Pirate Homeworld

The Pirate Homeworld is the home-world of the Space Pirates. Samus Aran visits the planet in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Features
The Pirate Homeworld is plagued by a steady stream of acid rain, harming any animal without proper protection. The planet was also hit by a Leviathan. What makes this case remarkable is that the Phazon corruption spread extraordinarily fast, possibly from the Space Pirate's interactions with the Seed. When the Leviathan is destroyed, the planet's corruption is stopped.

Areas
The planet includes the Space Pirate Command Center, a research facility, a mining site and the Pirate Homeworld Leviathan.

Inhabitants
While the planet's most abundant life-forms are Space Pirates, Metroids and numerous other bioforms dwell on the planet as well as many mechanoids. The Bounty Hunter Gandrayda also makes an appearance here. The Leviathan on the planet is guarded by Omega Ridley, an enhanced version of Meta Ridley corrupted by Phazon.

Name
The Pirate Homeworld is never explicitly named, although the name of the planet is likely along the lines of 'Urtragia', or 'Urtrag'. The only basis for this name is the Urtragian Shriekbat that is found upon the planet. However, other than the presence of this lifeform (which may or may not even be native to the planet) there is no concrete evidence to name the Pirate Homeworld. The planet's name would be of Space Pirate origin.

Bosses
Gandrayda (Prize-Grapple Voltage)

Metroid Hatcher (Prize-None)

Pirate Commander (Prize-None)

Omega Ridley (Prize-Hyper Grapple)

Major Upgrades
X-Ray Visor

Grapple Voltage

Hazard Suit

Nova Beam

Hyper Grapple

Game-breaking Glitch
There is a glitch in the room Mine Lift that will not let a player continue the game if the player saves after the glitch, forcing them to restart the game. There are two spinners in the room, which cause the lift in the room to drop. However, if one spinner is activated and the player leaves the room, both spinners will be deactivated when the player returns, and the mine lift cannot be dropped. If this happens and the player saves, the game cannot be continued.

Easter Egg
There is a reference to a seemingly lost Metroid game in the Research Facility of Pirate Homeworld. In the room Metroid Processing, a terminal mentions that "Metroid project Dread is almost completed." This likely refers to the DS game Metroid Dread that seemingly fell off the radar for development.