Skowronski
Biographical information
Real name	Skowronski
Nationality	Soviet Russian
Died	Late 1970 San Hieronymo Peninsula, Colombia
Physical description
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Career and family information
Affiliations	Red Army
Occupation	Soviet officer
Metal Gear series information
Appearances	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Created by	Hideo Kojima Gakuto Mikumo
Designed by	Ashley Wood
Voiced by (English)	Nick Jameson
Voiced by (Japanese)	Tetsu Inada

Skowronski was a loyal colonel of the Red Army and a former fighter pilot during World War II. He served as the commanding officer of the secret Soviet missile base on the San Hieronymo Peninsula, prior to FOX unit's armed takeover in 1970.

BiographyEdit

San Hieronymo TakeoverEdit

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In 1970, FOX commander Gene initiated a rebellion against the CIA on the San Hieronymo Peninsula, removing Colonel Skowronski from command of the Soviet base. Skowronski, unwilling to accept Gene's authority, was forced to go into hiding after his own men turned on him. At some point, he also began heavily drinking.^[1]

Skowronski hid aboard a cargo ship docked in the harbor, which containined his private collection of World War II fighter planes. He was later discovered by FOX member Python, whom he then attempted to kill after Python called his bluff about sending reinforcements to San Hieronymo Peninsula. However, he failed due to Python's armor, who proceeded to lock Skowronski up in a cage, freezing the door shut with the liquid nitrogen expelled from his suit with only enough liquid nitrogen for the lock to thaw before Skowronski starved to death. After Python left, Big Boss, having observed the earlier confrontation, approached the imprisoned Skowronski, who shouted for soldiers to come to his aid and eliminate the intruder. After realizing that Big Boss was not Python, he laughed about his mistake, and told him that the guards would not follow his commands anyway, thanks to Gene's unnatural charisma. He told Big Boss of his days as a pilot in WWII, and that if he had a MiG or a Sukhoi he would be able to kill Gene himself. After listening to his increasingly desperate rantings, Big Boss shot the cage's frozen lock and left him to his own devices.

Skowronski later attempted to kill Gene in the assembly plant, after hijacking Metal Gear RAXA and using its machineguns. Though he missed his intended target, he was amazed by the weapon's sheer power. RAXA, however, shut itself down, due to its incompleteness as a prototype model. FOX member Ursula then threw Skowronski from the cockpit to his death, using her psychokinetic powers.

Behind the scenesEdit

Skowronski is the only character on the San Hieronymo Peninsula to not be playable in any form in either Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops or its non-canon expansion pack, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus. In fact, he also lacked a game model, appearing only in the graphic novel cutscenes.

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