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[[File:Quadraxis.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Quadraxis]], one of the many machines constructed by the Luminoth]]
[[File:Quadraxis.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Quadraxis]], one of the many machines constructed by the Luminoth]]
The [[Luminoth]], as a species, are a warrior race, but are also extremely technologically advanced.
The [[Luminoth]], as a species, are a warrior race, but are also extremely technologically advanced.


After their [[Aether|world]] was [[Dark Aether|split]], many of their finest achievements fell into the hands of their fierce enemy, the [[Ing]]. {{Samus}} acquires some of these devices and bonds them to her [[Varia Suit]].
After their [[Aether|world]] was [[Dark Aether|split]], many of their finest achievements fell into the hands of their fierce enemy, the [[Ing]]. [[Samus Aran|Samus]] acquires some of these devices and bonds them to her [[Varia Suit]].
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==Luminoth Equipment==
==Luminoth Equipment==
===Energy Transfer Module===
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{{Main|Energy Transfer Module}}
File:Annihilator Beam.png|[[Annihilator Beam]]
The '''Energy Transfer Module''' was created by the Luminoth to harness Aether's planetary energy. The Ing stole it and used it as a weapon against the Luminoth. It bonds with Samus in the [[Great Temple]] after she defeats the [[Alpha Splinter]].
File:Sonic Boom.png|[[Sonic Boom]]
 
File:Energy Transfer Module.png|[[Energy Transfer Module]]
===Dark Beam===
File:Dark Beam (Echoes).png|[[Dark Beam]]
{{Main|Dark Beam}}
File:Darkburst mp2 Inventory.png|[[Darkburst]]
The '''Dark Beam''' was invented by the Luminoth to use a weapon against the Ing under the premise that Ing could be overloaded with dark energy.<ref>{{cite|Our studies of the Ing revealed the source of their attacks as dark energy. We built weapons to use this energy, thinking it could overload energy targets and eliminate them.|[[Luminoth Lore]]|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> The results were less than satisfactory, and they moved on to other pursuits.<ref>{{cite|We soon learned our error, as the Dark Beam was not of great effect on the Ing. We then began to develop a weapon that used light energy. This weapon would dispatch the Ing with terrible efficiency.|Luminoth Lore|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
File:Dark Suit mp2 Inventory.png|[[Dark Suit]]
File:Dark Visor.png|[[Dark Visor]]
File:Echo Visor.png|[[Echo Visor]]
File:Gravity Boost (Echoes).png|[[Gravity Boost]]
File:Light Beam (Echoes).png|[[Light Beam]]
File:Sunburst.png|[[Sunburst]]
File:Light Suit mp2 Inventory.png|[[Light Suit]]
File:Seeker Missile Launcher (Echoes).png|[[Seeker Missile Launcher]]
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====Darkburst====
===Unused Content===
{{Main|Darkburst}}
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The '''Darkburst''' is the [[Charge Combo]] for the Dark Beam.
File:No Image.png|[[Annihilator Bomb]]
 
File:No Image.png|[[Dark Bomb]]
===Light Beam===
File:No Image.png|[[Light Bomb]]
The '''Light Beam''' was a much more successful alternative to using the Dark Beam. It used concentrated light energy instead of dark energy and proved devastating to the Ing Horde.
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====Sunburst====
{{Main|Sunburst}}
The '''Sunburst''' is the Charge Combo for the Light Beam.
 
===Gravity Boost===
{{Main|Gravity Boost}}
The '''Gravity Boost''' is a hydrodynamic jet-pack that allows for greater mobility underwater. The Luminoth undoubtedly created it for use in [[Torvus Bog]] after their temple flooded.
 
===Annihilator Beam===
{{Main|Annihilator Beam}}
The '''Annihilator Beam''' is a devastating combination of light and dark energy.<ref>{{cite|The strongest weapon of our champion is in the hands of the enemy. It fires a blast of light and dark energy, and has no equal.|[[O-Lir]]|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> It was among the deadly weaponry wielded by the [[A-Kul|Champion of Aether]] before she was killed and her equipment was stolen.
 
====Sonic Boom====
{{Main|Sonic Boom}}
The '''Sonic Boom''' is the Charge Combo for the Annihilator Beam.
 
===Echo Visor===
{{Main|Echo Visor}}
The '''Echo Visor''' was another piece of equipment used by the Champion of Aether.<ref>{{cite|Our champion wore a visor that pierced the veil of Dark Aether's eternal night. Take it back from the Ing. Let no darkness slow your mighty hand.|[[A-Voq]]|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> It is a sonic imaging device that uses sound waves to enable to wearer to "see" the world around her.<ref>{{cite|Subject Luminoth was blind, possibly from birth. Damaged cybernetic augmentation is present: a sonic imaging device enabled the subject to "see" the world around him.|Scan Data|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> It can be used to detect enemies invisible to the light spectrum and interface with sonic devices.


==Luminoth Mechanoids==
==Luminoth Mechanoids==
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The Luminoth created several different kinds of mechanoids for various purposes, but many of these were eventually [[Darkling|possessed]] by the Ing and turned against their creators. [[O-Lir]], Sentinel of the Fortress Temple, was among the foremost inventors - if not the sole inventor - of these mechanoids.<ref>{{cite|During the war, I built a number of mechanical sentinels to join me in battle. They were made to fight the Ing, and fight them they did...for a time.|[[O-Lir]]|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
The Luminoth created several different kinds of mechanoids for various purposes, but many of these were eventually [[Darkling|possessed]] by the Ing and turned against their creators.
 
===Caretaker Class Drone===
{{Main|Caretaker Class Drone}}
The '''Caretaker Class Drone''' was designed to maintain an experimental energy chamber in [[Sanctuary Fortress]]. When Samus enters that chamber, it engages her in battle.
 
===Diligence Class Drone===
{{Main|Diligence Class Drone}}
'''Diligence Class Drones''' were originally cleaning units but were refitted for combat during the war. They are invulnerable to most attacks but can be damaged using any weapon that utilizes dark energy.


===Dark Diligence Class Drone===
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{{Main|Dark Diligence Drone}}
file:Caretaker Class Drone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Caretaker Class Drone]]
'''Dark Diligence Drones''' are Diligence Class Drones that have been possessed by the Ing. Their weakness is light energy.
File:Corrupted Sentreye.png|[[Corrupted Sentreye]]
file:Diligence Class Drone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Diligence Class Drone]]
File:Dark Diligence Drone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Dark Diligence Drone]]
file:Harmony Class Drone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Harmony Class Drone]]
File:Ingsmasher mp2 Logbook.png|[[Ingsmasher]]
File:Dark Ingsmasher.png|[[Dark Ingsmasher]]
File:Lightflyer mp2 Logbook.png|[[Lightflyer]]
file:Luminoth Turret mp2 Logbook.png|[[Luminoth Turret]]
File:Mechlops_mp2_Logbook.png|[[Mechlops]]
file:Mekenobite mp2 Logbook.png|[[Mekenobite]]
file:Octopede mp2 Logbook.png|[[Octopede]]
File:Quad 01.png|[[Quad]]
File:Dark Quad MB.png|[[Dark Quad]]
file:Quadraxis mp2 Logbook.png|[[Quadraxis]]
File:Rezbit_mp2_Logbook.png|[[Rezbit]]
file:Serenity Class Drone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Serenity Class Drone]]
file:Watchdrone mp2 Logbook.png|[[Watchdrone]]
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===Harmony Class Drone===
==Luminoth Biotechnology==
{{Main|Harmony Class Drone}}
Some Luminoth creations are organic in nature: living creatures without mechanical structure.
'''Harmony Class Drones''' are independent, free-roaming mechanoids that use focused electrical beams and kinetic pulses to perform their cleaning duties. Samus can destroy them using various kinds of weaponry.


===Ingsmasher===
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{{Main|Ingsmasher}}
file:Lightbringer_mp2_Logbook.png|[[Lightbringer]]
'''Ingsmashers''' are combat mechanoids designed to fight the Ing. They are fitted with opposite-polarity shielding and are equipped with powerful short- and long-range weaponry.
file:Sandgrass.png|[[Sandgrass]]
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==Luminoth Structures==
==Luminoth Structures==
===Energy Controller===
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{{Main|Energy Controller}}
file:No Image.png|[[Concealed Movement Pad]]
The '''Energy Controllers''' stores Aether's planetary energy and were designed to interact with the Energy Transfer Module. There are a total of four Energy Controllers on Aether, and they each have a mirror on Dark Aether.
file:Conveyor System mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Conveyor System]]
 
file:Echo Gate mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Echo Key Beam System]]
===Concealed Movement Pad===
file:Electro-Dynamo Wheel mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Electro-Dynamo Wheel]]
{{Main|Concealed Movement Pad}}
file:Energy Controller.png|[[Energy Controller]]
'''Concealed Movement Pads''' are floating platforms designed to look like sentient creatures and confuse the Ing. They're controlled using a [[Light Crystal]] embedded in the underbelly.
file:Gyroscopic Ring mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Gyroscopic Ring]]
 
file:Hibernetic Stasis Chamber mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Hibernetic Stasis Chamber]]
===Lift Crystal===
file:No Image.png|[[Kinetic Orb]]
{{Main|Lift Crystal}}
file:Kinetic Orb Cannon.png|[[Kinetic Orb Cannon]]
'''Lift Crystals''' were designed to raise or lower platforms by switching their polarity using the Dark or Light Beam.
file:No Image.png|[[Kinetic Orb Target]]
 
file:Light Lift Crystal.png|[[Lift Crystal]]
===Liftvine Crystal===
file:Dark Lift Crystal.png|[[Liftvine Crystal]]
{{Main|Liftvine Crystal}}
file:No Image.png|[[Light-Based Teleportation System]]
'''Liftvine Crystals''' are plantforms that will grow when the Crystal embedded in the surface is energized with light energy. They were used by the Luminoth to navigate Dark Aether during their campaigns there.<ref>{{cite|Darkling plantform will grow in height when Crystal is energized by light-based weaponry. The Luminoth used these to navigate during their campaigns on Dark Aether.|Logbook|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>
file:Light Crystal.png|[[Light Crystal]]
 
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Datapac]]
===Light Crystal===
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Elevator]]
{{Main|Light Crystal}}
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Energy Control System]]
'''Light Crystals''' and '''Light Beacons''' were placed throughout Dark Aether by the Luminoth to provide protection from the toxic atmosphere. They can be energized with different types of energy with varying effects.
file:Luminoth Holoprojector mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Holoprojector]]
 
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Laser Emitter]]
===Luminoth Datapac===
file:Luminoth Laser Turret mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Laser Turret]]
{{Main|Luminoth Datapac}}
file:Luminoth Lore Projector mp2 Screenshot 03.png|[[Luminoth Lore Projector]]
'''Luminoth Datapacs''' were used by individual Luminoth to record data. Each of the [[Keybearer]]s used one of these to record their final [[Luminoth Lore#Keybearer Lore|testaments]].
file:Luminoth Security Sensor Array mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Security Sensor Array]]
 
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Security Sensor Probe]]
===Luminoth Holoprojector===
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Sentry Pod]]
{{Main|Luminoth Holoprojector}}
File:Luminoth Statue mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Statue]]
'''Luminoth Holoprojectors''' were used by the sentinels [[I-Sha]], [[A-Voq]], and [[O-Lir]] to record holographic messages in the temples of [[Agon Wastes|Agon]], Torvus, and [[Sanctuary Fortress|Sanctuary]].
file:No Image.png|[[Luminoth Supply Transport]]
 
file:Luminoth Tech Crates mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Tech Crate]]
===Luminoth Laser Emitter===
file:Luminoth Temple Security Station mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Temple Security Station]]
{{Main|Luminoth Laser Emitter}}
file:Luminoth Vault Chamber mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Luminoth Vault Chamber]]
'''Luminoth Laser Emitters''' were used by the Luminoth to fire concentratedf laser beams. The only one Samus encounters is in the [[Gathering Hall]] of Torvus Bog.
file:Portal Dynamo mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Portal Dynamo]]
 
file:Portal (Hall of Combat Mastery) mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Portal|Portal Generation System]]
===Luminoth Lore Projector===
file:Sandgates.png|[[Sandgate]]
{{Main|Luminoth Lore Projector}}
file:Sentinel Crystal.png|[[Sentinel Crystal]]
'''Luminoth Lore Projectors''' are used by the Luminoth to store their historical lore. They project holograms that Samus can scan and decode as long as she has the proper [[Translator Module]].
file:Dark Sentinel Crystal.png|[[Dark Sentinel Crystal]]
 
file:Solar Lens mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Solar Lens]]
===Luminoth Temple Security Station===
file:Sonic Security System mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Sonic Security System]]
{{Main|Luminoth Temple Security Station}}
file:Storage Device mp2 Screenshot 01.png|[[Storage Device]]
'''Luminoth Temple Security Stations''' are used in the [[Controller Access]] chambers of Agon, Torvus, and Sanctuary to protect the Energy Controllers of the three temples.
file:Translator Door mp2 Screenshot 03.png|[[Translator Door]]
 
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===Sentinel Crystal===
{{Main|Sentinel Crystal}}
'''Sentinel Crystals''' are monitor devices used by the Luminoth during the war. They still transmit data to [[U-Mos]].
 
===Dark Sentinel Crystal===
{{Main|Dark Sentinel Crystal}}
'''Dark Sentinel Crystals''' replaced Sentinel Crystals when they proved insufficient in the harsh conditions of Dark Aether.
 
 


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Latest revision as of 17:49, 22 April 2015

Quadraxis, one of the many machines constructed by the Luminoth

The Luminoth, as a species, are a warrior race, but are also extremely technologically advanced.

After their world was split, many of their finest achievements fell into the hands of their fierce enemy, the Ing. Samus acquires some of these devices and bonds them to her Varia Suit.

Luminoth Equipment[edit | edit source]

Unused Content[edit | edit source]

Luminoth Mechanoids[edit | edit source]

The Luminoth created several different kinds of mechanoids for various purposes, but many of these were eventually possessed by the Ing and turned against their creators. O-Lir, Sentinel of the Fortress Temple, was among the foremost inventors - if not the sole inventor - of these mechanoids.[1]

Luminoth Biotechnology[edit | edit source]

Some Luminoth creations are organic in nature: living creatures without mechanical structure.

Luminoth Structures[edit | edit source]

References

  1. "During the war, I built a number of mechanical sentinels to join me in battle. They were made to fight the Ing, and fight them they did...for a time." —O-Lir (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)


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