Biography of Sylux

Sylux is a Bounty Hunter who hates the Galactic Federation and Samus Aran. Shrouded in mystery, Sylux has a long history with both the Galactic Federation and Samus, and is bent on becoming more powerful by any means necessary so that he can destroy them both.

Biography

Backstory

Sylux in a flashback, in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

Sylux's origin has been listed as Cylosis; this could be his home planet, but it could also simply be where he later became a Bounty Hunter. Sylux formerly served in the Galactic Federation Marine Corps. Though his rank is unclear, he was below commander but high enough to lead a unit of marines.

During an operation, Sylux led his unit into battle against a group of Space Pirates who had a dangerous new technology. Despite his commander's orders to wait for Samus Aran to arrive with reinforcements, Sylux pressed on, hoping to capture the weapon. The Pirates then turned the weapon on the battlefield, injuring Sylux and annihilating his unit, just before Samus and more Federation marines arrived to defeat the Pirates and destroy the weapon. Samus offered Sylux her hand to help him stand, but he batted it away, staring at the blood on his hands. Due to his self-righteous and narrow-minded nature, he began to resent Samus and the entire Galactic Federation for this incident.

The exact events afterwards are unclear. Eventually, Sylux stole prototype Galactic Federation technology, including an armor suit with the Lockjaw, the experimental Shock Coil, and the Delano 7 spacecraft, to become a Bounty Hunter and begin a personal crusade against Samus and the Federation.

The Ultimate Power

Sylux appears, in Metroid Prime Hunters.

Sylux was already stalking Samus Aran when he received a signal from the Alimbic Cluster promising the Ultimate Power, and chose to seek it in hopes of gaining a power that could destroy the Galactic Federation. He first encountered Samus in the Vesper Defense Outpost, and the two fought over the Octoliths, with Sylux even calling the Delano 7 to provide cover fire. However, he was bested, and Samus came away with the Octoliths while he fled. He would then randomly antagonize Samus throughout the Alimbic Cluster.

Once Samus opened the way to the Oubliette, Sylux entered the interdimensional prison, believing the Ultimate Power to be there. Sylux reached the center of the Oubliette and discovered the Seal Sphere, firing at it alongside the other five Hunters to hopefully reveal the Ultimate Power. Instead, to their horror, Gorea emerged and attacked them, assimilating their weapons and leaving them defeated. Samus then arrived and destroyed the creature. Sylux was seen escaping the Oubliette in the Delano 7, shortly before its destruction.

The Great Invasion

Sylux's ship in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

In the Special Ending of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, while Samus departed from Elysia in her Gunship, she was unknowingly followed by a mysterious spacecraft. This spacecraft is confirmed to be piloted by Sylux, who was stalking her moves.

The Bermuda System

Sylux and a Metroid, in Metroid Prime: Federation Force.

During a mission in which the Federation Force was ordered to destroy a Metroid-breeding facility on Talvania, they retrieved Metroid Eggs for study. Some time afterwards, Sylux broke into a Federated Force research station and hacked a stasis tube containing a Metroid Egg, causing it to hatch and immediately imprint on him.

Viewros

Sylux began producing clones of his stolen Metroid, creating a breed of Metroid that could fuse with a target to take over its mind. He used these Metroids to enslave Space Pirate officers and take over their armies, forming his own militia referred to as the Sylux Forces. Sylux then began raiding Galactic Federation research facilities using this army, eventually attacking the UTO Research Center on planet Tanamaar. While attacking the base, Sylux came across Samus Aran, who had just defeated Aberax in the Hangar. Unaware she would be present, he quickly engaged in a stand-off with her. Although he fired first, she evaded and struck back, while Sylux's shot instead hit the Lamorn Artifact. This caused it to activate and create a huge blast of light that consumed the entire base, teleporting everything to Viewros.

Sylux found himself transported to Viewros along with his Metroids. The exact sequence of events is unclear, but Sylux used his Metroids to infect four of the guardians of the Lamorn — Carvex, Xelios, Keratos, and Phenoros — and drive them berserk. At some point after Samus left Chrono Tower but before she entered the Volt Forge, Sylux infiltrated Chrono Tower and came across the Psychic Healing Pods in the Pinnacle. Upon entering a pod, he gained control over Chrono Tower and its functions, allowing him to form a barrier around the tower and deploy Psy-bots to attack Samus outside the Volt Forge. It also seemed to form a psychic connection with Sylux's mind, inadvertently showing Samus a brief vision of his past.

Sylux began deploying Psy-bots that could mimic his appearance and abilities to attack Samus. The first one attacked Samus in the Archives at the Volt Forge, locking her in a room to do battle disguised as Sylux. Upon its defeat, its true identity was revealed and it exploded, leaving behind an Energy Tank. The next Sylux Psy-bot appeared in the Flare Pool, deactivating the Lava Lake Bridge to prevent Samus from entering the facility. When she later infiltrated the facility, Samus experienced another of Sylux's visions. The Sylux Psy-bot piloted the Hover Shuttle Transport to attack Samus, Ezra Duke, and Nora Armstrong while on the tram. He continued to attack them on the Control Room Bridge, but fled once the Hover Shuttle Transport was damaged and crashed. The final Sylux Psy-bot appeared in the Power Core at the Volt Forge, engaging Samus in combat after she collected the Thunder Chip, only to be destroyed and leave behind an Energy Tank. Meanwhile, Samus continued to fight the Metroid-merged guardians created by Sylux in order to collect the Master Teleporter Keys.

After Samus and the Federation troopers pierced Chrono Tower's barrier and activated the Master Teleporter at the Pinnacle, Samus found that one of the three healing pods was still closed. This healing pod descended, and Samus experienced a final vision of Sylux's past just before he emerged from it. Sylux then broke the cords attached to him from the pod, transforming them into Nano Arms to attack Samus and company. Once the Nano Arms were destroyed, Sylux fell to his knees, only to suddenly rise up with a blast of energy before creating a portal and tackling Samus through it, also spitefully declaring beforehand that he was "just getting started" in reply to the Federation troopers' demands that he surrender. Sylux engaged in a shoot-out with Samus in the middle of a wormhole, before the two landed on a platform in the middle of a vast void. Sylux brought his best against Samus a last time, but was defeated and fell off the side of the platform, disappearing in the abyss.

Back at Chrono Tower, just before Samus and the troopers could use the Master Teleporter, Sylux returned from another portal and fired a blast. This disrupted the teleportation sequence, forcing the troopers to physically restrain him from Samus while Myles MacKenzie did a quick repair. Sylux is last seen surrounded by the Federation troopers holding him back, as Samus reluctantly teleports away.