User blog comment:Tuckerscreator/Uncovering Metroid: Part 6/@comment-923138-20100710035351

I meant for Mother Brain. NOT Samus. Yes, she would be too old. But for mother Brain I think it's role I'd like to see her try, a villianous, simpering role.

1. After the fall of the Covenant, the Elites/Sangheili got caught in the very costly Great Schism between themselves and their longtime rivals the Brutes/Jiralhanae. That war comes to an end after a rising Brute chieftainess called Augustine comes to power and "civilizes" the Brutes. The Elites, left knowing the old "Great Journey" was a lie, are thus left with little purpose left collectively, as they lack the knowledge to reproduce their old Covenant tech effectively, their warriors have no one to fight, after-shocks of the war have spread deadly new viruses, and translation barriers between them and Humanity have caused major economic downturns. The old Sangheili nations, long foregone thanks to the peace under the Covenant, begin warring with each other again. In the background, a young Elite demagogue begins making propaganda films advocating a new life of government-sanctioned piracy. These are largely ignored for a century or so, then are seized on by the new youth as their way of life, sparking a cultural revolution. The San'Shyuum high command, now largely a collective of aristocrats than a true government, takes advantage of funding them to get rich, and thus the modern Piracy movement begins.