The G.F.S. Tyr (parsed as GFS Tyr in some scans) is an Anhur-class patrol ship used by the Galactic Federation. It makes its only appearance in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and was piloted by Commander K. Starling.
Starling landed the G.F.S. Tyr on Aether while pursuing a Space Pirate starship that crash-landed on the planet. The ship's crew, commanded by Captain A.C. Exeter, used pieces of the ship to create their own compound on Aether. The Tyr's entire crew was eventually killed by a swarm of Dark Splinters, leaving the remains of the G.F.S. Tyr a burning, smoking wreck surrounded by corpses.
Samus eventually discovers the crash site and learns of its fate by accessing a Galactic Federation data terminal. Surveillance footage of the Dark Splinter attack is recorded by Captain Exeter for Samus to discover. Samus learns that the remainder of the crew were killed in this battle, with the exception of PFC E. Denys, who was wounded and tried to crawl his way to the Great Temple. Many of the Tyr's dead crew members are subsequently possessed by the Ing, creating the Dark Troopers that Samus is forced to fight.
The interior of the Tyr contains a Map Station, and rows of seats that can be scanned to learn the names and ranks of the troopers who occupied them. To reach a door in the area, Samus must jump from a large hole in the ship's hull.
A large wall created from a Pirate vessel shot down by Tyr can be found in the Central Mining Station in the Agon Wastes. Pirate scans indicate that it was a supply ship reinforcements that the Tyr attacked. Survivors made it back to the Space Pirate mining facility in Agon.
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, there are certain ships in the docking bays of the G.F.S. Olympus that greatly resemble the Anhur-class patrol ship.
A Missile Expansion can be found on top of the crashed ship and reached by using the Space Jump Boots or Screw Attack.
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GFS Tyr
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Anhur-class patrol ship.
Used to transport Galactic Federation Marines. Vessel has sustained heavy combat damage.
Real-world etymology[]
Týr (English pronounced /ˈtʰɪɚ/; Old Norse: Týr IPA: [tʰyːr]) is the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. In the late Icelandic Eddas, he is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin (Prose Edda) or of Hymir (Poetic Edda), while the origins of his name and his possible relationship to Tuisto (see Tacitus' Germania) suggest he was once considered the father of the gods and head of the pantheon. Tuesday is in fact "Tyr's Day." This is because the Anglo-Saxons at that time pronounced Tyr's name as "Tiw" thus giving his name to the 2nd day of the week.
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