Zero
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| Real name | David Oh |
| Also known as | "O" Major Tom |
| Nationality |  British
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| Affiliations | SAS MI6 FOX The Patriots |
| Current status | Deceased |
| Birthplace | Exeter, England |
| Birthdate | August 12, 1909 |
| Appears in | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots |
| First game | Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| English voice actor | Jim Piddock |
| Japanese voice actor | Banjō Ginga |
Major Zero, briefly known as Major Tom, later simply called Zero, was born in Exeter, England on August 12th, 1909, and was a former member of the British SAS. Zero was the commander of the CIA Special Forces unit FOX in the 1960s. By the time of Operation Snake Eater, he lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which is also the location of the Pease AFB. At some point, he suffered from gout, but recovered just before the operation. Zero has a prominent scar over his left eye. He also has a sister, and is a huge fan of the James Bond films. He was the head of an unofficial CIA division called the UMA Club. He later became the founding member of The Patriots.
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[edit] Biography
Before creating Force Operation X (FOX), he previously served in the SAS (where he met The Boss) and with MI6, where he was codenamed "O", from which the name "Zero" is derived. In 1962, Zero helped Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov and his family defect from the Soviet Union to America. He later served as the commanding officer for the Virtuous Mission, the objective being to once again rescue Sokolov, who had been taken back to the USSR.
[edit] Operation Snake Eater
See Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater
Following the failure of the Virtuous Mission, Zero was Naked Snake's commanding officer during Operation Snake Eater, with Para-Medic and Sigint providing support over the radio. The mission was a success as the Cobra Unit were killed off, the Shagohod was destroyed, Colonel Volgin and The Boss was eliminated, and America recovered a roll of microfilm revealing the location of The Philosophers' Legacy. Upon returning home, Naked Snake was awarded the codname "Big Boss". After Operation Snake Eater and Big Boss's retirement, Zero retired not long afterward.
[edit] San Hieronymo Takeover
Zero's stature rose and his influence grew inside the halls of Langley. In 1970, Zero was supposedly arrested for the rebellion staged by Gene. However, Zero actually conspired with Gene to grab the remainder of the Philosophers' Legacy by staging the uprising at the San Hieronymo Peninsula and stealing the ICBMG. But the plot failed due to Gene's intransigence and the exploits of Naked Snake. Meanwhile, Ocelot succeeded in assassinating the director of the CIA, and was able to obtain the entire Philosopher's Legacy.
[edit] The Patriots
Having lost Gene, Zero joined with Big Boss, Sigint, Para-Medic, Ocelot, and EVA to form The Patriots, using the Philosophers' Legacy as a source of funding and Big Boss as a charismatic icon. They hoped to carry out The Boss' vision of unifying the world by controlling information. As a result of Big Boss' growing weariness of the Patriots' activities, they launched the Les Enfants Terribles Project in 1972, a plan designed to replicate Big Boss with clones, but Big Boss himself condemned the project and parted ways with Zero. Having lost his icon, Zero went into hiding and began to rely on AIs to control the Patriots. By the 21st century, Zero had entrusted management of the Patriots' affairs to five AIs: TR, TJ, AL, GW, JD.
[edit] Liquid Ocelot's Insurrection
See Liquid Sun, Solid Sun, Third Sun, Twin Suns, Old Sun and Naked Sin
Decades later, Solid Snake used a computer virus to destroy JD to stop Liquid Ocelot. After Solid Snake destroyed JD and defeated Liquid Ocelot, Big Boss was able to discover the location of Zero. Zero, now only kept alive by life support equipment, was finally killed when Big Boss pulled the plug.
[edit] Trivia
- Major Zero's jacket resembles the ones worn by Allied pilots in World War II. It also resembles the one Steve McQueen wore in the 1963 film The Great Escape.
- The name Major Tom, while mentioned by Zero to be a reference to The Great Escape, is also a character in the song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie. This could be a nod to the song, as it was originally selected as the ending theme for MGS3 as it references space exploration. However, as the game ultimately departed from this theme, it was replaced by Starsailor's "Way To Fall").
- Although he was supposedly imprisoned during the events of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, he can still be recruited as a secret character. Simply complete the game with a Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel save file on the Playstation Portable's memory stick or use a code.
- Major Zero's real name, David Oh, is never mentioned in the games themselves, only in the Metal Gear Solid 4 Database.
- It was previously believed that Major Zero was the cunning strategist that Gene mentions in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. However, Metal Gear Solid 4 revealed that this was the CIA Director, at the time of Operation Snake Eater.
| 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 Sokolov — Granin — Raikov — Johnny Sasaki, Sr. |
| 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 |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Characters |
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| Solid Snake — Otacon — Raiden — Naomi Hunter — Big Mama Liquid Ocelot — Vamp — Drebin Roy Campbell — Sunny — Rosemary — Mei Ling Meryl Silverburgh — Ed — Jonathan — Johnny Laughing Octopus — Raging Raven — Crying Wolf — Screaming Mantis Psycho Mantis — Zero — Big Boss |
