Gene
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| Also known as | Viper |
| Nationality |  American
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| Affiliations | FOX |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops |
| First game | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops |
| English voice | Steven Blum |
| Japanese voice | Norio Wakamoto |
| This article is about Viper, the commander of FOX during MGS:PO. You may be looking for Black Arts Viper, the leader of Black Chamber, or Gene Expansion, the first expansion for Metal Gear Online. |
Gene, also known as Viper, was the commander of FOX during the San Hieronymo Takeover. Gene's unique color was never shown.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
Originally known under the codename of Viper, Gene joined the FOX unit after Big Boss left. In his career, he had studied political science outside of the military, as well as a rather prominent medical doctor. In one mission when he was a FOX operative, Gene rescued Elisa and Ursula from Germany and adopted the "twins". Gene was the product of the "Successor Project", the goal of which was to create the "ultimate battlefield commander" modelled after The Boss.
[edit] San Hieronymo Takeover
In 1970, Gene became the FOX unit's central member and led the unit's revolt in San Hieronymo hoping to turn the base into Army's Heaven, a new nation run for and by soldiers. Gene's reflexes were faster even than Null's, and his voice was given a special manipulative mind-altering power. Gene feigned loyalty and strength to those who follow him but secretly despised the human race in general, and exhibited qualities of deeply pathological, tyrannical behavior. During Gene's speech-making, he could swell up loyalty and powerful, trusting emotions in his soldiers, but also used it to instill fear in mobs and cause riots to 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. Gene was also in league with Ocelot and Major Zero in their plans of forming The Patriots, but these plans never bore any fruitation.
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 about "soldier genes". Gene murdered Elisa, 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.
[edit] Trivia
- Gene refering himself and Big Boss are "like brothers" mirrors the relationship between Solid Snake and Liquid Snake.
- One of his Telepathic command ability quotes during the final battle mirrors The Boss's statement to Big Boss in their encounter at Dremuchij North.
- The trench coat Gene wears is near identical to the one worn by Big Boss in promotional art for Metal Gear Solid, the one worn by Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, and the one worn by Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 4.
- It's possible that through the "Sucessor Project", Gene is the first Genome Soldier.
- The details of Gene's ultimate plan as to how his dream Soldier Nation would rise bears several similarities to how the Patriots would emerge, especially the existing under the Shadows part, thus giving an early clue as to what his true loyalties were.
- There have been some hints that Gene has a deep amount of respect for Big Boss, as he comments that he's impressed when he noticed that Big Boss was awake during his conversation with Cunningham, as well as instilling Null with strong emotions. Some statements during the final battle seem to imply that he also wants Big Boss to win, or at least have a challenging match against Big Boss.
| Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Characters |
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| Naked Snake — Roy Campbell — Jonathan — Para-Medic — Sigint Null — Gene — Python — Cunningham — Elisa and Ursula Colonel Skowronski — Sokolov — Ocelot — EVA — Major Zero — Raikov Teliko — Venus |
