Metroid Prime (specimen): Difference between revisions

When a [[Leviathan]] first impacted [[Tallon IV]], it began to spread [[Phazon]] across the planet. For protection, it found a [[Metroid (species)|Metroid]] from an unknown source. Somehow, this Metroid absorbed the core and became it. This creature was prophesied by the Chozo as a Worm, that will destroy the planet.<ref>{{cite|Many Chozo are gifted with the distant sight, and even more begin to learn it as our harmonization with the universe becomes more and more complete. We peer forwards, seeing prophecy in the ripples of the water, hearing rumors of coming days on the breath of the wind. Though we celebrate the distant sight, many of these visions are dark - the worst of the prophecies, and the most common, tells of the coming of the Worm. Born from parasites, nurtured in a poisoned womb, the Worm grows, devouring from within, until the world begins to rot. Not all prophecies come to pass, of course, but we cannot help but fear this dark portent.|Chozo Lore - Worm|Metroid Prime}}</ref> The [[Artifact Temple]] was built around the [[Impact Crater]] to imprison the Metroid Prime, but they knew the prison would not hold it forever.<ref>{{cite|As the Great Poison reaches ever further into the planet, we Chozo begin to feel the gnawings of despair - before it is too late, we now make our last stand. We have begun to build a temple to contain this darkness; at its heart we will place a Cipher, a mystical lock powered by twelve Artifacts and filled with as much power as we Chozo can harness. We wonder, though - even when we are done, will it be too late? And will the power of the temple, and the Cipher itself, prove strong enough to hold back the poisonous tide that even now swells within the ground, threatening all life?|Chozo Lore - Cipher|Metroid Prime}}</ref> Original Space Pirate Data, that has since been replaced, tells of the [[Space Pirate]]s capturing the Metroid Prime and observing it.<ref name=Prime/> The Metroid Prime assimilated many of their weapons, and they let it go out of fear they could not control it.<ref name=release/> Newer entries simply say that they detect a massive energy source in the crater.<ref>{{cite|Investigations into a possible ingress point for the Impact Crater continue to meet with failure. The shield of strange energy that protects it is impermeable, and all attempts to tunnel past it have proved fruitless. Our continued futility in this matter is made all the more significant in light of recent life form readings we've discovered emanating from deep within the crater. Analysis of the readings indicates that a massive creature is gestating in there, absorbing enormous amounts or Phazon from the Phazon core at the heart of the impact crater. This discovery makes accessing the crater doubly important - not only will it open the door to the vast deposits of Phazon within, but it will also lead us to this creature, whatever it may be.|Space Pirate Data - Impact Crater|Metroid Prime}}</ref>