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Sector 1 / Biosphere (セクター1・バイオスフィア, Sekutā 1 · Baiosufia^?), is a lush jungle sector of the BOTTLE SHIP. During the ride from the Main Elevator, Samus Aran is notified that a level 3 alert is in effect in the sector. Samus is also advised not travel alone and to remain armed. It contains several jungle-inhabiting creatures Samus has seen before, but also several new ones. [2] The area also contains multiple Holographic Generators, the Breeding Room, the Scrap Block, the Bioweapon Research Center, the "rainforest", the Subterranean Control Room and the Biological Experiment Floor. The Diffusion Beam and Seeker Missiles are acquired here, and Samus activates her Space Jump and Screw Attack without consent.

Adam orders Lyle Smithsonian to secure a path to a facility, but he is later found dead with his corpse torn apart. Later, she finds a runaway Federation Soldier and follows him after she defeated a full grown Ridley. It is revealed that the runaway was James Pierce, seeing how his corpse ends up in the Bioweapon Research Center.

Enemies

Rooms

Main article: List of rooms in Metroid: Other M/Biosphere

Official data

Nintendo of Europe press release

"The Biosphere, for example, is a gigantic greenhouse containing a jungle complete with waterfall, rainfall and countless tropical – and aggressive – creatures and plants."

Metroid: Other M Art Folio

The Storms of the Biosphere

"The first sector I explored was called the Biosphere. The lush, tropical environments were homes to all kinds of jungle creatures, like Reos, Kihunter, and Wavers. All were aggressive, and often the only safe spots were the superstructures affixed to the trees. The synthesized precipitation did me no favors."

Holographic Environments

Biosphere Environment Generator HD — An environment generator.

"As the Biosphere was the first simulated environment I saw, it took some time for me to discover that much of the area was completely holographic. Real features like rock walls and flowing waterfalls were surrounded by believable background vistas clearly designed for the benefit of the indigenous fauna."

Metroid.com

Biosphere

"Sector 1 of the BOTTLE SHIP is known as the Biosphere. The lush, tropical environments are home to all kinds of jungle creatures, like Rios, Kihunters, and mobile flytraps. Almost all seem aggressive and hostile."

Trivia

The Biosphere is the only area where Adam does not authorize any of Samus's equipment. Instead, Samus self-authorizes her upgrades without his permission.
Many areas of the Biosphere appear to have been damaged by overgrown plant life, despite the fact that the BOTTLE SHIP had only been abandoned for a brief time when Samus explored it (giving the plant life little time to grow to such an extent). It is possible that some areas of the station had been left unused by the researchers and thus retained damage from when the facility was originally decommissioned, or that the plant life there was capable of growing at abnormally fast rates.
The sector is home to an infamous sequence in a dilapidated elevator shaft, where Samus is required to destroy the support structures for the elevator and jump into an alcove to avoid being crushed herself.
A biosphere is also mentioned in Metroid Prime, in Tallon IV's Logbook entry (although it does not refer to an area, rather, a real biosphere, see below): "What remains of the biosphere is slowly fading due to exposure to Phazon radiation."
Concept art depicts mechanisms identified as Stevenson screens in the Biosphere. However, no such devices are ever seen in the finished game. Despite this, both the Observation Room and the Swamp Zone, which contain Stevenson screens in the artwork, feature Holographic Generators that reveal an exit, and also observation windows (containing information terminals) that can be entered from the outside.
The "intrigue" theme that plays after Samus leaves the Breeding Room is called "Sector 1 Biosphere", and is included in the Samus Archives Sound Selection.

Etymology

In real-life, a biosphere is a closed, self-regulating system containing ecosystems, natural or artificial.

Gallery

Areas and Rooms of the BOTTLE SHIP All areas: Navigation Booth
Main Sector	Spaceport • Long passageway • Cargo Hold • Catwalk • "Conference hall" • "Ruined elevator shaft" "Collapsed vent room" • System Management room • Slender walkway • Tall room • Long hall BOTTLE SHIP Control Room • "Main Sector lift hub" • "Tall elevator shaft" • "Sidehopper hall" Main Elevator • BOTTLE SHIP Residential Area • "Path of perils" • Control Bridge
Sector 1 / Biosphere (Exam Center)	"Transport to Main Sector" • "Confrontation room" • "Grand tree room" • "Rainforest" • Long pathway Breeding Room • Observation Room • Observation deck • "Ghalmanian shaft" • Scrap Block Long dirt tunnel • Subterranean Control Room • Jungle environment • Underground cavern Biological Experiment Floor • "Biosphere intersection" • "Bioweapon Research Center access bridge‏‎" Water-filled tank • Water-filled room • Swamp Zone • Experiment Floor 3 • "Specimen catwalk" Biosphere Test Area • Main observation deck • "Testing chambers"
Sector 2 / Cryosphere (Sector Zero)	"Transport to Main Sector" • "Snow hub" • "Fumbleye room" • "Ice bridge cavern" "Kyratian corridor" • "Ice passage" • "Dessgeega chamber" • "Stalactite cavern" "Dead Gigafraug junction" • "Cooling fan hallway" • "Vast ice cavern" • Water Tank "Speed Booster corridor" • Sector Generator Room • "Specimen storage room" • Experiment Floor "Storehouse access" • Materials Storehouse • "Storehouse elevator" • "Cargo storage room" "Avalanche room" • "Waterworks" • Materials Transfer Lift • "Tank chamber" • Nightmare's Room "Fog-filled corridor" • "Sector Zero Access" • "Sector Zero Entrance" • Section 4 Gravity Block
Sector 3 / Pyrosphere (Experimental simulated desert area)	Long elevator shaft • "Red-lit corridor" • "Lava cavern" • "Pyrosphere combat arena" "Flame hallway" • "Heated shafts" • Floor Observation Room • "Volcano corridor" • "Interior entrance" Crater Interior • "Transport to Main Sector" • "Rhedogian room" • Blast Furnace Observation Environmental Test Floor • Desert Refinery • "Sand Tower summit" • "Desert cave" Geothermal Power Plant
Bioweapon Research Center	"BRC main laboratory" • "Storage room" • "Killing ground" • Room MW • Breeding cage Control room • "BRC operations base"
Other Rooms	Main Sector • Biosphere • Cryosphere • Pyrosphere • Bioweapon Research Center

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-{{Expand}}<!-- Needs Enemies section -->
 {{Infobox Station Area
-|name      = Biosphere/Sector 1
+|name      = Sector 1 / Biosphere
-|image     = [[File:Biosphere_central_chamber_ascension_HD.jpg|310px]]
+|image     = [[File:Biosphere central chamber ascension HD.jpg|310px]]
-|caption   = [[Samus]] ascends the stairway in the central chamber of the Biosphere.
+|caption   = [[Samus]] ascends the stairway in the "[[grand tree room]]".
-|station   = [[Bottle Ship]]
+|station   = [[BOTTLE SHIP]]
 |environment = Artificial overgrown jungle, marshland, subterranean tunnels.
-|subareas  = [[Exam Centre]]<br/>[[Bioweapon Research Centre]]
+|subareas  = [[Exam Center]]<br/>[[Bioweapon Research Center]]
-|connected = [[Main Sector]] (via [[Main Elevator (Main Sector)|Main Elevator]])<br/>[[Pyrosphere]] (via Exam Centre)
+|connected = [[Main Sector]] (via [[Main Elevator (Main Sector)|Main Elevator]])<br/>[[Pyrosphere]] (via Exam Center)
-|rooms     = [[Breeding Room]], [[Scrap Block]], [[Subterranean Control Room]], [[Biological Experiment Floor]]
+|rooms     = "[[Confrontation room]]"<br/>"[[Grand tree room]]"<br/>[[Breeding Room]]<br/>[[Observation Room]]<br/>"[[Ghalmanian shaft]]"<br/>[[Scrap Block]]<br/>[[Subterranean Control Room]]<br/>[[Biological Experiment Floor]]<br/>"[[Bioweapon Research Center access bridge]]"<br/>[[Swamp Zone]]<br/>[[Biosphere Test Area]]
-|bosses    = [[Fune and Namihe]]<br/>[[Groganch]]<br/>[[King Kihunter]]<br/>[[Mystery Creature]]<br/>[[Rhedogian]]
+|bosses    = [[Fune]] and [[Namihe]]<br/>[[Groganch]]<br/>[[King Kihunter]]<br/>[[Mystery Creature]]<br/>[[Rhedogian]]
-|upgrades  = [[Diffusion Beam]], [[Space Jump]], [[Screw Attack]]
+|upgrades  = [[Diffusion Beam]], [[Space Jump]], [[Screw Attack]], [[Seeker Missile Launcher]]
 |items     = [[Missile Tank]] x26, [[Energy Tank]] x1, [[Energy Part]] x5, [[Accel Charge]] x1, [[E-Recovery Tank]] x1
 |features  = [[Holographic Generator|Holographically generated]] environments, variety of jungle-dwelling species from different planets
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 }}
-'''The Biosphere''' (also referred to as '''Sector 1 / Biosphere''') is a lush jungle sector of the [[Bottle Ship]]. During the ride from the [[Main Elevator (Main Sector)|Main Elevator]], [[Samus Aran]] is notified that a level 3 alert is in effect in the sector. Samus is also advised not travel alone and to remain armed. It contains [[Reo]]s, [[Mobile flytrap]]s, [[Dragotex]], [[Little birdie]], [[FG-1000]]s and [[Ghalmanian]]s. [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/101658.html] The area also contains multiple [[Holographic Generator]]s, the [[Breeding Room]], the [[Scrap Block]], the [[Bioweapon Research Center]], the [[Subterranean Control Room]] and the [[Biological Experiment Floor]]. The [[Diffusion Beam]] and [[Seeker Missiles]] are acquired here, and [[Samus]] activates her [[Space Jump]] and [[Screw Attack]] without consent.
+{{nihongo|'''Sector 1 / Biosphere'''|セクター1・バイオスフィア|Sekutā 1 · Baiosufia}}, is a lush jungle sector of the [[BOTTLE SHIP]]. During the ride from the [[Main Elevator (Main Sector)|Main Elevator]], [[Samus Aran]] is notified that a level 3 alert is in effect in the sector. Samus is also advised not travel alone and to remain armed. It contains several jungle-inhabiting creatures Samus has seen before, but also several new ones. [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/101658.html] The area also contains multiple [[Holographic Generator]]s, the [[Breeding Room]], the [[Scrap Block]], the [[Bioweapon Research Center]], the "[[rainforest]]", the [[Subterranean Control Room]] and the [[Biological Experiment Floor]]. The [[Diffusion Beam]] and [[Seeker Missiles]] are acquired here, and [[Samus]] activates her [[Space Jump]] and [[Screw Attack]] without [[Authorization|consent]].
-[[File:Metroid-other-m-3.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
-[[Adam]] orders [[Lyle Smithsonian]] to secure a path to a facility, but he is later found dead with his corpse torn apart. Later, she finds a runaway [[Deleter|Federation Power Suit]] and follows him after she defeated a full grown [[Ridley]]. It is revealed that the runaway was [[James Pierce]], seeing how his corpse ends up in the [[Bioweapon Research Center]].
+[[Adam]] orders [[Lyle Smithsonian]] to secure a path to a facility, but he is later found dead with his corpse torn apart. Later, she finds a runaway Federation Soldier and follows him after she defeated a full grown [[Ridley (clone)|Ridley]]. It is revealed that the runaway was [[James Pierce]], seeing how his corpse ends up in the [[Bioweapon Research Center]].
+==Enemies==
+*[[Bull]]
+*[[Cyborg Zebesian]]
+*[[Desbrachian]]
+*[[Dragotix]]
+*[[FG II-Graham]]
+*[[FG-1000]]
+*[[Fly Pod]]
+*[[Fune]]
+*[[Geemer]]
+*[[Ghalmanian]]
+*[[Gripper]]
+*[[Griptian]]
+*[[Groganch]]
+*[[Kihunter]]
+*[[King Kihunter]]
+*[[Little Birdie]]
+*[[Mighty Griptian]]
+*[[Mystery Creature]]
+*[[Namihe]]
+*[[Poison Gripper]]
+*[[Reo]]
+*[[Rhedogian]]
+*[[Sidehopper]]
+*[[Skultera]]
+*[[Super Kihunter]]
+*[[Super Zebesian]]
+*[[Waver]]
+*[[Whipvine]]
+*[[Zero]]
+*[[Zuru]]
+==Rooms==
+{{Main|List of rooms in Metroid: Other M/Biosphere}}
 ==Official data==
-[[File:Biosphere.jpg|thumb|right|312px|Biosphere concept art.]]
+[[File:Biosphere.jpg|thumb|right|312px|[[Gallery Mode]]]]
 ===Nintendo of Europe press release===
 ''"The Biosphere, for example, is a gigantic greenhouse containing a jungle complete with waterfall, rainfall and countless tropical – and aggressive – creatures and plants."''
-===''[[Metroid: Other M Art Folio]]''===
+===[[Metroid: Other M Art Folio|''Metroid: Other M'' Art Folio]]===
+[[File:Metroid-other-m-3.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
-====The Storms of the [[Biosphere]]====
+====The Storms of the Biosphere====
 ''"The first sector I explored was called the Biosphere. The lush, tropical environments were homes to all kinds of jungle creatures, like [[Reo]]s, [[Kihunter]], and [[Waver]]s. All were aggressive, and often the only safe spots were the superstructures affixed to the trees. The synthesized precipitation did me no favors."''
 ====Holographic Environments====
-[[File:Biosphere_Environment_Generator_HD.jpg|thumb|300px|An environment generator.]]
+[[File:Biosphere Environment Generator HD.jpg|thumb|300px|An environment generator.]]
 ''"As the Biosphere was the first simulated environment I saw, it took some time for me to discover that much of the area was completely holographic. Real features like rock walls and flowing waterfalls were surrounded by believable background vistas clearly designed for the benefit of the indigenous fauna."''
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 ==Trivia==
-*The Biosphere is the only area where [[Adam]] does not authorize any of Samus's equipment. Instead, Samus self-authorizes upgrades without his permission.
+*The Biosphere is the only area where [[Adam]] does not authorize any of Samus's equipment. Instead, Samus self-authorizes her upgrades without his permission.
-*Many areas of the Biosphere appear to have been damaged by overgrown plantlife, despite the fact that the Bottle Ship had only been abandoned for a brief time when Samus explored it (giving the plantlife little time to grow to such an extent). It is possible that some areas of the station had been left unused by the researchers and thus retained damage from when the facility was originally decomissioned, or that the plantlife there was capable of growing at abnormally fast rates.
+*Many areas of the Biosphere appear to have been damaged by overgrown plant life, despite the fact that the BOTTLE SHIP had only been abandoned for a brief time when Samus explored it (giving the plant life little time to grow to such an extent). It is possible that some areas of the station had been left unused by the researchers and thus retained damage from when the facility was originally decommissioned, or that the plant life there was capable of growing at abnormally fast rates.
-*The sector is home to an infamous sequence involving crushing a Ghalmanian with a malfunctioning [[Elevator]]. Samus is required to destroy the support structures for the elevator and jump into an alcove to avoid being crushed herself.
+*The sector is home to an infamous sequence in a dilapidated [[Ghalmanian shaft|elevator shaft]], where Samus is required to destroy the support structures for the [[elevator]] and jump into an alcove to avoid being crushed herself.
+*A biosphere is also mentioned in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', in [[Tallon IV]]'s Logbook entry (although it does not refer to an area, rather, a real biosphere, see below): ''"What remains of the biosphere is slowly fading due to exposure to [[Phazon]] radiation."''
+*Concept art depicts mechanisms identified as [[Wikipedia:Stevenson screen|Stevenson screens]] in the Biosphere. However, no such devices are ever seen in the finished game. Despite this, both the [[Observation Room]] and the [[Swamp Zone]], which contain Stevenson screens in the artwork, feature [[Holographic Generator]]s that reveal an exit, and also observation windows (containing information terminals) that can be entered from the outside.
+*The "intrigue" theme that plays after Samus leaves the Breeding Room is called "[[Sector 1 Biosphere]]", and is included in the ''[[Samus Archives Sound Selection]]''.
+==Etymology==
+In real-life, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere biosphere] is a closed, self-regulating system containing ecosystems, natural or artificial.
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery perrow="4">
+<gallery captionalign="center">
-File:Biosphere_Corridor_1_HD.jpg|A corridor in the Biosphere.
+Biosphere_Corridor_1_HD.jpg|An [[L-shaped corridor]] in the Biosphere.
-File:Biosphere_hallway_overgrown_HD.jpg|An overgrown hallway.
+Biosphere_hallway_overgrown_HD.jpg|An [[overgrown hallway]].
-File:Ghalmanian_tail_HD.jpg|Samus is captured by a [[Ghalmanian]].
+Ghalmanian_tail_HD.jpg|Samus is captured by a [[Ghalmanian]].
-File:Samus_engages_Ghalmanian_HD.jpg|Samus engages the Ghalmanian.
+Samus_engages_Ghalmanian_HD.jpg|Samus engages the Ghalmanian in the "[[confrontation room]]".
 Ghalmanian battle Overblast recoil Biosphere HD.jpg|Samus blasts the Ghalmanian attacker.
-File:Biosphere_Central_chamber_HD.jpg|Samus enters a central chamber in the Biosphere.
+Biosphere_Central_chamber_HD.jpg|Samus enters a central chamber in the Biosphere.
-File:Samus_grapples_with_Griptian.jpg|Samus tussles with a [[Griptian]].
+Samus_grapples_with_Griptian.jpg|Samus tussles with a [[Griptian]].
-File:Biosphere_containment_booth_HD.jpg|A containment tank in the Biosphere.
+Biosphere_containment_booth_HD.jpg|A containment tank in the Biosphere.
-File:Biotree.png|A [[tree]] in a hidden shaft near the Breeding Room.
+Biotree.png|A tree in a hidden shaft near the Breeding Room.
-File:Biosphere_Little_Birdie_watching_HD.jpg|Samus senses that something is watching her.
+Biosphere_Little_Birdie_watching_HD.jpg|Samus senses that something is watching her.
-File:Biosphere_Corridor_2_HD.jpg|A forest corridor.
+Biosphere_Corridor_2_HD.jpg|A [[long pathway]].
-File:Biosphere_Plain_Stream_HD.jpg|An open plain area containing a river.
+Biosphere_Plain_Stream_HD.jpg|An open plain area containing a river.
-File:Biosphere_staircase.jpg|A long staircase
+Biosphere_staircase.jpg|A long staircase
+MOM Samus and Ghalmanian under falling elevator.png|Samus and a Ghalmanian under a collapsing elevator.
-File:Plants.jpg|More of the Biosphere's vegetation.
+Plants.jpg|More of the Biosphere's vegetation.
-File:Biosphere_Corridor_3_HD.jpg|An illuminated corridor.
+Biosphere_Corridor_3_HD.jpg|An [[illuminated corridor]].
-File:Biosphere_Navigation_Booth_HD.jpg|A Biosphere Navigation Booth.
+Biosphere_Navigation_Booth_HD.jpg|A Biosphere Navigation Booth.
-File:Biosphere_Corridor_4_HD.jpg|Samus races along a forest-like area.
+Biosphere_Corridor_4_HD.jpg|Samus races along a forest-like area.
-File:Biosphere_Tunnel_HD.jpg|A tunnel in the Biopshere.
+Biosphere_Tunnel_HD.jpg|A tunnel in the Biopshere.
-File:Biosphere_Biological_Experiment_Floor_HD.jpg|The [[Biological Experiment Floor]].
+Biosphere_Biological_Experiment_Floor_HD.jpg|The [[Biological Experiment Floor]].
-File:Biosphere_Bridge_HD.jpg|A long bridge in the Biosphere.
+Biosphere_Bridge_HD.jpg|A long bridge in the Biosphere.
-File:Biosphere_Swamp_HD.jpg|A rain-soaked swamp.
+Biosphere_Swamp_HD.jpg|A rain-soaked swamp.
-File:Biosphere_forest_HD.jpg|Samus runs through a long forest hallway.
+Biosphere_forest_HD.jpg|Samus runs through a long forest hallway.
-File:Jungle_vines_Biosphere_HD.jpg|An extremely overgrown hallway.
+Jungle_vines_Biosphere_HD.jpg|A [[jungle hallway]].
+ULF_37_MOM.png|Several flowers that bear resemblance to vegetation in [[Brinstar]].
+Other M Glitched Hologram.gif|A damaged part of the wall disrupts a hologam.
 </gallery>
+==See also==
-{{Bottle Ship}}
+*[[Biosphere/Items]]
+{{Bottle Ship}}
 [[es:Sector 1 / Biosphere]]
+[[ru:Биосфера]]
-[[Category:Bottle Ship]]
+[[Category:BOTTLE SHIP]]
 [[Category:Biosphere]]
 [[Category:Jungle areas]]