| ! | This is a rare creature/object. It may only be scanned in one or few encounters. |
| “ | Man the Heavy Turret to inflict serious damage! | „ |
The "Vigilance" Class Turret (called a Heavy Turret in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Multiplayer and when scanned while not being operated) is a Space Pirate turret and is found in many Space Pirate bases. It was built to support the "Humility" Class Turret and is as accurate as the gunner operating it. It is slow at firing, allowing fast targets to easily evade the turret's projectiles. They are stronger than most turrets, requiring more concussive damage than normal. Once the gunner manning it has died, another can take their place. Samus Aran first encounters "Vigilance" Class Turrets in the Central Mining Station room in the Agon Wastes Space Pirate mining facility on Aether, where they are initially a hazard to her and she must kill their operators. Samus can control these turrets later on. They are involved in a puzzle to access J-Stl's corpse and a Beam Ammo Expansion.
In the Sanctuary Fortress, another "Vigilance" Class Turret can be found at the Sanctuary Entrance, and is involved in a puzzle to acquire a Power Bomb Expansion. To access this turret, a Power Bomb must be used to access an elevator to an Interface Module that activates a Kinetic Orb Cannon. Samus is fired onto an elevated track, given the choice of two Spider Ball Tracks to follow, one of which can be used to find the turret. This turret is used to fire at several rock barriers in order to access another Kinetic Orb Cannon that fires Samus to the expansion.
A "Vigilance" Class Turret also makes an appearance in the multiplayer mode of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, on the Shooting Gallery stage. While a player is manning one of these turrets, the projectiles it fires can travel a great distance until coming into contact with an object or wall; its explosion radius is medium and can inflict massive damage to any other player caught within the blasts (50 units of damage). However, the turret and the player operating it can be killed instantly by using a Bomb Slot behind the turret while it is active. If not using the Bomb Slot, however, the turret can still be destroyed using an array of different weaponry.
A "Vigilance" Class Turret has exactly 109 energy units when in operation by a Pirate Trooper on Hard Mode/Hypermode difficulty. In multiplayer, a contestant operating a "Vigilance" Class Turret has around 100 energy units.
Official data[]
Logbook entry[]
"Vigilance" Class Turret
Manned defense system.
Heavy weapon; fires powerful energy blasts. Use rapid movement and cover to avoid damage.
Scan[]
- Samus use
- "Heavy turret active. Walk into hologram to enter heavy turret."
Trivia[]
- If a "Vigilance" Class Turret that Samus is operating is sufficiently damaged, it will explode, resulting in a Game Over.
- In the Metroid Prime Trilogy version of Echoes, there is a glitch in the Central Mining Station. If Samus touches the top of the wind turbine near the left "Vigilance" Class Turret, the same turret will appear to receive damage, even though no damage is sustained.
- In the multiplayer mode, while one hunter is manning the turret, an opponent can land on top of it. However, if the turret moves, the landing opponent can essentially be "shaken off".
- If an opponent sets a Power Bomb before that same opponent enters the "Vigilance" Class Turret, the turret will receive damage.
- In-game files refer to the "Vigilance" Class Turret as Manned Turret.
- There are many differences between the "Vigilance" Class Turrets that Samus operates and the ones controlled by the Pirates:
- The "Vigilance" Class Turret Logbook entry can only be obtained if a Pirate is operating it. Otherwise, it is identified as a Heavy Turret. The reason for this is unknown.
- In the single-player mode, the "Vigilance" Class Turret receives damage from either its own projectiles, or from another "Vigilance" Class Turret's shots. This will not occur if Samus is manning the turret (though it should be noted that Samus never encounters another "Vigilance" Class Turret while she is manning one).
- In multiplayer, if a player is destroyed while manning a "Vigilance" Class Turret, the player is instantly destroyed along with the ensuing explosion, whereas in the single-player mode, if a Pirate operating a turret is destroyed, the Pirate's body is flown a short distance away during the explosion.
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