The saga begins during the Cold War with , a soldier sent into the Soviet jungle to assassinate his mentor, The Boss , who has seemingly defected.

Big Boss’s commander, Major Zero , founds "The Patriots" to control the world via information, leading to a decades-long shadow war between the two former allies. The Clone Sons: Solid vs. Liquid (1995–2005)

Solid Snake discovers he is a clone and that his "father," Big Boss , was the one he fought years earlier at Outer Heaven.

The request to "Download MIKBOOkEDITION" appears to be a typo or a stylized reference to the book editions, likely specifically referring to the novelizations or "Master Books" that detail the complex lore of the Hideo Kojima series.

This tragedy breaks Snake, who takes the title Big Boss and begins a lifelong quest to create "Outer Heaven"—a nation where soldiers are never used as political pawns.