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By
Carman
Dead Rebel Of The Week
~ Big Boss ~
Big Boss was a Man’s Man. He was the perfect soldier, able to kill an entire Russian platoon with only a three pronged fork and one eye. But I am getting ahead of myself, like I always do.
Big Boss was born on a battlefield to a peasant mother during WWII. The United States government adopted him and trained him from birth in the art of war. His first mission was against his former mentor, when the government told him that she had defected to the evil empire of the USSR. His mission was to stop her and her goons from starting WWIII! These events are outlined in great detail in the documentary "Snake Eater". To make an extremely long story short, The Government lied to him about the one he called "Boss". What they wanted was the location of money that The Boss’ father stashed away. This was in the billions, and would be able to finance anything that the government wanted. When Big Boss learned of this, the seed was planted for rebellion.
Little is known about Big Boss’ exploits after the sordid Snake Eater incident, but what we do know is this. He donated DNA for the use of isolating the “soldier gene”. Big Boss knew the futility of this, but figured that stroking one off into a cup couldn’t be all that bad. This created three children, Solid, Liquid, and Solidus. One to form the perfect soldier and the other two to get the recessive genes.
Big Boss’ favorite past time was killing. No one ever saw his weapons, because if you did, you died. Big Boss was also a master at every martial art on the planet, and could turn anything into a weapon, like the aforementioned fork. He had a God-like tolerance for pain, and never lost his temper. Or at least there is no record of him ever losing his temper, because the people around him surely never lived to tell anyone about it. He also rode the Shai Hulud.
He bided his time as a lap dog for the government, waging war against the enemies of the USA. With years of loyal service, Big Boss was able to secure the money that Boss had inherited and thus recruit the best soldiers money could buy. Big Boss knew that a soldier fought not for the money, but for the rush. His plan was to establish a haven for such people. But his plans would fall short.
Calling it Outer Heaven, Big Boss knew that he needed the ultimate weapon. This was in the form of a walking tank capable of launching a nuclear missile at any target on the planet, dubbed Metal Gear. Metal Gear would be used to destroy the government that had had the audacity to fool him into killing his old mentor. But always playing his cards close to his chest, he did not let anyone know he was in charge of Outer Heaven. The US caught wind of the project and sent the Big Boss clone Solid to infiltrate the base, destroy Metal Gear, and kill the guy in charge, whomever he may be. They also hired on Big Boss as a helper, giving Solid advice on things like weapons and booby traps. Furious that the government would choose someone else for this type of mission, Big Boss lead Solid through trap after trap, until he could prove to his DNA doning dad that he had sand in his craw.
When it was time, Big Boss revealed himself and his master plan. Outer Heaven would be a training ground for soldiers of fortune. He then proceeded to get his ass handed to him by his own son. It should be noted that Big Boss did not know that Solid was a clone. He escaped as Solid went back to the US government with information on how to build Metal Gear.
Big Boss would not go quietly into a life of obscurity. He reformed his army and another base. This time, he was going to use Metal Gear to wage war on the entire planet, all at once, so soldiers would always be in demand. By this time it is painfully obvious that Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, the death of millions of people, and paranoia had gotten the best of Big Boss. Once again, the government sent Solid to confront our hero. This time, however, Solid had no weapons, and things were looking sort of good for Big Boss. After a brutal fight, Solid improvised a weapon, out of hairspray and a lighter, and Big Boss met his death in Zanzibar that fateful day.
But his legacy lives on.
When the US Government was cleaning up the carnage, they came across Big Boss' body. Using it for more genetic research, they isolated the Soldier Gene. All the wars being waged on the planet now are being fought by service men whom have all had a super soldier serum injected into them. It contains the instincts of Big Boss, but is chalk full of defects; like retardation and turning soldiers black!
Today, scientists still ponder over the legacy of Big Boss, and historians wonder what place he should hold in the history books. Philosophers feel that he is the perfect example of Nietzsche’s superman; living by his own standards, leading by example, and making no compromise.
Whatever history has to say about Big Boss, he will always be a rebel.
