10. The Creation Of The Patriots
While the Patriots have been in almost every game in the series working in the shadows, their true nature, and how they came to power, remains mostly a mystery. We do know that the Patriots consisted of such people like Big Boss and Major Zero, but the actual incidents that led to the creation of the Patriots have never been fully explored. We learned in Metal Gear Solid 4 that the Patriots' goals became warped over time (leading to MGS4's war economy), but what we really need to know is how the people who originally formed the Patriots - Ocelot, Big Boss, Eva, Sigint, Paramedic and Major Zero - all came together and began the unit. If you do some digging on the net you can find out how the Patriots began - mostly using the power and influence of the Philosopher's Legacy, a massive stash of money held by Colonel Volgin in MGS3 - but there's got to be more to the story than that. Was there conflict always between the major players, or where they banded together as a unit? What major events prompted the creation of the Patriots, and how does the Phantom Pain tie in with all of the plot points from the rest of the series? I fear the answers may only lead to more questions, but I'm intrigued to find out more about the Patriots and how they eventually became so corrupted from their initial goal.