
Given the codename "Raiden" despite being briefly nicknamed "Snake", Jack sneaked into the facility and realized that there was another intruder who had entered Big Shell. Two years after the tanker incident in which the USS Discovery sinked and Solid Snake was believed dead, Jack was assigned to infiltrate the Big Shell facility to learn why it was constructed. During his time, Jack would become a member of FOXHOUND<, special unit that was supposedly reformed following the Shadow Moses incident. Unbeknownst to Jack, Rosemary was a spy for the Patriots who was assigned by the group to enter a relationship with him to keep an eye on the soldier. In New York, he would soon meet a woman named Rosemary, and the two began a relationship despite Jack being emotionally distant from her. Army's Task Force XXI around the mid-2000s. Once he reached adulthood, Jack joined the United States military, and his skills were noticed by the U.S. Despite forgetting most of his memories of his time as a child soldier, Jack would suffer from nightmares about the events. In the states, Jack was found by the Patriots, whom placed nanomachines in his brain to have him function, and also to manipulate his memories when necessary. Once the war had ended, Jack was placed in a relief center by Solidus, but he was removed and taken to the United States to be placed in foster care. Though trained with rifles, Jack was taught by Solidus the art of blades, considering them more of a noble weapon than guns. Fighting in the Liberian Civil War, Jack become a dreaded leader of the small boy unit, gaining the nickname "Jack the Ripper" and "White Devil". The man then decided to adopt the child and turn him into a chil soldier, having him become a member of the small boy unit of the Army of the Devil. The child that would be known as Jack was born in Liberia in 1983 to unnamed parents, and they were later killed by a clone of Big Boss - Solidius Snake.

He later joined the PMSC Maverick as a means to support his family, but re-entered the battlefield once more after Desperado ruined one of their missions, leaving him injured.Īfter which he became a cyborg, determined in bringing down Desperado, including quitting Maverick especially after they discovered that they were using the same AI training program on kidnapped children, like the one that was used on him in Liberia. After successfully escaping, Raiden went on to assist Solid Snake during Liquid Ocelot's Insurrection. He later worked alongside the Paradise Lost Army in their anti-Patriot activities, but was captured and forced to undergo heavy cybernetic experimentation.

A former child soldier under Solidus Snake, Raiden had been selected by the Patriots to test the S3 Plan at the Big Shell. He is a Liberian-American special forces soldier responsible for resolving the 2009 Big Shell Incident as a new recruit to the reformed FOXHOUND unit.
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Raiden (Japanese 雷電), real name Jack, is one of the three main protagonists of the Metal Gear series (alongside Big Boss and Solid Snake), appearing as the main protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, a major supporting character in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and the main protagonist of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. ~ Raiden embracing his "Jack the Ripper" persona but who am I kidding? I was born to kill! The bit about my sword, that "means of justice" stuff? I guess I just needed something to keep "the Ripper" in check when I was knee-deep in bodies.

I learned young that killing your enemies felt good.
