Post by Kojima Pro on Nov 21, 2007 19:34:54 GMT -5
Les Enfants Terribles project (French for The Terrible Children). While recovering from a war injury, Big Boss' cell samples were extracted and then reproduced through analog cloning and the fictional Super Baby method. The cells were fertilized into an ovum, resulting in eight clone babies, and then planted into a surrogate mother. Five of the babies (originally thought to have been six) were then intentionally aborted to encourage strong fetal growth with the remaining three clones: Solid, Liquid and Solidus. Solid Snake was raised in the United States, while Liquid was adopted by the British government. Solidus' origins remain unknown.
Following Big Boss' death in Zanzibar Land, his body was recovered by the United States military and used for gene therapy experiments. Superior hereditary traits known as "soldier genes" were isolated from his cells and then transplanted into members of the Next Generation Special Forces. Those who underwent this experimentation became known as the Genome Soldiers, who serve as Snake's most common foe in MGS1. The Genome Soldiers have augmented senses and reflexes, but are gradually dying due to genetic instabilities created by the gene therapy process (though what these genetic problems are is never made clear, perhaps a result of the atomic defects caused by Big Boss's exposure to radiation, or, as most commonly assumed, their body is unable to assimilate the gene therapy). In order to research a cure of the Genome Army's defects, Liquid demands Big Boss' remains as part of his ransom demands to the U.S. government. Liquid and the Genome Army take over the Shadow Moses island base, referring to themselves as the Sons of Big Boss.
Following Big Boss' death in Zanzibar Land, his body was recovered by the United States military and used for gene therapy experiments. Superior hereditary traits known as "soldier genes" were isolated from his cells and then transplanted into members of the Next Generation Special Forces. Those who underwent this experimentation became known as the Genome Soldiers, who serve as Snake's most common foe in MGS1. The Genome Soldiers have augmented senses and reflexes, but are gradually dying due to genetic instabilities created by the gene therapy process (though what these genetic problems are is never made clear, perhaps a result of the atomic defects caused by Big Boss's exposure to radiation, or, as most commonly assumed, their body is unable to assimilate the gene therapy). In order to research a cure of the Genome Army's defects, Liquid demands Big Boss' remains as part of his ransom demands to the U.S. government. Liquid and the Genome Army take over the Shadow Moses island base, referring to themselves as the Sons of Big Boss.