
II, but Drebin supplied him with a M4 Custom for free. Drebin offered his services to Snake at a price, which Snake could pay using the Mk. Snake made it through the militia's safe house by assisting with the battle until he ran into a gun launderer named Drebin 893. II gave snake a new device, called the Solid Eye, while the battle continued outside. II, which was a small robot that Otacon had been building earlier to provide Snake with remote support in the field. Snake manages to avoid being detected and continues further into the city.įurther on, Snake met up with the Metal Gear Mk. Suddenly, the battle quieted and an unmanned Gekko descended on them, killing a number of the men in the militia. He tried to give supporting fire for the militias, but his gun jammed because overheated ammo fused with the cartridge, making him have to continue deeper into the battlefield. Three days later, Snake made it to the center of the Middle Eastern war zone, in the back of the truck disguised as a member of the local militia. Snake, hesitantly at first, agreed to assassinate Liquid, but only after Campbell explained that if Liquid wasn't stopped it would create a world in which war was an absolute necessity and that the international community was unwilling to stop it because they wanted to protect the war economy. Campbell also explained the situation of the PMCs as well as Outer Heaven, and the revival of Liquid Snake through Liquid Ocelot. Sunny (Otacon's adopted daughter), upon returning to the kitchen, noticed a recently smoked cigarette butt on the counter and scolded Snake for smoking. AT Corp, had shifted from weapons development to security development to make the battlefield more organized and controlled. Snake and Campbell then discussed how the Pentagon s new battlefield system allowed the use of PMCs, and also how ArmsTech a.k.a. Returning to their base on board the aircraft Nomad, Campbell explained that private military companies were not like the mercenaries of the past. Campbell, who was now working with the UN security council, had found Liquid working somewhere in the Middle East. Otacon suggested he should go see a doctor, a suggestion that snake declined by saying he was never normal to begin with and was also already infected with FOXDIE to begin with. Snake estimated that he probably had a year left to live, at best. Otacon emerged from the helicopter and informed Snake that Roy Campbell was waiting for him, and also that test results for Snake's condition had tested positive for proteomes and negative in mRNA analysis.

While visiting the grave of Big Boss, a helicopter landed inside the cemetery. Solid Snake, who had now begun to age rapidly, had been living a life of solitude.

together, these 5 PMCs were enough to rival the entire U.S. The 5 largest of these were run by a single mother company, known as Outer Heaven, which was run by Liquid Ocelot. The world's economy slowly began to rely on war as most conflicts rested heavily on the use of private military companies. Following the Big Shell Incident, the world had fallen into a state of perpetual war while restrictions on military intervention in foreign countries eased, causing a new need for mercenaries. In the Middle East in 2014, Liquid Ocelot made preparations for an armed insurrection against the Patriots. Although, Ocelot had met success regarding the Patriots' destruction ans with resurrecting Big Boss, he failed to start complete anarchy because of modifications to the FOXALIVE virus that were secretly added by Sunny, who was the daughter of Olga Gurlukovich. Ocelot had actually faked being possessed by Liquid Snake to ensure that his, as well as Big Mama and Naomi Hunter's, goals of saving and resurrecting Big Boss were accomplished. Though it was initially believed that Liquid intended to take the Patriots' power for himself, he had actually manipulated Solid snake into shutting down the AI system completely by infecting GW with the virus FOXALIVE.
