Metal Gear

Metal Gear is a series of stealth-based games created by Hideo Kojima and developed and published by Konami. The player takes control of an elite military operative (usually Solid Snake) repeatedly facing off against the latest incarnation of the eponymous superweapon, "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank with nuclear launching capabilities.

Character groups

FOX

Known Operatives: Naked Snake (aka Big Boss), Major Zero, Para-Medic, Sigint.

Related Topics:
Naked Snake - Major Zero - Para-Medic - Sigint

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FOXHOUND

Known Operatives: Big Boss (Commander), Gray Fox (aka Frank Jaeger & Deepthroat), Roy Campbell (replaced Big Boss), George Kessler, Naomi Hunter (chief of medical staff, and in charge of gene therapy), McDonnel Benedict "Master" Miller (instructor), Solid Snake, Liquid Snake, Revolver Ocelot (also known as Shalashaska and ADAM - double-agent, secretly employed by other forces), Sniper Wolf, Vulcan Raven, Psycho Mantis and Decoy Octopus.

Related Topics:
Big Boss - Gray Fox - Roy Campbell - Naomi Hunter - "Master" Miller - Solid Snake - Liquid Snake - Revolver Ocelot - Sniper Wolf - Vulcan Raven - Psycho Mantis - Decoy Octopus

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Pseudo-Operatives: AI Roy Campbell (an AI reproduction of Col. Campbell by supercomputer GW) and Raiden (aka Jack - believes he is in FOXHOUND, but is actually being manipulated by The Patriots and the AI Campbell).

Related Topics:
Raiden - The Patriots

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Dead Cell

Known Operatives: Commander Reginald Jackson, Fortune (Helena Dolph-Jackson), Vamp and Fatman. They are later under the command of Solidus Snake (former President George Sears). Two other members were killed six months prior to the events of the Plant Chapter of Metal Gear Solid 2: Old Boy and China Man.

Related Topics:
Fortune - Vamp - Fatman - Solidus Snake

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Outer Heaven

Known Operatives (mercenary force): Shotgunner (former Spetznaz operative), Machine Gun Kid (former SAS operative), Fire Trooper (former GSG9 operative), "Arnold" (TX-11 cyberoid units), Coward Duck (former terrorist leader).

Related Topics:
Spetznaz - SAS - GSG9

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Zanzibar Land

Known Operatives (mercenary force): Black Color (high-tech ninjas, formerly from NASA special forces), Running Man (former terrorist leader), Red Blaster (former Spetznaz), Ultra Box (former members of UDT, GSG9 and SAS), Predator (former "Reccies" operative) and Night Sight (former "Whispers" operative).

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Black Chamber

Known Operatives: Black Arts Viper, Marionette Owl, Slasher Hawk and Pyro Bison. Note that these characters are from the non-canonical game , and therefore have no relation to the main storyline.

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Cobra unit

Known Operatives: The Boss, The Sorrow, The Pain, The Fear, The Fury, and The End.

Related Topics:
The Boss - The Sorrow - The Pain - The Fear - The Fury - The End

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Gurlukovich Mercenaries

Known Operatives: Col. Sergei Gurlukovich and Olga Gurlukovich. Other operatives were named after contest winners, by Konami.

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Civilians

Kenneth Baker (ArmsTech Inc.), Hal Emmerich (Metal Gear REX designer), Emma "E.E." Emmerich (Arsenal Gear "GW" designer), Dr. Drago Petrovich Madnar (TX-55 Metal Gear and Metal Gear D inventor), Elen Madnar (Petrovich's daughter), Rosemary (Raiden's girlfriend & data analyst), Peter Stillman (former NYPD bomb expert), Yosef Norden (animal expert) and Dr. Kio Marv (OILIX inventor).

Related Topics:
Hal Emmerich - Metal Gear REX - Emma "E.E." Emmerich - Arsenal Gear

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Foreign agents

Jennifer (Outer Heaven Resistance), Kyle Schneider (Outer Heaven Resistance) and Diane (Outer Heaven Resistance), Johnny Sasaki (Mercenary - survived Shadow Moses AND Big Shell with only an injured pride and diarrhea), Johnny (Soviet Soldier - father of Johnny Sasaki, see him in 1964 during MGS3), Natasha Markova (former StB agent, assigned to protect Dr. Marv).

Related Topics:
Johnny Sasaki - StB

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Misc. U.S. Government agents

Donald Anderson (DARPA, Chief of Operations), Nastasha Romanenko (nuclear weapons specialist), Mei Ling (communications expert), Jim Houseman (former Secretary of Defense), Meryl Silverburgh (Next-Generation Special Forces), Col. Scott Dolph (Marines), James Johnson (U.S. President), Holly White (CIA / Journalist), and Col. Richard Ames (Secret Service, DIA, The Patriots).

Related Topics:
DARPA - Nastasha Romanenko - Mei Ling - Meryl Silverburgh - Secret Service - DIA - The Patriots

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ACUA Troops

(Metal Gear Ac!d)

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These soldiers are products of a secret experiment developed somewhere in Africa. They are also know as "Human Weapons," as they have no feelings or mercy. These soldiers become controlled by the Neoteny (No. 16) after ingesting a considerable amount of ACUA.

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Only those who are "Name-Knowers" can be controlled by the Neoteny.

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Philanthropy

• Known Operatives: Solid Snake & Otacon.
• Possible Operatives: Raiden, Rose, Meryl Silverburgh, Mei Ling & Nastasha Romanenko