Metroid vaccine
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The Metroid vaccine was a vaccine that saved Samus from death in Metroid Fusion. Once the X Parasite had infested Samus' central nervous system, she lost consciousness, causing her gunship to drift into an asteroid belt. Her ship's emergency systems automatically ejected the escape pod before impact, which Biologic Space Laboratories later retrieved and transported Samus to Galactic Federation HQ. During the journey, the X multiplied within her, corrupting large areas of her Power Suit. It was learned that the organic components of her Power Suit had become so integrated with her central nervous system that it could not be removed while she was unconscious. Large portions of her suit had to be surgically removed, greatly altering the physical appearance of her suit. Unfortunately, the X in her central nervous system were too embedded to be removed safely, causing her to be given a minimal chance of survival. However, a cure was soon proposed. Doctors proposed using a Metroid cell to make an anti-X vaccine. This cell came from the infant Metroid that Samus had found on SR388 and gave to Ceres Space Colony. The vaccine was injected and the X were immediately destroyed, meaning the infant Metroid had effectively saved Samus' life a second time. However later in the game she realizes that she is a easier target to the SA-X. Because the SA-X is the result of the X-infected portions of her Power Suit, it has access to all of Samus' equipment, including the Ice Beam. Metroids are extremely sensitive to cold, and a side effect of the Metroid vaccine was to give Samus Metroid-like traits, including this vulnerability and a claw-like protrusion on her new Fusion Suit's left arm, which resembles a Metroid's fangs. After being given the vaccine doctors hypothesize that X were the natural prey to the Metroids which is why the treatment worked so well.
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Samus after being stripped of her normal power suit into the Fusion for the first time, as seen in the intro of Metroid Fusion
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