The versatile cockpit is used for navigation, regeneration and record retention. "Registered to Samus Aran, the Gunship is equipped with twin Power Beam turrets and a retractable rear-mounted Plasma Beam cannon. Metroid Prime website Vessel Classificationĩ.144 meters by 6.096 meters by 2.4384 meters Official data Official Metroid Prime website Non-canon warning: Non-canonical information ends here. It is unknown if the more iconic Gunship from Echoes and the 2D games is related to this ship it is possible since the ship's size, basic structure, and entrance point are the same, though the thrusters have been replaced with three antigravity landing pods. The ship can collect information about its surrounding area and communicate with Samus remotely, as demonstrated when it detects Kanden's Ship in the Celestial Archives and later when it notifies her about events relating to the Alimbic Prophecy in the Oubliette.Ĭhronologically, the Hunter Gunship is not seen again after Hunters. Once the ship is landed at a Gateway, the Hunter Gunship's interface displays Samus's current Energy, Sub-Weapons, and location, and various buttons can be used to save the game, access the Logbook, select a Sub-Weapon, adjust Options, exit the ship, or launch the ship back into space. The Tetra Galaxy Scan Screen provides a map of the Alimbic Cluster, allowing Samus to adjust the ordinate and abscissa axes to select a planet or space station. In Hunters, the Hunter Gunship's cockpit serves a greater role in gameplay. Upon defeating the Metroid Prime, Samus summons the Gunship via her Arm Cannon to pick her up at the Artifact Temple before departing the planet. Afterward, the Gunship touches down in the Tallon Overworld Landing Site, where it remains for the rest of the game for Samus to use as a save and recharge point. In Metroid Prime, the Gunship arrives at the Exterior Docking Hangar of the Frigate Orpheon, although Samus cannot return to the ship through normal gameplay until she escapes the frigate's countdown. Upon arriving at each destination, the ship acts as her base camp for ground-based operations. This Gunship serves Samus on both her mission to Tallon IV and her mission to the Alimbic Cluster. Otherwise, its principle purpose is rapid transport, reserving its weaponry for when battle is inevitable. This may have been added to Samus's new ship after her previous Starship was left defenseless against Space Pirate vessels. While not demonstrated in-game, the Metroid Prime website states that this Gunship is armed with twin Power Beam turrets and a retractable rear-mounted Plasma Beam cannon, allowing it to battle other ships even when outnumbered. It also has some kind of hyperdrive that Samus uses when leaving the planet, and is therefore capable of intergalactic travel, as confirmed by the opening of Metroid Prime Hunters where she travels to the Tetra Galaxy in a short amount of time and is later notified that Kanden traced her warp signature. The ship has been shown to be remotely controlled with Samus's Arm Cannon, similar to the way the Command Visor is used in Corruption. It is implied by a Space Pirate scan in Omega Research that the ship also has some form of cloaking device, which hindered their efforts to locate the gunship. The ship still has the same topside entrance hatch. It also has a new set of four thruster-like multi-directional rockets underneath used for both landing and atmospheric flight. The ship resembles the Zero Mission incarnation, though without the wings and orange in colour rather than red. However, since the Metroid Prime website predates the release of Zero Mission, this information may have since been retconned and therefore not considered canonical. If this is true, then this ship is a reconstructed version of the Starship from Metroid: Zero Mission. 3.5 Metroid Prime Hunters Official Nintendo Player's GuideĪccording to the Metroid Prime website, Samus's Gunship in Metroid Prime both "survived Samus Aran's mission on Planet Zebes and is the only space-faring vessel ever registered under the bounty hunter's name".3.4 Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. 3.3 Metroid Prime: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide.
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