| METAL GEAR TIME LINE | |
|---|---|
| 1942 | The Boss sets up Cobra Unit under WWII. |
| 1944 | The Boss gives birth in Normandy. Ocelot born. |
| 1947 | The Boss disbands Cobra Unit. |
| 1950 | Jack becomes student of The Boss. |
| 1964 8.24 5:30AM |
[Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (PS2)] Virtuous Mission. FOX (Force Operation X) Unit's first mission. Mission commander Major Zero. Field agent Jack, code name Naked Snake. Procure Sokolov. The Boss takes Sokolov and defects to the Soviet Union. Virtuous Mission failure. |
| 1964 8.30 11:30PM |
[Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (PS2)] Snake Eater Operation. Tselinoyarsk. Rescue Sokolov. Find and destroy Shagohod. Eliminate The Boss. Eliminate Colonel Volgin. The Boss dies. Naked Snake receives code name "Big Boss". |
| 1970 | [Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PSP)] San Hieronymo Peninsula Operation. "La Peninsula De Los Muertos", the peninsula of the dead, South America. FOX Unit rebellion. Major Zero disbands FOX Unit. |
| 1971 | Big Boss establishes FOX HOUND Unit. (MGS3 time line only.) |
| 1972 | Les Enfants Terribles Project carried out. Liquid Snake, Solid Snake, and Solidus Snake born. |
| Late 1980's | Deep in South Africa, 200 kilometers North of Galzburg, Outer Heaven born. An armed fortress nation established by a mercenary who was at the same time a hero and a maniac. |
| 1990 | High-tech Special Force Group FOX HOUND formed as a counter measure against sectional warfare and terrorist activities. First commander-in-chief, Big Boss. |
| 1995 | Solid Snake joins Fox Hound. |
| 1995 |
[Metal Gear (MSX2)] Outer Heaven Crisis. |
| 1995 | Fox Hound second in command Roy Campbell promoted to commander-in-chief. Code name system discarded. |
| 1997 | In Central Asia, Zanzibarland appeared suddenly. A self-governed independent military state. |
| 1999 | Genius Czech bio-technologist Doctor Kio Marv creates "Oilix", a micro-bio-chemical that can refine high purity crude oil and petroleum. |
| 1999 12.25 |
[Metal Gear 2 - Solid Snake (MSX2)] Zanzibarland Uprising. |
| 200X | Liquid Snake joins Fox Hound, as leader of field combat team. |
| 200X | Naomi Hunter joins Fox Hound medical staff, and begins DNA therapy research and experiments on soldiers. |
| 2005 Late Feb. |
[Metal Gear Solid (PS)] Shadow Moses Incident. Sons of Big Boss Uprising. |
| 2005 | Fox Hound disbanded. |
| 200X | Dr Hal "Otacon" Emmerich establishes Anti-Metal Gear Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Philanthropy together with Solid Snake. |
| 2007 8.8 |
[Metal Gear Solid 2 - Sons of Liberty (PS2)] U.S.S. Discovery Sinking Incident. After the Shadow Moses Incident, through the black market, the technology of Metal Gear production is spread all over the world. The nuclear-capable bi-pedal heavy armored tank Metal Gear is no longer a top-secret technology. |
| 2007 | Offshore decontamination facility Big Shell built. |
| 2009 4.29 ~ 4.30 |
[Metal Gear Solid 2 - Sons of Liberty (PS2)] Big Shell Takeover. Sons of Liberty Uprising. |
| 2014 | [Metal Gear Solid 4 - Guns of the Patriots (PS3)] Middle East. Outer Heaven rebuilt. New FOX HOUND, Meryl Silverburgh. |