Ultimate Power

“	The secret to Ultimate Power lies in the Alimbic Cluster.	„
—The message.

Mission File 79019

The "Ultimate Power" was alluded to in a telepathic message originating from the Alimbic Cluster prior to Metroid Prime Hunters. The message was received by the Milky Way Galaxy's most exceptional minds and has been translated into a thousand languages on a thousand worlds, but they all understood it as above.

In Hunters

Seven bounty hunters, Samus Aran, Sylux, Weavel, Spire, Noxus, Kanden, and Trace, traveled to the source of the message in the Alimbic Cluster. The true source lay within the Oubliette, an Alimbic prison hidden in another dimension. Samus and Weavel were employed by the Galactic Federation and Space Pirates, respectively to find the power, Spire and Noxus had more altruistic reasons for securing it (Spire to uncover the fate of his species, Noxus to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands), and the rest wanted it for their own use.

The hunters found that they could not easily access the message's source, as they would need eight Octoliths, heavily guarded keys to open the Infinity Void and thus allow access to the Oubliette. Samus arrived there after collecting all Octoliths and battling the other hunters many times. She found them firing at a curious object in hopes of getting the supposed power. To their horror, instead emerged a monstrous being named Gorea that assimilated their weapons. While the other hunters fled, Samus stayed behind to kill the creature.

The truth

Hunters never makes clear what the "Ultimate Power" was. In a 2020 interview, story designer Richard Vorodi confirmed there was no power, and it was a ruse meant to entice powerful entities to unknowingly release Gorea.

Prior to this revelation, theories suggested the notion of a power was a lie broadcast by Gorea to trick someone into releasing it, or by the Alimbic Elders to have someone destroy Gorea before it escaped. Other theories suggested that it was Gorea itself since it posed a very serious threat to the universe, or the Omega Cannon, a weapon hidden deep inside the Oubliette which Samus later used to finish it off. After obtaining Octoliths, Samus receives telepathic messages that consistently refer to Alimbics in the first person; the last of these claims that "ALINOS holds the key to ULTIMATE POWER...".

Official data

Instruction booklet

STORY (pg. 06)

Today, for the first time in centuries, the long-dormant Alimbic Cluster has begun to stir, delivering strange tidings. A telepathic communiqué, originating within the Cluster, has been transmitted into the brains of some of the most exceptional beings in our galaxy. The message is translated into a thousand different languages on a thousand different worlds, but the message is always the same: “The secret to ultimate power lies in the Alimbic Cluster.”

This message has intrigued and enticed some of the most formidable bounty hunters in the galaxy, inspiring them to make the long journey to the Alimbic Cluster. Each of these great warriors has his own motivation. Some desire power--for themselves, their planet, or their people--while others simply desire to hunt and to kill, to prove themselves the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Now, it’s a race against time to see which bounty hunter will triumph and who will discover the secret behind this promise of “ultimate power.”

The Galactic Federation has heeded this strange, suspicious communication as well and has called for the help of Samus Aran.

Her mission: to discover the truth about this mysterious message, to protect against a potential threat, and to keep the ultimate power of the Alimbics from falling into the wrong hands.

Logbook entries

Starboard Helm

Logbook entry

THE SECRET TO ULTIMATE POWER LIES WITHIN THE ALIMBIC CLUSTER." Binary irregularities indicate the message was broadcast telepathically.

Port Helm

Logbook entry

"THE SECRET TO ULTIMATE POWER LIES IN THE ALIMBIC CLUSTER." Author and origin unknown.