Major Zero
From the Metal Gear Wiki
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| Also known as | Major Tom |
| Nationality |  British
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| Affiliations | FOX |
| Current status | Unknown |
| Game series | Metal Gear Solid series |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops |
| First game | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| English voice actor | Jim Piddock |
| Japanese voice actor | Banjō Ginga |
Major Zero appears in the game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He has grey hair and greyish blue eyes, and his blood type is A.
Zero was born in Exeter, England on August 12th, 1909, and was previously in the SAS. Zero eventually became commander of the Special Forces unit FOX. By the time of Operation Snake Eater, he lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which is also the location of the Pease AFB. Sometime before Operation Snake Eater he suffered from Gout, but was cured just before the Operation. He also has a sister, and is a giant fan of the James Bond films.
He supported Naked Snake via radio. At the beginning of the 'Virtuous Mission', Major Zero changed his codename to Major Tom but changed it back to Major Zero at the start of Operation Snake Eater. After the failure of the Virtuous Mission, both Zero and Snake were threatened with being "put in front of the firing squad" if Operation Snake Eater was a failure. Zero assisted Snake and helped him complete his mission. After the Operation, Zero left FOX.
During the San Hieronymo Incident, Zero was accused of treason because his former unit, FOX, now under the command of Gene, had rebelled. Zero doesn’t appear in the game due to his incarceration (except in special circumstances in which the player can unlock him as a playable unit), and his name is once again cleared by Big Boss.
In 1970 Major Zero officially disbanded FOX, prompting Big Boss to found FOXHOUND in 1971.
[edit] The Unknown Benefactor
It is widely speculated that, given the ending phone call of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Major Zero is a member of the American branch of the Philosophers, and he and Ocelot are the two founding members of the Patriots. Gene refers to the person Ocelot is consorting with as "the man with the same codename as Null." Obviously, "Zero" is a synonym for "Null," which leads the player to believe that Zero is Ocelot's commanding officer and co-creator of the Patriots. This also coincides with the fact that Ocelot is actually ADAM, a plant in the Soviet military from the American branch of the Philosophers. Also, when Gene mentions the "great strategist" that orchestrated Volgin firing the Davy Crockett at Sokolov's research facility, it shows a man's silhouette with a short cropped gray hairstyle and a scar over his eye.
Ocelot remarks that he wants Big Boss to join them, however it is unknown whether he does join.
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Characters |
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Naked Snake — Major Zero — Para-Medic — Sigint The Boss — Colonel Volgin — Ocelot — EVA The Pain — The Fear — The Fury — The End — The Sorrow |
| 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 |
