Ram War Wasp

Ram War Wasp
	; ; A Ram War Wasp
Game(s)	Metroid Prime; Metroid Prime Pinball;
Main Species	War Wasp
Damages by	Ram
Rewards	Missile Launcher (upon defeating along with Hive Mecha)
Threat Capacity	Hostile
Natural Habitat(s)	Chozo Ruins

The Ram War Wasp is a variety of War Wasp found on Tallon IV. They have a hive mind which allows them to think as one, enabling them to be dangerous predators capable of taking down larger organisms. Ram War Wasps attack by circling their prey in an attempt to confuse them, then ramming the target.

Samus only encounters this variety in the Hive Totem of the Chozo Ruins while battling the Hive Mecha, which trains and houses them.^[1]

Logbook Entry

Logbook entry from Metroid Prime: Ram War Wasp

First Location: Chozo Ruins - Hive Totem

Limited Scan

Airborne predator. Circles its prey and then strikes. The War Wasps are the only species on Tallon IV to evolve a true hive mind. Nesting in damp, dark places, Ram War Wasps emerge in small groups when threatened and circle their enemy at high speeds, disorienting it. Striking from all sides as a single intelligence, they can fell huge organisms.^[2]

Gallery

A Ram War Wasp circling Samus at high speeds.

Trivia

If a player manages to obtain Missiles before normally possible and during the Hive Mecha battle he or she shoots a Missile at a spinning Ram War Wasp, the Wasp will travel faster than the Missile, causing the Missile to circle Samus.
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Samus has an encounter with "Jolly Roger" Drones in Generator A of Norion. These Drones attack using a similar style to that of the Ram War Wasps.

References

↑ "Security unit programmed to work with predatory hive dwellers. A design flaw makes the shielding on Hive Mecha weak around their access ports. These units are second-generation combat drones, able to interface with organic units at a higher level. They train, shelter, and work with hive-dwelling predators. Unarmed, they rely on their hive beasts to handle any threats." —Logbook entry for Hive Mecha (Metroid Prime)
↑ "Airborne predator. Circles its prey and then strikes. The War Wasps are the only species on Tallon IV to evolve a true hive mind. Nesting in damp, dark places, Ram War Wasps emerge in small groups when threatened and circle their enemy at high speeds, disorienting it. Striking from all sides as a single intelligence, they can fell huge organisms." — Logbook "Ram War Wasp" (Metroid Prime)