The story begins with infiltrating a high-security American black site in Cuba, Camp Omega. His mission is to rescue two former allies: the Cipher agent Paz Ortega Andrade and the child soldier Chico.
Snake awakens in a hospital in Cyprus to a world changed by the Cold War. With the help of and Kazuhira Miller , he forms a new private mercenary army called Diamond Dogs to track down Skull Face and XOF. The story begins with infiltrating a high-security American
: The climax involves the destruction of a massive, bipedal nuclear tank controlled by a young psychic known as "The Floating Boy". The Legend's Twist: "Venom" Snake With the help of and Kazuhira Miller ,
: As Snake returns, he finds his home base under attack and ultimately destroyed. A helicopter crash during the escape leaves Snake in a deep coma for nine years. The Main Event: The Phantom Pain (1984) A helicopter crash during the escape leaves Snake
: Snake discovers Skull Face’s plan to use "vocal cord parasites"—biological weapons that kill speakers of specific languages—to achieve global domination and eliminate the English language.
: While Snake succeeds in extracting them, the mission is a trap set by Skull Face , leader of the rogue unit XOF .
: Operating from a new Mother Base in the Seychelles, Snake carries out missions in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan and the Angola–Zaire border .