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Mercenaries are most of the time viewed as villains. The mercenary's primary motive is to complete their mission and obtain the reward of money. Many of these mercenaries value a specific “code of honor”, and some are just in it for the money. From the video game series Metal Gear Solid, a United States Government project called Les Enfants Terribles attempted to create a clone of the world’s most famous soldiers Big Boss. This clone’s name was David Hayter, also known as Solid Snake, who is regarded as one of the greatest mercenaries in video game history. He holds an IQ of 180, and fluently speaks English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, German, and French. Snake then would become a part of FOXHOUND, which was a special forces unit commanded …show more content…

He went on endless assignments to serve his country as a soldier that seemed impossible, but was always referred to as “the Man Who Makes the Impossible Possible”. Seeking out a mission to destroy Metal Gear, given to him by Big Boss, Snake would always follow through. When Big Boss told him to abort the operation, Snake continued, knowing how important it was to destroy the Metal Gear. Even towards the end of his life he was still relentless. Solid Snake’s aging was much more rapid than normal humans considering he was a clone, but this did not stop him. During his last obligation, he was still able to defeat Liquid Ocelot. Numerous people do not seem to realize, even though Solid Snake was the protagonist, was that he was a villain. In Metal Gear 1 his main objective was to go to Outer Heaven and defeat Big Boss. Big Boss is perceived as a huge target for the Patriots, being claimed as evil. As the series progresses, it shows that Big Boss’ only intentions were to build a government for his own nation separated from the world's governments. Another example would be from Metal Gear Solid 4, where Snake seeks out to kill Ocelot. Snake succeeds in doing so, but it is revealed that Ocelot was a good guy the whole time. His intentions were to bring down the

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