Xenome Containment Units[1] are fragile containment units featured in Metroid Prime. They are found in both the Glacier One Space Pirate labs in the Phendrana Drifts and the Phazon Mines on Tallon IV. They can be destroyed by a single Missile, and often contain Tallon Metroids (implied to be the eponymous "Xenomes") or occasionally upgrades. Metroids are able to break out of their canisters on their own, but only if the stasis field making them docile is deactivated. Since Metroids can breach the Xenome Containment Units, the Space Pirates usually make the areas around them very cold, or have bases in very cold regions. A different variety can also enclose items of importance, like Missile Expansions. These versions have a thick Cordite casing rather than a glass one, but can be breached by a Super Missile.
In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, containers similar to these are present in the Biostorage Station in the Space Pirate mining facility, but they are indestructible. They contain Tallon Metroids in only two instances, which can again break out on their own. They do appear in the part of Pipeline that is based on Glacier One.
In other games of the Metroid series, Metroid capsules are used to store the titular creatures instead.
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Main Quarry scan[]
"Transfer of building materials complete. Processing of materials for Xenome Containment Units under way."
Empty unit scan[]
"Stasis tank operational but currently empty."
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- ^ Main Quarry scan: "Transfer of building materials complete. Processing of materials for Xenome Containment Units under way."
| Containers | |
|---|---|
| Non-Organic | Coin chest • Hunters • Galactic Federation Crate • Heavy Phazon Canister Bryyo Coffer • Luminoth Tech Crate • Metal crate • Phazon crate • Pickup Crate • SkyTown Storage Unit Small crate • Space Pirate Crate • Storage device • Storage unit • Xenome Containment Unit |
| Organic | Agon Bearerpod • Aqua Sac • Bladepod • Flying Ing Cache • Ingsphere Cache • Ingworm Cache • Kashh Plant • Mature Kashh Plant • Sap Sac • Torvus Bearerpod Torvus Hanging Pod |