San Hieronymo Peninsula

Location (Red Dot) of the San Hieronymo Peninsula on the Colombian Coast in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

### Inhabitants

Red Army (formerly)
Black Tusk
National Military Police
Sanctuary Militia Group

San Hieronymo Peninsula (Spanish: *San Jerónimo/*Russian*: Cан Иеронимо*.) was a peninsula located in the central coast of Columbia. During the Cold War, the peninsula was turned into a military base and became a Soviet top secret missile base. During the Big Sister: Season 3 Incident, Black Tusk invaded the base and refurnished the silo into a FOB (Forward Operating Base) known as F.O.B. Stingray. Since then, the peninsula is classified as a restricted area and a No-Fly Zone.

### History

The Soviets began construction of a hidden military base since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The USSR bought the land from a Colombian Guerilla Organization in exchange for weapons.

Soviet personnel stationed in the region endured much suffering during the base's construction, due to the oppressive climate, poor food supplies, and lack of contact with friends and family, due to the secrecy of their mission. Many died from either disease or battle with the Colombian government alongside FARC. Despite this, they pressed on with their mission, believing that their efforts would greatly benefit Russia. However, the Soviet Union withdrew their plans at the end of the 1960s, when international tensions began to ease, and abandoned many soldiers and personnel on the peninsula, with only one missile silo ever being completed. To save face in the event of possible discovery, Russia severed communication lines and supply routes via sea to the region. The only time that the Red Army even visited the peninsula after withdrawing their plans was when they were to deliver discharged personnel.

### San Hieronymo Peninsula Incident

A CIA Task Force, codenamed Trident, was tasked to infiltrate the former Soviet base and extract any intel on the Black Tusk occupation. One member, Trident 1-1, found that Black Tusk payed off the National Military Police in order to cover up their operations to construction/revive a new Metal Gear as a military occupation for the National Military Police.

It also was a substitute for a top research station along with Firebase Phoenix in North Africa and began to house more test subjects for the making of more super soldiers with other characters/species from other worlds. It was also served as a lab for the super soldier serum they were creating and was shipping them out using dummy ships to deliver the serum and test subjects to other Black Tusk base around the world.

### Areas

* **Outpost Yellow Jacket**: Abandoned Soviet prison used to house captured POW's and test subjects for Project Sanctuary.
* **Camp Hornet**: Formerly a soviet patrol base used as the main NMP base on the western half of the peninsula
* **Research Station Alpha**: A former Soviet research station used for Project Sanctuary.
* **Pueblo de las Almas**: An abandoned Soviet town used to house Project Sanctuary test subjects.
* **Rail Bridge**: A rail bridge used as a heavily guarded checkpoint.
* **F.O.B. Stingray**: Fomerly a Soviet Missile Silo used as Black Tusk's main HQ on the peninsula.
* **San Hieronymo Air Base**: Abandoned Soviet airport used as the main heliport/airport for aircrafts.

#### Geography

The San Hieronymo Peninsula is a mountainous region, divided into eastern and western portions by a river, for which passage was granted regarding trucks by a rail bridge. It also contains a very deep ravine towards the eastern half of the peninsula, which acted as a natural boundary for both the missile base's power substation and the silo complex itself. Due to its strategic value, the exact topography was classified top-secret by CIA files.