Gene
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| Gene | |
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| Also known as | Viper |
| Affiliations | Member of the FOX unit |
| Appears in | Portable Ops |
| English voice actor | Steve Blum |
| Japanese voice actor | Norio Wakamoto |
Commander Gene (Also known as Viper) is a character in Portable Ops who was the commander of FOX during the San Hyeronimo Incident. Gene’s unique colour is never shown.
Originally known under the codename of Viper, Gene became the FOX unit's central member after Big Boss left. He led the FOX unit's revolt in the hope of turning the San Hieronymo base into "Army's Heaven", a new nation, run for and by soldiers. It was later revealed that he was the product of the “Successor Project”, the goal of which was to create the "ultimate battlefield commander" modelled after The Boss. Because of this, Gene thinks of himself and Big Boss as being "like brothers" (which mirrors the relationship between Solid Snake and Liquid Snake).
In his career it is revealed he had been into political science outside the military (explaining the reason behind the disposition of his speeches), as well as a rather prominent medical doctor. Gene's reflexes are faster even than Null's, and his voice was given a special manipulative mind-altering power. Gene feigns loyalty and strength to those who follow him but secretly despised the human race in general, and exhibited qualities of deeply pathological, tyrannical behaviour. During Gene's speech-making, he could swell up loyalty and powerful, trusting emotions in his soldiers, but also used it to instil fear in mobs and make riots break out, laughing cruelly as he did so. Gene also uses his gifted voice at one point to speak directly to Elisa's dark and powerful second personality, Ursula, and release her.
Big Boss confronted Gene near the end of the San Hyeronimo Incident and Gene taunted him with information regarding the nature of The Boss's defection, the deep rooted corruption within the White House and even hints at genetic engineering. Gene murdered one of his followers, exemplifying his hypocritical, two-faced nature and launched Metal Gear RAXA, resulting in a fight to the death with Big Boss. However Big Boss managed to triumph, allowing Gene the revelation that Big Boss was indeed the true successor after all, and relinquishes the funds for Army's Heaven. His last words are reminiscent of the last words of The Boss, and he pleads with Big Boss to go find his calling.
Current status: Deceased
| Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Characters |
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Naked Snake — Roy Campbell — Jonathon — Para-medic — Sigint Null— Gene — Python — Cunningham — Elisa and Ursula Colonel Skowronski — Sokolov — Ocelot — EVA — Major Zero — Raikov |
