7,199
edits
Navigation menu
Magmoor Caverns: Difference between revisions
From Metroid Wiki
m
→Features and Environment
mNo edit summary |
|||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
The Magmoor Caverns are fraught with environmental hazards, specifically overwhelming heat, extruding [[Flame Jet|flame jets]], and abundant lava lakes, which often necessitate the use of the [[Varia Suit]] and other [[upgrade]]s, such as the [[Spider Ball]] and [[Grapple Beam]], to safely venture deep within them. Several caves have large [[Stalactite]] formations that can be dislodged to create platforms for navigational purposes, as well as floating platforms which will often descend when burdened with too much weight. Pillars with weak structural integrity can be spotted with the [[X-Ray Visor]] and destroyed with [[Super Missile|powerful concussive weapons]], revealing items within. | The Magmoor Caverns are fraught with environmental hazards, specifically overwhelming heat, extruding [[Flame Jet|flame jets]], and abundant lava lakes, which often necessitate the use of the [[Varia Suit]] and other [[upgrade]]s, such as the [[Spider Ball]] and [[Grapple Beam]], to safely venture deep within them. Several caves have large [[Stalactite]] formations that can be dislodged to create platforms for navigational purposes, as well as floating platforms which will often descend when burdened with too much weight. Pillars with weak structural integrity can be spotted with the [[X-Ray Visor]] and destroyed with [[Super Missile|powerful concussive weapons]], revealing items within. | ||
The abundance of magma pools in the area attracted the [[Space Pirate]]s, who were looking for new power sources. Eventually they set up a geothermal processing operation in the [[Monitor Station]], protected by [[Auto Defense Turret]]s and [[Flying Pirate]]s, using [[Immersion Piston]]s; it was so successful that a recommendation was sent to the Space Pirate Energy Command calling for deactivation of their [[Central Dynamo]] in favor of total reliance on geothermal power | The abundance of magma pools in the area attracted the [[Space Pirate]]s, who were looking for new power sources. Eventually they set up a geothermal processing operation in the [[Monitor Station]], protected by [[Auto Defense Turret]]s and [[Flying Pirate]]s, using [[Immersion Piston]]s; it was so successful that a recommendation was sent to the Space Pirate [[Energy Command]] calling for deactivation of their [[Central Dynamo]] in favor of total reliance on geothermal power,<ref>{{cite|Immersion pistons are leaching power from the magma pools as planned. Geothermal power source is promising. Recommend Energy Command deactivate Central Dynamo and switch to geothermal power at once.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> though later scans in [[Phazon Mines]] reveal that those plans were never brought to fruition.<ref>{{cite|Phazon Processing and security systems are taxing the Dynamo beyond safety tolerances. Though the conversion to geothermal power is easing the drain on our systems, it is not enough. Further power use at current levels could lead to system failure.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> The Space Pirates also had plans to harvest local magma-filled [[Red Magma Crystal|crystal formations]] that were valuable in specific markets.<ref>{{cite|Local crystal formations possess low Phazon residue. They do have high value to the monks of Grondheim, however. Recommend processing of crystal for that market once Phazon operations cease.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> | ||
While the whole area is below every other area in the game, three rooms are located above the surface, those being the [[Triclops Pit]], Monitor Station, and [[Magmoor Workstation]]. | While the whole area is below every other area in the game, three rooms are located above the surface, those being the [[Triclops Pit]], Monitor Station, and [[Magmoor Workstation]]. | ||
