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The Armored Pirate is a Space Pirate which appears only in the original NTSC release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, solely at the Concourse in SkyTown, Elysia. The Armored Pirate is physically identical to the Armored Pirate Militia, suggesting that Retro Studios accidentally misnamed it, although scans say it is a different creature. This creature may also have been the original design of the Armored Pirate Trooper/Armored Pirate Militia during initial development, before being restructured.

After scanning it, the game will give the player a Red Credit (allowing for 109 total, rather than the game's usual maximum of 108). It has a unique scan entry, as well as a model (unusually, this depicts an Armored Pirate Trooper despite the in-game creature being a Militia), but it does not appear in the Logbook. [1]

Combat[]

An Armored Pirate behaves virtually identical to its "brethren". It fires blasts from its Assault Rifle and may perform rapid-fire from an aerial stationary stance. When at close range, it will swing its scythe in two sweeps before retracting it. At mid-range, it may perform a slashing leap directly aimed at Samus. An Armored Pirate sometimes performs a taunt (resembling the Hypermode animation).

Battle Statistics[]

Veteran Mode

Attack Damage Output
Contact damage

10 HP
Assault Rifle

3 HP per round
Energy Scythe*
Center
20 HP, slight knockback

*Oddly at times, the scythe may not harm Samus at all, appearing mainly as an aesthetic. The damage delivered during scythe attacks primarily stems from contact damage.

Logbook entry[]

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Armored Pirate

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

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Morphology: Armored Pirate.
Armor resists Beam attacks.
Vulnerable to explosive blasts.

Logbook entry

Some Space Pirate units are now equipped with a durable battle armor that provides resistance to most Beam weaponry. The armor is susceptible to explosive attacks, however. Shatter it to expose the target to Beam damage.

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