Solidus Snake

George Sears
Series	Metal Gear
Age	37
Birthday	1972
Sex	Male
Species	Human
Height	184 cm (6'1")
Weight	N/A
Alignment	Lawful Evil

“	We’re all born with an expiration date. 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. That’s how it works. But we have no heirs, no legacy. Cloned from our father with the ability to reproduce conveniently engineered out. What is our legacy if we cannot pass the torch? Proof of our existence – a mark of some sort.	„
	~ Solidus Snake

Solidus Snake is the main antagonist of the second instalment of the Metal Gear series. He is the former president of the United Snakes, and a clone of big boss.

Background

Third "son" of Big Boss through somatic cell cloning, George Sears was dispatched to Liberia in the late 80s in his teen years to contribute the civil war. During his old days, George decided to kill a kid's parent and adopt him to to test a hypothesis regarding the nature of existence. 

George named the kid Jack and trained him to be a ruthless killer at the early age of six, and ever since that moment George views himself as the "godfather" of the kid and made the kid serve as a part of the Small Boy Unit in the Army of the Devils. Jack proved himself to be one of the best child George ever raised and trained which earned Jack the nickname "The White Devil". 

During his time, George worked as a CIA paramilitary and in the 2000s Solidus is entrusted with the presidency of the U.S making him the 43rd president. 

Powers & Abilities

• Master Swordsmen & Marksmen: Even at old age, George Sears is still a highly skilled at swordsmanship and possess excellent aim. His swordsmanship is enough to train Raiden's swordsmanship and duel the death with Raiden. As for his marksmanship, he is able to wield almost any firearm there is.
• Superhuman Strength: Due to his powered exoskeleton, Solidus gains superhuman abilities, and his strength is amplified by several times.

Equipment

• Powered Exoskeleton: Developed by the DARPA, its an extremely advanced suit with many features and heavy protection. As a suit, it is very tough as it can tank grenade explosions, assault rifle fire and even sword strikes from a High Frequency Blade. The suit can also provide him with a blast mask to cover his face and neck, and even  bulk up Solidus' physique. It also contains accelerator's in his boots that can propel him so fast it leaves a trail of flames.
  • Snake Arms: The main feature of the suit is the two prehensiles tentacles known as Snake Arms. Placed on the front of the suit, it can reach up to 10 ft. The Snake Arms has many purpose, like grabbing the foe, lifting the foe, strangeling the foe or even smashing the foe. It can also shoot out homing missiles, electrocute the foe or even inject knock-out serum. If he wants to, Solidus can eject them to decrease the weight of the sui, allowing for greater agility. 
• FN P90: Possessing two of them, its a powerful sub-machine gun that can shoot 900 rounds per minute. It speed is 715 mph and and a range of 200-1800 metres. Rounds are powerful enough to take down three Metal Gear RAYS,. 
• Daisho High-Frequency Blade "Minshuto" and "Kyowato": Solidus also own a HF Katana and a HF wakizashi. These two blades are resonated at high frequencies, which can weaken the atomic bonds on anything it strikes on, making it easy to cut through. These blades are extremely durable, as blades like these can easily parry blows from a Metal Gear and slice them like butter. 

Feats

Strength

• Should be equal to Big Boss, who can catch the second biggest Metal Gear in the series falling on top of him, and even stronger when using the exoskeleton.
• Can easily overpower even Raiden, although that was due to his exoskeletal enhancements.
• Dented a pipe just by landing on it
• His P90 submachine gun’s bullets pierced through the armor of a Metal Gear RAY
  • Earlier walking tank models like Peace Walker boasted armor as strong as a bomb shelter, designed to withstand nuclear war
• Superior to Old Snake
  • Four Gekkos could restrain Raiden in his cyborg body, who could hold back Outer Haven even while weakened
    • Arsenal Gear, an inferior version of Outer Haven, crashed into and destroyed a sizable portion of the lower side of New York City, which could possibly apply to Outer Haven’s own crash

• Likely superior to Gray Fox, who could hold back the weight of Metal Gear REX while weakened

Speed

• As a clone of Big Boss, should be equal to his speed, who can dodge Volgin's lightning strikes and outrun explosions.
• Can easily keep up with Raiden, who can dodge railgun shots.
• Effortlessly deflect heavy gunfire from a Metal Gear.
• Easily dodged and outran gunfire.
• Able to keep up with Solid Snake, who can keep up with the likes of Gray Fox. 
• Deflected bullets fired by a Metal Gear RAY
  • The digital graphic novel version of this scene depicts him deflecting bullets for an extended period of time
• Can quickly dart away from Raiden with his thrusters
• Moved out of the path of rifle fire
• Ran past the bullets of a Metal Gear RAY
• Evaded the shot of a grenade launcher
  • The comic version of this scene depicts him running from the explosion (animated clip)
• Comparable to Revolver Ocelot, who reacted to Volgin’s electricity
• Likely comparable to Gray Fox, who can react to bullet fire

Durability

• As a clone of Big Boss, should be equal to his durability, who can survive explosions and take electrocutions from Volgin who carries 10 million volts of charge in his body.
• Endure grenade explosions.
• His suit was compared to a Metal Gear RAY.
• Able to withstand heavy gunfire.
• Can take sword strikes from Raiden.
• Is about as tough as Solid Snake, who survived a point-blank explosion powerful enough to wipe out a large portion of Big Shell.
• Defended from an up-close explosion
  • In the novelization, he withstood an explosive shockwave which knocked down Raiden
• Survived his aircraft crashing into the water
• Endured Raiden cutting his arm open
• His armor can deflect bullets with no visible damage
• Unharmed by a fall from Arsenal Gear
• His armor can take repeated HF blade strikes from Raiden before taking major damage

Skill

• Created as the perfect clone of Big Boss.
• Killed Raiden's parents and trained him under the art of war.
• Participated in the Liberian Civil War.
• Organized Shadow Moses.
• Created the army of the Devil, a military unit composed of child soldiers led by Raiden.
• Dueled Raiden and almost killed him.
• Mastermind behind the Shadow Moses incident in 2005, and the Big Shell incident in 2009
• Killed Olga Gurlukovich
• In the comic, dueled Solid Snake
  • The digital graphic novel depiction of their battle is extended
• In the novelization, kept fighting even after Raiden nearly severed his right arm
• Took down multiple Metal Gear RAYs
• Ultimately set Raiden down the path of defeating the GW AI for good

Weaknesses

• Has 1 only, which is difficult for him to defend his blind spot.
• Suffers from age acceleration due to genetic modifications.