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Punished "Venom" Snake

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Biographical and chronological information

Date of birth:

XXXXNE, California, United States (1932 local time)

Date of death:

XXXXNE , Outer Heaven, South Africa (1995 local time)

Physical and biological description

Species:

Human

Gender:

Male

Hair color:

Brown, later white

Eye color:

Blue

Skin color:

Caucasian

Societal and political information

Affiliation:

Militaires Sans Frontières
Diamond Dogs
Outer Heaven

Occupation(s):

Combat medic, mercenary commander

Status:

K.I.A.

Other relative(s):

Big Boss (template)

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Punished "Venom" Snake, also known as Big Boss, and formerly known as Ahab and briefly referred to as V, was a mercenary commander, formerly a combat medic for Militaires Sans Frontières (MSF), who led Diamond Dogs.

During his time as a medic, Venom Snake saved Big Boss's life during the destruction of MSF in 1627 N.E. Despite his sacrifice, Big Boss fell into a coma, and Venom lost his left arm and right eye. Venom Snake was then placed into an artificially induced coma, undergoing hypnotherapy and plastic surgery so that he could act as a body double for Big Boss. This was done in order to protect Big Boss from XOF forces who had destroyed MSF nine years earlier.

In 1636 N.E, Venom Snake was given command over the mercenary unit Diamond Dogs, which had been founded by Kazuhira Miller as a successor to MSF, before his mercenary unit became more corrupt once he launches an Insurrection against the United Civilizations and the other factions from 3144 to 3157 N.E

In the end of the Corporation Wars, Venom Snake was killed by Allison Jakes, once the Multiversial Federation federalizes his PF unit.

Biography[]

Militaires Sans Frontières[]

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Morpho, Miller, Big Boss and Venom Snake posing for a group photo on the original Mother Base, on December 5, 1974.

Venom Snake was born in California in 1932.[1] Prior to 1975, he served as a member of Militaires Sans Frontières, acting as a combat medic. Much later, Big Boss would go on to say that the medic was "always the best man we had", implying that he was an incredibly capable soldier, as well as a reliable field medic. His loyalty to Big Boss became unquestioned.

Ground Zeroes Incident[]

On March 16, 1975, the medic was stationed on board the helicopter sent to extract MSF commander Big Boss and the rescued POWs Chico and Paz Ortega Andrade from Camp Omega in Cuba. He was one of the few MSF staff members aware of Paz and Chico's situation, as well as the mission itself.

During the flight back to Mother Base, the medic identified that a bomb had been planted in Paz's abdomen and performed an emergency surgery without anaesthetic to dispose of it before its detonation. The bomb was removed successfully, though Paz had passed out from the immense pain. The medic ensured her breathing was stable, then stitched her back up.

The helicopter arrived back at Mother Base just as it was being attacked by Cipher's strike force, XOF. The medic remained aboard the chopper to provide medical aid to Paz and Chico as Big Boss provided cover fire for the MSF soldiers escaping into the helicopter, including Kazuhira Miller. As they escaped, a startled Paz awoke, panic-stricken, as she attempted to warn them of a second bomb planted inside her. Paz leapt from the chopper just before the second bomb exploded. The medic dove in front of Big Boss to shield him from the blast, and the helicopter was thrown into a collision with a nearby XOF chopper. The medic and Big Boss survived the crash, but both were rendered comatose and the medic lost his arm in the process. Miller was the only other survivor, escaping mostly intact.

Nine-Year Coma[]

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Venom Snake's perspective as Big Boss falls into a coma.

The medic suffered extensive injuries from the crash, with 108 foreign agents embedded in his body while his left arm had to be amputated several inches above the wrist. The shrapnel was removed, although certain pieces located close to his heart and inside his cerebral cortex were too risky to extract.

Once the medic and Big Boss were stable enough for transport, Zero had EVA moved them both to Dhekelia SBA Memorial Hospital in Cyprus. This information was suppressed so that their location would remain a secret. Zero planned and provided funds to have the medic molded into a mirror image of Big Boss, both mentally and physically. Induced hypnagogia imbued the medic with Big Boss' mind, and plastic surgery was enacted to give him Big Boss' face. When he awoke, the medic would believe he was Big Boss. The code word for when the new Snake woke up would be "V has come to".

In 1977, a weakened Zero visited the twin Big Boss' before going back into hiding for good During this time, the Snakes' EEGs showed stable activity levels, but there had been no change. Medical staff were moving their muscles every four hours so as to mitigate muscle atrophy.

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Hospital Escape[]

Venom Snake first awoke on February 26, 1984. Over the course of the next few days, the medical staff on stand-by slowly acclimated him to the facts of his condition: he had been in a coma for some time, and his amputated arm as well as the remaining foreign shrapnel that couldn't be removed from his body. They told Venom Snake of their plans to give him plastic surgery and a new name so he could escape those who wanted him dead. The real Big Boss awoke earlier than Venom Snake, and was stationed in the hospital bed next to him, behind a curtain and his face obscured with bandages.

Several days after Venom Snake's awakening, the hospital staff were murdered by an XOF assassin. She moved to attack Snake, but Big Boss defended him by setting the assassin on fire with sanitary alcohol and a lighter. Big Boss, calling himself Ishmael, gave Snake a shot of digoxin to raise his heartbeat and get him moving faster. Ishmael proceeded to escort Snake out of the hospital, avoiding the XOF strike teams, the mysterious Man on Fire, and Tretij Rebenok.

The pair's escape was cut short when their stolen vehicle crashed into a river bank. Venom Snake awoke to no sign of Ishmael in the vehicle, but Ocelot had appeared on horseback to get him away from the pursuing Man on Fire. Once Snake and Ocelot managed to escape the fiery being's pursuit, Ocelot told him that their next destination would be Afghanistan, where they would recruit Kazuhira Miller to help in the coming battles. The two boarded a whaling ship headed towards Afghanistan, while Snake returned to a normal diet, worked his muscle mass back, and was equipped with a custom-made bionic prosthetic for his missing arm. Ocelot offered him the new codename of Venom Snake, proceeding to catch him up on the events of the previous nine years; notably the ongoing proxy war in Afghanistan, the founding of Cipher, the location of Zero, and the Les Enfants Terribles project, which produced Solid and Liquid Snake.

Afghanistan[]

Ocelot personally escorted Snake to the mission field in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, on horseback. He informed him that the goal was to rescue Miller, who had already been in Soviet captivity for ten days. Snake successfully infiltrated Da Ghwandai Khar and rescued Miller. Snake carried Miller out, but they were ambushed by the Parasite Unit, who were responsible for capturing Miller in the first place. After evading their pursuit, Snake and Miller exfiltrated the area via helicopter. On the helicopter ride, Miller pleaded with Snake to help him get revenge on Cipher, and Venom Snake readily accepted.

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Venom Snake and Miller return to Mother Base after Snake rescues him from Soviet Forces.

Together they landed on a newly-constructed Mother Base, now located in the Seychelles waters. There Venom Snake formally took command of the new army, which was to be called Diamond Dogs.

In order to build up Diamond Dogs' resources and reputation, Snake began undertaking anti-Soviet missions from the CIA in Afghanistan. This would not only help Diamond Dogs expand their forces, but also lead them towards Cipher, who were apparently working closely with the Soviets in the area.

One such mission involved the elimination of a Spetsnaz commander responsible for a scorched earth operation that annihilated a Mujahideen group known as the Hamid at Da Smasei Laman. Before neutralizing him, however, Snake learned that the commander allegedly had nothing to do with the attacks at Da Smasei Laman, leaving the true culprit a mystery.

During this time Snake also found an injured, wandering puppy and took him in. Ocelot would go on to train the dog into a special unit nicknamed DD who could assist Snake while in the field.

Snake accepted one more mission from the CIA related to the disappearance of the Hamid fighters in Da Smasei Laman. The CIA had been supplying the Mujahideen there with a new type of rocket launcher called the Honey Bee, and now there was fear that the Soviets would locate the weapon and use it themselves. The Soviets would accomplish this by forcing the sole survivor of the attack on the Hamid, a mute prisoner, to lead them to it.

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Skull Face confronting Venom Snake.

Snake succeeded in locating and procuring the Honey Bee hidden at Da Smasei Laman. Curiously, the area did not seem to have suffered any damage from bombing, making the scorched earth narrative seem flimsy. Upon moving to escape the fort, however, Snake was ambushed by Skull Face, finding himself in the grasp of a massive mechanical arm from within the mist. When the arm released Snake, he found himself again surrounded by the Parasite Unit, who had turned all Soviet soldiers in the base into their zombie-like puppets. Snake defeated the Parasite Unit and escaped.

Some time after the fight at Da Smasei Laman, it was revealed that several MSF soldiers who were away when Mother Base was attacked nine years ago were still out there. They appeared to have gone insane and were wandering the world like zombies, but Snake could restore them to their senses and recruit them into Diamond Dogs if he so chose.

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Venom Snake supposedly reunites with Paz.

After extracting the first wandering soldier, Komodo Dragon, he gave Snake a photo of the good old days at MSF. Snake would then soon find a room on the Medical Platform of Mother Base where he apparently met an amnesiac Paz, who had curiously survived the bomb planted in her abdomen nine years ago. Ocelot and Miller confirmed that they indeed managed to remove it in time. As Snake continued to find old MSF soldiers, he would bring their photos to Paz in an attempt to jog her memory.

Snake and Diamond Dogs continued to grow stronger as they accomplished more anti-Soviet missions in Afghanistan, collecting resources, expanding their facilities, and swelling their ranks with volunteers and "recruits" forcibly extracted from the field. After being hired by local Mujahideen guerrillas, Snake eliminated three Soviet commanders, sabotaged their armored vehicle supplies, and assassinated a newly-assigned colonel en route to Da Smasei Laman.

A Mujahideen commissioned Snake to rescue his son, a man named Malak. His village had been destroyed and he was taken prisoner by the Soviets at Lamar Khaate Palace. Snake infiltrated the Soviet’s defenses and extracted Malak. However, he learned that Malak did not know who this supposed father was, and that his village had been destroyed quite a while ago by a mysterious disease, not by the Soviets.

Diamond Dogs received a distress signal from none other than Huey Emmerich, a former ally from the MSF days suspected of being involved with XOF’s attack on Mother Base nine years prior. Huey was currently employed by the Soviets as a lead engineer on some sort of project, but he was no longer interested in doing business with them and had requested Diamond Dogs come extract him. Conflicted, Diamond Dogs accepted his call for help, though mostly so they could bring him back to Mother Base and interrogate him about XOF. Snake made his way towards the Soviet Central Base Camp to meet with Huey.

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Venom Snake considers killing Quiet.

While traveling through the Aabe Shifap Ruins, however, Snake was ambushed by the XOF assassin Quiet. He defeated her in a sniper duel and had her at his mercy, with Miller urging him to kill her while Ocelot suggested they bring her back to Mother Base for recruitment. Snake chose to follow Ocelot’s advice, extracting her via helicopter.

During the flight back to Mother Base, Quiet uncuffed herself and seemingly escaped. Before arriving at Mother Base, the chopper came under attack by a pursuing Cipher fighter jet. Quiet then revealed herself, having stayed invisible in the chopper after all, and fired a single sniper round through the cockpit of the enemy aircraft, killing the pilot and saving Snake. Despite this heroic act, and the fact that Quiet peacefully surrendered herself into Diamond Dogs custody upon reaching Mother Base, Miller insisted that they kill her due to being too much of a liability. Snake and Ocelot instead decided to lock her up. Snake agreed that she might have to be killed if she proved to be too much of a threat, and promised he would be the one to "pull the trigger" should the need arise.

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Venom Snake and Huey are intercepted by Sahelanthropus.

Upon heading back to the Soviet Central Base Camp to find Huey, Venom Snake discovered that Huey was working directly with Cipher, specifically Skull Face, and had been put to work on a new type of manned vehicle known as Walker Gear and a new upright bipedal Metal Gear called Sahelanthropus. As Snake extracted Huey, they were confronted again by Skull Face and the surprisingly operational Sahelanthropus, though they managed to escape it and deal some heavy damage to its frame with a helicopter's minigun.

Although most of Diamond Dogs became convinced of Huey's involvement in the Mother Base attack, Snake decided they needed firmer evidence. After torturing him, Ocelot learned from Huey that Cipher's funding was being redirected from the Soviets in Afghanistan and were headed towards Africa instead, where they were developing "a weapon to surpass Metal Gear." Ocelot explained to Snake that Zero hadn't been seen in public since Snake left the United States over ten years ago, but now that they knew Huey was working for Skull Face, they had confirmation that Zero never gave the order to destroy Mother Base, but Skull Face alone.

Central Africa[]

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Venom Snake arrives in the Angola-Zaire region.

To investigate Skull Face's new project, Snake decided to begin taking jobs located in the Angola-Zaire border region of central Africa, searching for clues of Cipher at the same time. His first mission was from an environmental NGO to shut down the Mfinda Oilfield, which had allegedly been taken over by the rebel group UNITA amidst a proxy war and was contaminating the Munene River. However, upon arriving at Masa Village along the way, Snake found its UNITA troops to be carrying CFA gear - this meant that they were just working for a private military company. The men were training child soldiers in the abandoned village, and had been hired by CFA because of their ability to speak Kikongo, the children's native tongue.

Upon reaching Mfinda Oilfield, Snake discovered that UNITA itself was not present, but rather the CFA. Not only that, but he found that there had been no hostile takeover at all, but rather the CFA had been hired by the oilfield's owners, SANR, to guard it. Snake sabotaged the plant nonetheless. As the oil slowly drained out of the plant, however, Snake noticed piles of corpses with strange growths on their chests underneath. As Snake exited the mission area, Miller informed him that upon further inspection, SANR was a ghost of a company and was merely a front for something else - likely Cipher.

Diamond Dogs were next hired by a high-ranking British member of the CFA known as the Viscount. He had been mutinied against by his own Afrikaner employees, and was commissioning a rescue operation. Snake succeeded in rescuing him, but before being set free at Mother Base, the Viscount informed Diamond Dogs that Walker Gears were soon to be deployed for the CFA in the region, pointing yet another finger at Cipher.

Diamond Dogs looked into the supply chain at Nova Braga Airport and discovered a Zero Risk Security-run UNITA convoy that was distributing supplies throughout the area. Miller noted that certain trucks in the convoy were heavily guarded, and assumed that the convoy was also moving something related to Cipher's new weapon project. Snake was deployed to investigate the convoy and extract one of the heavily guarded trucks.

Snake managed to locate and approach the covered truck. However, he was suddenly ambushed by the Parasite Unit and was forced to fight them off before he could extract the truck. This confirmed that Cipher was involved. Once it was extracted, Diamond Dogs searched the truck and found two types of cargo: several drums of malachite-uranium ore, and a shielding container full of yellowcake and enriched uranium.

Whilst in Africa, Snake continued to hunt for Cipher while conducting primarily anti-UNITA missions. One of these missions involved rescuing two Diamond Dogs spies who had been sent to infiltrate the CFA and were captured. During the mission, Snake learned that there was a recent viral outbreak near Masa Village, and a photo was recovered showing CFA soldiers with lumps on their chests similar to the ones on the oily corpses. Snake also sabotaged many Walker Gears and took out UNITA-affiliated guard posts.

Diamond Dogs were next contracted by a Mbele general to silence and kill six captive Mbele soldiers before they could spill any info. One of these soldiers had turned and was now employed by Rogue Coyote at Bampeve Plantation, while the other five were still imprisoned at Kungenga Mine. Snake hunted down the Rogue Coyote-employed Mbele soldier first, but learned that he had agreed to work with Rogue Coyote in exchange for the lives of the other five Mbele being spared.

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Venom Snake brings the Mbele children to Mother Base.

Snake then infiltrated Kungenga Mine, where he discovered that the other five Mbele were in fact child soldiers. Refusing to kill them, Snake instead recorded himself firing rounds in the cave to falsify evidence of their deaths, before breaking them out and extracting them to Mother Base instead. Miller decided to prepare an educational program for the Mbele children in order to train them for normal lives one day.

Diamond Dogs learned from the Mbele children that there was another child named Shabani who had been separated from them. He was taken to the abandoned Ngumba Industrial Zone instead, known as the "Devil's House" by the locals. Additionally, SANR was said to be involved in the area. Snake infiltrated the Ngumba Industrial Zone, discovering that the area was guarded by Rogue Coyote - however, no soldiers were allowed to approach the tunnel to the Devil's House. Snake entered the Devil's House himself, and discovered that it was being used for human experimentation. There were various corpses with the same chest lumps from before, and earbuds playing different languages lodged in their throats. Snake found Shabani, who was in a similar condition and barely holding onto life.

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Venom Snake finds Shabani.

Skull Face suddenly appeared around a corner, noticing Snake when Shabani went into a coughing fit. Tretij Rebenok and the Man on Fire appeared as well, revealing that the two were working for him. The Man on Fire attacked Snake, but froze as Tretij Rebenok was distracted by the dying Shabani and killed him out of mercy. Snake escaped the Devil's House, but was confronted with the Man on Fire again outside. He then subdued the Man on Fire before escaping the area. This situation brought many questions about Skull Face's relationship with SANR, Tretij Rebenok, the Man on Fire, and the mysterious outbreaks.

Diamond Dogs got wind that a CFA executive arranged a meeting with an arms dealer at Nova Braga Airport, regarding the sale of weapons, Snake's task was to eliminate the CFA executive, who they suspected was under the employment of XOF. While still in the field, however, Snake got a call from Miller, who informed him that the R&D Platform on Mother Base was being held a PF called Mosquito Stinger Force, which had taken several members of Diamond Dogs hostage and were threatening to kill them if any other Diamond Dogs members attempted to interfere. Snake returned to Mother Base, making his way to the top of the R&D Platform, and found the leader Mosquito. Once Snake defeated Mosquito, the Mosquito Stinger Force was obligated to surrender.

Miller later informed Snake that Mosquito was a former member of the Militaires Sans Frontières, and that he had survived the attack on Mother Base. Mosquito had been led to believe that Big Boss himself was responsible for the attack, and as a result he created his own PF and modeled it after the original MSF in order to get revenge on Big Boss, but fortunately this misconception was cleared up.

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Venom Snake confronts the "White Mamba."

Snake's next mission was to eliminate militants based in Masa Village that had been pillaging nearby settlements, but since they were child soldiers, killing them was not an option. Instead, they decided to kidnap their commander, a boy called the "White Mamba", in order to disable the group. Snake infiltrated the village and confronted the "White Mamba", whose real name was Eli, in a shipwreck. Eli held a great deal of hatred and resentment for Snake, forcing Snake to incapacitate him using CQC before bringing him back to Mother Base. However, even on Mother Base, Eli attacked Snake again, forcing him to violently disarm him.

The Mbele general from before, pleased with Snake's apparent assassination of the five children, hired him once more. The mission was to rescue the general's brother, who had been mutinied against by his own child soldiers and was being held captive. Snake infiltrated the child soldiers' defenses and found the target. However, he learned that the man was not the general's brother, but actually the killer of the general - Diamond Dog's supposed employer was already dead. The child soldiers believed he was the general's brother and were trying to lure the general out, but had evidently failed. Snake extracted the man anyways.

After the mission, Snake was informed that a viral outbreak like the one in Africa had occurred on Mother Base. Snake was forced to make a Quarantine Platform for all the afflicted soldiers while they searched for more info on the nature of this outbreak.

Snake's new mission was to find and eliminate a Buta trafficker whose victims were sent to places such as brothels, organ trades, and diamond mines. Miller informed Snake that he was the one who delivered Mbele villagers to Cipher for their experiments, personally responsible for delivering Shabani to the Devil's House. The Mbele group, who contracted Diamond Dogs to dispose of the trafficker, wanted him eliminated before he left the country, and Snake obliged.

Back at Mother Base, Snake found Quiet attacking a Diamond Dogs soldier, forcing him to disarm and restrain her with CQC. With the help of the other soldiers and Ocelot, they managed to sedate her. Ocelot assumed that it was because of how they had treated her, but Snake was skeptical and ordered to tighten security on her cell, claiming that if she lashed out a second time there would not be a third.

Snake was then tasked with rescuing a member of the Intel Team who had finally gotten some info on the source of the infection. He had been captured by Rogue Coyote in the process and was being interrogated at Ditadi Abandoned Village. Snake infiltrated the guard post, but discovered the holding cell the target was in covered in blood and dead Rogue Coyote soldiers. He found the target outside, who had escaped containment somehow. The Diamond Dog told Snake that the pathogens originated from a man called Code Talker, and that he was being held by Zero Risk Security at a mansion in the jungle.

Snake followed the agent’s lead and headed to Lufwa Valley, in which the mansion resided. Originally protected by rumors that it was abandoned and haunted, ZRS pulled out all the stops to prevent intrusions once word of Code Talker got out. Upon reaching Lufwa Valley, Snake found himself surrounded by Parasite Unit snipers, but managed to make it through.

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Venom Snake visits with Code Talker.

Snake infiltrated the mansion, descending into the wine cellar in the basement to find Code Talker himself. Code Talker revealed to Snake that the many outbreaks in Afghanistan, central Africa, and Mother Base had been thanks to the vocal cord parasites, small yet dangerous organisms which he had been researching for years. He claimed that Skull Face had forced him to study them in order to perform ethnic cleansing via language, and agreed to help treat Diamond Dogs’ vocal cord parasite pandemic.

As Snake exfiltrated the mansion with Code Talker, they found that the ZRS troops had been turned into puppets by the Parasite Unit. They evaded the puppet soldiers and successfully left the mission area via helicopter. However, while flying over Nova Braga Airport, the helicopter was surrounded by a mysterious cloud that instantly corroded the vehicle and sent it crashing into the ground. Snake and Code Talker survived the crash with insignificant injuries, emerging to find themselves faced with the Parasite Unit again. Snake personally fought them off.

After the Parasite Unit’s defeat, Ocelot arrived in a backup helicopter to pick up Snake and Code Talker. On the chopper, Code Talker explained to Snake and Ocelot that he had also been researching a type of organism called metallic archaea that was able to quickly metabolize metals. These archaea were not only capable of corroding metal, like they had with the previous helicopter, but also enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons much more easily available. Both the vocal cord parasites and the metallic archaea were part of Skull Face’s master plan to create a global nuclear monopoly.

Upon arriving at Mother Base, Code Talker got to work treating the vocal cord parasite outbreak, using wolbachia to turn male parasites female in order to prevent them from reproducing. However, it would also leave the sperm of all the men treated sterile. Despite the loss, the Diamond Dogs were saved after only forty-eight hours.

Skull Face[]

Ocelot used some of Code Talker’s metallic archaea to brutally interrogate Huey, revealing that Skull Face had continued development of Sahelanthropus in Afghanistan at a secret lab called OKB Zero. Ready to put a stop to Skull Face’s plan before it began, Snake and Diamond Dogs headed out in full force to finish the job.

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Venom Snake on his way to OKB Zero.

Snake infiltrated OKB Zero, being covered by several helicopters containing staff such as Miller and Huey, but also a stowaway Eli. Snake climbed up to a helipad to find Skull Face and several XOF agents waiting for him, expecting a fight. However, Skull Face instead insisted on Snake joining him to see Sahelanthropus’ official reveal to the world. The two then boarded a Jeep together.

During the ride through Afghanistan, Skull Face explained that he had known of Snake since 1964. He also explained that he knew of Zero's plans and the Boss' wishes, and passionately revealed his plans; worldwide ethnic cleansing with the parasites, both his hatred for Zero and his broken childhood where he was heartlessly stripped of his culture, quoting the Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran. He planned to exterminate the English language as a way to permanently destroy Zero's plans and so that everyone on Earth would suffer and share a phantom pain. He also revealed that nukes would serve as the new language to replace the English language. Using Sahelanthropus as a marketing tool, metallic archaea as nuclear production, Walker Gears as nuclear platforms, and vocal cord parasites as blackmail, Skull Face would control of all the nukes and maintain the balance of the world.

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Venom Snake confronting the Man on Fire.

Once at Serak Power Plant, Skull Face revealed the finished Sahelanthropus. He then summoned the Man on Fire, intending to have Snake fight him one on one. However, Tretij Rebenok suddenly appeared, being influenced by the nearby Eli instead of Skull Face, and activated Sahelanthropus. The Eli-controlled Sahelanthropus crushed the Man on Fire and wreaked havoc on XOF, destroying much of the plant and pinning Skull Face under rubble while Snake escaped.

Outside the plant, Snake and Diamond Dogs fought to stop Sahelanthropus’ rampage. They successfully damaged its frame enough to render it inoperable, forcing Eli and Tretij Rebenok to give up. Upon defeating the Metal Gear, Snake and Miller went to find Skull Face and finally take revenge. Using his own shotgun, Snake and Miller joined hands to brutally sever Skull Face’s arm and leg, mirroring the injuries sustained by Miller, before leaving him to die a slow and painful death. However, his suffering was cut short by Huey, who came to get revenge of his own by shooting him in the head. Snake also took what appears to be the final sample of the English vocal cord parasite and threw it into a fire - however, Tretij Rebenok retrieved it before it could be destroyed.

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Venom Snake and Miller preparing to exact revenge on Skull Face for his role in Mother Base's destruction.

The damaged Sahelanthropus was retrieved and brought back to Mother Base as a trophy for their victory and a reminder of the effect Diamond Dogs wants to have on the world. This marked the beginning of a new, stronger Diamond Dogs and a more intense Snake.

Race[]

Needing to tie up loose ends in the aftermath of Skull Face's death, Snake commenced missions such as recovering a dead informant's information on Skull Face's plans, rescuing a CIA informant with knowledge of the vocal cord parasites, and recovering Code Talker's old research, so that Cipher or anyone else would never be able to recreate the vocal cord parasites.

Still curious about Huey's dealings in MSF's destruction, Snake infiltrated the Soviet Central Base Camp in Afghanistan a second time and found the Mammal Pod. After a short conversation, he launched it into the sky, where Miller told Snake that he would have it picked up. Sometime later, Miller informed Snake that they found a corpse inside the Mammal Pod - that of Strangelove, Huey's ex-wife.

Immediately after this, Ocelot informed Snake that Soviet personnel had retrieved the dormant body of the Man on Fire and placed it at the Yakho Oboo Supply Outpost. Ocelot suspected the true identity of the Man on Fire from one of Skull Face's statements about men becoming demons and reanimating the dead, due to timing of their first encounter with the Man on Fire; it was the body of an old enemy, Colonel Volgin. Snake would then infiltrate the outpost and neutralize the Soviet soldiers to find Volgin's burned body. Before being extracted, Volgin's corpse came back to life once again as the Man on Fire. Snake was pinned down by the Man on Fire; mysteriously, Volgin momentarily reverted to his original appearance upon seeing Snake up-close, falling backwards and dying for good along with his flaming horse. Volgin's corpse was taken back to Mother Base and put on the Quarantine platform.

Upon returning to Mother Base, Snake noticed a commotion in the Mbele child soldiers. The late Shabani's necklace had fallen to the bottom of a chlorine disinfectant tank, which was implied to be thanks to Eli. Surprisingly, Quiet leapt into the tank herself, retrieving the necklace but suffering major chemical burns in the process. Snake personally took Quiet to get medical attention, while Miller continued to doubt her intentions.

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Venom Snake carrying the burned Quiet.

After Quiet received medical attention, two discoveries were made: one, she was carrying a vocal cord parasite, and two, not only were her lungs extremely charred to a crisp, indicating she had been caught in a fire recently in her past, but there was also a petal from a Star-of-Bethlehem flower in them. This identified her as the same assassin who had tried to kill Snake at Cyprus.

Miller had Quiet tortured, both as punishment for trying to kill Snake and as interrogation to see if they could get her to crack and talk about the vocal cord parasites. Snake watched as Miller and Ocelot bickered over what to do with her, with Ocelot expressing sympathy for her since he had fallen in love with the legend of Big Boss. Snake agreed with Ocelot, frustrating Miller, and Snake freed Quiet from her restraints.

It was around this time that Snake began to realize that the Paz he had been meeting on the Medical Platform was merely an illusion, a phantom created by the pain and guilt he felt over her death. He came to terms with her demise, but knew that he would forever possess a phantom pain where she used to be. This was the beginning of Snake's realization that all that he knew was a lie.

After one of the Mbele children, Ralph, died in what appeared to be an accident on Mother Base, the remaining Mbele were provoked by Eli into escaping Mother Base. They made it all the way around Afghanistan and central Africa, forcing Snake to go retrieve them before they were captured by the Soviets or UNITA-affiliated PFs in their respective areas. Upon retrieving all the children, Ocelot and Snake interrogated Eli about his intentions. Eli revealed that he and the boys were revolting against Diamond Dogs, and as if on cue, Sahelanthropus burst through the wall of the cell, with Tretij Rebenok retrieving Eli and flying away with Sahelanthropus. The Mbele children also followed in tow, having forced a Diamond Dogs pilot to follow Eli in a helicopter. It was later discovered that Huey was responsible for secretly repairing Sahelanthropus.

Miller later called Snake, explaining that the vocal cord parasite outbreak had returned a second time, and worse than ever. Some sort of radiation leak caused a mutation in the wolbachia used to suppress the parasites, in turn mutating the parasites and making them able to clone without the need for sexual reproduction. Snake was sent into the quarantine platform to identify symptoms of the new infection and find anyone worth rescuing. As Snake travelled through the halls, he discovered that the quarantined soldiers began in-fighting. He also found a researcher who had managed to make an SOS transmission, who told him to use night-vision goggles to identify the infected.

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Venom Snake, envisioned as a bloody faced, horned "demon."

Snake moved towards the roof, where he found crazed infected Diamond Dogs trying to escape. Miller told him that if they died and the birds outside ate their flesh, they could spread the infection across the world. A napalm strike was deployed, killing many of the infected, but the light attracted more to attempt an escape. Snake was left with no choice but to begin massacring the infected - some crazed and delusional soldiers were put down like dogs, while those with only early signs were able to accept their deaths with dignity. Snake found one survivor with no symptoms and decided to extract him before he got infected, but by the time he reached the exit, Snake found the survivor was symptomatic after all, and was forced to kill him too. Horrified by his own actions, Snake fell to his knees in the bloodied halls and revelled in his own demonic nature.

After discovering that Huey was directly responsible for the second mutation of the vocal cord parasites, the Diamond Dogs put Huey on trial. In the court-martial, Huey was found guilty of inviting XOF to attack MSF nine years prior, conspiring with Eli to repair Sahelanthropus, murdering Strangelove in the Mammal Pod, and causing the parasites' mutation. While Miller and the rest of Diamond Dogs demanded he be executed, Venom Snake used his authority to instead show mercy and exile Huey to the mainland on a raft. Huey was given food and water for his journey, but was unable to keep his mechanical legs.

Later, Ocelot informed Snake that Quiet had disappeared, and was now somewhere in Afghanistan. Miller was worried that she knew too much about Diamond Dogs, recounting Snake's words of killing Quiet when the time came. After finding some intel on Quiet's location, Snake learned that she had been captured by Soviet forces and was taken to the Lamar Khaate Palace. Code Talker explained that Quiet was carrying the vocal cord parasites, more precisely, the English strain. He also revealed that Skull Face attempted to use her as a mole to infect Mother Base, but she had refused to speak. Code Talker said that even if she didn't speak, the parasites might have became active thanks to the mutation, which is the reason she left without warning.

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Venom Snake and Quiet pass out in a sandstorm.

Snake found Quiet at the palace, and the two worked together to defeat Soviet reinforcements. Quiet was knocked unconscious by an enemy tank round, forcing Snake to carry her out of harm's way through a fearsome sandstorm. Along the way, he was bitten by a cobra, and its venom caused him to lose consciousness. Quiet woke up when she heard Pequod attempting to contact Snake through his radio, explaining that he wouldn't be able stay at the LZ much longer due to near-zero visibility in the sandstorm. Quiet replied in Navajo, but Pequod was unable to understand him, forcing Quiet to guide the chopper to their location in English. Upon being located, Snake was given an antivenom and regained consciousness. However, Quiet was no where to be found. He went to search for her by tracking her footprints, through which he only found a cassette tape behind for Snake to find with a parting message.

Afterwards, Code Talker contacted Snake and confirmed that Quiet indeed possessed the third English strain that Skull Face had referred to on his death bed. Code Talker went on to summarize Quiet's actions and inquired as to why she did not release the parasites on Mother Base; she might have had a change of heart. Code Talker stated that "we [wouldn't] hear it from her."

Some time after Quiet left Mother Base, Venom Snake memories were gradually restored due to the hypnotherapy wearing off. He put the pieces together himself, realizing that he was not in fact the same man as Big Boss, but rather the medic who nearly died with him in the chopper nine years prior. Eventually, Venom Snake would receive a cassette tape from the real Big Boss which contained the following:

"Now do you remember? Who you are? What you were meant to do? I cheated death, thanks to you. And thanks to you I’ve left my mark. You have too – you’ve written your own history. You’re your own man. I’m Big Boss, and you are too… No… He’s the two of us. Together. Where we are today? We built it. This story – this “legend” – it’s ours. We can change the world – and with it, the future. I am you, and you are me. Carry that with you, wherever you go. Thank you… my friend. From here on out, you’re Big Boss."
— Big Boss


Venom Snake took up the name and kept up the ruse, ultimately keeping to his undying loyalty to his best friend and commanding officer to the very end. Diamond Dogs itself was a smoke screen to place all focus on Venom Snake, while the real Big Boss could lay the ground work for Outer Heaven.

Kingdom of the Flies[]

Sometime later, the Diamond Dogs pilot who was forced to fly the child soldiers off of Mother Base with Eli was finally recovered about fifty miles inland to Africa from the Seychelles waters. He explained that he had been abandoned alive, albeit trapped inside the chopper and near death from dehydration when rescued, to call Snake out to settle their conflict. Eli had possession of Sahelanthropus, as well as the last remaining sample of the English strain of vocal cord parasites, and because of this he was being hunted by XOF as well.

The Intel Team found out where Eli, his boys, and Sahelanthropus had gone - an island in a large salt lake in Central Africa. Eli presented one demand in exchange for Sahelanthropus and its nuke - the body of "Big Boss." Fortunately, Eli's choice of hideout kept the parasites contained, as they were unable to cross saltwater barriers on their own, and the boys were in no immediate danger from the parasites, as the parasites did not activate from voices that had not broken in puberty yet. The Intel Team did, however, also discover through audio recordings of Eli that his voice was starting to break, meaning that time until the parasite would become an active danger were limited.

When Venom Snake arrived on the island, he found that XOF troops had already begun a strike operation to kill Eli and take Sahelanthropus back. Many of them had been killed by cruel booby traps set by Eli's boys, but a good number had survived. Snake made his way to the center of the island, where he found Eli resting in Sahelanthropus' cockpit among the child soldiers. However, a platoon of XOF soldiers had beaten him there, opening fire on Eli. Their weapons were rendered useless by Tretij Rebenok's psychokinesis. Eli activated Sahelanthropus and began killing the soldiers, eventually discovering Snake hiding from the attack. He stopped his onslaught momentarily to speak with Snake and declare that he was going to get his revenge, and the two then began their battle.

Their battle came to a close when Sahelanthropus' torso was blown in half at the waist, causing it to shut down and become inoperable, Eli and Tretij Rebenok having been finally defeated. As Eli emerged from the cockpit he was approached by a squadron of XOF soldiers ready to kill him. Snake sprung a surprise attack and killed the assailants, but backup quickly arrived. After a grenade went off in close proximity to Snake, his "horn" suffered damage and triggered a seizure in his brain, affecting his vision and making him unable to differentiate between red and white. He moved back in to attack, but due to his temporary colorblindness Eli's red pilot suit appeared similar to XOF's white suits and Snake accidentally shot Eli. Snake ran to Eli's motionless body to mourn his mistake.

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Venom Snake speaks to Eli, after the latter's defeat.

In the aftermath, the Diamond Dogs arrived in force. A medic examined Eli, revealing that he hadn't died, as he had donned a bulletproof vest at some point in time before the attack. Venom Snake ordered that he be returned to Mother Base to be patched up, but as Eli began to come to, he began showing symptoms of the English vocal cord parasite's effects. Eli expressed his hatred for Snake and Cipher, claiming that someday he would destroy Big Boss, believing Venom Snake to be his father. With the island completely contaminated by the vocal cord parasites, Ocelot reminded Snake that they had to leave soon and then ordered the entire island to be hit with a napalm strike to burn every last thing. As Diamond Dogs and the salvaged remains of Sahelanthropus began to move out, Snake raised his pistol to Eli's head to kill him in an act of mercy, rather than let him die from his parasite infection or the bombing, but found himself unable to pull the trigger on the kid, whom he had come to respect as "one hell of a soldier." Snake instead left his gun with one shot in it on the ground in front of Eli, telling him "Don't blame yourself. Blame me," before he turned his back on him and walked to the nearest helicopter, leaving Eli with the decision of what to do. On board the Diamond Dogs helicopter, Venom Snake and Ocelot overlooked the bombing of the island. Snake saw his own reflection in the glass of the window, seeing nothing but a demon once again.

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After completing the construction of Outer Heaven's fortress in South Africa, Big Boss's reputation as a mercenary had travelled far and wide thanks to the activities of Venom Snake. While he knew that mercenaries around the world would eventually rally to his cause, Big Boss also knew that it would bring the attention of government agencies growing suspicious of his activities. Needing to keep attention away from Outer Heaven, Big Boss himself decided to return to the U.S. to rejoin FOXHOUND as its commander with Venom Snake taking control of the operation in his absence.

In 1995, Venom Snake initiated the Outer Heaven Uprising, forcing scientist Drago Pettrovich Madnar to build TX-55 Metal Gear by holding his daughter, Ellen, hostage. After receiving information on Operation Intrude N313 from Big Boss, Venom Snake's forces captured FOXHOUND agent Gray Fox, and later attempted to eliminate rookie agent Solid Snake, who had been sent to rescue Fox and destroy Metal Gear. It was intended that Solid Snake report misinformation back to the West, in order to protect Outer Heaven, but he proved too successful.

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Venom Snake fighting against Solid Snake.

Following the destruction of Metal Gear, Outer Heaven's self-destruct sequence was activated. Venom Snake then blocked Solid Snake's escape from the doomed fortress, revealing the FOXHOUND commander's deception to the rookie, while maintaining his role as Big Boss.

"Solid Snake! I've been expecting you... ...I am the supreme commander of the FOXHOUND unit... And... The leader of the fortress of Outer Heaven, Big Boss! I gave this mission to you, a rookie, thinking I could use you to fool the rest of the world... But you were too good. You went too far! Solid Snake! I'm not going down alone. I'm taking you with me! Prepare to die!"
— Venom Snake's last words.


The two then fought as the self-destruct continued to countdown. Despite his age, Venom Snake proved to be fast and dangerous, but was ultimately killed due to Solid Snake's resourcefulness.[2] With his "phantom" dead and the Outer Heaven fortress destroyed, the real Big Boss used the opportunity to fake his death as he fled FOXHOUND and went into hiding, until the establishment of Zanzibar Land.

Profession[]

Personality[]

Family and Relatives[]

Close Rivals[]

Close Friends[]

Appearances in the Works[]

  1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Kojima Productions (2015). Venom Snake's passport defines his year and place of birth, alongside the player-determined details of his true identity.
  2. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Kojima Productions (2015).
    Mission 46 - Truth: The Man Who Sold The World (post-credits timeline)
    1995: [...] The Outer Heaven Uprising occurs, but is quashed by Solid Snake, who kills Big Boss's phantom.
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