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 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. The vaccine grants Samus the ability to absorb the X to regain health and weapons 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.