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'''Aether''' is a rogue planet in the [[Dasha region]], in the periphery of [[Galactic Federation]] territory.<ref name=piratelogs>{{cite|Science teams have discovered the presence of Phazon in the Dasha system four cycles ago. High command authorized the deployment of our team shortly thereafter. Our orders are to establish a base on planet Aether and evaluate local Phazon resources. Because this world lies on the periphery of Galactic Federation  territory, we are following stealth protocols at the highest level. A cadre of elite commandos has been dispatched to provide security for our force as well. This operation is now under way.|Space Pirate Logs: Log 04.468.1|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>  Local lore describes the planet to once have been "a fertile, aged world, with bountiful fields and oceans"<ref>{{cite|Aether was a fertile, aged world with bountiful fields and oceans. The native creatures were gentle compared to the other worlds we had encountered. We settled in a mountain region first, in cliffside dwellings. In time, we established settlements in the green forest of Torvus and in the fertile plains of Agon. A Great Temple was built between our three domains, a place of peace and a monument to our accomplishments. It was a time of harmony for our people.|Luminoth Lore: Paradise|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>  The paradise did not last forever. A [[Leviathan]] from [[Phaaze]], similar to the one found on [[Tallon IV]], struck the planet, despite the efforts to change its trajectory by the local inhabitants, the [[Luminoth]]. Massive environmental damage and a war between the two dominant races, the [[Ing]] and the Luminoth, devastated a good portion of the Luminoth population. Extreme climate shifts left most of Aether uninhabitable. The northern regions of the planet still support life and have served as a [[Phazon]] mining post for the [[Space Pirate]]s. After the crisis was solved, the Luminoth began the long task of mending Aether and returning it to its former glory.<ref>Metroid Prime 3: Corruption logbook: Aether</ref>

=== Dark Aether ===

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In the Luminoth language "Ing" stands for terror. The species is capable of morphing itself to numerous different shapes. These variations serve a wide variety of purposes. Everything from storing valuable items to waging war. The Ing are also able to take control of other lifeforms as well as their deceased bodies. <ref>{{cite|In time, we created machines to open rifts to our enemy's world. Volunteer scouts went through the rifts and found a twisted world, harsh and poisonous...a Dark Aether. They discovered that this world held the missing half of our planet's energy. They also saw the true face of the enemy, a race we came to call "Ing", meaning terror. Our scouts could not survive long on the surface of Dark Aether, so venomous was its air. Still, we vowed to return. We prepared for war.|Luminoth Lore: Dark Aether|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>

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