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As Samus leaves for [[Sector Zero]] to exterminate the Metroids and MB, the latter is confronted by [[James Pierce|an unknown assailant]]. Upon Samus's return, MB is gone, replaced by the corpse of James Pierce. Following a climatic encounter with a [[Queen Metroid]], Samus meets the real [[Madeline Bergman]], who tells her the person she met earlier was in fact MB. From Bergman, Samus learns that what MB had said earlier was true, except that the distress signal was sent not because of out-of-control specimens but because of MB's rampage. Originally created to control Space Pirate forces, MB was given a human form to enable the first experimentally-produced Metroid hatchling to recognize the android as its mother, thus guaranteeing control over the creature.<ref>{{cite|MB was the artificial intelligence originally developed to regenerate and control Space Pirate special forces.|Madeline Bergman|Metroid: Other M}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Because we needed the first Metroid hatchling to recognize MB as its mother, she had to take on the form of a living thing. With that as our theoretical basis, we were able to create the ideal relationship with the Metroid, one that wasn't based on dominance or control.|Madeline Bergman|Metroid: Other M}}</ref> Madeline used MB to better understand Metroids and was useful until she developed emotions and began asserting a sense of self, the reasons for which being unknown.<ref>{{cite|It's possible that her interactions with the Metroids brought it about, but we don't know for sure.|Madeline Bergman|Metroid: Other M}}</ref> This led to the decision to alter MB's programming; coincidentally, the day it was to take place was the same day Ridley became violent. Because Madeline watched MB being restrained, the latter also acted violently,<ref>{{cite|My presence that day created a disturbing reaction within her.|Madeline Bergman|Metroid: Other M}}</ref> tossing her captors aside like rag dolls and using her telepathy to cause a revolution against the Galactic Federation. With that, the conversation ends, and the two are confronted by MB.