Space Pirate Mother Ship

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The Space Pirate Mother Ship is the enormous flagship of Ridley. It is also the mobile HQ for the Zebesian Space Pirates. It was seen in the Metroid Manga and in Metroid: Zero Mission, where it landed in Chozodia. It also houses the giant security drone fan-dubbed as Mecha Ridley, a safeguard created in Ridley's likeness to protect the flagship.The ship replaced the Space Pirate Flagship depicted in Metroid (manga). In Metroid Zero Mission, it makes it clear that the Space Pirate's mothership was destroyed on Zebes after Samus defeated Mecha Ridley and this would seem to imply that the remains of the ship is the Wrecked Ship of Super Metroid. However, Zero Mission director Yoshio Sakamoto has dismissed this possibility, saying that the two ships are separate - during Zero Mission the player passes through an area that appears to be outside the Super Metroid wrecked ship in Crateria, whilst the Mother Ship has not yet landed.

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The Flagship also comes with a failsafe measure if it is ever infiltrated and the drone is destroyed. Upon the defeat of Mecha Ridley, the flagship will trigger a 3, 5, or 7 minute Countdown, taking out any infiltrating person or battalion with itself in a massive explosion. This self-destruct system seems to be directly connected with the ship's security system.

In the Metroid Manga it is again seen as Ridley flagship, fighting against the Federation Army Special Ops Battleship Vixin IV. Midway though the battle it tried to warp to Zebes but is stopped by Adam Malkovich in the Vixin IV, knowing that if it makes it to Zebes it would effectivly put an end to Samus Zero Mission. Eventually, Ridley is able to make it to Zebes with his ship, but Samus was still able to defeat him and eventually destroy the ship.

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