User blog:RoyboyX/Metroid Prime Hunters: The Novel

My sixth novel. Might as well get the most boring game ever over with.

Prologue
In the distant reaches of space, beyond the territories controlled by the Galactic Federation, is the Tetra Galaxy, once home to a mighty race known as the Alimbics. An advanced civilization, peaceful, prosperous, and powerful, the Alimbics maintained stability over the region forcefully but judiciously. They reigned over a vast region known as the Alimbic Cluster.

One day, perhaps thousands of years ago, perhaps tens of thousands, they simply disappeared, leaving behind artifacts scattered across the Alimbic Cluster, all protected by a lethal arsenal of the Alimbics' most advanced weaponry.

Today, for the first time in centuries, the long-dormant Alimbic Cluster has begun to stir, delivering strange tidings. A telepathic communiqué, originating within the Cluster, has been transmitted into the brains of some of the most exceptional beings in our galaxy. The message is translated into a thousand difference languages on a thousand different worlds, but the message is always the same: "The secret to ultimate power lies in the Alimbic Cluster."

This message has intrigued and enticed some of the most formidable bounty hunters in the galaxy, inspiring them to make the long journey to the Alimbic Cluster. Each of these great warriors has his own motivation. Some desite power - for themselves, their planet, or their people - while others simply desire to hunt and kill, to prove themselves the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Now, it's a race against time to see which bounty hunter will triumph and who will discover the secret behind this promise of "ultimate power."

The Galactic Federation has heeded this strange, suspicious communication as well and has called for the help of Samus Aran.

Her mission: to discover the truth about this mysterious message, to protect against a potential threat, and to keep the ultimate power of the Alimbics from falling into the wrong hands.

Chapter 1: New Mission
It had been a few hours after my Prime Mission on Tallon IV. A back-breaking event, during which I had discovered Phazon, a highly radioactive substance that corrupted several beasts. The Space Pirates had exploited it, using it on themselves and several native bioforms for experimentation.

And then, as if I wasn't allowed to rest, my ship's transmission terminal picked something up.

"---MISSION FILE 79109--- "The secret to Ultimate Power lies in the Alimbic Cluster."

---DATA CONFIRMATION--- This repeating neural thread, originating from an uncharted region of the Tetra Galaxy known as the Alimbic Cluster, was recently intercepted and translated by Federation Empaths.

---ROGUE CONTRACT--- 1. Discover the meaning behind this mysterious telepathic message.

2. If the "Ultimate Power" can be secured, ensure Federation control.

3. If the power cannot be secured, ensure that it remains secret or destroy it.

---POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS--- This operation must remain covert. The Tetra Galaxy is outside of Federation-controlled space, and the Alimbic Cluster is a wild and uncharted region.

While we have kept our communications classified, we know other entities have intercepted the thread.

The lure of Ultimate Power will be irresistable to many. Disposition of rival interests is presumed hostile.

Uploading known coordinates..."

Dammit! Again, as if I wasn't allowed to rest for just a while, I had a new contract. However, I wasn't allowed to complain. I tied up my waist-length blonde hair and fired a blast from the sigil on my Zero Suit breast, activating my Varia Suit.

While my gunship scanned the cluster I had some fun driving asteroids into the sun. Served these things right, threatening so many places such as Earth. One had almost hit Earth long before I was born, and the inhabitants just barely managed to destroy it. Now there were regular hunts for them, but of course nobody had thought to check this place out.

My gunship transmitted to me the coordinates of a station, so after sucking up a small asteroid into my ship as a souvenir even though my mission hadn't even begun yet, I set off for the station.