Flying Pirate

Flying Pirate Flying Pirate render by Gene Kohler.

Game(s) Metroid Prime Planet(s) Tallon IV Area(s) Tallon Overworld Magmoor Caverns Phendrana Drifts Equipment Jet pack Beam weapons Missiles Attacks Beams Missiles

Flying Pirates are Space Pirate Troopers that are equipped with Jet Pack technology. Flying Pirates are trained and equipped specifically for airborne assault and have Beam weapons and Missiles at their payload. If their jet packs are damaged to the point that they ultimately fail, the Flying Pirate will launch itself towards the attacker in an apparent suicide strike, exploding on impact with the attacker, or in most cases, the ground or a wall. The Pirates can easily be defeated with a charged Plasma Beam shot or a charged Ice Beam shot followed by a Missile. Strangely enough, when frozen, the Flying Pirate's jet pack will keep the organism in the air. Because of their jet packs' high heat signatures, one can easily track down a Flying Pirate with Thermal technology. A version of the Flying Pirate that does its work in underwater regions is known as an Aqua Pirate. Flying Pirates specifically have only appeared in Metroid Prime, but members of the Space Pirate Organization that are almost identical to the unit, called Aerotroopers, exist.

Logbook

Logbook entry from Metroid Prime: Flying Pirate

Pirates trained and equipped for airborne assault. Flying Pirates are extremely agile in the air, but the heat signatures of their jet packs can be tracked with Thermal Imaging. While their Missiles are extremely potent, their jet packs can be even more so. If the pack fails, they will make a suicide strike.

Trivia

• Oddly, the physical stature of Flying Pirates is much more nimble and small than that of a normal Pirate Trooper.
• Although Flying Pirates only appear in Prime, very similar Aerotroopers appear in Echoes and Corruption.

Gallery

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  A Flying Pirate atop the Control Tower of Glacier One

References

Space Pirates

Ground TroopersAerotroopersZebesiansProject HelixSpace Pirate MachinerySpace Pirate VesselsSpace Pirate CreaturesHigh-Ranking Space Pirates

Pirate Militia · Pirate Trooper · Dark Pirate Trooper · Shadow Pirate · Pirate Grenadier · Shield Pirate Militia · Shield Pirate Trooper · Armored Pirate Militia · Armored Pirate Trooper · Armored Shield Trooper · Advanced Pirate Trooper · Advanced Shield Trooper · Assault Pirate Trooper · Assault Shield Trooper · Pirate Hussar · Power Trooper · Wave Trooper · Ice Trooper · Plasma Trooper · Commando Pirate · Pirate Commando · Dark Pirate Commando · Pirate Commander

Flying Pirate · Aerotrooper · Advanced Aerotrooper · Armored Aerotrooper · Assault Aerotrooper · Aqua Pirate

Zebesian

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Green Zebesian · Red Zebesian · Pink Zebesian · Yellow Zebesian · Silver Zebesian · Gold Zebesian · Black Zebesian · Aqua Zebesian · Cyborg Zebesian · Super Zebesian

Project Helix

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Elite Pirate · Phazon Elite · Omega Pirate

Auto Defense Turret · Mega Turret · "Despair"-Class Turret · "Remorse"-Class Turret · "Humility" Class Turret · "Vigilance" Class Turret · Sentry Drone · Aqua Drone · Cloaked Drone · Preed · Dark Preed · Puffer Mine · Aeromine · Jumpmine · Pirate Proximity Mine · Crawltank · Crawlmine · "Jolly Roger" Drone · Phazon Harvester Drone · Pirate Cargo Drone

Space Pirate Assault Skiff · Shrike-Class Assault Skiff · Space Pirate ATC · Space Pirate Boarding Pod

Berserker Lord · Berserker Knight · Korakk Beast · Kihunter · Scritter · Urtragian Shriekbat

Kraid · Ridley · Weavel

Creatures from Metroid Prime

Frigate OrpheonTallon OverworldChozo RuinsMagmoor CavernsPhendrana DriftsPhazon MinesImpact Crater

Frigate Orpheon Creatures

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Parasite · Auto Turret · Parasite Queen

Tallon Overworld Creatures

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Zoomer · Geemer · Sap Sac · Bloodflower · Seedling · Beetle · Blastcap · Jelzap · Flying Pirate · Aqua Sac · Tallon Crab · Aqua Reaper · Aqua Drone · Aqua Pirate · Meta Ridley

Chozo Ruins Creatures

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Scarab · Plated Beetle · War Wasp · Ram War Wasp · Barbed War Wasp · Eyon · Plazmite · Shriekbat · Tangle Weed · Venom Weed · Reaper Vine · Stone Toad · Plated Parasite · Oculus · Plated Puffer · Hive Mecha · Incinerator Drone · Chozo Ghost · Pulse Bombu · Flaahgra

Magmoor Caverns Creatures

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Grizby · Burrower · Puffer · Triclops · Magmoor · Puddle Spore

Phendrana Drifts Creatures

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Crystallite · Ice Parasite · Ice Shriekbat · Scatter Bombu · Ice Burrower · Ice Beetle · Flickerbat · Baby Sheegoth · Sheegoth · Sentry Drone · Space Pirate · Shadow Pirate · Glider · Metroid · Thardus

Phazon Mines Creatures

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Mega Turret · Power Trooper · Wave Trooper · Ice Trooper · Plasma Trooper · Elite Pirate · Phazon Elite · Hunter Metroid · Omega Pirate

Impact Crater Creatures

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Fission Metroid · Lumigek · Metroid Prime