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Code Name: Solid Snake
Real Name: David
Sex: Male
Age: 30's
Nationality: USA

Additional Infomation
A highly trained, elite soldier with a personal preference for parachuting, S.C.U.B.A diving, free climbing, rappelling, small and meduim range handguns, and various hand-to-hand combat techinques.

In Brief
With am IQ of 180, Snake is an ex-FOX-HOUND operative. He speaks 6 languages fluently and his reputation is legendary following his outstanding performance in the Outer Heaven Crisis in 1995 and the Zanzibar Riot in 1999.

Historical Background
"The man that makes the impossible happen", he can penetrate any target under any conditions. Solid Snake is the man who made the original FOX-HOUND organisation internationally recognised following it's success in the Outer Heaven Crisis. Not long afterwards, he voluntarily left the group. He was then recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency as a non-official covert operative. His affiliation with the CIA didn't last long as there was a conflict in philosophies and Snake ultimately found himself fighting the system that is the CIA. After this, Snake spent some years as a mercenary before leaving for the deep wilderness of the Canadian mountains for self-rehabilitation. It was there that he was contacted by his former commander, Roy Campbell and bought in to assist in the Zanzibar Riot. During this mission, Snake infiltrated and bought down the military state of Zanzibar. With his mission complete, Solid Snake returned to hi solitary life moving to the Twin Lakes area in the Alaskan Mountians.

Anecdotes
He pursues a frugal lifestyle in the Alaskan Mountains, an elementary existence living off the local flora and fauna and the wild animals he hunts. Blending in to his environment, he has become at one with his surroundings mastering the rough conditions of the great outdoor. Snake has been suffering post-traumatic stress disorder following his military career. Abnormal experiences and extreme trauma in the battlefield have brought about illusions as well as guilt, causing mental confusion. His new lifestyle is a search for some kind of inner peace, an attempt to forget about past events. Snake also participates in dog sleigh racing to distract him from his psychological condition. He has been preparing for the world's longest and toughest dog sleigh race taking place in Iditarod.

Name: Roy Campbell
Sex: Male
Age: 60's
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
Retired from the armed forces, Colonel Campbell has been called in on this crisis, as he knows how to contact and work with Solid Snake. He accepts the position of operations commander to counter the terrorist attack. His primary motivation in coming out of retirement is to protect his niece Meryl, as he learns of her involvement in the mission. Campbell succeeds in contacting Snake in persuading him to accept this dangerous assignment. Operations Commander Campbell maintains communication with Solid Snake from the nuclear submarine Ohio.

Historical Background
Before being assigned Commnder of the original FOX-HOUND following the departure of Big Boss, he xerved in the US Marine Corps, Green Beret and Delta Force. In FOX-HOUND, he was assigned Executive Officer of the unit following his experience and strategic planning capabilites.

Name: Mei Ling
Sex: Female
Age: Teens
Nationality: Chinese (Kwangtung)

Role in the Game
Inventor of the communtication and radar equipment used by Solid Snake, she is responsible for the communication data processing in this operation. She saves all the data in this mission including Solid Snake's infiltration records via satellite.

Historical Background
A Chinese (Kwangtung) national, Mei Ling was raised in San Francisco's Chinatown. She was an eminent pupil at school but suffered from an extreme inferiority complex due to very poor vision. She went on to participate in the ROTC program at MIT. Here she helped to develop a satellite codifying communication system, anti-wiring coding, digital real time burst transmission and sonar utilising radar. The brillance of these devices immidately attracted the attention of the military and Mei Ling was recruited by the Armed Forces to develop image and data processing techiniques. She now works at NOR in Fort Mead in satellite image processsing and communications espionage.

Name: Nastasha Romanenko
Sex: Female
Age: 30's
Nationality: Ukrainian

Role in the Game
In this mission, Nastasha acts as a counsellor of NEST (Nuclear Energy Survey Team). She provides explainations and indispensable information on the nulcear weapons located at Shadow Moses Island. She also gives information on the handling and capabilites of hi-tech weapons.

Historical Background
Born in the Ukraine in the 1970's, Nastasha Romanenko experienced a devastating incidnet on April 26th, 1986. Both she and her family were showered by the radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. She lost her parents in the disaster and moved to the US at the age of 10. She served in the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) and then in the NSA (National Security Agency) and was associated with a number of top security matters relating to nuclear power and nuclear weapons. She is against the nuclear detterence theory and she opposes strategic arms reduction proposals such as SALT and START. Her cause is the total abolition of nuclear energy.

Name: McDonnell Benedict "Master" Miller
Sex: Male
Age: 50's
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
Master Miller is Snake's survival instructor. He contacts Snake via Codec and keeps him up to date with information on survival and on offensive and defensive tactics.

Historical Background
Master was born and raised in Ohio. His classical American schooling was limited and he spent most of his youth outdoors undergoing a less conventional education with his father. Although a third generation AJA (American of Japanese Ancestry) his family maintained the respect and discipline of their Samurai ancestry . He joined the US Marine Corps and served as a Green Beret. His respect for military code gained him great esteem within the military and he was the first raised American sent to serve with the SAS (where he first came into contact with Liquid Snake). He later became a member of FOX-HOUND with responibility for survival training. The soldier he trained respected him and they referred to him as "Master Miller".

Name: Doctor Naomi Hunter
Sex: Female
Age: 20's
Nationality: Indian

Role in the Game
Naomi is responsible for the upgrade and maintanence of FOX-HOUND members. She intergrates newly discovered combatant genes to all members and conducts additional programme enhancement. She also provides expert information on genome guards and on any other enemy that may have recieved genetic treatment. Snake therefore has access to data on the characteristics of enemies, on how to defeat them, on their behaviour patterns and their personalities. She has conducted gene therapy on her own genes governing her sexuality, suppressing her attraction to the male sex. Solid Snake becomes the exception to her own rule.

Additonal Information
Naomi Hunter is the medical chief opf Colonel Campbell's team providing support for Solid Snake. A beautiful brown-skinned woman of mixed Japanese and Indian origin, she is responsible for genetic engineering and genetic therapy. She is affectionately called "Doctor Naomi" rather than "Doctor Hunter" by her staff.

Historical Background
After graduating from college, Naomi worked for the Toyko Police Science Lab (TPSL) as a DNA tester. She became disenchanted by both the lack of precision in DNA testing as well a by the weakness of the TPSL organisation. She moved to US and joined the commerical world working for the biotech business giant Advanced Techincal Genetic Corporation (ATGC) in Biotech Bay, California. She discovered a mean of using a gene (a spreading agent) as a vector without viruses and ribosome enhancement agents. Her work was quickly acknowleged and she was recruited to the medical staff of FOX-HOUND. The budget of the NIH (National Institute of Health) was reduced. As gene therapy was a priority area the NIH approached ATGC to enter into co-operative research. Military applications were discovered for the work of former employee Naomi Hunter. The combined ATGC - NIH research was redirected to FOX-HOUND under the direction of the Pentagon. This led to the Genome Army Project.

Nickname: Otacon
Name: Hal Emmerich
Sex: Male
Age: 30's
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
Otacon is caught in a personal struggle where his interests as a scientist conflict with the idea that his techniologies are used as weapons. He is persuaded by his nature to co-operate with Solid Snake informing him on base facilites and on Metal Gear. His new persuasion is confirmed when he rescues Snake.

Historical Background
Hal Emmerich is a white American with a friendly nature. He has a passion for Japanimation (Japanese Animation "Anime"). His nickname "Otacon" comes from the "Otaku Convention", which is a US trade show of Japanimation which he never misses. He did not attend school but studied through the internet and matriculated at MIT. He earned his PhD from Princeton University whilst simulataneously developing a program to solve the Millenuim Bug (the year 2000 digit changing problem in computers). This earned him much attention as the saviour of the computer world, although he earned no money from his research. Whilst in college he developed his passion for robitics and invented a radio controlled drone, which he called Metal Gear MX2. He was recruited by the FBI to the Engineering Research Facility (ERF) and was fired for hacking into restricted areas if the FBI's brain-centre. He was then offered a job at ArmsTech Inc. where he furthered development of Metal Gear as an MTMD (Mobile Theatre Missile Defence). He was not aware of the Rail Gun Unit nor of the new nuclear warhead planned for Metal Gear.

Name: Meryl Silverburgh
Sex: Female
Age: 18
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
Meryl is a new recruit of FOX-HOUND and was assigned to Shadow Moses Island on the very day of the terrorist attack. She is inescapably dragged into this incident. She proves a valuable and capable ally to Solid Snake, both in person and via Codec.

Additional Information
Her preferred weapon is a Desert Eagle pistol. Good hand-to-hand combat skills.

In Brief
Merly is Operation Commander Campbell's niece. Although she has an excellent military training record, she has no real direct experience on the battlefield.

Historical Background
Meryl was born into a family of military tradition and has trained herself to be a soldier for as long as she can remember. She never once questioned her ambition and has pursued it rigorously. Although a genetically superior and capable combatant, she has only fought in a simulator environment. She handles a Desert Eagle pistol with only one hand, no easy physical achievement for a woman.

Classified Information - Top Secret
Meryl has undergone genetic engineering treatments. She was genetically enhanced to be a superior combatant. In addition, Meryl underwent psychotherapy so that she could not have any emotional dependance on others. This was an experiment in limiting the emotional potential of an individual soldier, thus keeping him or her focused on a defined area. Her contact with Solid Snake and her exposure to fighting in Alaska appear to effect her and her set of values. Mission headquarters have identified some emotion in her behaviour, possibly compromising or even risking her position.

Name: Donald Anderson
Sex: Male
Age: 50's
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
As Head of DARPA, Donald Anderson has the PAL codes to disarm the detention device of the nuclear warheads on Shadow Moses Island.

Historical Background
Donald Anderson worked as a analyst in the CIA for more than 10 years and was awarded the most honourable Intelligence Star Badge. Whilst in the CIA he developed great experrtose in international politics and military strategy and was an advocate of the nucklear retaliation theory. Following the end of the Cold War, he was assigned chief of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Name: Kenneth Baker
Sex: Male
Age: 60's
Nationality: USA

Role in the Game
Kenneth Baker is imprisioned during the game. His only active involvement is to give Snake the optical data disk.

Historical Background
As president of ArmTech Inc., Kenneth Baker held the number 2 position in the military industry. ArmsTech Inc. is the primary supplier of advanced weapons and military technology ans was the leading supplier in the SDI project and invested billions of US dollars in the development of mass destruction satellite weapons. The company suffered a huge loss due to the termination of the project. Following the Cold War and the ensuing military budget cutbacks, ArmsTech Inc. became concerned about revenue decreases. As a result ArsmTech invested heavily in stealth technologies, a sectot traditionally dominated by Lockheed. A further loss was incurred when ArmsTech Inc., despite superior technology, lost the bidding for the next generation fighter plane F22 (ATF). In an attempt to maintain some lead in military technology, ArmsTech secretly proceeded in the development of Metal Gear. The project was in collaboration with the DARPA Chief.