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|caption1=The Pirate Mother Ship on [[Zebes]]
 
|caption1=The Pirate Mother Ship on [[Zebes]]
 
|type=Military frigate
 
|type=Military frigate
|affiliation=[[Space Pirate]], [[Ridley]], [[Mother Brain]]
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|purpose=Flagship of the Space Pirate fleet
 
|purpose=Flagship of the Space Pirate fleet
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|locations_found=[[Chozodia]]
 
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|status= Destroyed
 
|status= Destroyed
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}}The '''Space Pirate Mother Ship''' was the enormous flagship of [[Ridley]] and the mobile headquarters for the [[Zebesian Space Pirates]] in ''[[Metroid: Volume 2]]'' and ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''. It had landed in [[Chozodia]].
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The '''Space Pirate Mother Ship''' was the enormous flagship of [[Ridley]] and the mobile headquarters for the [[Zebesian Space Pirates]] in the ''[[Metroid Manga]]'' and ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''. It had landed in [[Chozodia]].
 
   
 
==Specifications==
 
==Specifications==
The Mother Ship was recognizable for its purple, enormous and bulky appearance, coupled with relatively short, sturdy wings. Along with areas built into the ruins of Chozodia, a docking bay was constructed containing [[Space Pirate Fighter]]s. When ships entered or left the Mother Ship, a door in the front would open, resembling a mouth or beak. The pilot area had various red circles nearby, as well as three glass cockpit bubbles. Presumably, the red circles supplied transmissions from Zebes and any other Pirate Homeworlds to the mothership, due to them flashing red and Ridley immediately ordering the vessel to head to Zebes.
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The Mother Ship is recognizable for its purple, enormous and bulky appearance, coupled with relatively short, sturdy wings. Along with a glass tube connecting to the [[Chozo Ruins (Zebes)|Chozo Ruins]] of Chozodia, the ship features a [[escape-ship bay|docking bay]] containing [[Escape Ship]]s. When the ships enter or leave the Mother Ship, a door in the front would open, resembling a mouth or beak. The pilot area has various red circles nearby, as well as three glass cockpit bubbles. Presumably, the red circles supplied transmissions from Zebes and any other Pirate Homeworlds to the Mother Ship, due to them flashing red and Ridley immediately ordering the vessel to head to Zebes.
   
The Mother Ship housed the incomplete [[Ridley Robot]], a safeguard created in Ridley's image in order to protect the ship in his absence. This Robot was connected to the Mother Ship and its destruction caused the triggering of a three, five or seven minute (depending on difficulty level) [[countdown]] to the destruction of the Mother Ship as well. After Samus' escape, the ship's interior started to glow red (which could be seen through the ship door) and the ship fell apart with an explosion, leaving it a scorched wreck.
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The Mother Ship houses the incomplete [[Mecha Ridley]], a safeguard created in Ridley's image in order to protect the ship in his absence. This robot is connected to the Mother Ship, and its destruction causes the triggering of a three, five, or seven minute (depending on difficulty level) [[countdown]] to the destruction of the Mother Ship as well. After Samus's escape, the ship's interior starts to glow red (which can be seen through the ship door), and the ship falls apart with an explosion, leaving it as a scorched wreck.
   
Scan images aboard the [[Frigate Orpheon]] in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' feature the ship as being shaped similarly to the Mother Ship, implying that they are of the same model. The [[Space Pirate starship]] from ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' also resembled the Mother Ship in terms of design.
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The ship serves as a replacement for the [[Space Pirate Flagship]], which was destroyed in a battle against the [[Federation Army Special Ops Battleship VIXIV IV]] over Zebes. Scan images aboard the [[Frigate Orpheon|Frigate ''Orpheon'']] in ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' feature the ship as being shaped similarly to the Mother Ship, implying that they are of the same model. The [[Space Pirate starship]] from ''Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' also resembles the Mother Ship in terms of design.
 
The ship replaced the [[Space Pirate Flagship]] depicted in the ''[[Metroid Manga]]''.
 
   
 
==Items==
 
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*3 [[Super Missile Tank]]s
 
*3 [[Super Missile Tank]]s
   
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==Appearances==
==''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''==
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===''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]''===
The Mother Ship is not present in the original ''[[Metroid]]'' game, but rather in the extended ending in the remake, ''Zero Mission''. Following the defeat of [[Kraid]] on [[Zebes]], Ridley receives a distress signal from the planet in the ship's bridge and changes course, heading straight for the planet. By the time Kraid's killer entered [[Ridley's Lair]], the Ship had landed, and Ridley made his way to his chamber.
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The Mother Ship is not present in the original ''[[Metroid (game)|Metroid]]'' game, but rather in the extended ending in the remake, ''Zero Mission''. Following the defeat of [[Kraid]] on [[Zebes]], Ridley receives a distress signal from the planet in the ship's bridge and changes course, heading straight for the planet. By the time Samus enters [[Ridley's Lair]], the Ship has landed in Chozodia, and Ridley makes his way to [[Ridley's room|his chamber]].
   
 
Following the defeat of the Mother Brain, Samus escapes Zebes but is shot back down to the planet. Without a choice, Samus undertakes the "foolish" task of infiltrating the Mother Ship, armed with only her [[Paralyzer]] (her [[Power Suit]] had been destroyed in the crashing of her [[Gunship]]). Samus escapes the Mother Ship and encountered the [[Ruins Test]], which she completed. Rewarded with a [[Fully Powered Suit]], Samus returned to the Mother Ship and slaughtered any and all Space Pirates in her way with her newly-enhanced weapons. She finally confronted Mecha Ridley and destroyed it, then escaped the exploding Mother Ship in a hijacked [[Escape Ship]].
Once there, he was surprised to see the challenger was [[Samus Aran]], whose [[Virginia Aran|mother]] and [[Chief Rodney Aran|father]] had been killed by him in her early years on their home of [[K-2L]]. Now a young woman, Samus had become a [[Bounty Hunter]] and was sent to destroy the [[Metroid (Species)|Metroids]] and [[Mother Brain]]. Ridley attacked Samus, but she prevailed and left him severely wounded.
 
   
 
===''[[Metroid: Volume 2]]''===
Following the defeat of the Mother Brain, Samus escaped Zebes but was shot back down to the planet. Without a choice, Samus undertook the "foolish" task of infiltrating the Mother Ship, armed with only her [[Paralyzer]] (her [[Power Suit]] had been destroyed in the crashing of her [[Gunship]]). Samus escaped the Mother Ship and encountered the [[Ruins Test]], which she completed. Rewarded with a [[Fully Powered Suit]], Samus returned to the Mother Ship and slaughtered any and all Space Pirates in her way with her newly-enhanced weapons. She finally confronted the Ridley Robot and destroyed it, then escaped the exploding Mother Ship in a hijacked [[Escape Ship]].
 
 
In ''[[Metroid: Volume 2]]'', the Space Pirate Mother Ship is seen as [[Ridley]]'s new flagship, fighting against the [[Federation Army Special Ops Battleship VIXIV IV]]. Midway though the battle, it tries to warp to Zebes but is stopped by [[Adam Malkovich]] in the VIXIV IV, knowing that if it makes it to Zebes it would effectively put an end to Samus' Zero Mission. Eventually, Ridley is able to make it to Zebes with his ship, although not before Samus destroyed Kraid.
   
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It can be assumed that the events depicted in ''Metroid: Volume 2'' serve as an explanation for why Ridley and the Space Pirate Mother Ship was not immediately present on Zebes at the start of Samus's Zero Mission.
==[[Wrecked Ship]]?==
 
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[[File:Chozodia.png|thumb|left|230px|A map of Chozodia. The blue areas comprise the Mother Ship.]]
 
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===''[[Metroid: Samus Returns]]''===
The destruction of the Mother Ship would seem to imply that the remains of the ship would be re-explored by Samus during the events of ''[[Super Metroid]]'', known as the Wrecked Ship. However, the Wrecked Ship is known to be of [[Chozo]] origin, and in ''Zero Mission'' when exploring an expanded Crateria Samus will enter a section of it which has a close resemblance to the Wrecked Ship. Additionally, [[Yoshio Sakamoto]] dismissed the possibility of both ships being one and the same - during ''Zero Mission'' Samus passes through an area that appears to be outside the ''Super Metroid'' Wrecked Ship in [[Crateria]], whilst the Mother Ship has not yet landed.<ref>Question 2 of the "[http://metroid.jp/metroid_version2/development/faq.html Metroid FAQ]," ''[http://metroid.jp/metroid_version2/development/faq.html Metroid Zero Mission Official Site,]'' accessed September 14, 2005.</ref>
 
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The Mother Ship was also present during the raid on the [[Space Research Vessel Marina]], as it is visible in the background of the intro cutscene depicting the space battle. The ship participated in the raid by deploying a large squadron of [[Space Pirate vessel]]s to attack and cripple the Research Vessel in the Pirates' attempt to acquire the newly discovered Metroid sample obtained from planet [[SR388]]. Chronologically, this is the Space Pirate Mother Ship's first known appearance.
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==Connection to other areas==
 
===[[Wrecked Ship]]===
 
The destruction of the Mother Ship would seem to imply that its remains would be revisited by Samus in the area known as the Wrecked Ship during the events of ''[[Super Metroid]]''. However, supplemental materials and careful inspection of the Wrecked Ship reveal it to be of [[Chozo]] origin and [[Flooded cavern|the vessel's entrance]] can be found in ''Zero Mission'' before the Mother Ship has yet to land on the planet. Furthermore, the Chozo ship can be partially explored as an entirely separate area from the Pirate vessel near the end of the game. Finally, [[Yoshio Sakamoto]] dismissed the possibility of both ships being one and the same.<ref>Question 2 of the "[http://metroid.jp/metroid_version2/development/faq.html Metroid FAQ]," ''[[Metroid Zero Mission Official Site]]'', accessed September 14, 2005.</ref>
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The explosions from the Mother Ship is believed to have removed the cavern walls surrounding the Wrecked Ship's entrance seen in ''Zero Mission'', which would explain why this same room is open-air in ''Super Metroid''. 
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===[[Maridia]]===
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The overall purple asthetic of the Mother Ship, its eventual destruction and its close proximity to the Wrecked Ship's flooded location has led to the theory that the former's remains sank and integrated with Maridia from ''Super Metroid''. The underground ocean features many purple rooms that are clearly of artifical origin with Space Pirates using them as a facility to house their [[Mochtroid|experiments]]. Some rooms also have traits that suggest segments of the Wrecked Ship and/or the temple ruins of Chozodia have sunk into the area as well.
   
 
==''Metroid: Zebes Invasion Order''==
 
==''Metroid: Zebes Invasion Order''==
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{{Noncanon}}
[[File:MZIO page 145.png|thumb|Space Pirate mothership in ''Zebes Invasion Order''.]]
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[[File:MZIO page 145.png|thumb|150px|The massive Pirate Ship in ''Zebes Invasion Order''.]]
A similar ship appeared in the 1986 Choose your Own Adventure book adaptation for the FDS ''Metroid'' game. It managed to intercept Samus's ship before it could fully escape Zebes shortly after Mother Brain was destroyed, with the Space Pirates proceeding to forcibly remove Samus's helmet, thus exposing for the first time her gender. She later proceeded to defeat several Space Pirates, eventually confronting the Pirate Boss and entering a duel with him upon learning his motives. Upon defeating him, she then escaped the mothership before it was destroyed. This plotline would later be reused to some extent in the later remake ''Zero Mission''.
 
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A similar {{Nihongo|massive Pirate Ship|巨大な海賊船}} appears in ''[[Metroid: Zebes Invasion Order]]'', the 1986 Choose your Own Adventure book adaptation for the FDS ''Metroid'' game. While it is not explicitly referred to as the Mother Ship, it essentially fills the same role and can be considered a non-canonical precursor.
   
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The Pirate Ship is enormous; Samus compares the difference in size between her [[Escape Pod]] and the Pirate Ship to a fish and a whale. It is notably marked with a skull and crossbones design, hearkening back to the Jolly Roger used by [[Earth]] pirates. Inside the ship, notable rooms include the control room where the [[Pirate Boss]] resides, and the docking bay where a small spacecraft is kept. It is crewed by the [[human]] Space Pirates who built their fortress on Zebes and stole the [[Metroid capsule]].
==''Metroid Manga''==
 
[[File:PirateMothership2.jpg|200px|thumb|The Space Pirate Mothership from the ''Metroid'' Manga.]]
 
In the Metroid Manga it is again seen as [[Ridley]]'s flagship, fighting against the [[Federation Army Special Ops Battleship Vixin IV]]. Midway though the battle it tried to warp to Zebes but is stopped by [[Adam Malkovich]] in the Vixin IV, knowing that if it makes it to Zebes it would effectively put an end to Samus' Zero Mission. Eventually, Ridley is able to make it to Zebes with his ship, but Samus was nevertheless able to defeat him and eventually destroy the Pirate vessel.
 
   
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The Pirate Ship appears in space after Mother Brain is defeated on Zebes. Depending on how the story plays out, the Pirate Ship may intercept the distress signal sent from Samus's Gunship, or it may simply approach her escape pod. Either way, Samus is captured by the Space Pirates and brought to the Pirate Boss in the control room. The [[Metroid=Mutant]] also boards the Pirate Ship and wreaks havoc, killing many Space Pirates in its path. In the good ending, Samus duels the Pirate Boss in the control room and retrieves the stolen Metroid capsule before escaping in a small spacecraft. She fires a large missile from the small spacecraft, which completely destroys the Pirate Ship.
In ''[[Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether]]'', Samus destroys a Pirate vessel that was attacking a transport and passenger ship, and reports that the "Space Pirate Mothership [has been] eliminated."
 
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This plotline would later be reused to some extent in ''Zero Mission'', a later remake of the original ''Metroid'' game that served as the inspiration for ''Zebes Invasion Order''. It is unconfirmed if this was a deliberate reference to the book or just an interesting coincidence.
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MZIO page 87.png|The pirate ship's command room
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MZIO page 201.png|The pirate ship is destroyed
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{{Endnoncanon}}
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==Trivia==
 
*In ''[[Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether]]'', Samus destroys a Pirate vessel that was attacking a transport and passenger ship, and reports that the "Space Pirate Mothership [has been] eliminated."
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==Gallery==
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Chozodia.png|A map of Chozodia. The blue areas comprise the Mother Ship.
 
PirateMothership2.jpg|The Space Pirate Mothership from ''[[Metroid: Volume 2]]''.
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Space Research Vessel Marina in MSR.png|The Space Pirate Mother Ship participating in the attack on the [[Space Research Vessel Marina]]
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==References==
 
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
 
 
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{{Pirate vehicles}}
   
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[[Category:Spacecraft]]
 
[[Category:Spacecraft]]
 
[[Category:Destroyed Locations]]
 
[[Category:Destroyed Locations]]
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[[Category:Space Pirate technology]]
 
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[[Category:Space Pirate Vehicles]]
 
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The Space Pirate Mother Ship was the enormous flagship of Ridley and the mobile headquarters for the Zebesian Space Pirates in Metroid: Volume 2 and Metroid: Zero Mission. It had landed in Chozodia.

Specifications

The Mother Ship is recognizable for its purple, enormous and bulky appearance, coupled with relatively short, sturdy wings. Along with a glass tube connecting to the Chozo Ruins of Chozodia, the ship features a docking bay containing Escape Ships. When the ships enter or leave the Mother Ship, a door in the front would open, resembling a mouth or beak. The pilot area has various red circles nearby, as well as three glass cockpit bubbles. Presumably, the red circles supplied transmissions from Zebes and any other Pirate Homeworlds to the Mother Ship, due to them flashing red and Ridley immediately ordering the vessel to head to Zebes.

The Mother Ship houses the incomplete Mecha Ridley, a safeguard created in Ridley's image in order to protect the ship in his absence. This robot is connected to the Mother Ship, and its destruction causes the triggering of a three, five, or seven minute (depending on difficulty level) countdown to the destruction of the Mother Ship as well. After Samus's escape, the ship's interior starts to glow red (which can be seen through the ship door), and the ship falls apart with an explosion, leaving it as a scorched wreck.

The ship serves as a replacement for the Space Pirate Flagship, which was destroyed in a battle against the Federation Army Special Ops Battleship VIXIV IV over Zebes. Scan images aboard the Frigate Orpheon in Metroid Prime feature the ship as being shaped similarly to the Mother Ship, implying that they are of the same model. The Space Pirate starship from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes also resembles the Mother Ship in terms of design.

Items

Main article: Chozodia/Items

Appearances

Metroid: Zero Mission

The Mother Ship is not present in the original Metroid game, but rather in the extended ending in the remake, Zero Mission. Following the defeat of Kraid on Zebes, Ridley receives a distress signal from the planet in the ship's bridge and changes course, heading straight for the planet. By the time Samus enters Ridley's Lair, the Ship has landed in Chozodia, and Ridley makes his way to his chamber.

Following the defeat of the Mother Brain, Samus escapes Zebes but is shot back down to the planet. Without a choice, Samus undertakes the "foolish" task of infiltrating the Mother Ship, armed with only her Paralyzer (her Power Suit had been destroyed in the crashing of her Gunship). Samus escapes the Mother Ship and encountered the Ruins Test, which she completed. Rewarded with a Fully Powered Suit, Samus returned to the Mother Ship and slaughtered any and all Space Pirates in her way with her newly-enhanced weapons. She finally confronted Mecha Ridley and destroyed it, then escaped the exploding Mother Ship in a hijacked Escape Ship.

Metroid: Volume 2

In Metroid: Volume 2, the Space Pirate Mother Ship is seen as Ridley's new flagship, fighting against the Federation Army Special Ops Battleship VIXIV IV. Midway though the battle, it tries to warp to Zebes but is stopped by Adam Malkovich in the VIXIV IV, knowing that if it makes it to Zebes it would effectively put an end to Samus' Zero Mission. Eventually, Ridley is able to make it to Zebes with his ship, although not before Samus destroyed Kraid.

It can be assumed that the events depicted in Metroid: Volume 2 serve as an explanation for why Ridley and the Space Pirate Mother Ship was not immediately present on Zebes at the start of Samus's Zero Mission.

Metroid: Samus Returns

The Mother Ship was also present during the raid on the Space Research Vessel Marina, as it is visible in the background of the intro cutscene depicting the space battle. The ship participated in the raid by deploying a large squadron of Space Pirate vessels to attack and cripple the Research Vessel in the Pirates' attempt to acquire the newly discovered Metroid sample obtained from planet SR388. Chronologically, this is the Space Pirate Mother Ship's first known appearance.

Connection to other areas

Wrecked Ship

The destruction of the Mother Ship would seem to imply that its remains would be revisited by Samus in the area known as the Wrecked Ship during the events of Super Metroid. However, supplemental materials and careful inspection of the Wrecked Ship reveal it to be of Chozo origin and the vessel's entrance can be found in Zero Mission before the Mother Ship has yet to land on the planet. Furthermore, the Chozo ship can be partially explored as an entirely separate area from the Pirate vessel near the end of the game. Finally, Yoshio Sakamoto dismissed the possibility of both ships being one and the same.[1]

The explosions from the Mother Ship is believed to have removed the cavern walls surrounding the Wrecked Ship's entrance seen in Zero Mission, which would explain why this same room is open-air in Super Metroid

Maridia

The overall purple asthetic of the Mother Ship, its eventual destruction and its close proximity to the Wrecked Ship's flooded location has led to the theory that the former's remains sank and integrated with Maridia from Super Metroid. The underground ocean features many purple rooms that are clearly of artifical origin with Space Pirates using them as a facility to house their experiments. Some rooms also have traits that suggest segments of the Wrecked Ship and/or the temple ruins of Chozodia have sunk into the area as well.

Metroid: Zebes Invasion Order

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"What's the matter? All I said was that Komaytos look like little Metr-"

Non-canon warning: This article or section contains information that may not be considered an official part of the Metroid series in the overall storyline by Nintendo.
MZIO page 145

The massive Pirate Ship in Zebes Invasion Order.

A similar massive Pirate Ship (巨大な海賊船?) appears in Metroid: Zebes Invasion Order, the 1986 Choose your Own Adventure book adaptation for the FDS Metroid game. While it is not explicitly referred to as the Mother Ship, it essentially fills the same role and can be considered a non-canonical precursor.

The Pirate Ship is enormous; Samus compares the difference in size between her Escape Pod and the Pirate Ship to a fish and a whale. It is notably marked with a skull and crossbones design, hearkening back to the Jolly Roger used by Earth pirates. Inside the ship, notable rooms include the control room where the Pirate Boss resides, and the docking bay where a small spacecraft is kept. It is crewed by the human Space Pirates who built their fortress on Zebes and stole the Metroid capsule.

The Pirate Ship appears in space after Mother Brain is defeated on Zebes. Depending on how the story plays out, the Pirate Ship may intercept the distress signal sent from Samus's Gunship, or it may simply approach her escape pod. Either way, Samus is captured by the Space Pirates and brought to the Pirate Boss in the control room. The Metroid=Mutant also boards the Pirate Ship and wreaks havoc, killing many Space Pirates in its path. In the good ending, Samus duels the Pirate Boss in the control room and retrieves the stolen Metroid capsule before escaping in a small spacecraft. She fires a large missile from the small spacecraft, which completely destroys the Pirate Ship.

This plotline would later be reused to some extent in Zero Mission, a later remake of the original Metroid game that served as the inspiration for Zebes Invasion Order. It is unconfirmed if this was a deliberate reference to the book or just an interesting coincidence.

Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here.

Trivia

  • In Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether, Samus destroys a Pirate vessel that was attacking a transport and passenger ship, and reports that the "Space Pirate Mothership [has been] eliminated."

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Question 2 of the "Metroid FAQ," Metroid Zero Mission Official Site, accessed September 14, 2005.