Kyle Schneider

Kyle Schneider (カイル・シュナイダー) was the leader of the resistance movement at Outer Heaven, South Africa. He was once an architect who was forced to be part of Outer Heaven's design staff, but joined the underground movement when his wife and child were killed (the exact circumstances of their deaths are never revealed).

During Operation Intrude N313, he lent his knowledge of the fortress layout to Solid Snake, serving as a sort of navigator during the mission. However, Snake loses contact with Schneider just before he was about to reveal the identity of the Outer Heaven leader and he is presumed dead afterwards.

In reality, Schneider survived but was taken captive by clean-up crew deployed by NATO after a massive bombing campaign against Outer Heaven. He was used as a guinea pig for NASA's top-secret "Black Ninja" extraterrestrial environment special forces unit project. He was outfitted with an experimental flex armor suit and reflex-enhancing drugs (in what may have been a predecessor to the Cyborg Ninja project). When the Black Ninja unit was disbanded, Schneider and other members of the unit fled to Zanzibar Land and assisted Big Boss during the Mercenary War.

In spite of the fact that Schneider originally opposed the Outer Heaven regime, he was grateful to Big Boss due to the fact that he provided refuge to the surviving members of the resistance movement after the NATO air strike that left many of them dead. He served as a vital member of Zanzibar Land's elite mercenary force after the war, repaying Big Boss for the favor.

During Operation Intrude F014, Schneider confronted Snake after disguising himself as Dr. Kio Marv. Snake did not recognize Schneider until he defeated him in battle. Before dying, Schneider revealed his identity to Snake and told him what became of him after Outer Heaven. He provided a hint to Snake about the real Dr. Marv's location, as well as the true identity of the man behind Zanzibar Land, and his survival of Outer Heaven's downfall, before dying.

Trivia

 * The name Black Color, Schneider's original name in the MSX2 version of Metal Gear 2, is a misromanization of Blackcollar, which is the title of a Timothy Zahn novel about a group of drug-enhanced space ninjas (the titular Blackcollars).