3 years after the Boss' death…
"All right Snake, Major Zero started, "your mission, once you've landed will be simple. Do you remember the drunken Russian who gave you a key to a door in the warehouse?"
"Vaguely," mumbled Snake, "what about him?"
"He showed you his plans for a robot that walks on two feet called metal gear, correct," inquired the Major.
"Yeah. I was surprised it wasn't used instead of the shagahod," Snake explained, "It looked impressive."
"Well," the Zero started, "The truth is Snake it was used. The shagahod was simply a cover up project, a decoy if you will."
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"Apparently the shagahod was never really capable of anything at all and we were worried about nothing at all," explained Major Zero.
"Christ. Don't tell me, now I have to destroy it without the Soviet Union not knowing it was the Americans who destroyed it," Snake complained.
Not quite Snake," Zero started slowly, "It's not the Soviet Union we have to worry about, it's the Chinese Government."
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Then Major Zero said, "The Soviet Union was being controlled by the Chinese government and made the shagahod so poor so they could use it to cover up for metal gear."
"Damn it…"
"It gets worse Snake, a lot worse. It seems your old partner, EVA, is in charge of the base that is holding the metal gear. I'm sorry Snake, but you've been ordered to eliminate her. I know this is a conflict of emotion but you hav…"
Click!
Snake turned his radio off so Major Zero wouldn't how hard it was for himself to listen to him tell Snake, he had to kill another person he loved for what, DAMNED POLOTICS!
Snake turned his radio back on.
"Listen Snake," Zero said sympathetically, "I did everything I could
to try and get you a different assignment, but the government wouldn't have it the y were convinced you were the only one who could get the job done right."
Just then the radio crackled and the pilot came on, "All right Snake it's time to jump." Snake checked his equipment on more time and took a running jump out the bay door, plummeting towards the Earth from 20,000 feet. Snake found his landing point and pulled the parachute cord. He and his parachute were both urban camouflaged so he would be hard to spot while sneaking into the base where the metal gear was being held.