Les Enfants Terribles
Les Enfants Terribles ("the terrible children") project (introduced in
MGS1), was a plan launched in 1972 to artificially reproduce the ultimate soldier. The subject chosen for this project was none other than
Big Boss, who was already proclaimed as the world's finest soldier. The said goal for this new project was to create a clone of
Big Boss in terms of physique, prowess and potential. Natural and Analog cloning techniques, as well as the "Super Baby" method were used to produce two clones:
Solid Snake and
Liquid Snake.
However, this was done without
Big Boss' knowledge. After finding out,
Big Boss left
The Patriots, therefore leaving the group with no icon, as
Big Boss was the icon of the Patriots. It was revealed that
Zero, who was in charge of
The Patriots prior to
Big Boss' departure, was afraid
Big Boss would leave, thus
Les Enfants Terribles was carried out. Ironically, this led to
Big Boss' departure. The
actual goal of
Les Enfants Terribles was not exactly to create the ultimate soldier, but rather to spawn a new
Big Boss icon for
The Patriots.
Solid Snake,
Liquid Snake and
Solidus Snake are all products of
Les Enfants Terribles project.
Liquid Snake believed that
Solid Snake had the superior genes of
Big Boss after learning about the project. But in actual fact, it was
Liquid who had the dominant genes, and
Solid Snake who had the recessive and "inferior" genes.
Les Enfants Terribles project managed to create two imperfect clones of
Big Boss, one containing dominant genes, and the other with recessive genes. However, the project also managed to create a "perfect clone" of
Big Boss. A balance of both
Solid and
Liquid Snake. One who contained the exact genes of
Big Boss and retained the same qualities and features of
Big Boss:
Solidus Snake. It is later revealed that the clones
Solid and
Liquid were actually born from a real, live surrogate mother, and not from machines. It was
EVA; who was a part of the experimental project, and participated as the surrogate mother of twins imbued with
Big Boss' chromosomes.
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