Metroid Processing

Metroid Processing is a room in the Research Labs portion of the Space Pirate Homeworld.

It features a central specimen tank containing an unidentified Phazon-infused object, along with various smaller stasis tubes around the perimeter of the room. This room was home to most of the Space Pirates' experimentation on the evolution of Metroids with regards to their environments. While most of the tanks are vacated by the time Samus arrives, an unidentified but newly discovered strain of Metroid from SR388, an unmodified Tallon Metroid, and a Zebesian Metroid were on display at some point, and their tanks can still be scanned. The Zebes specimen is labeled as the most vicious, while the SR388 one seems to have evolved into one of the forms from Metroid II: Return of Samus.

There are also several dissected Metroids, whose scans state that the Pirates are unsure of how the energy siphoned by the parasites is utilized, and that the Homeworld's atmosphere has also enacted some (unspecified) changes upon Metroids raised there.

Metroid eggs can be found behind transparent view-screens, along with a Missile Expansion.

There is an Energy Cell in this room, as well.