Defense Access

Defense Access is a room in Pirate Command, the main sector of the Space Pirate Homeworld in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Description
This room is a corridor which serves to connect several rooms of the Command Sector. The corridor is fairly long, and splits into 3 three routes at the east end. The west of the room features one door linking to Security Air Lock. The room can be accessed via a caged tunnel that leads up the right wall of the room. However, this can not be entered from this room due to the tunnel being vertical.

At the right and left of the east end of the room are two energy shields. The left one can be deactivated by the use of a control terminal next to it. An X-Ray Vision system is required to successfully use it, though. Behind this shield is a small slope that leads to an elevator, which can rise up to a higher level of Defense Access. A Blue Door here will link to a balcony area of Command Station. The right shield in the room is powered by a nearby console. The shield can not be deactivated from this side, and a Power draining device must be used for its removal. The other side of this shield leads down a short slope to the Transit Station linking to the Mining Site. Both shields will remain permanently offline when deactivated.

Finally, the Green Door at the east end of the corridor can be covered by a Phazite-plated wall, which will deploy when an unauthorised presence is detected in the vicinity. This mechanism is a failsafe to stop intruders reaching the important Defense System Generator located in the connecting room, Command Station. This shield can be raised if the user targets the vulnerable gears inside the Phazite with a high-frequency Beam, used in conjunction with an X-Ray vision system.

Inhabitants

 * 2 Assault Pirate Troopers (only after Samus uses the elevator to reach the balcony of Command Station and returns)

Connecting Rooms

 * Security Air Lock (Blue Door)
 * Command Station (via one Green Door and on Blue Door)
 * Command Vault (via Morph Ball tunnels)
 * Transit Station 4-A (Leads to Mining Site) (via Blue Door)