Ceres Space Colony



Ceres Space Colony was the location where Super Metroid began. After taking the Baby aboard her gunship, Samus brought it to Ceres for it to be researched. Shortly after she left, Ceres' distress signal activated and she returned to the colony to find it dark and all of the colony members dead. She progressed through the colony and met Ridley, holding the Baby in its talons. Samus and Ridley battled, though Ridley fled, causing a Countdown to begin. Samus escaped and Ceres exploded shortly after. She then followed Ridley to Zebes, which she tore apart in search of the Baby.

Technology
From what was seen of the station, Ceres had high tech equipment. This included, but is not limited to, elevators, automatic doors, computer banks, a self destruct sequence, and isolation/study tubes.

Trivia

 * In Roman mythology, Ceres is the goddess of growing plants (particularly cereals) and of motherly love. Ceres was worshipped in Ancient Roman religion, and is today still worshipped in Religio Romana Neopaganism. Ceres was usually equated with the Greek goddess Demeter, who was the goddess of grain and fertility. The Galactic Federation Naval Base Demeter is named after Demeter. Due to this, it is likely that Ceres and the Naval Base are related somehow.
 * In real life, there is a dwarf planet in our solar system named Ceres. It is the only one that resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is the smallest of five identified dwarf planet in this system, though it is the largest object in the asteroid belt and contains a third (32%) of it's mass. On September 27, 2007, NASA launched the Dawn space probe to explore Ceres in 2015.
 * Ceres Station is one of three space stations to be destroyed, the others being the Oubliette and the Biologic Space Laboratories research station.
 * The Super Smash Bros. Melee intro appears to depict the fight on Ceres. However, Samus is wearing her Varia Suit, which she did not have at the time of exploration in the game, however, she also had it in the Super Metroid comic.
 * The Japanese Super Metroid commercial appears to depict Samus as a scientist at Ceres. She can be seen throwing off her labcoat, leaving her in a black leotard, running over to her Power Suit. However, she may have simply been helping the scientists study the Baby.