Firstly, he created an extreme militant group, which is not exactly a great starting point, and then he named it after the Sons of Liberty, inspired by Washington himself. He wanted to go down in history as the same kind of revolutionary that Washington was.
This was extremely clear throughout his arc, especially when, before he died, he looked up at a statue of Washington.
The entire series, in terms of Solidus' arc, has to do with destroying the Patriots. While he may have the occasional side story, that is what his entire existence basically revolves around. While he never truly got what he wanted on his own before his untimely death, it ended up happening anyhow. Despite his ruthless nature, Solidus actually enjoyed the company of Raiden, his adopted son. Their relationship mirrors that of Big Boss and Solid Snake, but not quite as heartwarming.
That was made extremely clear when Solidus made it extremely clear that he would kill Raiden, not caring that he was his son at all in the end. He wanted the information of the Patriots, and he knew that Raiden was the key to getting it. However, he did give him a sword, which at least allowed Raiden to fight back. Originally, Solidus was meant to fake his death by staging a double during an attempt at his life at an assassination attempt. This was meant to happen in the "Grand Game Plan. It sounds way less threatening, so it doesn't really give the impression that he's the big bad of the series.
For a man with convictions like Solidus and who was tired of being used as a puppet to The Patriots, it is fitting for his swords to represent his power.
Ryan Hay is a freelance writer with a passion for all things gaming. Having been in the gaming scene for several years Ryan is looking to tell interesting stories with unique perspectives on the gaming industry. Still, Solidus is one of the most beloved characters in the series, a charismatic villain with some indisputable ideals, but also a ruthless man who goes to such lengths to achieve his goals that it would disturb even Machiavelli.
And eloquent as he is, he has a lot of memorable pieces of dialogue. Here are five of his best quotes. The Patriots constructed a false reality for him, but he also constructed one on his own, in his own mind. But as soon as Solidus has spoken these words, he suddenly appears in physical form, he becomes real in a sense. No one lasts forever. Life is nothing but a grace period for turning our genetic material into the next generation.
The data of life is transferred from parent to child. But we have no heirs, no legacy. Cloned from our father with the ability to reproduce conveniently engineered out. He was also involved in the funding for Revolver Ocelot getting his arm transplant in Lyon, France beforehand. During his time underground, Solidus made preparations for open rebellion against the Patriots and allied himself with Sergei Gurlukovich 's private army of Russian mercenaries as well as the rogue anti-terrorist unit Dead Cell which Solidus had set up during his presidency.
Assuming the identity of his presumed dead brother "Solid Snake", Solidus intended to take control of the new and highly advanced warship Arsenal Gear which was being developed in secret at the facility. He also kidnapped his successor James Johnson that had been on an inspection tour at the time, though he would later aid Solidus of his own free will, before ultimately disagreeing with his intended goal. Unbeknownst to either Solidus or Johnson, however, their actions were actually being manipulated by the Patriots as part of the S3 Plan.
After learning from his subordinate Olga Gurlukovich that both a sword-equipped "cyborg ninja" and a man in a cardboard box had been seen on the Big Shell, Solidus had her increase patrols and proceeded to place infrared sensor-equipped Semtex on the Shell 2 connecting bridge as a trap. Solidus later encountered Raiden on the Shell 2 connecting bridge, after the latter had disabled the Semtex IR sensors in his attempt to rescue President Johnson. Identifying him as "a messenger from the Patriots", Solidus was certain that he knew Raiden from somewhere.
During an exchange of heated dialogue between the two, Raiden learned of their true identities. Snake also demanded that Solidus stop impersonating Big Boss.
Eventually knocked from the bridge by Snake's grenade launcher, Solidus landed on a waiting Harrier jump jet , piloted by his subordinate Vamp. Entering the Harrier's copilot seat, Solidus engaged the Kasatka, though Raiden was able to shoot the jet down with Stinger missiles. Hurtling down towards the ocean, the Harrier was caught within the jaws of the terrorists' Metal Gear RAY before it could crash. Solidus, having lost his left eye in the battle, ordered Vamp to escape before sealing the cockpit and allowing RAY to carry him and the crippled aircraft away underwater.
After Raiden was later captured, Solidus finally realized that he was his own adopted son Jack. Realizing that Raiden's memory of him may have been altered by the Patriots, Solidus revealed their connection and his past as a child soldier, something that Raiden did not want to remember. After Raiden escaped custody, Solidus, explaining to Raiden about the S3 Plan based on what Ocelot had told him, informed him with some reluctance that he must ultimately kill him for the Patriots molding him before sending the ships' unmanned RAY units to kill him.
When Olga interfered, he then learned that she was the mole, and promptly executed her by using his P90 to shoot her in the head at point blank range after putting her into a stranglehold. However, because of a worm cluster infecting the Arsenal Gear's onboard AI, GW , and it causing even the RAY units to go haywire, Solidus was ultimately forced to destroy the weapon, and ultimately resolved to interrogate Raiden instead via the latter's built in nanomachine base.
It was initially believed that Solidus planned to expose the existence of the Patriots by using Arsenal Gear to detonate a nuclear warhead over the skies of New York City. The high-altitude blast would create a gigantic electromagnetic pulse and bring Wall Street to a halt, toppling the Patriots' power over the business community in Manhattan, and spurring the world into a panic.
He would then free Manhattan from its digital yoke and establish the liberated zone Outer Heaven in place. Dead Cell were intended to draw the Patriots' attentions whilst Solidus would hunt the twelve individuals down, killing them off one by one.
However, Solidus's plan never came to fruition due to the corruption of GW by a worm cluster, and Revolver Ocelot's action as an agent of the Patriots that had helped to orchestrate the entire incident. Solidus was chosen to be involved because his relationship with Raiden resembled that of Solid Snake and Big Boss. Solidus's back was forced to the wall until Ocelot "possessed" by Liquid's personality crashed Arsenal Gear into Manhattan.
Solidus and Raiden were thrown from the top of Arsenal onto the roof top of Federal Hall, where Solidus told Raiden his true intents and desires. Solidus, unable to father children and pass on his legacy, wished to be immortalized by history, but knowing the Patriots indomitable control of information they wouldn't allow this.
He explained his reason for the Big Shell uprising and his plan to kill off the Patriots, finishing off by declaring that only one monstrosity will have the privilege to live on. He also admitted to Raiden shortly after this that he was the one who killed his parents, mainly because he wanted to see if the both of them were of someone else's creation, even going as far as to compare their situation with Liquid, Snake, and Big Boss's situation.
Solidus revealed that he needed to kill Raiden because his final lead on the Patriots' identities lied inside the nanomachines within Raiden's brain and the pattern of nerves they created.
Solidus crawled towards the statue of George Washington, reaching up to the first President of the United States as he let out his last breath. As a result of his injuries, Solidus was left brain dead. Life support equipment was used to maintain the body's metabolic processes, keeping it alive and functional, and providing optimal opportunities for transplantation. Big Mama's resistance group used Solidus's remaining head and chest as a dummy version of Big Boss's body in case the Patriots' proxy AIs attempted to track Big Boss down.
In , Solidus's prediction and fears of what the Patriots intended to do were proven correct with the advent of the war economy and the development of the SOP system.
By , Solidus's body served as a decoy with his body producing spontaneous reflex movements on occasion. Solidus, being an identical clone of Big Boss, provided DNA that was equally capable of tapping into the system.
Vamp later threw the corpse into a boat fuel fire, sparked by a gunshot from Liquid, and Solidus's remains were incinerated. Big Mama, in an exhausted and hallucinatory state, threw herself into the fire in order to save "Big Boss" but was unable to prevent the biomort's loss, with Big Mama and Solid Snake having been convinced that the body of Big Boss had finally been destroyed.
Solidus's likeness later appeared in the form of Outer Haven 's "Mt. Snakemore" at Shadow Moses alongside his brothers and his father. The solidus Latin for solid was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans. The word soldier is ultimately derived from solidus, referring to these coins with which soldiers were paid. This may also mirror the fact that he has a perfect balance of Big Boss's dominant and recessive genes Solid and Liquid had only one or the other.
Solidus' surname is most likely derived from Isaac Sears , an American political figure who led the original Sons of Liberty , while his given name may have been taken from George W.
Bush, the real 43rd President of the United States. Solidus was driven by a strong desire to be remembered by history, and leave a lasting impression on the world following his death. He is also shown to have somewhat fatalistic tendencies, as just prior to his duel with Raiden, he mentions that they're "repeating history". Solidus felt a deep patriotic love for his country. The primary motivation of his actions was to destroy the Patriots and give the power back to the citizens of America.
Despite his radical methods, he strongly valued civil liberties and personal freedoms. He opposed The Patriots plot for digital censorship as he believed that it would be the nail in the coffin for the Patriots plan to control the American population.
He idolized George Washington, to the extent that his terrorist group was named after the historical Sons of Liberty. Additionally he intended to go down into history as a liberator and a revolutionary, not unlike George Washington.
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