1970

-Solid was born.

-Liquid was born.

1980

-The nation of Outer Heaven is formed in South Africa.

1990

-The Fox Hound Space Seals, a high-tech spec-ops group, is formed by the UN to combat global terrorism.

-Fox Hound sends newly recruited Solid Snake to Outer Heaven to defeat Big Boss and Metal Gear, a giant nuke-carrying mech.

-The mercenary republic of Zanzibar forms in the Middle East and begins raiding nuclear stock pillars.

-Fox Hound calls Solid Snake back to active duty to infiltrate Zanzibar, topple its government and rescue the kidnapped Dr. Kio Marv, thus ruining Zanzibar's plan to rule the world's oil supply.

Zanzibar Riot (1999)

In 1999, Dr. Kio Marv, inventor of the oil refining microbe, OILIX, was taken hostage by Zanzibar, a heavily armed nation in central Asia ruled by a minority ethnic group. Zanzibar was planning to gain political and military hegemony over a world suffering under the cruel weight of a worldwide energy crisis. Roy Campbell, commander of Fox Hound, called Solid Snake, now in retirement, back to active duty to infiltrate Zanzibar and recover Dr. Marv. Solid Snake made it past Zanzibar's impressive steel wall and penetrated deep into its interior. once inside he destroyed Metal Gear, which had been completed after being transported from Outer Heaven, and defeated Gray Fox, former member of Fox Hound and now leader of the Zanzibar mercenary corps. He was also succesful in retrieving the OILIX manufacturing process. Finally, he would once again meet his destiny with the man who was pulling the strings in Zanzibar, Big Boss! He had survived Outer Heaven and created Zanzibar in order to make a world rife with conflict and war, a world in which sodiers such as himself would always have place. After defeating Big Boss for the second time, Snake gave up on war and retired to the peaceful Alaskan wilderness. From "Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake".

Outer Heaven (1995)

A small, but powerfull armed nation called "Outer Heaven" emerges from deep within South Africa. NATO learns that they are designing a nuclear- equipped walking battle tank called "Metal Gear", and they send in one of their best agents, Gray Fox. But, he is taken hostage, and they are forced to send in the newest member of Fox Hound, Solid Snake. He rescues Gray Fox and forces the surrender of Outer Heaven. As Solid Snake escapes, he is confronted by one man. It is Fox Hound's commander, Big Boss! It seems that Outer Heaven was a mercenary company and Big Boss was the mastermind behind it. Big Boss had intetionally chosen his most inexperienced agent, Solid Snake, thinking he would fail, but he seriously miscalculated. After a fierce battle, Snake defeats Big Boss as outer Heaven burns around him. From "Metal Gear"

2000

-Solid Snake retires from Fox Hound and returns to his solitary life in the Twin Lakes area in Alaska.

-Fox Hound begins subjecting its members to gene therapy in an effort to produce supperior soldiers.

-Rogue Fox Hound members, led by Liquid Snake, occupy Shadow Moses Island off the Alaskan coast, where the US government stores his Metal Gear robots. The rogues say that they will subject the world to nuclear winter if their demands are not met.

-Once again, Snake is called out of retirement. He reluctantly agrees to infiltrate the Shadow Hand base and neutralize the threat posed by his former Fox Hound comrades.

THE PRESENT THREAT

Millenium; the 21st century... The nuclear weapons disposal facility on Shadow Moses Island in Alska's Fox Archipelago is attacked and captured by Next Generation Special Forces led by members of Fox Hound. The terrorists have secured hunderds of nuclear warheads and they demand that the government turns over the remains of Big Boss. They warn that if their demands are not met within 24 hours, they will launch a nuclear weapon. Solid Snake is once again called back to duty in a top-secret mission to deal with the greatest terrorist threat the world has ever seen.

First, he must single-handedly infiltrate the nuclear weapons disposal site and rescue two hostages, DARPA chief Donald Anderson and the president of Armstech, Kenneth Baker, and then eliminate the terrorist threat and prevent a nuclear launch. The clock is ticking. Once again, Snake heads into battle....alone

Sons of Liberty

As the first rumors out of Konami indicated, MGS2 takes place around and possibly in New York City. The game begins, however, on the tanker ship Discovery, heading down the river between New York and New Jersey. The Discovery is being used by the US Marine Corps to translate their experimental Metal Gear Ray, a new evolution of Metal Gear designed to defeat the many Rex descendants that have spread to cover the world.

As you may recall from the end of the first game, Revolver Ocelot made it off Shadow Moses Island with the test data from Metal Gear Rex -- well, he sold that on the international black market, and as Otacon puts it in the beginning of the demo, every state, group and dot.com has its own version of Metal Gear. Thus, the arms race continues, with a new amphibious anti-Metal Gear vehicle code-named Ray designed to defeat its weaker ancestors. In response, the "Philanthropy" organization, a group formed by the UN to combat Metal Gear worldwide, sends its best agent to board the Discovery and get the dirt on Ray. That agent, of course, is Solid Snake, backed up by his old associate Otacon. As Snake soon discovers, though, he's not the only one after Metal Gear. A rogue team from Spetsnaz, the former Soviet Army special forces, including Revolver Ocelot, sends in its commandos to take over the tanker and seize the Ray. It's there that the story fades into uncertainty, although you can bet that Ocelot will try playing both ends against the middle one more time. Several characters have been shown or spoken of without any indication of how they'll fit into the plot, including Fortune, the new Ninja, and Solidus Snake.