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Revision as of 00:02, 9 November 2011
The Biologic Space Laboratories research station was a large research station orbiting the planet SR388. Its purpose was to research various life forms from an untold number of planets in each habitat. The vessel was operated by Biologic Space Laboratories. [1] It is the setting for Metroid Fusion.
There are some signs that the B.S.L. has some relationship to or is possibly a recreation of the Bottle Ship of Metroid: Other M, as many of the specimens onboard (noticeably Nightmare and Ridley) were transferred to make their reappearance in Metroid Fusion. Unlike the Bottle Ship, which had the main purpose to produce bioweapons, the BSL seems to have been designed mainly (if not entirely) for research and peaceful application only.
Complete Map of the Biologic Research Station: [2]
Biology
The BSL station had many unique creatures captured from SR388 and Zebes and possibly other planets, as well as transferred specimens from the Bottle Ship.
- Alpha Metroid
- Arachnus
- Atmospheric stabilizer
- B.O.X. Security Robot
- Blob
- Blue X
- Bull
- Choot
- Core-X
- Dachora
- Dessgeega
- Etecoon
- Evir
- Fake Chozo Statue
- False Energy Tank
- Fune
- Gadora
- Gamma Metroid
- Genesis
- Geron
- Geruda
- Gold Sciser
- Gold Space Pirate
- Green X
- Halzyn
- Hard Core-X
- Hornoad
- Infant Metroid
- Kago
- Kihunter
- Mega Core-X
- Menu
- Mermen Pirate
- Metroid
- Moto
- Namihe
- Neo-Ridley
- Nettori
- Nightmare
- Nova
- Omega Metroid
- Owtch
- Powamp
- Puyo
- Red X
- Reo
- Ridley
- Ripper
- SA-X
- Samus Eater
- Samus Eater Bud
- Scientist
- Sciser
- Serris
- Sidehopper
- Skultera
- Space Pirate
- Tree
- Waver
- X Parasite
- Yameba
- Yard
- Yellow X
- Zebesian
- Zeela
- Zero
- Zeta Metroid
- Zombie researcher
- Zozoro
- ULF 75
Overview
The BSL research station appears to have been a hollowed-out Asteroid with a docking ring around the widest portion of the asteroid.
Here is a simple overview of the different parts of the station:
- This area contained elevator access, storage, etc. It linked all the other parts of the station together and consisted of several sub-sections:
- Docking Bays
- This is where Samus first entered the space station. Her ship was located here.
- Habitation Deck
- Central Reactor Core
- This area is found covered in vines and Ki-Hunters.
- Reactor Silo
- This is where the main reactor that powers the entire station was kept, as well as the Auxiliary Power Station.
- Operations Deck
- This is where the controls for the station's main operations, such as orbital position and the self-destruct mechanism, were located.
- Main Elevator
- Sub-Zero Containment
- Docking Bays
Sector 1 (SRX)
- This sector reproduced the environment of planet SR388, home of both the X Parasites and the Metroids.
Sector 2 (TRO)
- This sector was used to research creatures living in humid, jungle-like habitats.
Sector 3 (PYR)
- This sector was used to research creatures living in extremely hot habitats, such as deserts and volcanoes.
Sector 4 (AQA)
- This sector was used to research marine creatures.
Sector 5 (ARC)
- This sector was used to research creatures living in extremely cold habitats.
Sector 6 (NOC)
- This sector was used to research nocturnal and cave-dwelling creatures.
- This facility is where the top-secret Metroid breeding project took place.
While the Main Deck held facilities related the station's operations and the living quarters for the scientists, Sector 1 represented the ideal Metroid breeding environment from SR388, and the other sectors represented different environmental climates: desert/volcanic, forest/tropical, aquatic/seabed, ice/arctic, nocturnal/cave. Accordingly, each sector housed different species. Sectors 2 to 6 were simply stereotypical habitat patterns used to research creatures from different planets, unlike Sector 1's strict replication of a single planet's ecosystem.
X infestation
When Samus Aran was attacked by an X Parasite on SR388, she was transported to Galactic Federation HQ. There, her Power Suit was surgically removed and transported to the research station. However, while in the Quarantine Bay, the infected pieces of her Power Suit formed together to create the SA-X. The SA-X used a Power Bomb to escape the Quarantine Bay, releasing all the X the scientists had unwittingly brought onto the station in the process. As a result, everyone aboard the station and all the creatures were infected, save for a small group of Etecoons and Dachoras.
Samus, having been provided with a new gunship and the Fusion Suit, was sent to investigate the explosion. She soon learned the fate of every living thing aboard the station and subsequently set out to exterminate the X, even if it required her to destroy the station and herself.
Metroid breeding program
As Samus explored the station, she came across a Restricted Laboratory. Here, she learned that the Galactic Federation had been using the station for a secret Metroid breeding program. However, an SA-X, as the original had asexually reproduced into several copies, managed to lock down the lab and cause it to self destruct, ultimately destroying the program.
Destruction
Samus soon found out that the Galactic Federation planned on using the X for military purposes. However, she is strongly against this as she knew how dangerous they were. Her ship's computer tried to stop Samus by locking her in a Navigation Room. Samus demands to be let out, but the computer had its orders to keep her from destroying the station, so the Federation could arrive. When she mistakenly called the computer Adam, her private name for the computer, it awakens to the fact that it is the real Adam Malkovich, one of Samus's previous commanders. Adam agreed that the X are too dangerous, and he devised a plan to ram the station into SR388, killing all the X on board the vessel and on the planet to rid the universe of their existence. Samus set the station to crash into SR388. As Samus leaves the station after confronting both an SA-X and an Omega Metroid, it crashed into SR388, destroying the research station, the planet, and the entire X species.
Trivia
- The B.S.L. is the last of five space stations to be destroyed, the other four being Frigate Orpheon, Oubliette, Ceres Space Colony, and the Bottle Ship.
- Interestingly, all labels of the B.S.L (such as on the transport ship and docking bay doors) exclude the dot after the L.
Gallery
Planets visited in the Metroid series |
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Other locations visited in the Metroid series |
Space Stations in the Metroid series |
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† denotes a destroyed station. |
FS-176 system |
Metroid | Sidehopper Station |
Alimbic Cluster |
Celestial Archives | Vesper Defense Outpost | Oubliette† | Head Shot | Outer Reach |
Cosmos region A47 |
BOTTLE SHIP† |
SR388's solar system |
Biologic Space Laboratories research station† |
Unknown location |
Ceres Space Colony† | Junk Quixote | Medical Space Station | The Locker |
Areas and Rooms of the Biologic Space Laboratories research station | |
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Navigation Room • Recharge Station • Save Station • Data Room • Security Room "Sector Main Hall" • "B.S.L Station Transport Tubes" | |
Docking Bays • Quarantine Bay • "Arachnus' chamber" • Habitation Deck • Central Reactor Core • Reactor Silo • "Yakuza's room" • Auxiliary Power Station Operations Deck • Operations Room • Main Elevator Elevators 1-6 • Sub-Zero Containment • Restricted Zone | |
"Elephant Bird's room" • "Neo-Ridley's room" | |
"Zazabi's room" • "Giant root's arena" | |
"B.O.X.'s room (PYR)" • Main Boiler Control room | |
"AQA Maintenance Bay" • Breeding tank • "Serris arena" • Pump Control Unit | |
Electronic junkyard | |
"Nocturnal cavern" • "B.O.X.'s room (NOC)" |