When he wakes up in a Cypriot hospital, he see'a that he has lost his left arm, and that there's shrapnel lodged in his skull, and debris still in his body, he escapes from the hospital with the help of a mysterious man when the people who are hunting him down, the Cipher network, attack. What started Ground Zeroes will end V.Īfter the fall of Mother Base 9 years prior, tactical legend Snake falls into a coma.
Filled with nothing but vengeance Snake has formed a a new unit "Diamond Dogs" so he can lead a path of vengeance for the phantoms of MSF. As he awakens he remembers the destruction of his mother base from a network known as Cipher. The year is 1984, where a solider known as many names but mostly known as Snake has awaken from a nine year coma.
While he and Kazuhira "Kaz" Miller are initially driven to exact revenge, Snake soon unearths a plot by the Cipher organization to develop a weapon with the potential to surpass even the Metal Gear system, and his mission quickly switches focus to ending this new threat. Along the way, he becomes reacquainted with his former rival Ocelot and encounters a unit of warriors robbed of their past, present and future. Now under the guise of the codename "Venom Snake", he ventures into Afghanistan during the Soviet war to track down the men responsible for MSF's destruction. Nine years later, he awakes and forms a new mercenary group, the Diamond Dogs. In the aftermath of the events of "Ground Zeroes" and the destruction of Militaires Sans Frontières, Big Boss falls into a coma. After awakening from a nine year coma, Big Boss forms a new mercenary group called, Diamond Dogs, and teams up with his former rival, Ocelot, to track down the men responsible for the destruction of MSF.