Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-1672596-20130410143950

Here's the problem, though: San Hieronymo was never actually destroyed (don't forget, Big Boss avoided destroying the fuel rocket when attacking the ICBMG), and Gene's corpse was left inside the Launch Control Room, which would render him safe from the blazes from the ignition, so it wouldn't have mattered anyways. Likewise, it can't have been Gene. It most certainly was someone of high rank, however.