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==History==

===Creation===

Dark Aether was created when a [[Leviathan]] impacted the surface of Aether some fifty years prior to the arrival of [[Samus Aran]].<ref>{{cite|Long ago, a cosmic object fell to our planet, Aether, exploding with great force. A rift was torn in time and space, and a strange power flowed over the world. Where once there was one Aether, there were now two. One of light...and one of shadow, each existing in its own dimension.|U-Mos|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref name="Anhur Incident">{{cite|Planet Aether, home of the Luminoth, was struck by a “Phazon Meteor” five decades ago. The impact had catastrophic effects on the already unstable planet, creating a “dark twin” of the planet and a fierce race known as the Ing. A brutal war between the twin planets took place, with the Ing gaining the upper hand. The G.F.S. Tyr went to the sector to investigate pirate activity, but were forced to make an emergency landing on Aether. Shortly after, the entire crew of Tyr was attacked and annihilated by the Ing. Hunter Samus Aran was sent to investigate, and wound up entangled in the local conflict. Aran fought against both Space Pirates and Ing, and arose victorious. Aether’s “dark twin” vanished, taking with it the Ing horde, and the planet’s peace was finally restored.<br><br>After the Aether incident, the Federation sent the G.F.S. Anhur back to Aether to deal with the pirate base. Upon arrival, the crew and marines of the Anhur assisted the native Luminoth in dismantling an abandoned Space Pirate mining facility. During the operation, the crew detected the presence of Phazon. The ship’s crew investigated and collected several kilograms of ore, which would later lead to the development of the PED.|[[Galactic Federation Data]] "Anhur Incident"|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption}}</ref> It occupied the same spacetime as planet Aether, and even siphoned half of its [[Light of Aether|planetary energy]].<ref>{{cite|When Dark Aether was born, our planetary energy was divided. Half for our world, and half for theirs. Should one world gain control of this energy, the other will perish.|U-Mos|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The creation of the dark dimension also spawned a hostile, amorphous species, which the [[Luminoth]] named the [[Ing]], their word for "terror."<ref>{{cite|It was the end of peace on Aether, for a new race was born that day on the dark world...one filled with hate and terrible power. They are the Ing. The Ing are creatures of shadow and darkness, knowing nothing of peace or mercy.|U-Mos|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref name="Dark Aether">{{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> The Ing stored their planetary energy within the [[Sky Temple]] stronghold,<ref>{{cite|We learned that the ruler of the Ing dwelled in a place dubbed the ''Sky Temple'' by our forces. This place held the planetary energy of Dark Aether as well. It was heavily guarded, and entry was barred by a great gate requiring ten keys to unlock. These keys were hidden throughout Dark Aether by the Ing. A mission was planned, one that would find the hidden keys and recover our missing energy from the Sky Temple.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "The Sky Temple"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite|The Ing have taken our energy to three temples on Dark Aether. Find these temples, and transfer the energy from them to our own.|U-Mos|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> and frequently attacked Aether, sparking a [[Ing-Luminoth War|decades-long conflict]] in which the destruction of either planet hung in the balance.<ref>{{cite|We were not prepared to fight a long war. The forces of the enemy outnumbered ours vastly. We sought a way to end the war quickly, without extended combat. We decided to build a device to recover our lost planetary energy from Dark Aether. Without this energy, the dark world would cease to be, and our world would be restored to stability.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "Recovering Energy"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref>

Shortly after the arrival of the Space Pirates, a mysterious entity known as [[Dark Samus]] made planetfall and began taking the Phazon of Dark Aether for herself.<ref>{{cite|Samus Aran, the accursed Hunter, has arrived.<br><br>The sudden arrival of the Hunter is strange enough, but her actions are stranger still. She does not seek our destruction, but our Phazon. With each raid, she steals Phazon ore, only killing those who attempt to deny her. What she needs it for, we do not know - though Science Team suspects she requires it to power her new armorsuit. Dark in color, it is equipped with strange new weapons. The troops now call her the "Dark Hunter." It is a fitting title.|[[Space Pirate Logs]] "Log 06.362.2"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> She made repeated raids on Space Pirate Phazon stores, and seems to need no protection from the toxic atmosphere of Dark Aether.

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