FOXHOUND
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FOXHOUND is a group of specialist forces created by Big Boss in 1971, to replace FOX after the unit rebelled under Gene and were eliminated by Big Boss. They worked for the CIA, and were designed to handle Tactical Espionage missions that regular soldiers couldn't handle.
[edit] History
They were formed in February 1971 by Big Boss and Roy Campbell who were both prisoners of the incident at La Peninsula de los Muertos. The two formed the outfit in order to rise up and fight against the rebelling members of FOX, and clear the names of Big Boss, Major Zero, Para-medic and Sigint, who were all members of FOX.
Big Boss originally commanded the unit with Campbell acting as a tactician, the two lead them in a series of intense and difficult covert operations. In 1995, Solid Snake joined the unit and aided in the rescuing of fellow FOXHOUND soldier Gray Fox from the terrorist facility Outer Heaven, and fought and presumably killed the man behind it all, who turned out to be FOXHOUND commander himself, Big Boss, who had presumably set up Outer Heaven in secret. With Big Boss, presumed dead, Colonel Campbell was placed in command, and helped Solid Snake during the Zanzibar Land uprising, and abandoned the Code-Name regime (Snake chose to keep his code-name). Some time between 1999 and 2005 Campbell retired and Liquid Snake was placed in charge, and under his command, members of FOXHOUND re-instated the code name regime and chose specific specialties, and the unit flourished, until it went "rogue." Campbell was then requested to come back out of retirement and forcefully asked Solid Snake to infiltrate Shadow Moses, and kill Liquid Snake and the remaining members of FOXHOUND. Then in the year 2014, a newly formed FOXHOUND, being led by Meryl Silverburgh, decided to take care of Liquid Ocelot themselves. Little else is know at this time.
Members of FOXHOUND have included:
- Big Boss (Founder)
- Roy Campbell (Co-Founder)
- Jonathan (First recruit)
- Python (Joined FOXHOUND after being defeated in battle by Big Boss)
- Gray Fox
- McDonell Miller (Helped train new recruits)
- Solid Snake
- George Kasler
- Dr. Clark (Cheif Medic)
- Naomi Hunter (Medical Assistant)
- Raiden (See GW for more information.)
During the San Hieromymo Incident, an unknown amount of soldiers originally joined FOXHOUND who were all members of the Red Army originally controlled by Gene. All of these soldiers were given animal code-names (e.g. "Raven", "Bison") and helped Big Boss and Campbell in their mission to obliterate Metal Gear, and clear their names.
The following are the Renegade members of FOXHOUND who took over Shadow Moses:
- Liquid Snake (Led FOXHOUND to command the Genome Army and take over Shadow Moses)
- Revolver Ocelot
- Decoy Octopus
- Sniper Wolf
- Vulcan Raven
- Psycho Mantis
The following are the re-instated members of FOXHOUND in 2014:
- Meryl Silverburgh
- Jonathan (not to be confused with the Jonathan from MPO)
- Ed
- Johnny (Akiba)
[edit] Behind the Scenes
Interesting to note that, with the new FOXHOUND all the characters are named after characters from Policenauts, another of Hideo Kojima's games. The main character in Policenauts is named Jonathan Ingram, who's partner is a black man named Ed Brown, Meryl herself also appears in Policenauts and she hangs around with a blonde man named Dave Forrest (originally thought to be the name of the masked soldier who has blonde hair sticking out from the back of his mask. This character was later revealed to be Johnny Sasaki).
