Ball Clamp

"Space Pirate encrypted data decoded."

The subject of this article is not named in-game.
The current title is from the game's internal data.

A Ball Clamp (as named in the Metroid Prime internal data) is a lock mechanism used by the Space Pirates in two rooms far into the Frigate Orpheon, Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma and Reactor Core Entrance. By placing a spherical object in a hologram, the door to the next room will open. Samus can roll into the clamps in Morph Ball mode to unlock the clamps. Interface Modules must be scanned before either clamp can be used.

Ball Clamps appear twice in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption as well, first in the Podworks after the circuit boards are repaired. This clamp is situated on top of a piston, which is used to leave the room. Another one appears in the Security Air Lock, where it is used to twist a mechanical gate around.

Official data[]

Scans (Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma; Reactor Core Entrance)[]

Offline: "This device does not seem to be functional. There must be something nearby that will turn it on."
Online: "It looks like a spherical shape would fit into this clamp."

Trivia[]

Exactly how the Space Pirates unlocked doors with Ball Clamps is unknown.
The same hologram indicating Ball Clamps is used for Kinetic Orb Cannons.

Gallery[]

Obstacles
Destructible	Boulder • Breakable Organic Block • Dark Webbing • Dynamo Unit • Luminoth Webbing • Magma-eruption port Meltable Metal • Ornamental frame • Phazon Blocker • Phazon mass • Rinka • Rock spire Steel orb • Ventilation cap
Indestructible	Air Hole • Blue magnetic strip • Fan • Flame jet • Invisible platform Jump Pad • Kzan • Pirate Alarm System • Secret Passage • Spike • Structural Debris
Mechanisms	Access ramp • Ball Clamp • Bryyo Lore Locks • Chozebo • Circuit board • Combination Lock Energy conductor unit • Golden Statues • Grapple Voltage Terminal • Gun Socket Key Code (GF) • Laser beams • Laser Barrier • Light barrier • Locking mechanism Pirate X-Ray Pad • Portal generation system • Pull Block • Pumping station • Red crystal switch Red Eye Statue • Rotating lift platforms • Runic symbol • Security lever • Security ring Sensor • Shot Target • Stalactite • Stone Statues • Storm Missile Box • Switch (Complex) • Target Ventilation fans • Volcano • Weakened Column • Wide Beam Box
Gates	Converted cargo pod gate • Echo Gate • Electric Gate • Mechanical gate • Mk VI Gate Mk VII Defense Gate • Sandgate • Security Gate • Vault • Zipline Gate
Puzzles	Containment system • Conveyor system • Echo Key Beam system • Gyroscopic system "Lava cooling machine" • Luminoth laser emitter • Luminoth sonic security system Power storage racks • Routing tower • Rubiks Puzzle • Solar lens
Transportation	Conveyor • Elevator Terminal • Grapple Point • Spider Ball Track • Zipline Cable
Atmospheric	Air of Dark Aether • Air pressure • Acid Rain • Dark vapor • Extreme cold • Extreme heat • Gravity Total darkness
See Also	Blocks • Doors • Force Field • Hatch-Blocking Enemies • Phazon