Biologic Space Laboratories research station
From Wikitroid, the Metroid wiki
The Biologic Space Laboratories research station was a newly constructed research station operated by Biologic Space Laboratories that orbits SR388. [1] It is the setting of Metroid Fusion.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
The BSL research station was home to various creatures captured from various planets, most notably SR388 and Zebes. Many researchers lived in the station as well. It appears to be a hollowed out asteroid with a docking ring around the widest area of the asteroid.
Here is a simple schematic of the station:
- Sector 1 (SRX)
This sector reproduced the environment of planet SR388.
- Sector 3 (PYR)
This sector was used to research creatures living in extremely hot habitats.
- Sector 5(ARC)
This sector was used to research creatures living in extremely cold habitats.
This was where Samus first enters the space station. Her ship was located here.
This area contained elevator access, storage, etc.
- Sector 2 (TRO)
This sector was used to research creatures living in humid habitats.
- Sector 4 (AQA)
Sector 4 was used to research marine creatures.
- Sector 6 (NOC)
This sector was used to research nocturnal creatures.
While the Main Deck was related to the station and is the living quarters for the scientists, Sector One represents the ideal Metroid-breeding environment from SR388, whereas the other sectors represented different environmental climates: desert/volcanic, forest/tropical, aquatic/seabed, ice/arctic. It is currently unknown whether the other five sectors represented habitats on SR388 or were simply stereotypical habitat patterns used to research creatures from other planets, although the game Metroid II: Return of Samus seems to support the latter. Accordingly, each sector housed different species.
[edit] X infestation
When Samus Aran was attacked by an X Parasite on SR388, she was transported to Galactic Federation HQ. There, her Power Suit was surgically removed and transported to the research station. However, while in the Quarantine Bay, the Power Suit pieces formed together to create the SA-X. The SA-X used a Power Bomb to escape the Quarantine Bay, causing all the X to be released. As a result, everyone aboard the station and all the creatures were infected, save for a small group of Etecoons and Dachoras.
Samus was sent to investigate the explosion. She soon learned that all humans and creatures on the station have been infected with the X. She set out to exterminate the X, even if it required her to destroy the station and herself.
[edit] Metroid breeding program
As Samus explored the station, she came across a Restricted Lab. Here, she learned that the Galactic Federation had been using the station for a secret Metroid breeding program. However, an SA-X, as the original had asexually reproduced into several copies, managed to lock down the lab and cause it to self destruct, ultimately destroying the program.
[edit] Destruction
Samus soon found out that the Galactic Federation planed on using the X for military purposes. However, she is strongly against this as she knew how dangerous they were. Her ship's computer tried to stop Samus by locking her in a Navigation room. Samus demands to be let out, but the computer had its orders to keep her from destroying the station, so the Federation could arrive. When she mistakenly called the computer Adam, her private name for the computer, it awakens to the fact that it is the real Adam Malkovich, one of Samus's previous commanders. Adam agreed that the X are too dangerous, and he devised a plan to ram the station into SR388, killing all the X on board. Samus set the station to crash into SR388 to rid the universe of the X. As Samus leaves the station after confronting both an SA-X and an Omega Metroid, it crashed into SR388, destroying the research station, the planet, and all the X aboard.
[edit] Gallery
 Samus had just entered the station in her new gunship |
 The Restricted Lab falling off the station |
 The Restricted Lab falling into space |
 The Restricted Lab exploding |
 Samus setting the station to crash into SR388 |
 The station crashing into SR388 |
 The station entering SR388's atmosphere |
 The station exploding |
 Samus's starship escapes the explosion |
| Planets visited in the Metroid Series | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ||||||
| | ||||||
| Other locations visited in the Metroid Series | ||||||
| | ||||||
| | ||||||
| | ||||||
