Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-4913740-20130508090116

They never gave a definitive date for when Big Boss rescued Fox from FRELIMO during the Mozambican Civil War. Since the Mozambican Civil War went until 1992, it could've been anytime during the 80s. So no retcon is necessary.

Also, where are you getting this idea that he had facial scars?

I don't think Fox is Ishmael. One particular detail in Fox's biography is that he murdered Naomi's parents and took her into his care. This was during the Rhodesian Civil War. In 1979. Big Boss would've been in his coma, and Fox would be making a false claim by saying he had been watching over him the entire time if he was indeed Ishmael.

As for the 'big question', I think that Big Boss is being held captive by Cipher for the duration of his coma. Zero always wanted to control Big Boss in order to use him as an image for the Patriots. Once BB was in his coma, Zero would place him in care in a Cipher-controlled hospital (hinted at by the British flag) in order to build the image as he wanted.

On another thread, somebody was discussing the "V has come to" statement at the end of the trailer. They thought that the person was saying "come to" as in "regained consciousness"

And if V is meant to be patient number 5 / V, then "V has come to" could mean that the nurse, who is seen when Boss regains consciousness, is informing Cipher that BB is back.