Volgin, Zadornov and Cunningham), all of which have big role in the game they are in, but have never had much impact to the events happening after the game they appear in, nor have ever been the real antagonist/final boss of the game.

As for the FOX unit, by my understanding, it doesn't really exist anymore, but was ultimately disbanded and replaced by Foxhound after the events of Portable Ops. XOF is probably unit Zero found sometime after Foxhound was founded as another unit to carry on FOX's legacy, or after the events of Peace Walker specifically to take down Big Boss (these two units themselves could also be the "Two Phamtoms" mensioned before). As for why Big Boss wears FOX signia on his shoulder, I'd say it's most likely not much more than a memento of his old unit; similar to how Meryl wears Foxhound emblem on his uniform in MGS4.