FOX

FOX or Force Operation X was a military group in the United States of America affiliated with the CIA. It was led by Major Zero during the Cold War. The unit was specifically designed to handle top secret Sneaking and Infiltration missions and possibly other black-ops. Its most notable operative was Naked Snake, who was only with the unit for a short time during the late 1960s.

History
FOX was a special services division established by the CIA in the 1960s. Proposed by Major Zero, who once served in the SAS, it was a covert missions unit that fulfilled both special operations and intelligence duties. Operatives were aided in their so-called 'Sneaking Missions' by unique and advanced equipments developed within their own division, such as the Active Sonar, Motion Detecor and AP Sensor. FOX mainly operated one-man infiltration missions.

OSP
Although functioning as a highly able unit backed by advanced technology, FOX excelled in missions utilizing stealth. To that end, the concept of OSP (On Site Procurement) was a standard FOX operating procedure, the idea being that any weapons used in combat were to be those of the enemy's own stock and thus impossible to trace back to the US or FOX in any way that would prove their involvement. Other details, such as food and items, were also apart of this methodology.

This concept of scavenging a mission site would carry on in FOX's predecessor unit, FOXHOUND.

See Operation Snake Eater

FOX executed the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater in 1964. Their operative, Naked Snake, later to become Big Boss, succeeded in infiltrating Soviet territory on his own. His remote support team included Sigint, Para-Medic and Major Zero. Snake's mission was originally simply to rescue weapons developer Sokolov, but it grew to mass proportions, and Snake was eventually forced to destroy a secrete weapon being developed by the Soviet Union known as the Shagohod.

See San Hieronymo Takeover

Following Operation Snake Eater, Naked Snake (now Big Boss), left FOX. In 1970 soon after, FOX members Gene, Cunningham, Python, Null, Elisa and Ursula went renegade on San Hieronymo Peninsula. Using Metal Gear RAXA and a ballistic Metal Gear, they attempted to attack the Soviet Union, but were stopped by Naked Snake and Roy Campbell. After the incident, FOX was officially disbanded. This was partially due to the assassination of the Director of the CIA at the hands of Revolver Ocelot. A year later, Big Boss formed FOXHOUND.

Known Members

 * Major Zero
 * Naked Snake
 * Para-Medic
 * Sigint
 * The Boss


 * Gene
 * Null
 * Python
 * Cunningham
 * Elisa
 * Ursula

Trivia

 * The Boss's role in FOX was explained by Zero as mission advisor.
 * Though bound to her alter persona, Ursula, Elisa never considered herself apart of FOX, specifying her occupation to Big Boss as "just a medic."

Appearances

 * Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
 * Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops