Base Sector Zero

“	Sir, a Space Pirate attack fleet has just warped out of some sort of wormhole. They're also heading for Sector Zero, the planet's home base.	„
—Male Fleet Trooper (Ready Room)

Base Sector Zero
Planet	Norion
Environment	Industrialised/Forest
Sub-Areas	4 sub-areas: Main Area Generator A Generator B Generator C
Bosses	Meta Ridley Metroid Hatcher
Upgrades	Grapple Lasso
Key Items	1 Energy Cell
Distinctfeatures	Enormous military stronghold surrounded by a dense jungle.
Map	[1]

Base Sector Zero, referred to simply as Sector Zero in-game, is the area of Norion explored in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It houses a large military base containing three Fedtech Plasma Generators, three Landing Sites, and a large Control Tower that controls the orbital Defense Cannon. The base is crafted in Jovian steel and mounted with a large planetary-defense system. Relatively advanced accommodations for the Federation Marines stationed there can be inferred, as they are at least capable enough of protecting the remote planet, and they are among the first to test Phazon Enhancement Devices, a highly experimental technology in itself.

The base is soon attacked by the Space Pirates, who intend to launch a Leviathan to corrupt the planet, as with Norion's neighboring planets, Bryyo and Elysia. Samus Aran, Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda are sent to stop them. The Space Pirates manage to deactivate all the generators, thus preventing the Federation from using the Defense Cannon to easily repulse the assault. Samus and Rundas reactivate the generators and all four Bounty Hunters rush to the Control Tower to activate the Defense Cannon, but not before they are corrupted with Phazon by Dark Samus.

Trivia

• Sector Zero is also the name of an area onboard the BOTTLE SHIP.