Flag Bridge Access

Flag Bridge Access
Ben Sprout render
Game	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Planet/Ship	G.F.S. Olympus
Notablefeatures	Weak wall, hallway
Significance	Access to Flag Bridge, Port Observation Deck, introduction to combat
Inhabitants	Halberd-Class Turrets, Male Fleet Troopers, Female Fleet Trooper, Federation Marines, Pirate Militia, Fleet Mechanics
Internal name	h09_gfship_bridgeaccess

Flag Bridge Access is the room on the G.F.S. Olympus that connects Command Lift A to the Flag Bridge. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Description

This room is split into two sections. One is a corridor that leads down to the Flag Bridge. Two Halberd-Class Turrets defend this entrance. Additionally, there is a hallway that leads to the Port Observation Deck. These two areas are divided by weak walls that can easily be breached by even Space Pirate grenades. When Samus first arrives here to get to the Flag Bridge, these sections are completely cut off from each other, but during the Space Pirate attack on the Olympus, the walls are destroyed in a successful attempt to kill Federation Marines. This gives Samus access to the Port Observation Deck, since Command Lift A is shut off by a blast door during the attack. Oddly, if Samus returns to the room after the Pirate attack, the entrance to Command Lift A will still be sealed off even though there are no longer any enemies left in the area.

Connecting Rooms

• Command Lift A (via Blue Door, shut off by blast shield from Pirate attack onwards)
• Flag Bridge (via Blue Door)
• Port Observation Deck (via Blue Door, inaccessible until after Pirate attack begins, becomes inaccessible again after the Pirate attack ends)

Inhabitants

Samus and a Halberd Turret fend off an attack from Pirate Militia.

• 2 Halberd-Class Turrets (in first area)
• 2 Male Fleet Troopers (before Space Pirate attack, one walks down hallway)
• 1 Female Fleet Trooper (before Space Pirate attack, talks to stationary Male Fleet Trooper)
• 2 Federation Marines (once during the Pirate attack, killed when Pirate grenade detonates near them)
• 2 Pirate Militia (once during the Pirate attack)
• 2 Fleet Mechanics (after Pirate attack, repairing wall blocking entrance to Port Observation Deck)

The Fleet Troopers cannot be spoken to as they are behind the barrier wall that is destroyed in the invasion.

Scans

Note: These scans are only available during the Pirate invasion.

Door

"Security doors locked shut. Isolating detected hostile units. Locate an alternate route."

Development notes

The room's internal name is h09_gfship_bridgeaccess. The keyword gfship indicates the G.F.S. Olympus, and the prefix h09 indicates that this is the ninth of 18 junction rooms on the G.F.S. Olympus.

Other appearances

Corruption, and more specifically this room, makes a cameo appearance in season 8, episode 14 "Holding Out for a Hero" of One Tree Hill. The scene can be viewed here.

Gallery

Ben Sprout wireframe render

Ben Sprout concept art of the "console" in the room.

A Militia's grenade destroys the wall.

Screenshot from One Tree Hill, where Jamie Scott is in this room while playing Corruption.