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: Snake discovers Skull Face’s plan to use "vocal cord parasites"—biological weapons that kill speakers of specific languages—to achieve global domination and eliminate the English language.

: Operating from a new Mother Base in the Seychelles, Snake carries out missions in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border . : Snake discovers Skull Face’s plan to use

: The climax involves the destruction of a massive, bipedal nuclear tank controlled by a young psychic known as "The Floating Boy". The Legend's Twist: "Venom" Snake The Legend's Twist: "Venom" Snake The story begins

The story begins with infiltrating a high-security American black site in Cuba, Camp Omega. His mission is to rescue two former allies: the Cipher agent Paz Ortega Andrade and the child soldier Chico. With the help of and Kazuhira Miller ,

Snake awakens in a hospital in Cyprus to a world changed by the Cold War. With the help of and Kazuhira Miller , he forms a new private mercenary army called Diamond Dogs to track down Skull Face and XOF.

The narrative of (MGSV) is a complex saga of vengeance, identity, and the psychological costs of war. Spanning two games— Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain —it serves as the bridge explaining the transformation of the legendary soldier Big Boss into the villain of the original 1987 Metal Gear . The Prologue: Ground Zeroes (1975)

: While Snake succeeds in extracting them, the mission is a trap set by Skull Face , leader of the rogue unit XOF .