Changes: Vaccine "Metroid"

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Metroid Anti-X Vaccine — The Metroid vaccine that saves Samus' life.

Vaccine "Metroid" was an anti-X serum that saved Samus Aran from death in Metroid Fusion. Once the X Parasite had infested Samus' central nervous system, she lost consciousness, causing her Gunship to drift into an asteroid belt. Her ship's emergency systems automatically ejected the escape pod before impact, which Biologic Space Laboratories later retrieved and transported to Galactic Federation Headquarters. During the journey, the X multiplied within her, corrupting large areas of her Power Suit. It was learned that the organic components of her Power Suit were so integrated with her central nervous system that it could not be removed while she was unconscious. Large portions of her suit had to be surgically removed, greatly altering the physical appearance of her suit. Unfortunately, the X in her central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely; her chances of survival were minimal at best. However, a cure was soon proposed: using a Metroid cell to make an anti-X vaccine. This cell came from the baby that Samus had found on SR388 and donated to the Ceres Space Colony for research. The vaccine was injected and the X were immediately destroyed, meaning the infant Metroid had effectively saved Samus' life a third time. Because the vaccine worked so well, the doctors (correctly) hypothesized that the Metroids were the natural predators of the X.

While confronting the X aboard the Biologic Space Laboratories research station, it became evident that the vaccine had done more than just save Samus' life; while her body remained visibly unchanged, the vaccine had given her many strengths and weaknesses shared by Metroids, including their immunity to the X Parasites, and their extreme vulnerability to sub-zero temperatures. Later on, Samus realized that she was an easier target for the SA-X; as the SA-X is the result of the X-infected portions of her Power Suit, it has access to all of Samus' weaponry, including the Ice Beam. Its tactics in fighting Samus even resembled the preferred Metroid-killing tactics of Samus herself; freeze the target with the Ice Beam, then hit it with a Missile.

Trivia

Although vaccines are generally only effective in providing immunity to a disease before infection can take place, the Metroid vaccine also possesses conventional curative properties. It also makes use of Metroid cells and genetic material as opposed to dead or inactive X-parasites, making it closer to an advanced form of gene therapy than a conventional vaccine.
Metroid Fusion Special Edition: Rebirth of Samus reveals that the vaccine is made from the antibodies of the baby.
The Federation calls the vaccination and curing of Samus a breakthrough, but are unaware that the Chozo had specifically engineered the Metroids to prey on the X.
There is one other vaccine in the Metroid series, the Galactic Federation vaccine that was developed to cure the Aurora Units of the corruption virus. However, it is digitally uploaded and not physically used.

Gallery

Metroids
Natural Life Cycle	Metroid Egg • Infant Metroid • Metroid larva • Alpha Metroid • Gamma Metroid Zeta Metroid • Omega Metroid • Queen Metroid
Zebes Metroids	Big Metroid
Tallon IV Metroids	Metroid: Alpha Type • Tallon Metroid • Hunter Metroid • Fission Metroid • Metroid Prime (Dark Samus)
Aether Metroids	Infant Tallon Metroid • Dark Tallon Metroid
Phazon Metroids	Miniroid • Phazon Metroid • Hopping Metroid • Metroid Hatcher
Cocoons and Eggs	Metroid Egg • Metroid Cocoon
Artificial Metroids	Class I Energy Harvester • Mochtroid • Unfreezable Metroid • Megaroid
Anatomy and Attacks	Three-ball blast • Long-necked attack • Metroid DNA • Baby's particles • Metroid dissection • Metroid Husk • Giant Electric Mine • Arcing-fireball attack • "Chiton" armor
Metroid Hybrids	Samus Aran (powers) • Dark Samus • Dark Echo • Humetroid
Individual Metroids	Metroid BR5497 • Hunter Metroids ds and dg • Xenome S-a • Metroid unit 318 • Baby Baby Metroid • Bellboy • Metroid=Mutant
Metroid Technologies	Metroid capsule • Metroid project "Dread" • Project Metroid Warriors • Vaccine "Metroid" • Fusion Suit • Metroid Suit
Battle Music	Tourian • Metroid Battle Theme • VS. Metroid Prime (Spider) Metroid Prime Battle • Darkness • Escape • Boss Alpha (Alpha2) Boss Gamma • Boss Zeta • Boss Omega • Metroid Nest Boss Queen • Big Boss Confrontation BGM (Kraid, Crocomire, Phantoon) Sector 3 Restore the Cooling Installation Timer Mission‎
Related	Brittle husk • History • Komayto • Quadtroid • Petrasyl • Xenomorph • Phazon Hopper Alpha Metroid and Samus cake • Gallery

Substances
Hazardous	Acid (Beta/Fake) • Acid Rain • Afloraltite • Dark Water • Fire • Fuel Gel • Lava (Fake/Scalding-hot) • Phazon • Purple liquid
Gases	Dark vapor • Industrial-grade pesticide • Meta-viprium gas • Nohadin gas • Noxious gasses • Poison gas • Talvania Gas
Destructible	Barnacle-like material • Bendezium • Brinstone • Cordite • Denzium • Frigidite • Glass • Grobnite • Ice • Maldium • Meltable Metal • Metroid webs • Radion • Sandstone • Talloric Alloy • Vegetation • Zebetite Kelbium and Zafrite
Phazon	Red • Crystal • Black Crystal • Mass • Ore • Elite Nutrient Mix • Strain Vertigo • Phazite (Red) • Concentrated
Crystals	Ammolite/Witherite Shards • Black Phazon • Crystallized Fuel Gel • Crystals • Dark Sentinel • Lift • Liftvine • Light • Minerals • Phazon • Red magma • Sentinel
Ore	Urthic • Phazon
Miscellaneous	Invisible platform • Jovian steel • Liquid Resource • Liquid solution • Sand Vaccine "Metroid" • Waste • Water • Yellow goo • Yellow liquid

Galactic Federation
Politics	Chairman of the Galactic Federation • Galactic Federation Council • Federation governor • Galactic Federation Circuit Court
Figureheads	Commander Adam Malkovich† • Chairman Vogl • Chairman Keaton • Chief Hardy • Chief Rodney Aran† • Ensign • General Alex Miles • The Colonel • the ringleaders • Virginia Aran† Judge Racklas
Enemies	Space Pirates • Metroids • Ridley† • Horus Rebellion • Mother Brain† • Rundas† • Ghor† • Gandrayda† (NZG41) • Dark Samus† • MB† • the ringleaders • Zombie researcher
Members	Commander Mauk • Damara • Doctor Wells • Dr. Madeline Bergman • Federation Empath • "Federation official" • Federation surgeon • Federation survey team • Fleet Troopers Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanics • G-5 • Gray Voice • Head Quarantine Officer • Kreatz • Lab Workers • Luis Ramirez† • Michael Kelbaugh† • Old Bird • Operators • Platinum Chest • Potato Farmer • Quarantine Officer • Ryan Powell† • Scott Petersen† • Sir • Trooper 002 Big Bro • Captain Dare • Commander Nemo • grave digger • Jeff McCloud† • Klaus Schneider† • Lily Thran† • Miguel Luis Garcia† • Officer • Police-Man • Bomad • Zegan Doh • Fleet Admiral
Military	07th Platoon (Members) • Chief • Chozo R&D Division • Commanding Officer • Federation Bureau • Federation Force • Federation Police Force Federation Marines (PED/Missile/Demolition/Dark/Dark Missile) • 3rd Division of the Federation Space Army • Special Investigations Group Federation Fleet • Talon, Blade and Nova Squadrons • Galactic Federation Marine Corps (Task Force Herakles/Squad Bravo/Forces One-Two/Crew†) Galactic Federation Army • Galactic Federation Special Squadron† • GF Database • GF Naval Base Demeter • Olympus-class battleship • Operation Golem • Project Metroid Warriors • Special-forces unit
Spacecraft	Beatrix III† • Carrier • Extractor • Federation Army Special Ops Battleship VIXIV IV • Federation Cruisers Icarus and Baldur • Galactic Federation mothership (Quarantine room/Empty training room/Meeting room) • G.F.S. Aegis • G.F.S. Anhur • G.F.S. Enkidu • G.F.S. Olympus • G.F.S. Theseus • G.F.S. Tyr • G.F.S. Valhalla • Galactic Federation Battleship VIXIV • G.F.S. Daedalus • Lusitania (Drive unit†) • Galactic Federation dropship Federated Force research station‏‎ • Starship
Controlled Locations	Aliehs III • Biologic Space Laboratories research station† • BOTTLE SHIP† • Ceres Space Colony† (Space Science Academy†) • Corella 5 Daiban (Federation Meeting Assembly Hall/Galactic Federation Academy) • Dasha region • Excelcion (Research station/mining outpost) • Norion (Base Sector Zero) • Jamoru • Jigrad Kalandor region (Federation Solar System Bryyo/Elysia/Norion) • K-2L • Leviathan Battleship† • Space Research Vessel Marina† • SR388† Sun (Earth/Galactic Federation Headquarters) • Zebes† • Federation Bureau Headquarters • RX 338
Miscellaneous	Biologic's research team • Bottle Ship P.A. Announcer • Bounty Claim Form • Cycle • Federation Formal Dress • Federation mark • Galactic Federation Data Galactic Federation Crate (Ordnance/Transport) • GF Research and Development Division • Industrial-grade pesticide • Intelligence team • Leviathan Command Codes • Mech • Mission File PED Delta squad • Planet Reclamation Division • Power Suit • RB176 Ferrocrusher • Rogue Contract • Seguru • Technology • Tivus • "Elfin" • "Simian" • "Ceratopsid" Vaccine "Metroid" • Zero Mission
† means this person, location or object is deceased or destroyed.

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 [[File:Metroid Anti-X Vaccine.png|frame|The Metroid vaccine that saves Samus' life.]]
-'''Vaccine "Metroid"''' was an anti-[[X]] serum that saved [[Samus Aran]] from death in ''[[Metroid Fusion]]''. Once the [[X Parasite]] had infested Samus' central nervous system, she lost consciousness, causing her [[Samus Aran's Gunship|Gunship]] to drift into an [[asteroid belt]]. Her ship's emergency systems automatically ejected the [[Emergency Evacuation Pod|escape pod]] before impact, which [[Biologic Space Laboratories]] later retrieved and transported to [[Galactic Federation Headquarters]]. During the journey, the X multiplied within her, corrupting large areas of her [[Power Suit]]. It was learned that the organic components of her Power Suit were so integrated with her central nervous system that it could not be removed while she was unconscious. Large portions of her suit had to be surgically removed, greatly altering the physical appearance of her suit. Unfortunately, the X in her central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely; her chances of survival were minimal at best. However, a cure was soon proposed: using a [[Metroid (Species)|Metroid]] cell to make an anti-X vaccine. This cell came from the [[baby]] that Samus had found on [[SR388]] and given to the [[Ceres Space Colony]]. The vaccine was injected and the X were immediately destroyed, meaning the infant Metroid had effectively saved Samus' life [[Mother Brain|a second time]]. Because the vaccine worked so well, the doctors (correctly) hypothesized that the Metroids were the natural predators of the X.
+'''Vaccine "Metroid"''' was an anti-[[X]] serum that saved [[Samus Aran]] from death in ''[[Metroid Fusion]]''. Once the [[X Parasite]] had infested Samus' central nervous system, she lost consciousness, causing her [[Samus Aran's Gunship|Gunship]] to drift into an [[asteroid belt]]. Her ship's emergency systems automatically ejected the [[Emergency Evacuation Pod|escape pod]] before impact, which [[Biologic Space Laboratories]] later retrieved and transported to [[Galactic Federation Headquarters]]. During the journey, the X multiplied within her, corrupting large areas of her [[Power Suit]]. It was learned that the organic components of her Power Suit were so integrated with her central nervous system that it could not be removed while she was unconscious. Large portions of her suit had to be surgically removed, greatly altering the physical appearance of her suit. Unfortunately, the X in her central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely; her chances of survival were minimal at best. However, a cure was soon proposed: using a [[Metroid (Species)|Metroid]] cell to make an anti-X vaccine. This cell came from the [[baby]] that Samus had found on [[SR388]] and donated to the [[Ceres Space Colony]] for research. The vaccine was injected and the X were immediately destroyed, meaning the infant Metroid had effectively saved Samus' life [[Final Conflict|a third time]]. Because the vaccine worked so well, the doctors (correctly) hypothesized that the Metroids were the natural predators of the X.
-While confronting the X aboard the [[Biologic Space Laboratories research station]], it became evident that the vaccine had done more than just save Samus' life; while her body remained visibly unchanged, the vaccine had given her many strengths and weaknesses shared by Metroids, including their immunity to the X Parasites, and their extreme vulnerability to sub-zero temperatures. Later on, Samus realized that she was an easier target for the [[SA-X]]; as the SA-X is the result of the X-infected portions of her Power Suit, it has access to all of Samus' weaponry, including the [[Ice Beam]]. Its tactics in fighting Samus even resemble the preferred Metroid-killing tactics of Samus herself; freeze the target with the Ice Beam, then hit it with a Missile.
+While confronting the X aboard the [[Biologic Space Laboratories research station]], it became evident that the vaccine had done more than just save Samus' life; while her body remained visibly unchanged, the vaccine had given her many strengths and weaknesses shared by Metroids, including their immunity to the X Parasites, and their extreme vulnerability to sub-zero temperatures. Later on, Samus realized that she was an easier target for the [[SA-X]]; as the SA-X is the result of the X-infected portions of her Power Suit, it has access to all of Samus' weaponry, including the [[Ice Beam]]. Its tactics in fighting Samus even resembled the preferred Metroid-killing tactics of Samus herself; freeze the target with the Ice Beam, then hit it with a Missile.
 ==Trivia==