Kenneth Baker
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| Kenneth Baker | |
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| Nationality |  American
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| Affiliations | ArmsTech |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes |
| First game | Metal Gear Solid |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| Designed by | Yoji Shinkawa |
| English voice actor | Allan Lurie |
| Japanese voice actor | Yuzuru Fujimoto |
Kenneth Baker (ケネス・ベイカー Kenesu Beikā?) was, during the Shadow Moses Incident, the president of ArmsTech, one of the leading manufacturers of the arms industry. His company initiated the development of Metal Gear REX for the purpose of recovering financial losses his company suffered, which were a result of several factors, including losing projects to rival companies and reduction in spending for the Strategic Defense Initiative. He bribed the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson to support the project (or as he put it, did his part in the Military-Industrial Complex, and pushed to have it be developed as a Black Project). However, during a planned field exercise of REX in the Nuclear Disposal Facility on Shadow Moses Island, Baker was taken hostage during Liquid Snake's takeover.
During his captivity, he hid the optical disk containing REX's test data and gave the PAL card to Meryl Silverburgh, a fellow prisoner. He was tortured by Ocelot, his right arm broken during the interrogation. Upon being located by Solid Snake, Baker was wired to C4 explosives, but was released by the Cyborg Ninja, who also cut off Ocelot's right arm.
After giving Solid Snake all the information he knew about REX, Baker ultimately died due to exposure to the FOXDIE virus within Snake. He implied in his death throes that he had knowledge of FOXDIE, and what the Pentagon planned to do with it (although unaware that they would actually go through with it).
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| Solid Snake — Meryl Silverburgh Roy Campbell — Naomi Hunter — Mei Ling Liquid Snake — Revolver Ocelot — Psycho Mantis — Sniper Wolf — Decoy Octopus — Vulcan Raven Nastasha Romanenko — Master Miller — Hal Emmerich Donald Anderson — Kenneth Baker — Johnny Sasaki — Jim Houseman Cyborg Ninja — Big Boss - US President George Sears |
