XOF/Skullface in Delta

[Dirty Duck]

I thought it was a bit strange that they put XOF in mgs3 to begin with. After all if XOF cleans up after FOX, who cleans up after XOF? If XOF doesn't need people to clean up after it, why have FOX at all? Just use XOF.

It’s not that XOF were better able to complete the mission without leaving a trace. FOX were an espionage unit and both the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater are supposed to be solo infiltrations during a time of great tension. XOF was Zero’s way of ensuring that, on the global stage, that those infiltration missions were completed successfully and completed with no trace. XOF essentially break the rules of what the mission is supposed to be. They’re Zero’s dirty little secret to ensure FOX missions are successful. They follow behind from afar and clean up stuff like shells and maybe even the drone left behind by Snake. Snake’s mission is important and time sensitive, they make sure he completes it while also dealing with stuff that he doesn’t have time to make a priority. Zero essentially rigged it so that what’s supposed to be a solo run was secretly being done co-op. It bolsters the legend of his star operative in America and ensures the mission meets the Soviet’s requirements of one disciple of The Boss being allowed onto their soil to kill her.