Landing Site Alpha

Landing Site Alpha is one of the the four Landing Sites on the Pirate Homeworld. It is the main Landing location for the Pirate Research sector, and appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Description
The room is somewhat different in design to Landing Sites Bravo and Charlie. Viewed from the map, both these rooms are cicular overall, but Landing Site Alpha is more of a balloon shape. It is also the only Landing Pad on the Homeworld to have more than one connecting room. Ships can access the room via one of two hatches above the pad. The Landing pad itself is not in the centre of the room but placed to the southwest of the room. The pad is circlar is shape and is supported above a deep shaft which makes up most of the room. A small walkway connects the pad to the main platform of the room, which leads east to the Scrapvault Lift. Several Heavy Phazon Canisters and Space Pirate Crates are present in the room. Behind the Landing pad is an archway generating an energy shield. This shield initially blocks access to Transit Station 1-A, which links back to a further part of the Research complex. This shield can be drained from either side via a terminal, by use of a Grapple Voltage system.

Inhabitants

 * Pirate Cargo Drone

After Seed destruction

 * 2 PED Marines

Connecting Rooms

 * Scrapvault Lift (via Blue Door)
 * Transit Station (via Blue Door)