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"Hunter WeaponsLog 10.222.8
Science Team is attempting to reverse-engineer Samus Aran's arsenal, based off of data acquired from her assaults on our forces. Progress is slow, but steady. Command would dearly enjoy turning Aran's weapons against her. We believe we can implement Beam weapon prototypes in three cycles. Aran's Power Suit technology remains a mystery, especially the curious Morph Ball function. All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster: four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes. Science Team wisely decided to move on afterward."
--From the Space Pirate datalogs of Metroid Prime.
Okay before I mesmerize you with tales of heroism and fantasy, I need to announce that I love Space Pirates. I'm going to run away from home and become a Space Pirate. Some day.
So I've been playing alot of Metroid lately (and right when they announce that they're probably holding Corruption back past June, greeaaat), and I remembered something that kinda bothered me about the first Metroid Prime. There are doors on the Space Pirate frigate Orpheon only accessible with some of Samus's unique weaponry, which the Pirates only develop later in the game (conveniently, right after you acquire it yourself)...but what I want to know is why they built doors they knew they couldn't open. Then again, the frigate was probably designed by the same Science Team that decided it was a good idea to engineer Pirate armor that leaves a gaping hole in front of what looks like a very large and vulnerable vital organ. Um, seriously. But maybe, if you punch a Space Pirate square in the heart, he becomes all huge and strong for like thirty seconds.
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I actually have metriod prime and I remember that info,it's funny how they're reverse engineering her weapons,yet the only thing they did was only make suits that are weak to the specific beam they are "supposed to be using"now,it's also funny how you made the space pirates unable to open the doors to their own ship yet samus can(talk about ironic!)
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Given how the average computer works today, this doesn't even surprise me.
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Just random weirdness. That's what I like about your art. (Besides the style, which I love)
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I certainly hope you're not claiming this as your own. This was made by Katie Tiedrich. Your description is also very similar to the description of this on AwkwardZombie.
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And they wonder why one person can casually (and with significant frequency) beach their defenses and destroy their entire operation in less than a short weekend time span.
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Well, maybe the Science Team hates the rest of the Space Pirates.
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That seems to be something that occurs in just about any video game really XD
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That's so true! I always thought when I left a room full of enemy's that they would just go back to being lazy
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Villians.
They're never smart enough to design thier lair to THEIR advantage.
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oh but one thing:
the space pirates you drawn there appear just in mp2 echoes, not in mp1^^
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It's so funny, since it's true. I believe there have been times like this in MP1/2/3.
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I never though about that, now that I do, ha its halarious
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HA! I've often wondered that myself. Pretty funny comic and the art is very nice. Keep up the good work!
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Silly space pirates! Even the buggs are finding ways to get into your facilities! And yet you can't open your own doors. How can you know this, and still believe yourself to be teh superior species in teh galaxy?
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I love games without logic!
as much as I love your comics~
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they are pirates, they probably stole the ship, so doesn't make since if they (probably) stole the ship, there are doors that they don't have the technology to open them... duh
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What if the Pirates stole the ship? They are pirates after all.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!! That's true that is pretty stupid! Do the game designers just not see this stuff or are they purposefully ignoring it?
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It's so true! I've noticed stuff like that in a lot of games. It's pretty funny.
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I always saw it as the Pirates being able to open their own doors simply by standing in front of them and having their DNA registered, or something like that, whereas Samus had to open them by overloading their power. And that the Pirates eventually got wise to this and installed doors that could only be opened by weapons with certain energy signatures.
But yeah, it always did strike me as kind of ridiculous in how it was set up. Also, the Trooper Pirates in Prime 1 were lame; they all shot yellow. D:
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Nice, and nice Pirate commandos. good work. good point as well
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Goddamn I thought I added this ages ago.
On another note, this is hilarious and stinks of truth at the end of the day.
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That's actually a very good point.
Space pirates sure are backwards.
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Thees guys are Sammus enemies? They make Goombas look like genies
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The pirate has a good point. Why is that? I mean, they can't even open the basic blue ones, they wouldn't need to reverse engineer anything!
Oh well, still funny!
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does anyone know how she turns into a morph ball? thats always been a mystery.
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I would think the morph ball is actually bigger than it looks, it's bigger than the size of a baseball. plus Samus is a very athletic person as well as flexable. that's me theory. another mystery I would think is "how does she control that morph ball's movements?"
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i know this post is old but i thought i'd let you know that actually when samus becomes the morph ball it splits her into down to pure energy which is stored in the center of the ball, her conciousness then controls the balls movements
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hmmm, sounds plausible :3
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sorry, I ment basketball
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You wanna become a Space Pirate?
And get your head sucked by the Metroid that I let out of it's tank behind you?
Seriously, Metroids feed on Space Pirates. Yum.
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Yes, it is funny that if you've run away from pirates through a door........that they can't follow you. Even on their own ship.
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XD now I'm a Metroid Prime player I can appreciate these comics! Space Pirates are awesome, but so damn detailed >o<;
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OMG!!!!!!!!! THIS IS MY FAVORIT!!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!!!!
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