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The storage room of the Colossus where Dark Samus is revived.
The Colossus is a large Space Pirate spacecraft appearing in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Description[]
The Colossus is a Space Pirate vessel of unknown shape that houses a massive Phazon pod storage room. While the outside of the ship is never seen, a glimpse of the inside of the ship is seen at the start of a new game, during a cutscenes that ends with Samus herself awakening from cryostasis.
During an attempted Phazon raid on the Planet Aether, the Pirates unintentionally picked up and revived Dark Samus after she had survived the destruction of Dark Aether, unbeknownst to Samus Aran. As a cluster of floating Phazon particles, the Dark Hunter stowed away onto the Colossus and used the multiple Phazon Pods inside to restore her energy. According to Space Pirate Data, the newly revived Dark Samus proceeded to wipe out a third of the crew before "bewitching" the rest of the Pirate survivors aboard the Colossus into becoming her personal army. They upgraded the ship with Phazon weaponry as she ordered, but this eventually proved insufficient for Dark Samus, who ultimately had them outfit a Leviathan she brought to them with many cybernetic refinements, which the crew dubbed "the Leviathan" (a possible origin for the name of the species), pleasing their great leader.
When she needed a "control unit" for her "living planet", the crew of the Colossus bribed their way to the location of the G.F.S. Valhalla, overtaking the rookie Federation Marines with the newly outfitted vessel, leaving behind multiple Phazon Metroids, corpses and spent Phazon throughout the ship. The Pirates successfully extracted Aurora Unit 313, which also pleased Dark Samus.
After Dark Samus and her disciples sent another Leviathan from Phaaze to impact the Pirate Homeworld using the AU, the rest of the Pirates became her followers, and she now had a new army to command.[1] The fate of the Colossus is unknown. It may have been in the fight above Phaaze, in which case was then likely destroyed.
Etymology[]
- The original meaning of the word in Ancient Greek refers to a giant statue.
The ship being named the Colossus likely refers to its enormous size, as it was shown to contain what looks like an infinitely massive hall of stored Phazon.
Development data[]
The cutscene that features this room is attached to the G.F.S. Olympus world map.
Gallery[]
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References[]
| Space Pirate Vehicles | |
|---|---|
| Large Spacecraft | Flagship • Mother Ship • Orpheon • Siriacus • Vol Paragom • Starship • Leviathan Battleship • Destroyer • Colossus • Doomseye Leviathan-class capital ship • Marauder-class battleship • Plunderer-class cruiser • Dragüd's Ship |
| Space fighters | Zebesian Pirate Ship • Space Pirate vessel • Boarding Pod • Missile Transport (Elite) • Pirate Warship Fang-class fighter |
| Terrestrial vehicles |
"Shrike" Class Assault Skiff • ATC • Assault Skiff • Dropship |
| Others | Escape Pod • Escape Ship |