| “ | Unit 217 has been infected with the corruption virus and is currently offline. I have uploaded a program to your suit that will purge any traces of corruption in the AU and restore its functionality. | „ |
Aurora Unit 217 infected with the Virus.
The corruption virus is a computer virus in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It is said to have been contracted by Aurora Unit 313, the Aurora Unit stolen from the G.F.S. Valhalla by Dark Samus, and spread to the other AUs through 313. Fortunately, the Galactic Federation scientists are able to develop a vaccine to cure the virus. They administer this vaccine to Aurora Unit 242, the AU of the G.F.S. Olympus, and it works. Soon, the virus is purged from all Aurora Units except for a few in obscure locations such as Aurora Unit 217, which is stationed on Elysia.
On the Olympus, Admiral Dane is preparing to send the Bounty Hunters Samus Aran, Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda to such locations to completely eradicate the virus, but his briefing is halted when Space Pirates attack the flagship. Samus is later able to cure Unit 217, who then aids her on her mission. It is assumed that the virus is purged from the remaining Aurora Units with the death of Phaaze, which ends the existence of all Phazon in the cosmos, including the virus.
The corruption virus is believed to be digital, and not an actual microorganism. This is because the vaccine is digitally transferred to 217, rather than physically used. It is also believed the virus allows Aurora Unit 217 to be corrupted by the Leviathan, or that the program itself creates Phazon.
The name "corruption virus" is used by 242 when she briefs Samus on her mission to Elysia.
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Aurora Corruption
(Aurora Corruption)
Data moved to Logbook for review.
GFDF AC-004
A month ago, problems occurred with the Aurora network. Preliminary studies indicated a Phazon presence in the biosystems of different Auroras. The investigations led to the Space Pirates who seem to have captured an Aurora Unit. The loading of this unit with Phazon led to the corruption of the entire Aurora network. In order to prevent another Phazon corruption, the entire Aurora network was shut down. Unfortunately, there has already been considerable damage. We need to administer an antidote to corrupted Aurora units immediately.
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| Diseases and Conditions | |
|---|---|
| Organic | Flesh-eating bacteria • Miteralis • Twin Fever • X Parasite |
| Phazon | Phazon Fever • Terminal Corruption • The scritters |
| Artificial | Corruption virus • Rezbit Virus |
| Conditions | Coma • Posttraumatic stress disorder |