Ok ... ça fait du plaisir de savoir que je pourrais torturer paisiblement le gars qui était le cerveau de l´opération Snake Eater ...
ça m´intéresse toujours de savoir cette histoire de Gene que t´as cité Marseillais13.
Pour grayFox, j´ai trouvé ça sur un fofo ricain :
Um, we don´t know he still wasn´t born in Vietnam. His past is barely touched on in MPO, just that before MPO, he spent time as a child soldier in Mozambique. We don´t know what Null does before that or right after MPO.
According to AC Kid on Gamefaqs, he was found in Mozambique in 1966 by Snake and trained by the CIA for only four years up until MPO.
If he´s 17 in MPO (quite possible), that would make him 13 in 1966 when he was rescued from Mozambique by Big Boss.
Null saying, "You were the only one who ever watched over me," or whatever the exact line is, makes me think that Big Boss may have been involved in his life more than just the resque from Mozambique. If that´s the case, we know Big Boss was fighting in Vietnam around 1960, 6 years earlier than that, when Frank would have been around 7...
So, I propose this timeline...
1950s~ - Born in Vietnam; Parents die during the early stages of the Vietnam War. Placed in a Labor Camp as a young child.
1960~ - Rescued from a Labor Camp by Snake and Python, who were then serving in Vietnam.
1960s~ - Shortly after, ends up in Mozambique as a child soldier during the early stages of the Mozambican conflict.
1966 - Rescued by Big Boss, placed in a rehab facility.
1966-1970 - Trained by the CIA in the Perfect Soldier Project.
1970 - MPO
1970s~ - Returns to Rhodesia/Mozambique as a mercenary...
Everything After - Same as always.
There. How´s that?
As for Les Enfantes Terribles, it´s probably just the build up before the project; in planning or early stages or something. I imagine it takes a while to do the work of cloning a guy, especially considering 1970s technology.