Solidus Do You Know What Day It Is

"What is our legacy if nosotros cannot pass the torch? Proof of our beingness - a mark of some sort. When the torch is passed on from parent to child... information technology extends beyond DNA; information is imparted as well. All I want is to be remembered. By other people, past history."

―Solidus Snake ^[src]

Solidus Snake, existent name George Sears, and likewise known as King, or only Solidus, was the 43rd President of the U.s.a., and a product of the Les Enfants Terribles project, making him the third "Son of Big Boss". Later on secretly instigating the events on Shadow Moses Island, he became directly involved in the Big Shell Incident.

1 Biography
- i.1 Background
- 1.2 Early life and career
- 1.3 U.S. Presidency
- 1.4 Shadow Moses Incident
- i.v Post-Shadow Moses
- i.six The Manhattan Incident
- 1.7 After death
2 Name
three Personality and traits
4 Weapons
5 Exoskeleton
6 Unconfirmed history
7 Behind the scenes
- 7.1 Metal Gear Solid
- seven.2 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- 7.three Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- 7.4 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- 7.5 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- 7.6 E3 Battle and Versus Battle
8 Appearances
- 8.1 Non-canonical
9 Gallery
10 Notes and references

Biography

Groundwork

Warning: The following information is from exterior Hideo Kojima'southward core "Metal Gear Saga." Its canonicity inside the continuity is disputed, therefore reader discretion is advised.^[?]

An adult Solidus Snake was foreseen by Elisa and Ursula in 1970, in a prophetic vision of Big Boss's futurity.^[two]

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Solidus was the 3rd "Son of Big Dominate" created past the Patriots in 1972,^[1] through somatic cell cloning, as part of the Les Enfants Terribles projection.^[one] ^[three] The initial phase of the projection produced genetically diverse twin clones with i expressing Big Boss's "inferior" genetic traits and the other Big Boss's "superior" traits which led to Big Boss's departure from the Patriots in 1972. Thus, the arrangement required a perfect clone in lodge to retain a figurehead for their organization in the prototype of Big Dominate.

Since neither of the Twin Snakes had identical phenotypic expressions to Large Boss, Solidus was created with the aforementioned "perfect balance" of dominant and recessive traits that Large Dominate possessed. In later life, Solidus would take much pride in his visible similarity to the human being.

The accelerated aging written into each clone's genes provided the neglect-safe of a express lifespan, should Solidus'south genetic information autumn into enemy hands or he himself plough confronting the Patriots. Despite being preceded by his brothers,^[three] Solidus appeared more aged than the other two clones in his later life.

Early life and career

In his teenage years, Solidus Snake was dispatched to Liberia in the late 1980s, to participate in the civil war. To test a hypothesis regarding the nature of his being, he adopted a young boy during the war after killing his parents, named him Jack, and trained him to be a ruthless killer from as early every bit the age of 6. Seeing himself as the boy's godfather,^[4] Solidus had Jack serve as part of his Pocket-size Boy Unit in the Army of the Devil. Jack proved himself to exist one of Solidus's best child soldiers through his amazing record of kills, gaining platoon leadership of the unit at but x years quondam, and earning him the nicknames "White Devil" and "Jack the Ripper." Later the war ended, Jack suddenly disappeared from a relief center, leaving Solidus to wonder what happened to him for some time.

Warning: The following information is from outside Hideo Kojima'due south core "Metal Gear Saga." Its canonicity within the continuity is disputed, therefore reader discretion is brash.^[?]

Solidus (left) orders a medico to administer an injection to Jack, equally remembered by the latter in adulthood.

During this fourth dimension, Solidus worked as a CIA paramilitary,^[v] and smoked cigars like his "father" Big Dominate.^[vi] At some point, he allowed a physician to inject Jack with a substance that he claimed would "never make him the same" although non earlier alert the doctor that he would kill him if it permanently harmed Jack. He taught Jack that blades were "honorable" compared to guns, killing a soldier on one occasion past slitting his throat in front of the boy. Although Raiden possessed many unpleasant memories of Solidus, he would later on feel that he had ultimately performed some good, past pedagogy him to exist free with his own life. Solidus's activities in Liberia would later inspire the name of the Sears Program, which involved VR preparation of child soldiers in 2018.^[7]

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During the Gulf War, some U.Due south. soldiers were injected with soldier genes in an endeavour to replicate the results of Les Enfants Terribles, making them, and the reported "Gulf State of war Babies," Solidus's siblings, in a sense.^[8]

U.S. Presidency

George Sears during his term as President.

In the early on 2000s, the Patriots entrusted Solidus with the Presidency of the United States, making George Sears the 43rd U.Due south. President.^[9] While in function, Sears created the U.Southward. Navy special forces unit Dead Cell. When the NMD plan was about to fail due to the complete failures of the trials, he reportedly pushed for it to exist completed, resulting in success.^[10] The Sears administration was characterized by its stance on nuclear disarmament and anti-eugenic policies. In February 2005, he attempted to negotiate with Russia in regard to lowering the ceiling of nuclear stockpiles via START Iii, in order to become them to agree to a revision to the ABM treaty, since the NMD programme violated the electric current ABM treaty. He wanted to have information technology signed so that it could get down in the history books, knowing that his term was soon to exist up.

Shadow Moses Incident

Main article: Shadow Moses Incident

During negotiations for START 3, George Sears acted outside the Patriots' orders and secretly orchestrated the Shadow Moses Incident. He ordered his agent Revolver Ocelot to persuade FOXHOUND'due south team leader, Liquid Snake (Solidus's swain clone) into hijacking Metallic Gear Male monarch. His intentions were to accept Ocelot steal the REX data and the experimental nuclear warhead with which it was to be armed. Sears hoped to use this as a tool confronting the Patriots, whom he had come up to loathe. The Side by side-Generation Special Forces also participated in the incident, whose members, similar Solidus himself, had been experimented on to replicate Large Boss'southward genes.^[8]

An unplanned cistron, however, came when the Secretarial assistant of Defence force issued an order to embark a nuclear air raid on Shadow Moses later REX was destroyed merely Richard Ames arrested the Secretary for going out of line and rescinded the orders.

After the incident, his agent reported that he had purposefully killed the DARPA Chief and too reported that the "inferior" twin had defeated Liquid, the "superior" ane, as well as FOXDIE beingness due to activate.^[11] The President then received a compliment on being a "well balanced individual" worthy of ruling the world, equally the perfect clone of Big Boss.

Mail-Shadow Moses

The existence of Metallic Gear Male monarch and the Next-Generation Special Forces were both exposed to the public during the aftermath of the incident, through the release of Nastasha Romanenko's In the Darkness of Shadow Moses: The Unofficial Truth. The Patriots removed Sears from the presidency and covered it up by telling the general public that he "resigned." Solidus went into hiding when he learned that his superiors were planning to eliminate him every bit punishment. He was also involved in the funding for Revolver Ocelot getting his arm transplant in Lyon, France beforehand.^[12]

During his time cloak-and-dagger, Solidus made preparations for open rebellion against the Patriots and allied himself with Sergei Gurlukovich'south private army of Russian mercenaries as well as the rogue anti-terrorist unit Dead Cell which Solidus had fix up during his presidency.

The Manhattan Incident

Encounter likewise: Tanker Incident and the Large Shell Incident

Solidus as he appeared during the Big Shell Incident.

In April 2009, Solidus Snake and his Sons of Liberty forces initiated an armed takeover of the Large Shell offshore cleanup facility, located in the Lower New York Bay. Assuming the identity of his presumed dead blood brother "Solid Serpent", Solidus intended to accept control of the new and highly advanced warship Arsenal Gear which was being adult in hugger-mugger at the facility. He as well kidnapped his successor James Johnson that had been on an inspection tour at the time, though he would later aid Solidus of his own free will, before ultimately disagreeing with his intended goal. Unbeknownst to either Solidus or Johnson, yet, their actions were actually being manipulated by the Patriots as part of the S3 Program.

Solidus'southward troops were later forced to fence with an anti-terrorist operation conducted by SEAL Squad 10, besides as an surreptitious infiltration past FOXHOUND commando Raiden. Soon after both SEAL Squad 10 divisions were wiped out past Dead Cell, Solidus personally took care of the SEAL helicopters, shooting them downwards using a Harrier jet. After learning from his subordinate Olga Gurlukovich that both a sword-equipped "cyborg ninja" and a man in a paper-thin box had been seen on the Big Shell, Solidus had her increase patrols and proceeded to identify infrared sensor-equipped Semtex on the Beat out 2 connecting span every bit a trap.^[13] After Dead Cell's flop specialist Fatman attempted to destroy the Big Trounce, nearly ruining their plans, Solidus suspected that he may have been a found for the Patriots, and ordered Revolver Ocelot to practice a recheck on Expressionless Prison cell's groundwork files only in example, as well as stopping a heated argument between Olga and Ocelot. Solidus later encountered Raiden on the Trounce 2 connecting span, later on the latter had disabled the Semtex IR sensors in his attempt to rescue President Johnson. Identifying him every bit "a messenger from the Patriots", Solidus was certain that he knew Raiden from somewhere. After declaring that he was Solid Serpent, the real Solid Snake (under the alias Iroquois Pliskin) attacked him from a Kasatka helicopter. During an exchange of heated dialogue between the two, Raiden learned of their true identities. Snake too demanded that Solidus stop impersonating Big Boss.^[14] Solidus evaded Snake'southward machinegun fire with his armor and exoskeleton-enhanced speed and strength. Eventually knocked from the bridge past Serpent's grenade launcher, Solidus landed on a waiting Harrier jump jet, piloted past his subordinate Vamp. Entering the Harrier's copilot seat, Solidus engaged the Kasatka, though Raiden was able to shoot the jet downward with Stinger missiles. Hurtling down towards the ocean, the Harrier was defenseless within the jaws of the terrorists' Metal Gear RAY before it could crash. Solidus, having lost his left eye in the battle, ordered Vamp to escape earlier sealing the cockpit and allowing RAY to carry him and the crippled aircraft away underwater.

Solidus with an eyepatch after the loss of his left eye.

When Raiden was later captured, Solidus finally realized that he was his own adopted son Jack. Believing that Raiden's retention of him may have been contradistinct by the Patriots, Solidus revealed their connection and his past as a child soldier, something that Raiden did not wish to remember. Afterward Raiden escaped custody, Solidus informed him of the S3 Plan, based on what Ocelot had told him, and that, with some reluctance, he must ultimately kill him, sending the ship'south unmanned RAY units to assail him. Solidus'due south programme to lure the Patriot spy into the open succeeded when Olga interfered to protect Raiden. Capturing her in a stranglehold with his exo-suit's snake arms, he promptly executed her with his P90 burglarize, shooting her in the head at point-blank range. Even so, a worm cluster that had infected Arsenal Gear'due south onboard AI, GW, caused the remaining RAY units to get haywire, forcing Solidus to destroy the machines. With Armory's AI corrupted, Solidus resolved to excerpt the information he desired from Raiden instead, via the latter'south built-in nanomachine base.

It was initially believed that Solidus planned to expose the being of the Patriots by using Arsenal Gear to detonate a nuclear warhead over the skies of New York City. The loftier-altitude blast would create a gigantic electromagnetic pulse and bring Wall Street to a halt, toppling the Patriots' power over the business organization community in Manhattan, and spurring the world into a panic. He would and so free Manhattan from its digital yoke and establish the liberated zone Outer Sky in identify. Solidus later revealed that he was in fact going to give Arsenal to Dead Jail cell after extracting the identities of the Patriots from the onboard AI GW. Dead Cell was intended to depict the Patriots' attention whilst Solidus would chase the twelve individuals down, killing them off 1 by i. However, Solidus'southward programme never came to fruition due to the corruption of GW by a worm cluster, and Revolver Ocelot'south activity as an agent of the Patriots that had helped to orchestrate the entire incident. Solidus was called to be involved because his relationship with Raiden resembled that of Solid Serpent and Big Boss.

Solidus's dorsum was forced to the wall until Ocelot ("possessed" by Liquid'southward personality) crashed Arsenal Gear into Manhattan. Solidus and Raiden were thrown from the meridian of Arsenal onto the roof superlative of Federal Hall, where Solidus told Raiden his true intents and desires. Solidus, unable to father children and pass on his legacy, wished to be immortalized by history, but knowing the Patriots indomitable control of data they wouldn't permit this. He explained his reason for the Big Shell uprising and his plan to kill off the Patriots, finishing off by declaring that only 1 monstrosity volition have the privilege to live on. He also admitted to Raiden presently later on this that he was the 1 who killed his parents, mainly considering he wanted to see if the both of them were of someone else'southward cosmos, fifty-fifty going as far equally to compare their state of affairs with Liquid, Snake, and Big Boss'due south situation.

Solidus revealed that he needed to impale Raiden because his terminal lead on the Patriots' identities lied inside the nanomachines inside Raiden'southward brain and the design of nerves they created. Solidus and Raiden clashed blades in a duel that would ultimately result in Solidus'southward defeat at his former protégé's hands, falling from the rooftop of Federal Hall with a significant portion of his spine severed from an elegant technique past Raiden. Solidus crawled towards the statue of George Washington, reaching up to the start President of the The states equally he allow out his terminal breath.

Later expiry

As a result of his injuries, Solidus was left encephalon dead. Subsequently being retrieved by the Paradise Lost Ground forces, Large Mama used Solidus as spare parts for transplant surgery on Big Dominate. Life support equipment was used to maintain the torso's metabolic processes, keeping it alive and functional, and providing optimal opportunities for transplantation. Big Mama's resistance group used Solidus's remaining caput and chest as a dummy version of Large Boss'southward trunk in case the Patriots' proxy AIs attempted to track Big Boss downwardly.

In 2014, Solidus'south prediction and fears of what the Patriots intended to do were proven correct with the advent of the state of war economic system and the development of the SOP organization.

By 2014, Solidus'south body served as a decoy with his body producing spontaneous reflex movements on occasion.^[15] Liquid Ocelot used the biomort's Dna to access the SOP system, after having stolen it from the Paradise Lost Army in Eastern Europe. Solidus, being an identical clone of Big Boss, provided DNA that was equally capable of tapping into the system. Vamp later threw the corpse into a boat fuel burn down, sparked by a gunshot from Liquid, and Solidus's remains were incinerated. Large Mama, in an exhausted and hallucinatory state, threw herself into the fire in guild to salvage "Big Boss" but was unable to prevent the biomort's loss, with Big Mama and Solid Snake having been convinced that the trunk of Big Boss had finally been destroyed.

Solidus'due south likeness later appeared in the form of Outer Haven's "Mt. Snakemore" at Shadow Moses (alongside his brothers and his begetter). Solidus'south end goal of destroying the Patriots was ultimately realized at the conclusion of the Guns of the Patriots Incident, due to the effects of FOXALIVE.

Proper noun

The solidus (Latin for solid) was originally a gold money issued by the Romans. The discussion soldier is ultimately derived from solidus, referring to these coins with which soldiers were paid. Solidus is also the term used by chemists for the line on a pressure/temperature diagram that marks the phase transition between a solid and liquid. This may also mirror the fact that he has a perfect remainder of Big Boss's dominant and recessive genes (Solid and Liquid had simply one or the other).

Solidus' surname is most likely derived from Isaac Sears, an American political figure who led the original Sons of Liberty, while his given name may have been taken from George Westward. Bush, the real 43rd President of the United States.

Personality and traits

Solidus was driven by a strong want to be remembered by history and get out a lasting impression on the world following his death. Having been denied a genetic legacy by the project Les Enfants Terribles, he too had a strong political opposition to the secretive Patriots, which would lead him to carry out an attempted coup d'état, and ultimately remake the U.S. in a similar mode to George Washington. He is also shown to have somewhat fatalistic tendencies, as just prior to his duel with Raiden, he mentions that they're "repeating history".

Solidus felt a deep patriotic love for his country. The primary motivation of his deportment was to destroy the Patriots and give the power back to the citizens of America. Despite his radical methods, he strongly valued ceremonious liberties and personal freedoms. He opposed The Patriots plot for digital censorship as he believed that it would be the nail in the coffin for the Patriots plan to control the American population.

He idolized George Washington, to the extent that his terrorist group was named after the historical Sons of Liberty. Additionally, he intended to go down into history as a liberator and a revolutionary, not unlike George Washington. In his final moments Solidus gazed upwards at a statue of his idol moments earlier succumbing to his wounds.

Unlike Liquid and Solid Snake, Solidus manifestly held a lot of open respect for their "father" Big Boss, modelling himself after the renowned mercenary in both attitudes and behavior. He gathered disillusioned soldiers to his crusade and gave them purpose, as he did with the Gurlukovich Mercenaries. All the same, he seemed to lack Big Dominate's forgiveness towards his allies, executing Olga Gurlukovich for betraying him to the Patriots, despite explaining her reasons.

Solidus held a great deal of respect towards his adopted son Raiden, with their human relationship like to that between Solid Ophidian and Large Boss. In addition, Solidus seemed to have a code of honor every bit he supplied Raiden with a sword for him to defend himself, despite making it articulate that he intended to kill Raiden for the information on the Patriots located inside his nanomachine network. Presumably, his access to Raiden of his function in the latter's parents' demise may accept been an attempt to requite Raiden boosted incentive to fight him.

Despite his idealistic mentality, Solidus was ruthless in his methods during warfare. Having trained kid soldiers in his younger years during the First Liberian Civil War, he had put said children under harsh preparation and weather. He lacked remorse in his treatment towards the children of his Minor Boy Unit, even going so far as relishing in Raiden'south success as an accomplished killer.

Solidus, equipped with swords and his exoskeleton's "serpent artillery."

Solidus had keen senses, as evidenced when he managed to shoot out i of the Metal Gear RAY's AIs with his P90 without even turning to face information technology, later the units went haywire. His superhuman speed and reflexes were artificially heightened by his powered exoskeleton, to which he claimed that he was a "whole different game" from Liquid Ophidian.^[16] Solidus was also a skilled pilot, using a Harrier jet to shoot down SEAL Team 10'south two ship choppers, and too acted as the co-pilot during his fight against Raiden and Philanthropy's Kasatka.

Solidus was familiar with unorthodox infiltration methods, ordering Olga Gurlukovich to set a trap on the Big Shell'south connecting span, afterward hearing her report concerning "a homo hiding under a cardboard box," a trick that he had encountered before.

Weapons

In terms of small arms, Solidus used a P90 submachine gun and also used a Daishō (Katana and Wakizashi set); the "Minshuto" (Democrat) and "Kyowato" (Republican) high-frequency blades. During the Big Trounce Incident, Solidus demonstrated a highly dexterous combat ability, both as a marksman and a swordsman (though he only ever fought while wearing his accommodate, which increased his abilities).

Exoskeleton

Main: Solidus Snake'southward exoskeleton

The exoskeleton that Solidus wore was developed for the U.S. Ground forces by DARPA. It increased the wearer's speed, strength, and agility through the use of the aforementioned artificial muscle technology initially developed for Metal Gear RAY, equally well equally the Tengu soldiers' combat suits, and to a lesser extent, the Skull Accommodate. Information technology could permit a skilled sword user to deflect a heavy barrage of car gun fire with relative ease. The adjust could likewise withstand attacks from bract weapons due to sensors stretching between the interior and the surface of the suit comparable to a neural network, which upon detecting an impact, would instantaneously react by automatically contracting and diffusing the impairment. In contrast to Grey Fox' exoskeleton, the abilities of Solidus's accommodate were not in issue permanently but could be activated at will. The exoskeleton'due south gauntlets were too durable enough to deflect gunfire even when its artificial muscle engineering enhancements are non activated, as Solidus demonstrated to Serpent

Solidus's suit was also armed with ii prehensile tentacles or "Snake Arms" that could be used to grab or asphyxiate opponents, inject drugs such as Phenobarbital B into the system of an opponent, analyze the content of someone'south brain for nanomachines and the data in them, and as well had the ability to fire modest missiles. The snake arms could exist ejected to further increment the wearer'south speed and agility. This technology was also utilized in the combat suit of Laughing Octopus of the Beauty and the Animate being Unit.^[17]

In addition, the accommodate was equipped with a built-in accelerator unit that allowed the user to make quick movements beyond terrain, leaving a trail of flames in their path.

The exoskeleton initially came equipped with a cloak, although information technology was burned off when Solidus used his exoskeleton'due south accelerator to evade Snake'southward gunfire every bit a consequence of the resulting flame trail.

Unconfirmed history

The following data has been detailed in official Konami-licensed media, written by various external authors. Its status in the Metallic Gear canon is unconfirmed.^[?]

During his fourth dimension in Liberia, Solidus Snake managed to capture several Liberian terrorists responsible for murdering American soldiers. On Jack's tenth birthday, Solidus then had Jack decapitate 10 of the Liberian terrorists (each i interim every bit a "birthday candle" representing each year Jack had lived past that point) equally the former's "birthday nowadays" for the latter.^[eighteen]

Later Solidus'due south body was burned in Eastern Europe, 2014, his remains were recovered and flown over to the U.South. They were interred next to The Boss'south burial site past Solid Snake and Otacon, with Meryl, Mei Ling, and Roy Campbell's help, nevertheless believing that the remains were those of Big Boss.^[19]

Behind the scenes

Solidus Snake (ソリダス・スネーク , Soridasu Sunēku ^? ) is the primary antagonist of Metallic Gear Solid two: Sons of Liberty. In the Japanese version, both Solidus Serpent and Solid Snake are voiced by Akio Ōtsuka, while John Cygan voiced the former in the English version. As of The Phantom Pain, Solidus is the simply Les Enfants Terribles clone to not have a biblical offset name, instead using the proper name "George."

While Big Dominate's clones are most often referred to as his sons in the series, they are biologically more similar to identical twins, since they share more genes with him than children built-in past normal sexual reproduction.

Metallic Gear Solid

Solidus's identity as the U.S. President in Metal Gear Solid is only revealed in the post-credits telephone conversation between himself and Revolver Ocelot. This item is only given in the original game if Meryl Silverburgh survives the events of the story, whereas The Twin Snakes remake reveals this regardless of whether or not she survives.

Hideo Kojima, in a series of tweets elaborating on the reason behind naming the Les Enfants Terribles clones in the leadup to Metal Gear Solid 5: Footing Zeroes' release, explained that he chose the proper noun "Solidus" to indicate he was a boundary between Solid and Liquid Ophidian, as their "states" names were allegorical to their nature, equally Solidus was intended to be used for the eventual sequel to Metal Gear Solid.^[xx] ^[21] He too explained that although "gas" was technically a state and the next stage frontwards, he didn't give him the name "gas snake" because, like the term "gas human," it wasn't a very appealing name.^[22]

Metallic Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

In Kojima'southward "G Game Plan" for Metal Gear Solid 2 (MGS2), Solidus Snake was originally to have faked his death from an assassination attempt, by having a double pose as him. His terminal name was also originally "Ryan" instead of "Sears." The game program also implies that Solidus intended for Nastasha Romanenko to publish her book in his agenda to betrayal the Patriots to the world, and that he carried the FOXDIE antidote, rendering him allowed to Solid Snake'due south FOXDIE virus.

Comparison of Solid Snake and Solidus Serpent polygon models.

Solidus' in-game model is a re-textured version of Solid Snake'southward, maintaining the aforementioned facial shape but with the improver of details such equally wrinkles, paler skin and anile hair. Kojima used this unique method to authentically display that Solid Snake and Solidus were clones.

At the conclusion of the Tanker Chapter, Ocelot makes a radio transmission to a "Mr. President." Although the contact is identified equally Solidus in the game'due south script^[23], this is contradicted by Otacon during the Plant Chapter, who claims Solidus was keeping a depression contour at the time.^[24] In improver, the official Piggyback strategy guide for MGS2 names President James Johnson as Ocelot's contact, noting Solidus's removal from role.^[25]

During his spoken language on top of Federal Hall, Solidus incorrectly states that "George Washington took part equally the first President of the United States of America 200 years ago today." Washington actually took role on Apr thirty, 1789, exactly 220 years prior to Solidus's speech. The game'southward script also contains an error in this regard every bit it incorrectly states that Solidus'south speech took identify 223 years after Washington becoming President.^[26]

During the dominate fight with Solidus, the player can exploit the blind spot created from Solidus's loss of his left eye to attack him hands. In the Hard disk Edition of MGS2, defeating Solidus will unlock the achievement/trophy "Some other Serpent Bites the Dust."

The MGS2 script originally had Raiden cutting a rope off a flagpole at Federal Hall, after killing Solidus, which would have caused the American flag to autumn onto the latter's body, thus, mirroring the draping of the flag over a President'due south bury during a country funeral. The visual of an American flag falling from its pole ended upward being cut from the concluding version due to the events of 9/11. The scene, however, was kept in the novelization, which was written many years afterward.

Aside from the main game, Solidus also had a major role in the Snake Tales story "External Gazer" as the main adversary. In it, he (or rather, an alternating version of Solidus) accessed the Koppelthorn Engine and attempted to manipulate realities to ensure his self-preservation and the preservation of his alternate selves, not caring who he hurts in the process. This version of Solidus also married an alternate version of Mei Ling and had her replace their Mei Ling to manipulate Philanthropy into merging the various parallel universes by destroying the Gurlugon. He later tries to stop Serpent, somewhen resorting to trapping him in the body of a young, blond man and experiencing various disturbing scenarios. Ultimately, Solidus fails in his goal due to Otacon finding the singularity and fights Solid Snake due to rage at the failure of his plans. He perishes when he falls to his decease subsequently Solid Snake knocks him off Federal Hall.

In the fictional history of the Metal Gear series, Solidus is the youngest known U.S. President, being in his mid to late 20s at the fourth dimension, which would have fabricated him constitutionally ineligible in reality (35 years of age being the minimum). However, having apparently anile more apace than his clone brothers by the fourth dimension of MGS2, it is likely he possessed a much older appearance than his actual age would imply, thus arousing less suspicion. His "resignation" from the Presidency, as a result of the Shadow Moses Incident, also makes him the second known U.S. President to resign from part, the get-go beingness Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.

George Sears' fictional presidency appears to coincide with real world events that occurred later the 2001 release of MGS2, such as U.South. military interest in Transitional islamic state of afghanistan and Iraq, and the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay detention army camp, which are mentioned in afterwards games in the series and other official timelines. The series' plot does not link Sears' presidency with these events, and the article, similarly, does non attempt to conflate them.

The official Piggyback strategy guide for the prequel Metallic Gear Solid 3: Serpent Eater (MGS3) claims that it was Solidus Snake who ordered the development of Metal Gear Male monarch.^[27] In MGS2, he is only stated to exist responsible for the Shadow Moses Incident.

Metal Gear Solid iv: Guns of the Patriots

The Big Boss FaceCamo in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is really that of Solidus, equally the camo is shown with its right eye intact. Its advent is based on the biomort featured in Act 3, then believed to exist Big Dominate. He also has a vocal cameo in the beginning of Human activity two, Solid Sun, where Snake recalls that Solidus's fears of the Patriots taking control of the media to retain their ability had come to pass. Despite this, withal, Solid Snake was not actually present when Solidus fabricated this statement to Raiden, as he had been busy trying to pursue Liquid Ocelot and his hijacked Metal Gear RAY epitome at the time.

Raiden's entry for the Metallic Gear Solid four Database, incorrectly states that it was Solidus who erased nigh of Raiden's memories, rather than the Patriots.^[28] Similarly, in his own entry, it is incorrectly stated that he was the ane who caused Arsenal Gear to crash into Manhattan as a concluding resort strike at the Patriots.^[29] It likewise showed him wearing eyeglasses though he is never seen wearing them in MGS2.

The game reveals that Solidus Snake'south corpse was utilized to harvest parts to supersede Big Dominate's body parts aslope Liquid. The scenario book for Metal Gear Solid four specified that Solidus'due south limbs and right ear were used for Big Boss.^[30]

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Solidus makes a cameo appearance in the English version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, on the cover of the Solidus Magazine item. This magazine replaced the Dengeki Games/GAMES Blitz of the original Japanese version, during the game's localization.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

During the development of Metal Gear Ascent: Revengeance (MGR), Quinton Flynn tweeted that he had been working with fellow phonation actor John Cygan, implying that Solidus might appear in some form in the game. The "Arm" trailer, which was later released on the official website, showed an obscured figure that sounded like and bore a physical resemblance to Solidus, overseeing the handling of the child soldier Jack (Raiden).^[31] His identity was confirmed on MGR's Facebook folio, inviting viewers to "Uncover the secret behind Raiden's preparation nether Solidus @ http://www.metalgearsolid.com/ascension."^[32] In these trailers, Solidus besides has the appearance and voice of his 2009 cocky, although it is unknown whether this was the case in-universe, or whether this was in order to have the audience identify Solidus more easily. Solidus does not make an appearance in the game itself, although he is mentioned in reference to the goals of the main antagonists. In addition, MGR describes his role during the Showtime Liberian Ceremonious War as a CIA paramilitary, whereas previous games had left this unclear (the IDW comic volume adaptation of MGS2, however, does imply his serving U.S. interests in the conflict).

E3 Boxing and Versus Battle

Solidus facing off confronting Jehuty in E3 Boxing.

Solidus Serpent appeared as a participant in the Konami-sponsored issue E3 Battle, defeating Jehuty in the start round, namely because he was a master of Metal Gears, to which Jehuty bore a similar pattern to a Metallic Gear.^[33] He proceeded to confront off against, and defeat, Rat Patrol Team 01 in the 2d round (although the percentage points unsaid that he lost against them). Solidus proceeded to fight Solid Serpent in the third round, although he lost to him.

"SOLIDUS Ophidian
FIRST APPEARED IN
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom (2001)
One-time President of the The states of America and leader of the Sons of Freedom. Said to be a perfect clone of Big Boss."

―Solidus Snake's bio in E3 Boxing

Solidus likewise appeared in Versus Battle, where he fought against Gray Pull a fast one on Skin, Black Raiden and subsequently Ocelot. He also, under then proper name Armored Clone, fought confronting Metal Gear earlier.

"STRENGTHS:
Exoskeleton-Enhanced Lethality
WEAKNESSES:
One Eye; Presidential Duties
FEATURED FACT:
It was Solidus Snake who mentored a immature Raiden in the means of the blade.
FEATURED GAME:
Metallic GEAR SOLID HD Collection"

―Armored Clone in Versus Boxing

"STRENGTHS:
Best Exoskeleton Ever
WEAKNESSES:
Information technology's Inhuman to Retrieve Any Exist
FEATURED FACT:
Solidus Snake became the youngest clone e'er to be elected President of the US
FEATURED GAME:
Metallic GEAR SOLID Hard disk drive Collection"

―Solidus in Versus Battle; Solidus vs. Gray Fox Pare

"STRENGTHS:
President, Superior Soldier, Son of Big Dominate
WEAKNESSES:
Taught Raiden Everything Solidus Knew
FEATURED FACT:
Raiden actually defeated Solidus once during the Big Shell incident in an epic duel. Could Raiden do it again?
FEATURED GAME:
METAL GEAR SOLID: THE LEGACY COLLECTION "

―Solidus in Versus Battle; Solidus vs. Blackness Raiden

"STRENGTHS:
Ocelot's Superior & Perfect Clone of Big Boss
WEAKNESSES:
Accelerated Aging
FEATURED FACT:
The Presidential figurehead of the Patriots, Solidus Ophidian grew to despise them and formed the Sons of Freedom to combat them
FEATURED GAME:
Metal GEAR SOLID: THE LEGACY COLLECTION "

―Solidus in Versus Battle; Solidus vs. Ocelot

Appearances

Metal Gear Solid (off-screen)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (off-screen)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (indirectly mentioned)
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (prophetic vision)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (biomort)
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (mentioned)
Metal Gear Solid Five: The Phantom Pain (indirectly mentioned)

Non-canonical

Metal Gear Solid ii: Substance (Snake Tales)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (mag cover)

Gallery

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c Metallic Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Konami Computer Entertainment Nihon (2004).
Ending timeline: 1972 — The Sons of Big Dominate are born.
^ Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Kojima Productions (2006).
Elisa/Ursula: Your children... Les Enfants Terribles."
^ ^a ^b Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Konami Computer Amusement Japan (2001).
James Johnson: He was the 3rd Snake, preceded by Solid and Liquid... a survivor of the Les Enfants Terrible project.
^ Metallic Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2001).
Solidus Snake: "Jack... I was your godfather... I named you..."
^ An optional Codec chat in Metallic Gear Rise: Revengeance reveals this.
^ VIDEO DATA Admission FILE #01000100: "Make It Right - "Sword" - Metal GEAR Rise"
^ Metallic Gear Rising: Revengeance TGS Trailer, Kojima Productions/Platinum Games (2012).
Sundowner: We've [Desperado] already commenced VR training [...] Same one ol' Georgie-boy [George Sears] used on the kids in Liberia.
^ ^a ^b Metal Gear Solid, Konami Calculator Entertainment Nippon (1998).
Liquid Serpent: That's correct... The Genome Soldiers that you've been killing are our brothers, with the same genes as ours. // Solid Snake: The Genome Soldiers!? Liquid: That's right. They are our brothers, created artificially through the alignment of nucleotides to mimic our father's genes. They too are the product of numerous sacrifices. // [...] Snake: So so... the so called Gulf War Babies that take been reported past Gulf War veterans are... // Liquid: Aye... They as well our are brothers and sisters.
^ Metal Gear Solid 4 Database ("Solidus Ophidian"), Kojima Productions (2008).
^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom, Konami Computer Amusement Nippon (2001).
Scott Dolph: The National Missile Defense program was initiated in the end of the 20th century, projected to completion in 2005. Nonetheless, the NMD trial conducted in the year 2000 was a consummate failure and the success of the 1999 trials is now considered a chance happening. At that place was no technological solution in sight and the program was already alluring potent criticism from Russia and Cathay for its potential violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile agreement. The fact that any development in missile defense would trigger accelerated weapons evolution has been pointed out from the very beginning. President Sears forced the NMD proposal through and succeeded in deploying the program. Some say that it was a military interest - with plans for the hundred billion dollar program budget that really arranged the legislative blessing.
^ Metal Gear Solid, Konami Figurer Entertainment Japan (1998).
Revolver Ocelot: Yes sir. The entire unit of measurement was wiped out. Those ii are still alive. The vector? Yeah sir, FoxDie should become activated soon... Correct on schedule.
^ Metal Gear Solid two: Sons of Liberty (script), Konami Calculator Amusement Nihon (2001).
Solidus Snake: How much practice you think we spent on that arm in Lyon. The best transplant surgery team in the globe -- Revolver Ocelot: I never trust a Frenchman.
^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (script), Konami Reckoner Entertainment Japan (2001).
P021_01_P01 Bomb disposal/Enter Olga 1 polygon demo 1 (MC) Heliport, roof of Strut Eastward // Raiden neutralizes the bomb on the second level of Strut E and heads for the rooftop heliport. He clears the door and emerges outdoors in fourth dimension to hear someone talking(from the radio). Shades of Ophidian and Olga in the Tanker Chapter. // Solidus Snake: (OFF) I've taken care of that abrasive fly (the SEAL helicopter). What's the situation over there? // Olga Gurlukovich: Puzzling. I saw a man dressed similar a ninja but now. // Solidus: (OFF) Ninja? // Olga: That's the merely way to describe information technology. A kind of cyborg ninja, complete with a sword. // Solidus: (OFF) (Surprised) What...! // Raiden walks out in the management of the voices. He can meet Olga at the summit of the stairs. She wears tiger-stripe urban camos over a ninja inner wear. // Olga: Are you hiding something from me? // Solidus: (OFF) Olga, are y'all it wasn't an Arsenal Tengu? (referring to the special squadron fastened to Arsenal, a new model of Metal Gear) // Olga denies the suggestion (and with information technology the user's suspicion that she herself may exist the ninja) vehemently. // Olga: Don't exist a fool. Think I wouldn't know the difference? I've never seen field gear like that, ever. // Solidus: (OFF) All right. Nosotros'll intensify patrols. Anything else? // Olga: Really...one more thing. You'll notice it difficult to believe, though. // Olga seems reluctant. She is leaning on the railings of the stairs. // Olga: I saw a man hiding under a cardboard box. // Solidus: (OFF) Where? // Olga: On the connecting bridge to Shell 2. // Solidus: (OFF) Hmm. (grunt) // Olga: So you believe me this fourth dimension? // Solidus: (OFF) I've seen someone apply that box trick before. We'll lay a trap on the Trounce 2 connecting bridge. // Olga: Over and out then. // Olga puts away the radio.
^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (script), Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2001).
Solidus' face up is finally visible. The hairstyle and the facial hair are conscious attempts to model himself later on the Big Boss (since the share the same genes). Past the aforementioned token, he has a striking resemblance to Snake.
Snake: (seeing Solidus' face) End impersonating him (Big Boss)!
^ Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
This is observed by Solid Snake upon approaching it, in the Paradise Lost Army'south hideout.
^ Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom, Konami Computer Entertainment Nippon (2001).
Solidus Snake: (deflecting the bullets fired past Solid Snake) Brother [Solid Snake], I'm a whole dissimilar game from [Liquid Snake]!
^ Metallic Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Kojima Productions (2008).
Otacon and Old Snake hash out the similarity in an optional Codec chat, while the latter is fighting Octopus.
^ Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty comic
Solidus Snake: Happy birthday, Ripper. (gives Jack a knife) Here, its yours. (Motions to ten prisoners) Now, accident out the candles. // Raiden: Ten of them. One for each year of my life. Solidus called them Liberian terrorist scum. He [Solidus] tells me they've killed innocent Americans, that they deserved to die. I don't care. I merely knew what I have to practice. (Jack runs to the starting time prisoner, and then places his newly-supplied knife to the soldier's neck) I lightly cuddle the human being'south [the Liberian terrorist's] neck, every bit if preparing for the kickoff stroke of a shave. (Jack slowly moves the blade downward the cervix.) Feeling information technology out. Searching for just the right... (slice) Ten. // (Head collapses) Solidus: That's my boy. Go along going... // Raiden: Ix. (piece) // Solidus: Blow them all out or yous don't get your wish. // Raiden: I don't care. Eight. (slice) My wishes never come true anyway. // Solidus: That's my little Jack the Ripper. // Raiden: Solidus... my then-called "father". He seems proud of me. I don't intendance. Seven. (piece) I'm ten years former today and I don't intendance about annihilation anymore.
^ Metal Gear Solid Guns of the Patriots novelization past Project Itoh (English, 2012).
^ https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/441461274157654016
As to develop sequel, the 3rd ophidian was needed. Since both solid & liquid limited state, ways same true state.(cont)
^ https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/441461682691264513
So I borrowed from physics terms of (cont) "solidus/liquidus". SOLIDUS is not state but implies the boundary of liquid and solid.
^ https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/condition/441461653373063168
Naturally the adjacent would be gas just gas ophidian is like gas human, not handsome proper name. So I borrowed from physics terms of (cont)
^ The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2, Konami Computer Amusement Japan (2002).
Main Bill of fare > Script > <Tanker Affiliate> From "Seizure of Metallic Gear" To "Metal Gear Escapes"
RAY's cockpit is now at the same level as Snake'due south face. Ocelot stares at Serpent's image on the monitor from his seat in the cockpit, then raises Solidus on the radio. // Ocelot: No problems proceeding every bit planned, sir.
^ Metal Gear Solid two: Sons of Liberty, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2001).
Raiden: Was Solidus behind all this? He used Ocelot to go ahold of RAY, huh? // Otacon: No, he was underground, keeping a depression profile at the time. // Raiden: Then it must exist the Patriots... // Otacon: If that'due south the case, what'southward Ocelot doing alongside Solidus? // Raiden: ...
^ Metallic Gear Solid 2: Sons of Freedom: The Official Strategy Guide, Piggyback Interactive (2002).
Secrets > Metal Gear Solid two: The Story
Incidentally, Ocelot'southward final radio transmission ("... of grade, Mr. President") is not intended for his old boss, Solidus. George Sears was removed from office subsequently the Shadow Moses incident, and the current President is James Johnson, besides a puppet of the Patriots, and the intended recipient of this message.
^ The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2, Konami Computer Entertainment Japan (2002).
Main Card > Script > <Found Chapter> From Ending 1 To Ending 10 phonation demo 1
A close-up, slo-mo shot of the Stars and Stripes over Federal Hall. // Solidus: That's right. George Washington took office equally the first President of the United states of america of America 200 ***notation: this should say 223*** years ago today. // The American Flag on Federal Hall is flapping in the breeze.
^ Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: The Official Strategy Guide, Piggyback Interactive (2005).
Extras > Retrospective
It was [Solidus Snake] that ordered the cloak-and-dagger development of Metal Gear Rex, and afterwards arranged for its complete destruction, the murder of witnesses, and the Ocelot's theft of the only surviving blueprints.
^ Metal Gear Solid four Database, Kojima Productions (2008). [1]
^ Metal Gear Solid 4 Database, Kojima Productions (2008). [2]
^ https://twitter.com/HEITAIs/status/1353981614439555072
^ http://www.metalgearsolid.com/rising/
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