Reactor Core Entrance (or Reactor Access in the Tallon Overworld) is a room in Metroid Prime on the Frigate Orpheon. It contains two Auto Defense Turrets that are easily dispatched with Missiles or charged shots, and a panel can be scanned to activate a Morph Ball hologram on the floor, which is used as in the previous room to open the next door. To the left, another door leads to a Save Station. The corpses of Space Pirates can be found lying around the room.
After the crash, the room becomes flooded. The door leading to the Freight Lift becomes de-energized and two Power Conduits must be shot with the Wave Beam to reactivate it.
Connecting rooms
- Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma (via large door with spherical lock/De-energized Door)
- Save Station (via Blue Door)
- Reactor Core (via large door with spheric lock)
Inhabitants
- 2 Auto Defense Turrets (First Visit)
- "Subject >> Auto Defense Turret
Use Missiles to break outer casing."
Scans
- Space Pirate corpse
- "Morphology: Space Pirate
Status >> Dead. This creature looks like it struggled to get through this door."
- Space Pirate corpse (2)
- "Morphology: Space Pirate
Status >> Death caused by cranial trauma."
- Space Pirate corpse (3)
- "Morphology: Space Pirate
Status >> Death caused by severe lacerations. Subject looks like it has been partially eaten."
- Space Pirate corpse (4)
- "Morphology: Space Pirate
Status >> Death caused by acid burns to the face."
- Ball Clamp
- "This device does not seem to be functional. There must be something nearby that will turn it on."
- Ball Clamp (2)
- "It looks like a spherical shape would fit into this clamp."
- Interface Module
- "Door lock enabled. Please insert metallic sphere to open door."
- Elevator panel
- Door
- "Entrance to Reactor Core Entrance"
- Door
- "Entrance to Save Station"
- Interface Module (after crash)
- "Primary door control is inoperable. Auxiliary controls must be used."
- Interface Module (power restored) (after crash)
- "Auxiliary door controls online."
Trivia
- The "Intro Space" theme, which is heard when exploring rooms aboard the Orpheon before the Emergency Evacuation Area, again plays in this room before accessing the Reactor Core.
- In the Gamecube version, the blue door connecting to the Save Station can be opened with a Missile. This behavior is also present in Exterior Docking Hangar.