| “ | This elevator is bound for Sector 3. A Level 4 warning is now in effect in Sector 3. An irregularity has been confirmed in the Geothermal Power Plant and the experimental simulated desert area. All staff members are asked to please evacuate immediately. | „ |
Samus enters the Environmental Test Floor of the experimental simulated desert area.
Environmental Test Floor Gallery Mode art.
The experimental simulated desert area was a sub-section of Sector 3 / Pyrosphere in Metroid: Other M. As its name implied, it was meant to mimic a desert area in contrast to the lava-filled portions of the Pyrosphere. It was similar to the desert portion of Sector 3 (PYR) of the Biologic Space Laboratories research station. Presumably, this area's purpose was the study of desert-dwelling bioforms to assess their suitability for the special-forces unit.
Samus's exploration[]
The experimental simulated desert area is accessed through a Navigation Booth connected to Blast Furnace Observation, after Samus kills the Vorash in that room. She passes through the area while en route to the Geothermal Power Plant, where Adam has directed her and the other 07th Platoon members to meet up.
The floors of the desert area are largely covered in sand, with indoor rooms often having multiple exhaust vents that release flames, similar to the flame jets in the Magmoor Caverns. In one room, one vent that constantly exhausts flames can be frozen and the cover opened to reveal a small crate containing a Missile Tank.
The only officially named rooms here are the Environmental Test Floor, most likely used to test the holographic generator, and the Desert Refinery. The latter contains an elevator shaft where the Rhedogian is fought yet again. The elevator leads down to a large room with another Missile Tank and a pool of lava. This leads to a series of lava-filled rooms and then the Geothermal Power Plant, marking the end of the desert area.
List of rooms[]
- "Sandfang hall"
- Environmental Test Floor
- "Mella stairwell"
- Desert Refinery
- "Curving catwalk"
- "Navigation Booth F"
- "Multi-step catwalk"
- "Sand Tower summit"
- "Desert cave"
Inhabitants[]
The area is populated by Mellas, Novas, Dessgeegas and Sandfangs in the sand environments, FG-1000, FG II-Graham and Heat Bulls in the Refinery, and a Dragotix, Rhedogian and Magdollite in the elevator sublevel.
Trivia[]
- The final room of the simulated desert area contains the infamous game-breaking glitch that completely halts progress.
Gallery[]
