Metroid Quarantine B

Metroid Quarantine B
Game	Metroid Prime
Planet/Ship	Tallon IV
Area	Phazon Mines
Notablefeatures	Phazon, computer screens, Force Field, Spider Ball Track, Grapple Point, Cordite shaft
Significance	Location of a Missile Expansion, 1 Pirate Data entry, access to Save Station Mines C
Inhabitants	Plasma Troopers, Wave Troopers, Metroids
Internal name	11_mines

Metroid Quarantine B is a room in the Phazon Mines. It appears in Metroid Prime.

Description

There is Phazon in the middle of the room, so Samus must use the Spider Ball to reach an upper platform so that she may use a Grapple Point to grapple across to what appears to be a lab. Samus must then scan a nearby terminal to lower a large force field blocking access to the rest of the room. This room connects to a Save Station.

Upon a second visit (or if Samus restarts the game from the Save Station), Metroids will appear here, inside stasis tanks. Should Samus get closer to the lab area, a small blackout will occur, the loss of power will allow the Metroids in captivity to escape and attack Samus. Any other visits will simply have Metroids wandering this room, primarily situated near or directly above the large Phazon pit.

In the back half of the room are several computer screens, one of which contains Pirate Data.

A Secret World can be found in this room:[1]

Connecting rooms

• Quarantine Access B (via Red Door)
• Save Station Mines C (via Red Door)
• Elite Quarters Access (via Red Door)

Inhabitants

• 3 Plasma Troopers
• 3 Wave Troopers
• 5 Metroids (second visit)

Items

Missile Expansion

Samus must destroy one of the stasis tanks in the lab area with a Super Missile.

Scans

Force Field

"Security lockdown in effect. Force Field access denied."

Interface Module

"Security override control engaged. Access granted."

Cordite shaft

"Numerous fractures present in this Cordite shaft."

Special Forces

"Log 11.369.4
As we continue to observe the development of Project Helix's Elite Pirates, it becomes increasingly obvious that these warriors will usher in a new era of Space Pirate dominance. They are incredibly resistant to damage, and their ability to transport and wield so many weapons at once makes them the ideal mainstays of our ground forces. Though they are not as quick as typical Pirates, it makes little difference. With a platoon of Elite Pirates in the vanguard of an army of normal and Flying Pirates, we will have a near-indestructible backbone that should turn the tide in any engagement."

Computer screen

"Data suggests that Omega Pirate life spans are critically low.
High levels of Phazon exposure are causing rapid cell degeneration in all test subjects. No subject lived longer than 2 deca-cycles in our simulations. Their life spans must be increased to be cost-effective."

Computer screen

"Omega Pirate Absorption System test results are in.
Field tests indicate that the system is very effective against Beam weaponry. We are alarmed at the field's inability to handle Missile attacks, however. Science Team is working around the clock to correct this critical design flaw. The Omega Pirate cannot afford such a weakness in battle."

Computer screen

"Health Alert: Phazon radiation warning is still in effect.
Do not enter a Phazon processing area without Level 8 radiation gear. Prolonged exposure is 100% fatal."

Computer screen

"Phazon processing efficiency at maximum. Production at 187% and rising."

Unused

Unused scans in this room have been found through datamining of Metroid Prime Remastered.

Temporary scan

Force Field engaged. Secure this area to deactivate it.

Temporary scan

Automated Servo Grapple control engaged. Please clear path of any obstructions.

Temporary scan

Scan for Biotanks in area past Force Field.

Development data

A Space Pirate loaded into this room via hacking, itself being attacked by a Metroid.

This room contains an unused layer named "Don't Load", containing a single standard Space Pirate and two Tallon Metroids. When Samus passes through the doorway from Quarantine Access B, the Space Pirate is scripted to take notice and move towards her, before being attacked from behind by one of the Metroids and killed.

Trivia

• Interestingly during the time in which the Metroids are inside their containers, if Samus does not trigger the blackout and she breaks free all the Metroids housed inside containers first, the blackout will never occur. (This can be repeated each time the room is reloaded with the blackout event.)
• If the Metroids are present, it is possible to freeze one of them to use as an extra lift over the Phazon Pit into the control station area.

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