SPC M. Angseth

Specialist M. Angseth was a member of GFMC Task Force Herakles. She was one of two known female members of Squad Bravo (one unnamed other is shown in the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Manga), and idolized the famed Bounty Hunter and fellow woman, Samus Aran.

Angseth once mentioned Samus's attack on Zebes to PFC I. Crany, who found it difficult to believe that one hunter could take out an entire Space Pirate base on her own. But, he says in his log entry, if Angseth "wants to believe in this Samus, or Bigfoot, or Santa Claus, she can." This implies that Samus is the stuff of legends during the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes due to her amazing feats.

It is thought (but not certain; see below) that Angseth died in the Trooper Security Station where she performed her guard duty, just outside the GFS Tyr's landing site. The exact cause of death is unknown, although she was likely overcome by the Dark Splinter attack on the GFMC compound.

Theory of Survival and Debunking

A curious thing to note is that while most of the Troopers Samus encounters have their full armor mostly intact, the ones that don't always have visible faces behind their cracked and broken Visors. However, Angseth's Visor is completely blacked out. Because of this, some theorize that the constable may have, in fact, survived the encounter. One alternate theory is that her body was eaten by something following her death, but given that none of the other troopers met this fate, and that, aside from her visor, her armor is mostly intact (one would expect that any creature trying to consume her body would have had to rip apart the suit to get at it) this is highly unlikely. If her body was eaten, her Visor would have to have been shattered; only then would any creature or creatures be able to eat her. Another reason that debunks this theory is the presence of flies around her body, which suggests her corpse is still there. The other troopers' visors, apart from Captain Exeter's, were all completely intact which is probably why their bodies are still present.

Another reason this theory may be false is that Samus finds many dead Marines with blacked out Visors in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, especially on Norion. In Corruption, at least one of the dead Marines is shown to have a Visor that is flickering between the standard blue color and black. This implies that there is a power source which gives the Visor its blue color. We can be certain, then, that Angseth's Visor has not been removed but simply lost power. We can also be certain that Angseth is indeed dead, and her corpse is inside the armor just like those of the other Marines.

Logbook Entry

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: "This is ridiculous. I can outshoot half the men here, and I'm stuck on monitor duty. I didn't join up to stare at a holoscreen! This wouldn't happen to Samus Aran... She'd be out there taking care of business, not pushing buttons and sending reports."