Metal Gear Guide - Metal Gear

Metal Gear Guide

The Metal Gear Guide
Written by George Sears

This is a guide of the Metal Gear Series and includes many spoilers, it includes contents from all Metal Gear games, and it's a good idea to have played all of them before reading this. The below should clear up any holes there are in the storyline of the various Metal Gear games. This is more like theory behind the games, and is open for discussion in the thread, linked at the bottom of the page.

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Contents

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How the Snake brothers are affected by their genes

Well this isn't a fact, but here's the most logical reasoning.

Solid Snake: Solid received the dominant solider genes. These are actually the inferior genes. He is inferior to Liquid on the genetic level.

Liquid Snake: He received the recessive soldier like genes. These in turn turned out to be the superior genes. He is superior to Solidus and Snake on the genetic level.

Solidus Snake: Solidus is like the balance of the Snake scale. He received an equal amount of dominant and recessive genes. He is essentially a well balanced masterpiece.

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The Patriots

No one knows for sure who the patriots really are. All key decisions made throughout the secret organization are made by 12 men. The Wiseman's Committee. The patriot's control all of the political, economical and military decisions made in the US. They are the true rulers of our country. And remember the Patriot's cannot "die". The main members can, but there will always be more to take the place. There ideals will always, seemingly control the US.

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The S3 plan + extra notes

I'll try and be simple. The S3 plan stands for selection for social sanity. It was project the Patriot's decided to introduce due to there fear of the "digital age". The Patriot's are big on complete power and would like it to stay that way. The Patriot's decided they were going to control and censure the digital flow of information. How? With their AI sets, GW and JFK are the two featured in MGS2: SOL. Basically the Patriot's want to mould history as to how they see fit. But first a test had to be conducted. They decided to see if the AI could handle the most extreme of situations. So what situation would they mimic for the test. The Shadow Moses incident. One man against an entire army. The idea for Arsenal Gear is even around during MGS1. Secretary of Defence Jim Houseman is believed to have routed money from the Arsenal project to his own Metal Gear Rex one. For this incident to happen the Patriot's needed a camouflage. This camouflage was the Big Shell. And the Big Shell was needed because of the "sinking" of an oil tanker off the coast of Manhattan. The Patriot's whole main goal for the plan was to see if the AI could present a false reality to a normal person and to see if it could "solve the equation" (i.e. stopping the terrorists).

Notes of interest about the S3 plan:

- Richard Ames was killed in the Big Shell due to his selling the FOXDIE data to his ex-wife Natastasha Romenenko.

- President Johnson was another pawn. The Pat's knew he would betray them at the Big Shell. They thought Raiden would be able to finish him off. When unable to do so, Ocelot stepped in and eliminated him before the launch code could commence.

- At the end of MGS2 the S3 plan is a total success. It is proven that total control is possible.

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Vamp

Didn't Vamp die during MGS2?

Well no, not really. Vamp is called Vamp because he is a bisexual right? Well you can't deny his vampire-like traits. He is able to return from certain death. Three times.

1. After you have outlasted the boss fight with Fortune, Vamp comes down the elevator. Once he walks out Fortune and Vamp have a quick conversation, Raiden pops out from behind a box. He decides to take a risk and takes a shot at Fortune. Of course Fortune's device allows bullets to miss her automatically. The bullet ricochets around the room and eventually tears through Vamp's skull and comes out through his stomach. While he appears dead Fortune’s tears seem to revive him in some way.

2. After your boss fight with Vamp he falls into a pool of oxygenated water. Vamp, already wounded from the fight can not sustain himself because of the harsh gravity. He drowns, right? Wrong.

3. While Emma Emmerich is crossing the Strut L Oil Fence you are tasked to take down gun cyphers, explosives and guards. While about 3/4's of the way there Vamp pops out of the water. He grabs onto Emma and holds her hostage with one of his knives. You are tasked with killing him (again). Once you deplete his life bar Vamp goes flying into the water. Dead right? Wrong.

At the ending of MGS2 Vamp can be seen watching Snake and Raiden while leaving in a taxi cab. Alive and "well".

So what comes in contact with Vamp each time he dies? Water! Could it be the very thing that revives him. It's the main theory we have on him as of now.

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Meryl

Didn't Meryl die at the end of MGS1?

No, not in the Canon ending of MGS1. In that ending Snake escapes with Meryl from Shadow Moses Island and let's the colonel send in a rescue team to get Otacon out. There relationship doesn't last long and she breaks up with Snake shortly after they have made it safely home.

Wait, I saw Meryl in MGS2! She's in one of the Snake Tales right?

Well yes, but those are not considered canon to the Metal Gear Solid timeline.

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Solidus Snake

So, Solidus was responsible for Shadow Moses incident?

Yes, Solidus sent in his most trusted spy Revolver Ocelot to provoke Liquid Snake into starting the incident. Solidus did this while he was President of the United States under the alias George Sears. Although Ocelot succeeded in obtaining the Metal Gear Rex testing data the incident revealed to the public the existence of Rex and the Genome Army. The Patriot's decided it was time for Solidus to "resign" from office. After his resignation his health was scheduled to fail him. Luckily he escapes underground with Ocelot. While out of public view he assumes control of Dead Cell.

Solidus wanted Ocelot to steal Metal Gear Ray and sink the tanker right?

Yes, Solidus again wanted to use Ocelot to further his plans to topple the Patriot's. Unfortunately for him it was all apart of the S3 plan. In the end Solidus became another pawn in the Patriot's game after the Shadow Moses incident. In the end his most trusted man Ocelot, screwed him over. And always had been.

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Revolver Ocelot

So Revolver Ocelot has always worked for the Patriot's?

Yes, he has always been a Patriot's spy. Here's a little timeline I've written for him

1944-1964: Ocelot is trained to be a spy by the Patriot's.

1964: Ocelot is sent to the Russian GRU faction. His mission is to steal the Philosopher’s Legacy. He achieves stealing at least half.

1964-1995: Ocelot is still a spy and is working in Russia. Probably trying to get the rest of the Legacy back. He also fight wars in Chad, Mozambique, Afghanistan and a few other places.

1995: Ocelot is sent to Outer Heaven by the Patriot's to spy on Big Boss's regime.

1997: Two years after the fall of Outer Heaven Ocelot joins Zanzibar Land along with an old comrade later to be named Vulcan Raven. He is still a Patriot's spy.

2005: Ocelot is sent to Shadow Moses by Solidus (okayed by the Pat's). Ocelot recovers the Metal Gear Rex testing data and all of the people who were supposed to die did. Except for Solid Snake.

2007: While he is still believed to be under the employ of Solidus, Ocelot "rejoins" his old friend Sergei Gurlockivich. Sergei believes Ocelot wants to help him rebuild mother Russia. While on the tanker Ocelot steals Ray for Solidus (not really, remember this all apart of the S3 plan). And sinks the tanker.

2009: Ocelot helps Solidus take over the Big Shell. While on the Shell Ocelot monitors Raiden's movements and makes sure everything goes smoothly while still fooling Solidus and Dead Cell. At the end of the game Ocelot "betrays" (not like he was ever really his ally) Solidus. While attempting to kill Solidus, Raiden, Snake and Fortune, his reattached arm which once belonged to Liquid Snake takes over Ocelot. The Nanomachines causes Ocelot to switch personality's to Liquid Snake. Liquid Ocelot steals Ray again and leaps off of Arsenal Gear convinced he can stop the Patriots.

This is just a note made by myself, not a question. When we are first introduced to Revolver Ocelot in MGS1 it is clear he is a fan of the Colt .45 Single Action Army Revolver. He hails it as the greatest handgun ever made. But during Metal Gear Solid 2 during the Tanker portion Ocelot is shown carrying a Double Action Revolver. To see it you have to watch the cut scene where Ocelot steals Ray for the Patriot's. After killing Sergei, Ocelot shoots the rest of Sergei's men who surround him. When he does this he "fans" the hammer on the Revolver. It's a technique used for Double Action Revolvers, not Single Action.

So my question is why does Ocelot have a different type of gun? My guess is that the part where he shoots Sergei and his men is supposed to up his "bad ass" factor. Just a little note.

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Liquid Snake

So Liquid didn't start the Shadow Moses incident?

Yes, he technically did. Although it was planned by Solidus and Ocelot. Liquid controlled FOXHOUND and the Genome Army. Although at the end of MGS it appears he dies from FOXDIE, Liquid's nanomachines appear to live on through his arm and inside Ocelot. Crrrrazzzyy.

So Liquid suffered from accelerated aging?

Maybe, remember his line when takes control of Ocelot on the Tanker, "You're drowning in time brother, I know what it's like!"

Snake then remembers his accelerated aging which he has begun to suffer from. Liquid probably did suffer from it around the time of the Shadow Moses incident.

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Metal Gear Solid 4

Poster 1 - Poster 2

From left to right: Vamp, Meryl Silverburgh, Raiden, Revolver Ocelot, Solid Snake, Otacon, Big Boss, Naomi Hunter

Points of interest about the poster:

- Revolver Ocelot is shown wearing Liquid's trademark trench coat and appears to be shirtless. Has Liquid fully taken over Ocelot's mind? Maybe.

- Raiden is shown carrying a baby and a sword. Could the baby be Olga Gurlockivich's or maybe his own?

- Big Boss' body is shown and it appears to be his corpse. It is unnaturally skinny and remember as of now Big Boss is officially dead.

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FOXDIE

So wait, I didn't catch Naomi's explanation on FOXDIE.

Okay, buckle up ladies and gentlemen. Were in for a trip.

Naomi: "FOXDIE is a type of retrovirus that targets and kills only specific people. First, it infects the macrophages in the victim's body. FOXDIE contains smart enzymes, created through protein engineering. They're programmed to respond to specific genetic patterns in the cells."

Snake: "Those enzymes recognize the target's DNA?"

Naomi: "Right. They respond by becoming active, and using the macrophages, they begin creating TNF epsilon. It's a type of cytokine, a peptide which causes cells to die. The TNF epsilon is carried along the bloodstream to the heart, where they attach to the TNF receptors in the heart cells."

Snake: "And then...they cause a heart attack?"

Naomi: "The heart cells suffer a shock and undergo an extreme apoptosis. Then...the victim dies."

Snake: "Apoptosis...you mean the heart cells commit suicide...?"

That's the official quote from the game. Here's some more info.

Before the Shadow Moses incident Solid Snake was injected with FOXDIE along with Nanomachines by FOXHOUND medical expert, Dr. Naomi Hunter. Snake was supposed to be a vector for the drug. The virus was supposed to kill Solid Snake, Arms Tech President Kenneth Baker, FOXHOUND members Decoy Octopus, Vulcan Raven, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis and Liquid Snake. It managed to kill Baker, Decoy and Liquid Snake. So why didn't FOXDIE kill Mantis, Wolf, and Raven. I'll tell you. Snake never got close to Vulcan Raven until right before he died, meaning FOXDIE couldn't affect him. Psycho Mantis wore his mask, so FOXDIE couldn't affect him, and the tranquillizers Wolf took constantly kept it from affecting her.

Now what about Ocelot? Well things are a bit fuzzy concerning him. On one hand, Solidus gave him the FOXDIE vaccine before he went into Shadow Moses. However, Ocelot was also working with the Patriot's at the time, meaning it's very likely he wasn't a target at all.

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