You begin as the rookie named Solid Snake, the newest FOXHOUND Member. Solid Snake's mission is to infiltrate Outer Heaven and destroy Metal Gear. Gray Fox infiltrated Outer Haven a few days earlier but after a few days contact with him was lost . The last message he sent was: "METAL GEAR...". Snake gets help from local resistance members Kyle Schneider, Diane, and Jennifer. Solid Snake, with his skill, manages to rescue Gray Fox. He learns from Gray Fox what Metal Gear is (a nuclear weapon). To find out how to destroy Metal Gear he rescues Dr. Drago Pettrovich Madnar (Lead engineer of Metal Gear) and his daughter. After Snake finds out how to destroy Metal Gear, he finds it, and destroys it. While escaping he meets the leader of Outer Heaven, Big Boss. Big Boss starts a self-destruct sequence for the compound and says that he won't die alone, and that Solid Snake will come with him. Snake defeats Big Boss and escapes the compound. After the credits, a message is displayed, from Big Boss, saying that he will meet Snake again. Hideo Kojima has openly said that he is unhappy with the Metal Gear released in the U.S. and has said it it to be complete garbage.