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***Cosmonautical*** · 02-18-2010, 08:05 AM

^ Actually, I've got a few thoughts that correlate with the Metroid's unprecedented appearance at Phaaze and elsewhere. It's possible that this could tie into a greater scheme relevant to the great span of presence that the Chozo enjoyed, as well as their disappearance.

Take for instance, the appearance of what could possibly be a phazon-like substance at what the Federation afterwards declared the likely "home-planet" of Metroids:

Now, that stuff can damage Samus on contact, similarly to phazon, and it appears frequently near Metroids on SR388. It's actually a potential link to the presence of Metroids: they might require a radioactive energy source to sustain their colony.

Considering that the mission to SR388 was to actually destroy the Metroids before they became space-faring creatures, and then afterwards witnessing their obvious presence in the vacuum aboard the federation vessel toward the end of Corruption, I'd say that was either a wild guess or an outright lie conceived by the Federation to convince Samus to aid them in becoming the sole proprietors of Metroids.

Because of the Metroid presence on the wrecked Federation vessel, I think those Metroids had already become space-faring, if they hadn't been to start with. Considering this information, and their possible dependence upon radiation, it's likely that their movement and habitats are naturally limited to those environments that meet the necessary conditions.

What if Phaaze was one of those planets? What if its sentience wasn't caused by the Phazon, but by the metroids? The entire planet could've been an immensely evolved metroid, or related creature. Considering that there were different strains of the creatures, which the Chozo had created, what if this planet was the final undoing of the majority of the Chozo?

A big supporting factor to this type of theory is the predatory behavior of the metroids; they are such efficient predators that it is unlikely, should their sole food-source be the energy produced by other creatures, for their species to exist for any prolonged time - they would simply over-hunt every other present creature into oblivion. I think, instead, that they are capable of drawing on life-energy as a suplimental source of sustenance. It's likely even that they are merely territorial - since they almost always attack to kill and seem to remain in a relatively small area.

02-18-2010, 08:05 AM	#4
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,097 Thanks: 2,138 Thanked 5,337 Times in 2,432 Posts	^ Actually, I've got a few thoughts that correlate with the Metroid's unprecedented appearance at Phaaze and elsewhere. It's possible that this could tie into a greater scheme relevant to the great span of presence that the Chozo enjoyed, as well as their disappearance. Take for instance, the appearance of what could possibly be a phazon-like substance at what the Federation afterwards declared the likely "home-planet" of Metroids: Now, that stuff can damage Samus on contact, similarly to phazon, and it appears frequently near Metroids on SR388. It's actually a potential link to the presence of Metroids: they might require a radioactive energy source to sustain their colony. Considering that the mission to SR388 was to actually destroy the Metroids before they became space-faring creatures, and then afterwards witnessing their obvious presence in the vacuum aboard the federation vessel toward the end of Corruption, I'd say that was either a wild guess or an outright lie conceived by the Federation to convince Samus to aid them in becoming the sole proprietors of Metroids. Because of the Metroid presence on the wrecked Federation vessel, I think those Metroids had already become space-faring, if they hadn't been to start with. Considering this information, and their possible dependence upon radiation, it's likely that their movement and habitats are naturally limited to those environments that meet the necessary conditions. What if Phaaze was one of those planets? What if its sentience wasn't caused by the Phazon, but by the metroids? The entire planet could've been an immensely evolved metroid, or related creature. Considering that there were different strains of the creatures, which the Chozo had created, what if this planet was the final undoing of the majority of the Chozo? A big supporting factor to this type of theory is the predatory behavior of the metroids; they are such efficient predators that it is unlikely, should their sole food-source be the energy produced by other creatures, for their species to exist for any prolonged time - they would simply over-hunt every other present creature into oblivion. I think, instead, that they are capable of drawing on life-energy as a suplimental source of sustenance. It's likely even that they are merely territorial - since they almost always attack to kill and seem to remain in a relatively small area. Last edited by Cosmonautical; 02-18-2010 at 08:19 AM.