
Snake is the one that tells Ocelot that he is better suited at using a revolver. Along the way, he runs into Ocelot several times and foils him each time, giving him pointers along the way.

Volgin is also forcing Sokolov to finish his weapon, Shagohod, which is a tank that can fire nuclear weapons.Īn ex-NSA agent who defected to the Soviet Union, named EVA, helps Snake during the new mission. It turns out that Volgin is in an extreme faction that wants to overthrow Khrushchev and the only way to prove America’s innocence is to stop him and kill The Boss.

Once Snake recovers at a facility, they send him on a new mission. Since the weapon and helicopter Volgin used were American, it looked like the United States were behind the attack. On the way out, Volgin decides to test out one of the miniature nukes by blowing up the Russian base they took Sokolov from. Snake survives the fall and has to do emergency first aid while he waits for extraction. Cobra Unit extracts Sokolov, along with The Boss and Volgin. After a short fight between The Boss and Snake, The Boss injures Snake and throws him off the bridge. She explains that she is defecting to the Soviet Union to join Colonel Volgin, then gives him two Davy Crockett miniature nukes as a present. Snake gets Sokolov and everything goes according to plan until The Boss shows up on a bridge. She also taught Snake everything, came up with CQC (Close Quarters Combat), and Snake was her best student.

The Boss is a legendary hero who helped win World War II with her elite Cobra unit.Major Zero, Para-Medic, and Snake’s mentor, The Boss, aid him via radio on this mission. The game takes place during the Cold War and Snake is sent to retrieve a Russian scientist named Sokolov, who defected to the United States. This is the first game in the timeline and you play as a younger snake, who later becomes known as Big Boss, when he was in the original FOX unit.
