Born in the wrong era? No. There is no wrong era.

A rogue terrorist group has taken over shadow moses island and have the Darpa chief, donald anderson, and Armstech president, kenneth baker, held hostage. they are demanding that the military give them the remains of Big Boss, the man many know as the "Legendary Soldier" or "the greatest warrior of the 20th century".
On shadow moses island, off the coast of alaska in the fox archipelago, there are hundreds of dismantled nuclear warheads at the nuclear disposal facility located on the island, and the terrorists have threatened to launch a nuclear strike if their demands are not met within 24 hrs.
the members of this terrorist group are formerly from the next generation special forces unit in the U.S military called Fox-Hound. of whom Big Boss was the founder and former commander before it was disbanded.
The members include:
- Revolver Ocelot, an expert with hand guns and interrogation specialist, a formidable gunfighter.
- Decoy Octopus, a man who is able to assume the identity of anyone and can copy their likeness down to their blood type, but little is known about him...
- Vulcan Raven, a giant and a shaman, extremely strong and yet at the same time equally perceptive as well
- Psycho Mantis, an extremely gifted psychic who is capable of telekenesis and mind reading.
- Sniper Wolf, a relentless lone sniper who is able to remain in the same position without moving a muscle for weeks while waiting for her target.

and lastly,

- Liquid Snake, the mastermind behind the whole revolt and commander of the terrorists, and expert in all forms of warfare, as described by vulcan raven, "a devil in battle"

the one man sent to infiltrate the facility, rescue the hostages...and if necessary, single-handedly neutralize the terrorist threat is the man with the same code name as the terrorist leader....
SOLID SNAKE.