- This article is about the Space Pirate class from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. For the class from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, see Pirate Commando.
Commando Pirates are a caste of well-trained, armed, and armored Space Pirate sworn to protect the Pirate Homeworld in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. They serve as the elite guard of the planet, and are overseen in battle by a single Pirate Commander, who leads a Commander Squad.
Description[]
These Commando Pirates are distinctively different than the Pirate Commandos that Samus Aran encountered on planet Aether. Similar in appearance to their Pirate Trooper brethren, the Commando Pirates have all of their weapons, but wear special armor crafted out of Phazite, which could only be pierced by high-frequency Beams. These tenacious warriors stand out against the lower-ranked Pirates in their ability to become invisible, as well as their elevated endurance and battle prowess. However, X-Ray Visor systems can be used to target the Commando Pirate's skull through its helmet, allowing a quick penetrating blast to destroy them. Aside from this one weakness, they are extremely resistant to all forms of attacks, except for Phazon-based weapons. On Hypermode, Commando Pirates cause the X-Ray Visor to become filled with static, though the targeting reticule is still enabled despite the visual disruption.
The cloaking technology of these Pirates may be derived from that used by the Shadow Pirates, and is possibly located in their helmet, as they will not cloak themselves once the helmet has been shot off.
Whenever the Pirate Alarm System is activated, the following Pirates will soon be backed up by one or two Commando Pirates, as they uncloak and occasionally roar in the area.
Commando Pirates will occasionally enter Hypermode, which creates interference with X-Ray Visors. This renders it almost impossible to lock on to Commando Pirates using the visor, and as a result, makes it difficult to achieve headshots with the Nova Beam. However, Samus can lock on to a Commando Pirate using the Combat Visor, and switch to the X-Ray Visor (which retains the lock-on while switching to the headshot view) and fire blindly at the head area in an attempt to perform a Headshot.
It is said that Commando Pirates become Pirate Commanders if they retain the rank for a minimum of ten years.
Upon killing twenty Commando Pirates, a Friend Voucher is awarded.
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Logbook entry[]
Commando Pirate
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Morphology: Commando Pirate
Assault armor composed of Phazite.
Able to cloak and teleport.
Commando Pirates use the best gear available: only Beams of the highest temperature can penetrate the layer of Phazite in the armorsuit. All of the weaponry is powered by Phazon. Each commando has a combat cloaking field, along with boost thrusters and a personal teleporter. The Phazite armor they wear makes them extremely resistant to damage in combat.
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