Chozo R&D Division

Concept art by Sammy Hall for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption depicts a special Chozo R&D Division of the Galactic Federation. This division appears to be researching the advanced Chozo Power Suit and technology of Samus Aran, a Bounty Hunter often employed by the Federation, possibly in the hopes of replicating it for their military. The experimental armor, though it resembles Samus' is much bulkier, slightly resembling her "chibi" appearance in the original Metroid game. The artwork states that the suits are an mk-5 prototype that are non-functional. This suit is not featured in the game, so it is unknown if they were a scrapped element or just concept artwork.

Several attempts have been made during the series to replicate Samus' weapons and armor with success, but some drawbacks. The Space Pirates in Metroid Prime reverse-engineered her beam weapons and created the Trooper Pirates. However, their beams were not as potent as Samus' (they could not freeze, burn or electrocute her) and their armor was weak to Samus' version of the very weapon they were using. The Pirates also attempted to copy the Morph Ball, but these experiments proved disastrous and were abandoned. The Freeze Gun and Plasma Gun of Metroid: Other M may be Federation attempts to copy Samus' Ice and Plasma Beams. The Freeze Gun seems to be very powerful compared to the Ice Beam, since it was seen completely freezing a Magdollite solid, and one shot disabled Samus' Power Suit (though it could be argued she was distracted at the time). The Plasma Gun is powerful, but takes "forever to charge" while Samus' can charge in seconds. Finally, the Federation sends Samus data that she can download to her Fusion Suit to restore some of her basic abilities in Metroid Fusion.

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