Python (Metal Gear)

"You're a legend. A hero. You bested the Boss! The CIA knows it, so they searched for a soldier strong enough to take you down if you ever betrayed them. They chose me."

- Python Python is the codename of a former war buddy of Big Boss, and a character featured in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Python served in the US Army during the Vietnam War as part of a long-range reconnaissance patrol alongside Big Boss, before he had earned his codename. Having gone through training together, Python was among the few people Big Boss considered his friends. During a mission, Python received a serious injury to the brain that caused his body to lose the ability to regulate its temperature. Unless he was constantly artificially cooled, he would overheat and burn up.

Big Boss was lead to believe that Python died of his injury, but in reality, he was recruited by the CIA to serve in the FOX unit. FOX molded Python into a cold-blooded assassin. The combination of trauma from the incident that caused him his injury and remorse over the countless assassinations he was forced to carry out took its toll on Python's mental state. He developed an obsession with Big Boss, wanting nothing more than to face his old friend in combat. FOX designated Python as the "anti-Snake", an operative that would be used to eliminate Big Boss if he were to betray the CIA.

In 1975, FOX's leader Gene launched an uprising against the government, determined to create a free nation of soldiers in Colombia. Python followed Gene, lured by promises that he would be allowed to fight Big Boss when he inevitable arrived. Big Boss, as the leader of a resistance movement against FOX, encountered Python during a mission and defeated his former friend in battle.

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