Solid Snake (Canon, Metal Gear)/Ednaxel2

“	War... has changed. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and machines. War, and its consumption of life, has become a well-oiled machine. War has changed. ID-tagged soldiers carry ID-tagged weapons, use ID-tagged gear. Nano-machines inside their bodies enhance and regulate their abilities. Genetic control, information control, emotion control... battlefield control. Everything is monitored and kept under control. War - has changed. The age of deterrence has become the age of control. All in the name of averting catastrophe from Weapons of Mass Destruction. And he who controls the battlefield, controls history. War has changed... When the battlefield is under total control, war becomes routine.	„
	~ Solid Snake

Summary

Solid Snake (real name David) is the clone of Big Boss, and a world-renowned soldier and spy famed for his legendary exploits in the Outer Heaven Uprising and Zanzibar Land Disturbance. After repeatedly destroying several Metal Gear units, Snake has saved the world from the possibility of nuclear warfare on multiple occasions.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 8-C, higher, up to 8-B with Weapons | At least 8-C, higher, up to 8-A with Weapons | High 8-C, higher, up to 8-A with Weapons | 8-A, higher with Weapons

Key: MSX Games/Rookie | MGS1 | MGS2:SOL | MGS4:GOTP/Old Snake

Name: David, Solid / Old Snake, "Iroquois Pliskin"

Origin: Metal Gear

Age: 21 (Metal Gear) - 42 (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) years old

Gender: Male

Classification: Human, Clone of Big Boss

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers and Abilities
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Genius Intelligence
• Master of Stealth, Infiltration, and Espionage
• Expert Pilot
• Expert in CQC
• Expert Marksman
• Enhanced Senses (Awareness, Night Vision, Telescopic Vision, Soul Vision & Extra Senses; His nanomachines, sensors, radar, and Solid Eye can allow him to see in pitch black conditions, across great distances, and help him detect others based on their heartbeats, electromagnetic fields, thermal signatures, and so on. With the Sorrow Doll and a Camera, he can see spirits)
• Self-Sustenance (Type 2 and Limited Type 3; Snake's nanomachines replenish adrenaline, nutrition, and sugar in his bloodstream. He was also injected with benzedrine, which keep him operational without needing to sleep for at least 12 hours)
• Acrobatics (Is highly agile. Even in old age, has been shown to be in quite good acrobatic shape)
• Status Effect Inducement (Paralysis; With much of his equipment, such as the stun knife)
• Limited Disease Manipulation (Can transmit the FOXDIE virus to specific targets)
• Explosion Manipulation (With Explosives)
• Accelerated Development (Battle; Physical Statistics & Abilities; Scaling from Big Boss, went from being skill-stomped by Ocelot to being able to contend with him)
• Instinctive Reaction (Instinctively uses CQC when the technique is used against him despite his aversion to it)
• Light Manipulation (With Solargun and Stun Grenades)
• Electricity Manipulation (Via Stun Knife)
• Fire Manipulation (Via White Phosphorus Grenades)
• Information Analysis (Scaling from Big Boss, knew that Meryl was a rookie just by looking at how she pointed a gun at him)
• Madness Manipulation (Type 1), Fear Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Via his custom Smoke Grenades and Emotion Ammo, which can make a person laugh and become insane, enter in a fit of rage, scream in fear or cry in sadness)
• Supernatural Willpower (Naomi states that Snake shouldn't even be able to stand due to the state of his body, his strength of will keeps him together)
• Fourth-Wall Awareness (Displayed countless times throughout the series, such as when he nods at the player in Twin Snakes, or when he recalls his game-overs in MGS4)
• Sleep Inducement (Via tranquilizer darts and sleeping gas)
• Smoke Manipulation (Via Smoke Grenades)
• Limited Air Manipulation (Via Tanegashima, which has a 1/3 chance of summoning a whirlwind)
• Limited Technology Manipulation (Via Chaff Grenade, which can confuse radars, fool cameras, radios and some types of UAV)
• Nanotechnology
• Camouflage and Invisibility with Stealth Camouflage
• Limited Body Puppetry by manipulating the nanomachines of others with Screaming Mantis' dolls

Resistance to:

• Extreme Heat and Cold (The Sneaking Suit provides insulation from the enviroment)
• Diseases and Poisons (Possesses an enhanced immune system that allows him to better deal with such ailments)
• Sleep Inducement (Scaling from Big Boss)
• Radiations (Survived extended exposure to lethal amounts of microwaves, scaling from Big Boss)
• Enhanced Senses (Thermal Vision; His Octocamo masks his thermal signature)
• Mind Manipulation (Psycho Mantis couldn't control his mind)
• Precognition (Psycho Mantis couldn't read his future due to him having "lost his past and future")
• Illusion Creation (Broke free from Psycho Mantis' Illusions)
• Immense Pain Tolerance (Can shrug off gunshots and torture)

Attack Potency: Building level (Was a rookie around this era. Defeated Venom Snake while injured. Fought and defeated Gray Fox in hand-to-hand combat, who Snake outright states he is better than everyone else, which includes the likes of Big Boss), higher, up to City Block level with Weapons (His arsenal should be comparable to Venom Snake's, which can damage and take down Metal Gear Sahelanthropus) | At least Building level (Defeated and overpowered Cyborg Gray Fox and Psycho Mantis. Is equal to Liquid Snake and bested him in hand-to-hand combat), higher, up to Multi-City Block level with Weapons (Many early 21st century weapons are capable of harming characters such as Vamp) | Large Building level (Is the ultimate, greatest and strongest soldier in history up to this point, even said to be the greatest soldier by Solidus Snake himself. Believed he could take down both Solidus Snake and the Metal Gear RAYs without Raiden's help, even one-shot Solidus in an alternate version of events), higher, up to Multi-City Block level with Weapons | Multi-City Block level (Can take down Vamp, who can match with and is likely superior to Cyborg Raiden. Comparable to his durability. Equal to Liquid Ocelot by the end of the game who can dent Outer Haven), higher with Weapons

Speed: Superhuman with Relativistic combat speed (Dodged infrared lasers while fighting TX-55 Metal Gear, moving in tandem with them. Can keep up with Venom Snake, Big Boss and Gray Fox) | Superhuman with Relativistic combat speed (Can keep up with Cyborg Gray Fox who is far superior to his previous self. Dodged Metal Gear REX's free electron lasers while in the process of fighting it) | Superhuman with Relativistic combat speed (Avoided Fortune's Railgun off-screen) | Superhuman with Relativistic+ combat speed (Dodged a Railgun. Can fight, keep up with, and defeat Crying Wolf, who can dodge his Solar Gun. Equal to Liquid Ocelot at the end of the game, who could previously speed blitz Snake despite his reaction speed), Speed of Light with Solar Gun

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Class G (While inside of a barrel he can knock over Gekkos. Comparable to Vamp)

Striking Strength: Building level | At least Building level | Large Building level | Multi-City Block level

Durability: Building level | At least Building level | Large Building level | Multi-City Block level (Can tank strikes from Vamp)

Stamina: Superhuman (Snake can shrug off bullet wounds, survive and keep himself from giving up information through extensive torture, withstand the constant exertion of sneaking and fighting during his long missions, endure interference with his nanomachines causing seizures and intense pain, and crawl through a hallway of microwaves that would vaporize other humans despite being in extreme pain throughout the ordeal, even as he was rapidly aging and in generally horrible condition. Right after this, he went on to fight Liquid Ocelot in a long, arduous battle that pushed them both to their limits, albeit after a recuperating shot)

Range: Standard Melee Range; Tens of Meters to Hundreds of Meters with weaponry

Standard Equipment: Many weapons, such as his Stun Knife, pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, grenades, mines, C4, and rocket launchers. Other equipment includes a cardboard box, stealth mats, mine detectors, thermal and night vision goggles, and binoculars.

• Stealth Camouflage
• OctoCamo
• FaceCamo
• Soliton Radar
• Anti-personnel Sensor
• Solid Eye
• Codec
• Metal Gear Mk. II/III
• Chaff Grenade
• Screaming Mantis' dolls
• Infinity Bandana

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• Stealth Camouflage: An electronic device that allows Snake to become virtually invisible by bending light around his body, making it appear as if he was not there.
• Sneaking Suit: A unique military garment with highly advanced electronic weaving technology. It clings tightly to Snake's body, acting as a second layer of muscle tissues and amplifying his endurance, strength, and rate of recovery. It provides insulation that protects Snake's body from dangerous substances such as nerve gas and allows him to operate in extreme climates and damp conditions. It also incorporates noise-dampening soles that will enable the user to run without making a sound.
• OctoCamo: An advanced form of smart camouflage utilized by Old Snake that replicates the texture and appearance of Snake's surroundings to allow him to blend into them. It also regulates his body temperature to avoid detection by thermal imaging.
  • FaceCamo: A mask that uses OctoCamo to disguise Snake's face and make it appear to be someone else's.
• Soliton Radar: A highly advanced radar system that utilizes electromagnetic waves originating from living beings to map out the location as well as provide live info of the position and field of view of enemy soldiers. It also can detect ghosts.
• Anti-personnel Sensor: A small personal device that can detect the heartbeats and electromagnetic fields of nearby lifeforms.
• Solid Eye: A device worn by Old Snake like an eyepatch that grants him night vision and capacity for binocular sight, though not at the same time. It allows Snake to make out footprints easily and determine the emotional and mental states of others by recording their body temperature, heart rate, and sweat secretions.
• Codec: A highly advanced real-time communications system. Originally built into his ear, Snake's Codec is now nanomachine based, allowing him to communicate through his nanomachines while remaining silent.
• Metal Gear Mk. II/III: A miniature Metal Gear created by Otacon and Sunny that can be used for surveillance and object/weapon transport utilized by Old Snake. It is also equipped with stealth camouflage technology and is immune to harmful electromagnetic radiation. The second model also has a Geiger counter.
• Chaff Grenade: An electronic attack device that deploys countless metal strips along with an active jammer to temporarily disable radio communications and electronic equipment such as cameras, radar, missile guidance, and lock-on systems as well as stun AI-controlled weapons and early model Cyborgs
• Screaming Mantis' dolls: A pair of puppets taken from Screaming Mantis that allow Snake to manipulate the nanomachines of living and dead soldiers to force them to move.
• Infinity Bandana: A bandana that Snake received from Meryl with an infinity symbol sewed into the fabric. It provides him with infinite ammunition, which Snake has referenced before.

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius

• Is a clone of Big Boss stated to have nearly identical prowess and potential as Big Boss; along with his skills and abilities, and should scale directly off of Big Boss and should be able to replicate any feat performed by Big Boss.
• A master of Qi Gong (death touch, can amp himself, shut off chi, etc).
• Inherit Null (Gray Fox) movement reading ability from the perfect soldier project, as well as being able to muscle read.
• Can combat characters with instant adaptation.
• Subconsciously adapts after one movement.
• More skilled than Raiden, being admired by him.
• Bodies Genome fodder, who would master various martial arts.
• A master of CQC, with near infinite variations, 2x better than other martial arts, and 50 years ahead of it’s time at bare minimum.
• CQC itself is a unique short range fighting system, incorporating strikes, kicks, checking, clenches, chokes, throws, grappling, groundwork, disarms, and counters. It’s designed to disarm and disable an opponent in as little moves as possible; certainly being elite in application, Snake is a master of CQC.
• Can combat Gray Fox, who can see air movements.
• Defeated Vulcan Raven, a shaman user that see through 2000 years into the future.
• Defeated multiple CQC masters while banning the usage of his own CQC.
• Solidus Snake, through information gained via the Patriots, refers to Snake as the “perfect warrior”. This is as well mirrored by the MGS4 Database, which parrots this statement, perfect being defined as: having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
• Counters Vamps "100% accurate" muscle reading ability.

Weaknesses: Snake struggles with PTSD, and his genes were designed to make him age rapidly after 40. Old Snake's accelerated ageing significantly reduces his strength, stamina and afflicts him with the regular issues of old age. Snake is also known to self-handicap, and will refrain from using certain equipment and techniques, most notably refraining from using the CQC Big Boss taught him since it "never felt right using techniques learned from a man who'd betrayed his unit".

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• CQC: Unique and highly efficient martial arts, allowing a soldier a variety of options while not denying them the use of weapons. It generally has the user taking a stance with a knife and a handgun; thus, he/she could grab/throw opponents in melee, threaten/execute people with the sharp blade or shoot down opponents who're otherwise outside the user's range. CQC mostly focuses on grabs, throws, and other methods to disarm the target, allowing one to take down enemies without killing them or use them as a human shield. A skilled practitioner can even "chain" throws, allowing to rapidly neutralise an entire group of soldiers. Snake, having been instructed by Big Boss himself during his time as a member of FOXHOUND, is highly proficient in the use of CQC. However, after the events of Outer Heaven, Snake restricted himself from using it; not feeling right utilising the technique of someone who betrayed his unit, he would not use CQC again until his old age.

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