Metroid Fusion: Difference between revisions

Sometime after her return from the [[Bottle Ship]], Samus is sent to [[SR388]] to protect a group of [[Biologic Space Laboratories Research Station]] employees who are studying the planet's life-forms now that the [[Metroid (species}|Metroid]] population has been exterminated. While exploring an underground cavern, Samus encounters a [[Hornoad]] and dispatches it with a Missile. However, upon its defeat, the Hornoad turns into an unknown, amorphous organism known as an [[X Parasite]], which immediately infects Samus.<ref>{{cite|It was there that I was attacked by a life-form I had never encountered before.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|It was only later that I learned the identity of my attacker: the parasitic organism we now know as X.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> As Samus begins her return to the B.S.L. Research Station, her central nervous system is compromised, causing her to lose consciousness and control of her ship. She is ejected via an escape pod, and the ship crashes into a nearby asteroid belt.<ref>{{cite|Once the X had infested my central nervous system, I lost consciousness and my ship drifted into an asteroid belt.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> B.S.L. employees discover the pod and send it to Galactic Federation headquarters. During the trip, the X multiply inside Samus's body, severely endangering her life. Infected portions of Samus's suit are surgically removed, and a vaccine is developed from the DNA of the [[Metroid Hatchling]] to rid Samus of the X inside her body. since it is too dangerous to directly remove the X from her nervous system.<ref>{{cite|It then came to light that the organic components of my Power Suit had become so integrated with my system that it could not be removed while I was unconscious. Large portions of my suit had to be surgically removed, dramatically altering my physical appearance. However, the X in my central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely. I was given a minimal chance of survival.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|They proposed using a Metroid cell to make an anti-X vaccine. It seems that the Federation had managed to preserve a cell culture from the last infant Metroid from SR388. The serum was prepared and injected without delay.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> The vaccine grants Samus the ability to absorb the X to regain health and weapons<ref>{{cite|You will never be infected by X again... In fact, you can now absorb any free-floating X parasites without a host by merely touching them. This will allow you to replenish health and restore weapons.|Ship's Computer|Metroid Fusion}}</ref> while also imparting the Metroids' weakness to cold upon her (an unexpected side effect). Once she recovers, Samus, clad in the [[Fusion Suit]], is given a new ship (with a built-in computer through which she receives orders) and is tasked with investigating the B.S.L. Research Station after it is marred by a large explosion.<ref>{{cite|After regaining consciousness, I learned that an unexplained explosion rocked the station. For some reason, this awoke a nameless fear in my heart, and now I am being sent there to investigate. My mission on the B.S.L station will be overseen by my new ship's computer.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref><ref>{{cite|Following the commands of this blunt, computerized CO is something I have to bear, as it was a condition of my taking the ship.|Samus Aran|Metroid Fusion}}</ref>