Talk:Samus Aran's Gunship

December 1 Edit
The edit by 70.230.199.67 appears very comprehensive. I'm just curious about the source of so much new information. Can we confirm this? BambookidX 07:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Height and weight
Where does all this height and weight, et cetera information come from? Gaiacarra 12:33, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think if you scan it in Prime it says this. Might be the same with Echoes.--Richard talk 15:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Other ships
Is there a page about the other ship Aran used? the one in Zero mission or metroid prime 3? can't they be called Gunship too and be placed on this page?
 * This page should list and talk about all of Samus's ships. I'll get to it sometime, though this is a wiki, so anybody can add info, even you.--Richard talk 15:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Echoes gunship
Okay, so why did Samus go back to her awesome Echoes gunship in Metroid II when she still had her ugly Corruption ship at the end of MP3? Parkersvx90210 04:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Conversions
I did some number crunching, and came up with these conversions for those of you familiar with Star Trek:

Assuming that Samus's gunship's normal velocity is 7.2 x 10 c, this comes out to approximately (calculations based on charts and equations presented here):
 * 1) Warp Factor 4.2 (old warp scale, TOS)
 * 2) Warp Factor 3.6 (new warp scale, TNG+)

I would run similar calculations for a similar Star Wars unit, but couldn't find any such unit. If you find one, let me know and I can crunch the numbers. -- FastLizard4 {ADMIN} (Talk&bull;Contribs&bull;Logs) 08:47, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Haha. Nice, man. I've seen people try to figure out the speed before on IGN boards years back, but that was a pretty unique take on it. ChozoBoy 15:42, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Anybody knows what the buttons in the MP3 gunship do? You know, they are there, the one that closes the cockpit and the other that turns on a kind of "combat mode".
 * They do... absolutely nothing. Aren't they amazing? The MarioGalaxy2433g5  { talk /contribs/Logs} 02:10, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. By the way... Back when MP3's demo was first shown, I took a look at the text in the intro and there was some neat stuff hidden there. Binary and some other languages. Might still be able to search for the IGN thread if they keep those old ones. ChozoBoy 04:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Survived Samus Aran's mission on Planet Zebes?
When talking about the Prime gunship, it mentions this. It's not clear whether it's talking about the first Prime or Hunters, but I don't remember this anywhere. Is this part of the game? Where's the source? I don't recall.... And by the way, "Stealth Strike Corvette?" 208.101.174.42 19:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I know it's on the official Web site, and I believe it's in one of the ingame scans, though that might be faulty memory. But either way, Prime's site says that for sure. Dazuro 20:53, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not that I don't believe you, but I thought I'd double-check via the Wayback Machine and I couldn't find it. I think it needs an exact source and quote. 208.101.171.208 18:01, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the Prime site seems to be gone in favor of a Trilogy teaser. But the gunship's "scan entry" on the site opened with a line along the lines of "This Hunter-class gunship survived Samus's first mission on Planet Zebes." Dazuro 18:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it should be noted in the article that the official site claims that, but I don't think it hold relevance today since Zero Mission seems to have retconned that statement entirely. The whole point of the last sequence of that game was due to the ship being utterly destroyed, and thus she had to sneak into an enemy mothership to escape. 67.214.24.165 15:18, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The ship was never even seen in the first Metroid. Until that Web site came out, we never even knew she took her personal gunship there as opposed to being dropped off and then picked up or something. That statement exists purely to say "yes, she took her ship on the mission to Zebes, and yes, it survived despite appearances." Incidentally, the next game to come out takes place during the mission to Zebes and shows a ship looking very similar to that one being nearly destroyed. Coincidence? No. The Prime ship is the ZM ship after being damaged in the pirate attack. She was shot down, and had to escape the Mothership. Her ship has autorepair features, but they take time to implement, as seen in Echoes. It's hardly a stretch to say that she simply came back later to get her ship back, rather than using a Pirate ship or buying an all-new one.Dazuro 06:03, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, the ship likely survived the landing, like it did in Echoes. The site text state that small GF research teams occupied Zebes since then (so it could and would have been retrieved by Sam), and the comics support this by saying they didn't know the Pirates were still occupying the planet. (Both games.) ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 06:37, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Which comics supported this? The Super Metroid Comics or the Captain N comics? (Latinlingo 00:41, June 25, 2010 (UTC))

Clean-up?
What exactly needs to be cleaned up, this article is fine. Not to cluttered, not bad, there are many many worse articles. Ive done quite a lot of edits to this, but the main text has not been edited much, all that has changed is that there has been 12 pictures added in a gallery.

The infomation about Samus Aran's Gunship on the internet is pretty poor, so ive been trying to make this one the best one. Hunter Class 18:53, September 5, 2009 (UTC)

I was thinking this article needed to be expanded. The Gunship is a very popular element of the series. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 20:52, September 5, 2009 (UTC)

Ive been trying to improve little bits at a time, but its hard to improve it when there are different ships and we dont know what ships related to what, im not suggesting we split up the articles, because a half empty article feels like a step backward (in my opinion its better to bunch up small articles into one, for example the rescued Marines 1 2 and 3 should all be the same article) Instead what i suggest is to have a major re-gig, split this article into different sections for the different incarnations of the ship. maybe that wouldnt work, but it feels so hard writing an overview of Samus's ship when there are so many different ones. Hunter Class 23:51, September 5, 2009 (UTC)

-_-; The "Rescued Marine" articles need to be deleted, unless that name is used in-game for any of them (such as on the Credit names). Also, we have no way of knowing which ships are in fact "different" ships, which are the same, and which are highly modified variations. (Aside from Fusion). ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 03:29, September 6, 2009 (UTC)

Should we have information about the ships Samus has "borrowed" over the years, or only ships known to be under her possession, for example the Escape pod in Zero mission, & the ship she is seen to fly in the Nintendo Comic System. Hunter Class 22:31, September 8, 2009 (UTC)

I also disagree with the cleanup tag, maybe instead? Hell Kaiser ryo12 [ ADMIN ] (Talk&bull;Contribs) 16:36, September 9, 2009 (UTC)

I agree! ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 01:15, September 11, 2009 (UTC)

I have an extra image to add
This is artwork for Fusion of Samus' ship. --RoyboyX 12:18, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

You don't have to say you have an image to add on the talk page. Just add it to the gallery. And that image looks a little poor, I'll clean it up for you. Hell Kaiser ryo12 [ ADMIN ] (Talk&bull;Contribs) 16:52, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Cutscenes
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, is it possible to see Samus in her ship while it is flying?You know, when she is going to a different landing site on the same planet, can you get a view into her ship? (Rundas382 13:08, October 30, 2009 (UTC))

Nope, but someone made something like that somewhere in this thread. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 15:43, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it is. When flying from one place to another on Norion, it shows Samus inside the cockpit fiddling around with the controls. It loops, but it's still pretty sweet. -- Deku tulla  ZM  14:27, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I was thinking he meant an outside view looking inside... ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 14:42, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I meant what -- Deku tulla  ZM  14:27, October 31, 2009 (UTC) had said. I have seen it one time, but only on the Pirate Homeworld. Are there buttons or something you can press to see her fiddling with her controls? And does the red weapons targeting HUD in your ship do anything, or is it just for looks? (Rundas382 13:26, November 6, 2009 (UTC))

Unfortunately, as far as I know, you can't make Samus fiddle around. (You know what I mean...) Again, unfortunately, the HUD is just for looks.

I just thought of something. I read somewhere that you can get alternative cutscenes. I wonder what happens if you put the hull sheilding on before Ghor attacks it. hm... -- Deku tulla  ZM  21:19, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

I have just recently done what --DekutukkaZM said. It happened immediately after getting to the 75% mark (missile/energy tank etc) and moved from one place on Norion to another. If anyone can confirm this, it can probably be added to the article. Also, just a guess, it might happen again at the 100% mark. gammer10 23:01, July 4, 2010 (UTC)

MOM
I didn't see it in the trailer. Just space debris. ChozoBoy [ADMIN] (Talk/Contribs) 19:30, December 27, 2009 (UTC)

Split?
Maybe its time to split this into sperate articles or sections on the seperate ships. if Metroid prime website is to be believed, the MP1 & Hunters gunship is the ZM gunship re-made. And its fairly obvious that Metroid II, Super, Fusion (intro), MP2, Manga (intro), Smash Bros, and apparently MOM all have the same iconic gunship, but then again one time gunships like Fusion and MP3 don't really need there own articles, and i dont want to loose the info on Hunter IV or Cosmo liner (dispite niether being canon).

It just seems abit odd having info about size and firepower about one of these ships (Mostly MP1/Hunter ship from Prime website) and applying it to all of them.

Hunter Class 18:14, February 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * The "gunship timeline" is a mess, in my opinion. Also remember that the MP2 gunship is also the same gunship seen in Super Metroid... it's just ridiculous to say the least. But be that as it may this article is going to have to stay "intact". Whether they are different gunships or not (and they are), they are nonetheless, Samus's Gunship(s). Sure, separation of the different "models" via sections, is common sense (lol), and it should be done. But, well, it sort of already is, save for the Hunters' Gunship and whatnot, (as you said). P   i   r   a   t   e   h   u   n   t   e   r  {ADMIN} (Talk&bull;Contribs&bull;Logs) 18:43, February 26, 2010 (UTC)

On my Homepage, i've made a sort of revised Gunship timeline (by model, not game). Do you think it is worth using it in place of the current one?Hunter Class 20:34, February 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I like it as a better version, but that's just me. And, Astrophysicist? I'm impressed, I'm currently working on my Master's in QM. ;) P   i   r   a   t   e   h   u   n   t   e   r  {ADMIN} (Talk&bull;Contribs&bull;Logs) 20:59, February 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's nice. The only major error I see is that you say you can't return to the ship in Metroid II, despite the fact that you can. Deku  tulla  ZM  03:41, February 27, 2010 (UTC)

Pirate ship
I would argue that the Space pirate fighter/escape pod at the end of Metroid Zero mission doesnt belong in this article as it is not really Samus's ship, and she has never been shown to use it since. Discuss Hunter Class 09:49, March 22, 2010 (UTC)