Solidus Snake's History
Solidus was the third son of Big Boss created by a secret organization in 1972, through somatic cell cloning, as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project.The project's initial phase produced genetically diverse twin clones with one expressing Big Boss's "inferior" genetic traits and another expressing Big Boss's "superior" traits, thus he was created as a perfect clone, identified as "George Sears" to the public, with the same "perfect balance" of dominant and recessive traits that Big Boss possessed.
Early life and career
In his teenage years, Sears was dispatched to Liberia in the late 1980s, to participate in the civil war. To test a hypothesis regarding the nature of his existence, he adopted a young boy, Jack, during the war after killing the boy's parents, and trained Jack to be a ruthless killer from as early as the age of six. Seeing himself as the boy's godfather Sears had Jack serve as part of his Small Boy Unit in the Army of the Devil. Jack proved himself to be one of Sears's best child soldiers with an amazing record of kills, gaining platoon leadership of the unit at just ten years old, and earning Jack the nicknames "White Devil" and "Jack the Ripper."
During this time, Sears worked as a CIA paramilitary, and smoked cigars like Big Boss.[6] At some point, he allowed a physician to inject Jack with a substance that he claimed would "never make [Jack] the same" although not before warning the physician that he would kill the former if it permanently harmed Jack. He taught Jack that blades were "honorable" compared to guns, killing a soldier on one occasion by slitting a throat in front of the boy.
After the war ended, Jack suddenly disappeared from a relief center which left Sears to wonder what happened to Jack for some time.
During the Gulf War, some U.S. soldiers were injected with soldier genes in an attempt to replicate the results of Les Enfants Terribles, making them, and the reported "Gulf War Babies," Sears's siblings, in a sense
Since the accelerated aging written into each clone's genes provided the fail-safe of a limited lifespan, Sears appeared more aged in his later life despite being preceded by his brothers.[3] He would take much pride in his visible similarity to Big Boss.
In the early 2000s, George Sears was the 43rd U.S. President of the United States as he was entrusted by the Patriots with the Presidency.[8] While in office, Sears created the U.S. Navy special forces unit Dead Cell. When the NMD program was about to fail due to the complete failures of the trials, he reportedly pushed for it to be completed, resulting in success.[9] His 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 get them to agree to a revision to the ABM treaty, since the NMD program violated the current ABM treaty. He wanted to have it signed so that it could go down in the history books, knowing that his term was soon to be up.
During negotiations for START III, George Sears secretly orchestrated the Shadow Moses Incident. He ordered his agent to persuade FOXHOUND's squad leader Liquid Snake into hijacking Metal Gear REX. His intentions were to have his agent steal REX's data and the experimental nuclear warhead with which it was to be armed. Sears hoped to use this as a tool against the Patriots, whom he had come to loathe. The Next-Generation Special Forces also participated in the incident, whose members, like himself, had been experimented on to replicate Big Boss’s genes.[7] An unplanned factor, however, came when the Secretary of Defense issued an order to commence a nuclear air raid on Shadow Moses after REX was destroyed, but Richard Ames arrested the Secretary for going out of line as per his orders.
After the incident, his agent reported to have had purposefully killed the DARPA Chief and also reported that the "inferior" twin had defeated Liquid as well as FOXDIE's activation.[10] The President then received a compliment on being a "well balanced individual" worthy of ruling the world, as the perfect clone of Big Boss.
Post-Shadow Moses
After the release of Nastasha Romanenko's book, Sears was removed from the presidency which was covered up by the general public as that he "resigned." He went into hiding when he learned that the Patriots were planning to eliminate him as punishment and somehow procured a personal battlesuit. He was also involved in the funding of Revolver Ocelot's arm transplant in Lyon, France.During his time underground, Sears made preparations for open rebellion against the Patriots and allied himself with Sergei Gurlukovich's private army of mercenaries as well as the rogue anti-terrorist unit Dead Cell.
In April 2009, Solidus Snake and his Sons of Liberty forces initiated an armed takeover of the Big Shell offshore cleanup facility, located in the Lower New York Bay. Solidus assumed the identity of "Solid Snake", and intended to take control of the new and highly advanced warship Arsenal Gear which was being developed in secret at the facility. He also kidnapped his successor James Johnson that had been on an inspection tour at the time, though Johnson would later aid Solidus willingly, before ultimately disagreeing with his intended goal. However, neither Solidus or Johnson knew of being manipulated by the Patriots as part of the S3 Plan.
Solidus's troops were later forced to contend with an anti-terrorist operation conducted by SEAL Team 10, as well as an undercover infiltration by FOXHOUND commando Raiden. Shortly after both SEAL Team 10 divisions were wiped out by Dead Cell, Solidus personally took care of the SEAL helicopters, shooting them down using a Harrier jet. Solidus learned from his subordinate Olga Gurlukovich that both a sword-equipped "Cyborg Ninja" and someone in a cardboard box had been seen on the Big Shell. He had Olga increase patrols and proceeded to place infrared sensor-equipped Semtex on the Shell 2 connecting bridge as a trap.
Solidus's plans were nearly ruined when Dead Cell's bomb specialist Fatman attempted to destroy the Big Shell. Solidus suspected that Fatman may have been a plant for the Patriots, and ordered Revolver Ocelot to do a recheck on Dead Cell's background files just in case as well as stopping a heated argument between Olga and Ocelot. Solidus later encountered Raiden on the Shell 2 connecting bridge, after Raiden had disabled the Semtex IR sensors in an attempt to rescue President Johnson. Solidus identified Raiden as "a messenger from the Patriots", and was certain that he knew Raiden from somewhere. He utilized his brother's stolen identity while Solid Snake (as Iroquois Pliskin) attacked from a Kasatka helicopter. During an exchange of heated dialogue between the two brothers, Raiden learned of their true identities. Snake also demanded that Solidus stop impersonating Big Boss.
Solidus utilized his exo-suit and enhanced speed and strength to evade Snake's machinegun fire. Eventually knocked from the bridge by Snake's grenade launcher, Solidus landed on a waiting Harrier jump jet, piloted by his subordinate Vamp. Entering the Harrier's copilot seat, Solidus engaged the Kasatka, though Raiden was able to shoot the jet down with Stinger missiles. Hurtling down towards the ocean, the Harrier was caught within the jaws of the terrorists' Metal Gear RAY before Solidus's jet could crash. Having lost his left eye in the battle, Solidus ordered Vamp to escape before sealing the cockpit and allowing RAY to carry him and the crippled aircraft away underwater.
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Solidus Snake
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Biographical information
Real name
George Sears
Also known as
Solid Snake
King
Nationality
USA American
Born
1972[1]
Died
April 30, 2009, Federal Hall, New York City, United States (brain death)
2014, Volta River, Eastern Europe (clinical death)
Age
37 at brain death
42 at clinical death
Physical description
Eye color
Blue
Hair color
Gray
Ethnicity
Caucasian
Career and family information
Affiliation(s)
CIA
Army of the Devil
The Patriots
U.S. Government
Dead Cell
Sons of Liberty
Occupation
Soldier, politician
Notable family
Big Boss ("father")
Solid Snake (brother)
Liquid Snake (brother)
Raiden (adopted son)
Gene therapy test subjects
Six unborn brothers
Behind the scenes
Main appearance(s)
Metal Gear Solid (off-screen)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Created by
Hideo Kojima
Designed by
Yoji Shinkawa
Voiced by (Japanese)
Akio Ōtsuka (MGS2)
Voiced by (English)
John Cygan (MGS2)
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Solidus Snake
Solidus Snake, real name George Sears, and also known as King, or simply Solidus, was the 43rd President of the United States, and a product of the Les Enfants Terribles project, making him the third son of Big Boss. After secretly instigating the events on Shadow Moses Island, he became directly involved in the Big Shell Incident.
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Biography
Background
Warning: The following information is from outside Hideo Kojima's core "Metal Gear Saga." Its canonicity within 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 future.[2]
Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here.
Solidus was the third son of Big Boss created by a secret organization in 1972,[1] through somatic cell cloning, as part of the Les Enfants Terribles project.[1][3] The project's initial phase produced genetically diverse twin clones with one expressing Big Boss's "inferior" genetic traits and another expressing Big Boss's "superior" traits, thus he was created as a perfect clone, identified as "George Sears" to the public, with the same "perfect balance" of dominant and recessive traits that Big Boss possessed.
Early life and career
In his teenage years, Sears was dispatched to Liberia in the late 1980s, to participate in the civil war. To test a hypothesis regarding the nature of his existence, he adopted a young boy, Jack, during the war after killing the boy's parents, and trained Jack to be a ruthless killer from as early as the age of six. Seeing himself as the boy's godfather,[4] Sears had Jack serve as part of his Small Boy Unit in the Army of the Devil. Jack proved himself to be one of Sears's best child soldiers with an amazing record of kills, gaining platoon leadership of the unit at just ten years old, and earning Jack the nicknames "White Devil" and "Jack the Ripper."
Warning: The following information is from outside Hideo Kojima's core "Metal Gear Saga." Its canonicity within the continuity is disputed, therefore reader discretion is advised.[?]
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Solidus (left) orders a physician to administer an injection to Jack.
During this time, Sears worked as a CIA paramilitary,[5] and smoked cigars like Big Boss.[6] At some point, he allowed a physician to inject Jack with a substance that he claimed would "never make [Jack] the same" although not before warning the physician that he would kill the former if it permanently harmed Jack. He taught Jack that blades were "honorable" compared to guns, killing a soldier on one occasion by slitting a throat in front of the boy.
Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here.
After the war ended, Jack suddenly disappeared from a relief center which left Sears to wonder what happened to Jack for some time.
During the Gulf War, some U.S. soldiers were injected with soldier genes in an attempt to replicate the results of Les Enfants Terribles, making them, and the reported "Gulf War Babies," Sears's siblings, in a sense.[7]
Since the accelerated aging written into each clone's genes provided the fail-safe of a limited lifespan, Sears appeared more aged in his later life despite being preceded by his brothers.[3] He would take much pride in his visible similarity to Big Boss.
U.S. Presidency
President Sears
George Sears during his term as President.
In the early 2000s, George Sears was the 43rd U.S. President of the United States as he was entrusted by the Patriots with the Presidency.[8] While in office, Sears created the U.S. Navy special forces unit Dead Cell. When the NMD program was about to fail due to the complete failures of the trials, he reportedly pushed for it to be completed, resulting in success.[9] His 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 get them to agree to a revision to the ABM treaty, since the NMD program violated the current ABM treaty. He wanted to have it signed so that it could go down in the history books, knowing that his term was soon to be up.
Shadow Moses Incident Main article: Shadow Moses Incident
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George Sears in 2005.
During negotiations for START III, George Sears secretly orchestrated the Shadow Moses Incident. He ordered his agent to persuade FOXHOUND's squad leader Liquid Snake into hijacking Metal Gear REX. His intentions were to have his agent steal REX's data and the experimental nuclear warhead with which it was to be armed. Sears hoped to use this as a tool against the Patriots, whom he had come to loathe. The Next-Generation Special Forces also participated in the incident, whose members, like himself, had been experimented on to replicate Big Boss’s genes.[7] An unplanned factor, however, came when the Secretary of Defense issued an order to commence a nuclear air raid on Shadow Moses after REX was destroyed, but Richard Ames arrested the Secretary for going out of line as per his orders.
After the incident, his agent reported to have had purposefully killed the DARPA Chief and also reported that the "inferior" twin had defeated Liquid as well as FOXDIE's activation.[10] The President then received a compliment on being a "well balanced individual" worthy of ruling the world, as the perfect clone of Big Boss.
Post-Shadow Moses
After the release of Nastasha Romanenko's book, Sears was removed from the presidency which was covered up by the general public as that he "resigned." He went into hiding when he learned that the Patriots were planning to eliminate him as punishment and somehow procured a personal battlesuit. He was also involved in the funding of Revolver Ocelot's arm transplant in Lyon, France.[11] During his time underground, Sears made preparations for open rebellion against the Patriots and allied himself with Sergei Gurlukovich's private army of mercenaries as well as the rogue anti-terrorist unit Dead Cell.
The Manhattan Incident See also: Tanker Incident and the Big Shell Incident
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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 Big Shell offshore cleanup facility, located in the Lower New York Bay. Solidus assumed the identity of "Solid Snake", and intended to take control of the new and highly advanced warship Arsenal Gear which was being developed in secret at the facility. He also kidnapped his successor James Johnson that had been on an inspection tour at the time, though Johnson would later aid Solidus willingly, before ultimately disagreeing with his intended goal. However, neither Solidus or Johnson knew of being manipulated by the Patriots as part of the S3 Plan.
Solidus's troops were later forced to contend with an anti-terrorist operation conducted by SEAL Team 10, as well as an undercover infiltration by FOXHOUND commando Raiden. Shortly after both SEAL Team 10 divisions were wiped out by Dead Cell, Solidus personally took care of the SEAL helicopters, shooting them down using a Harrier jet. Solidus learned from his subordinate Olga Gurlukovich that both a sword-equipped "Cyborg Ninja" and someone in a cardboard box had been seen on the Big Shell. He had Olga increase patrols and proceeded to place infrared sensor-equipped Semtex on the Shell 2 connecting bridge as a trap.[12]
Solidus's plans were nearly ruined when Dead Cell's bomb specialist Fatman attempted to destroy the Big Shell. Solidus suspected that Fatman may have been a plant for the Patriots, and ordered Revolver Ocelot to do a recheck on Dead Cell's background files just in case as well as stopping a heated argument between Olga and Ocelot. Solidus later encountered Raiden on the Shell 2 connecting bridge, after Raiden had disabled the Semtex IR sensors in an attempt to rescue President Johnson. Solidus identified Raiden as "a messenger from the Patriots", and was certain that he knew Raiden from somewhere. He utilized his brother's stolen identity while Solid Snake (as Iroquois Pliskin) attacked from a Kasatka helicopter. During an exchange of heated dialogue between the two brothers, Raiden learned of their true identities. Snake also demanded that Solidus stop impersonating Big Boss.[13]
Solidus utilized his exo-suit and enhanced speed and strength to evade Snake's machinegun fire. Eventually knocked from the bridge by Snake's grenade launcher, Solidus landed on a waiting Harrier jump jet, piloted by his subordinate Vamp. Entering the Harrier's copilot seat, Solidus engaged the Kasatka, though Raiden was able to shoot the jet down with Stinger missiles. Hurtling down towards the ocean, the Harrier was caught within the jaws of the terrorists' Metal Gear RAY before Solidus's jet could crash. Having lost his left eye in the battle, Solidus ordered Vamp to escape before sealing the cockpit and allowing RAY to carry him and the crippled aircraft away underwater.
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Solidus with an eyepatch.
After Raiden was later captured, Solidus finally realized that Raiden was his own adopted son. Believing that Raiden's memory of him may have been altered by the Patriots, Solidus revealed their connection which was something that Raiden did not wish to remember. After Raiden escaped custody, Solidus informed Raiden of the S3 Plan, based on what Ocelot had told him. With some reluctance, he must ultimately kill Raiden, sending the ship's unmanned RAY units to attack Raiden. Solidus ultimately succeeded when Olga interfered to protect Raiden, revealing his plan to lure the Patriots' spy into the open. Solidus captured Olga in a stranglehold with his exo-suit's snake arms, and promptly executed Olga with his P90 rifle, shooting Olga in the head at point-blank range. However, Emma Emmerich's worm cluster that had infected Arsenal Gear's onboard AI GW caused the remaining RAY units to go haywire, forcing Solidus to destroy the machines. With Arsenal Gear's AI corrupted, Solidus resolved to extract the information he desired from Raiden instead, via Raiden's built-in nanomachine base.
It was initially believed that Solidus planned to expose the Patriots by using Arsenal Gear to detonate a nuclear warhead over New York City's skies where the high-altitude blast would create a gigantic electromagnetic pulse and bring Wall Street to a halt, toppling the Patriots' power over the business community in Manhattan, and spurring the world into a panic. He would then free Manhattan from the Patriots' digital yoke and establish the liberated zone Outer Heaven in place. However, he was going to give Arsenal Gear to Dead Cell leader Fortune to draw the Patriots' attention whilst Solidus would hunt the Patriots' twelve individuals down to kill off one by one. Unfortunately, Solidus's plan never came to fruition due to GW's corruption, and Ocelot's actions as the Patriots' double agent that had helped to orchestrate the entire incident due to Solidus's relationship with Raiden resembled that of Solid Snake and Big Boss.
Solidus's back was forced to the wall until being saved by Fortune, and Liquid Ocelot crashed Arsenal Gear into Manhattan with Snake in pursuit. Solidus and Raiden were thrown from the top of Arsenal Gear onto the roof top of Federal Hall, where Solidus told his true intents and desires to Raiden. Unable to father children and pass on his legacy, Solidus wished to be immortalized by history, but knew the Patriots' indomitable control of information wouldn't allow this. He explained his reason for the Big Shell uprising and his plan to kill off the Patriots, finishing off by declaring that only one monstrosity will have the privilege to live on. He also admitted to Raiden shortly after this that he was the one who killed his former protégé's parents, mainly because he wanted to see if the both of them were of someone else's creation, even going as far as to compare their situation with his brothers' and Big Boss's situation.
Solidus revealed that he needed to kill Raiden because his final lead on the Patriots' identities lied inside the nanomachines within Raiden's brain. Solidus and Raiden clashed blades in a duel that would ultimately result in Solidus's defeat, falling from the rooftop of Federal Hall with a significant portion of his spine severed from an elegant technique by Raiden. Solidus crawled towards the statue of George Washington, reaching up to the first President of the United States as he let out his last breath.
Afterwards, Solidus was left brain dead due to his injuries, and was used as spare parts for Big Boss's transplant surgery by Big Mama. Life support equipment was used to maintain Solidus's metabolic processes, keeping him alive and functional. By 2014, Solidus's body served as a decoy for the Patriots' proxy AIs with his body producing spontaneous reflex movements on occasion.[14] Liquid Ocelot used Solidus's DNA to tap into the SOP system in Eastern Europe which was equally capable due to Solidus being an identical clone of Big Boss. Vamp later threw his corpse into a boat fuel fire and Solidus's remains were incinerated.
Solidus's prediction and fears of what the Patriots intended to do were proven correct with the advent of the war economy and the development of the SOP system.
Solidus's likeness later appeared in the form of the Mt. Rushmore-esque feature on the hull of Outer Haven at Shadow Moses (alongside his brothers and Big Boss). Solidus's end goal of the Patriots' destruction was ultimately realized at the Guns of the Patriots Incident's conclusion due to FOXALIVE's effects.
