-Super Metroid

--The Space Pirate Log Book

---Chapter 6: The Tourian Fear Center, Mother Brain

I am in a perpetual state of fear. Fear breeds prevention, and fear breeds motivation. And there is plenty to fear after the first encounter with the Hunter known as Samus Aran. However... since then we have been very busy on Zebes and elsewhere in the universe. You should see my little pawns. You should see how productive they are. Setting up our facilities and carrying out experiments seemingly on their own. I know I can depend on each and everyone of my underlings.

I love how they are incapable to run on their own power. It seems like it had been an eternity to break them into depending upon me. Of course, I must admit, their temporary control they set up in my absence was impressive. This "Command", continued where I left off when that Samus creature seemingly destroyed me. As I'm sure you can see, "Command" did not last long. It lasted long enough to control operations on Talon IV, but no more for I am back.

The fear I spoke about earlier is the fear I have planted within my entire Pirate forces. To think of them as ever leaving my influence is absurd. What would they do? Where would they go? This is the fear that keeps them focused, and this is the fear that will ultimately lead to our victory. They have motivation, and I enjoy motivation in whatever form it comes in. It is proven you know, that those who often fear for their lives are more successful due to a number of reasons.

As popularly defined by the vast Galactic Federation databanks, during this moment, there is a colorless crystalline feebly basic sympathomimetic hormone C9H13NO3 that is the principal blood-pressure raising hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla and is used medicinally especially as a heart stimulant, a vasoconstrictor in controlling hemorrhages of the skin, and a muscle relaxant in bronchial asthma -- called also adrenaline. Although Space Pirates do not follow the exact process, they have a bodily function that comes close enough.

That brings another thing to mind while I have mentioned the Federation. How careless the Federation is when concerning vital data. They just can not keep it to themselves. It takes mere seconds to access their network through various satellites we have commandeered over the years. It takes even less of a time to go through their files and find the necessary information we can use against them. Like this Metroid creature for instance. I am not going too far when I say we could practically order it from their science colony if the destination wasn't "Planet Zebes" on the delivery schedule..

Anyway, according to their "top secret" reports... the Hunter had nearly eradicated them on their home world but failed to dispose of one last one. Her hesitation is our gain. Ridley took no time at all retrieving the lovely life sucking organism, and my Science Team went about raising the little larva to stages acceptable for breeding. It does not take much you know, feeding it a full sized Space Pirate is more than enough energy to enable the Metroid to lay eggs. It is a shame none of the Fission Metroids from the Talon operation survived, but no matter.

As promising as cloning sounds... All we have been able to come up with are bastardized versions of the Metroids. The report stated a rather creative member of the science team has dubbed these pathetic copies "Mochtroids", because they seemingly mock the originals with their shoddy resistance to weaponry. It took no time at all to realize that ice-based weaponry was not required to put them down. They are of no use to us, but they are still fairly useful to keep around in Maridia for study and to feed the originals who do not take kindly to their clones. How can you blame them really?

But please, let me give credit where credit is due. We have the Hunter to thank for this valuable research and opportunity. After all, if she had not taken pity upon the last Metroid... we would have not been able to steal it back. And my, my, my... What a waste of time and effort those Federation scientists were spending on the larva. Harnessing it's energy production capabilities? It can do so much more, like kill anything in it's path. Granted, it does have some drawbacks. But I assure you, this can be fixed.

Everything can be fixed with in due time. Every inch of my being can be outfitted with some replacement given the original has failed. And with each defeat, I only learn more. Like the motivation behind Samus Aran. Her motivation I've found is not fear, it is revenge. Before, I used to think of revenge as a shallow emotion. An emotion to be discarded. But when this Hunter broke into my lair and started to destroy my defense mechanisms. I could see there was some potential for this revenge emotion.

I've calculated through intense equations that Samus Aran would be no less dangerous if she came in without that strange suit. She would find some other way to carry out her objectives. The suit does not matter, it is a worthless variable. What counts is her driving factor. Revenge. With this taken into consideration, I've asked that all personnel revived from the first attack be reminded of their losses. I will nurture this emotion of revenge throughout my entire force. So when the hunter returns, she will see how we have not forgotten her.

I have brought this idea down hard on Ridley and Kraid. Before, I had so much confidence in them. Ridley especially. He is a precise and efficient killing machine and so much more I have not begun to calculate the ways. But they failed the first time for some reason. Apparently, fear of failure was not enough to drive them to win. It is a fact that they underestimated the Hunter the first time and it did not help us that she is a human. They, as well as I, do not think highly of humans. If I did, I would probably have them in my forces.

The leaps and bounds of rebuilding Zebes has come quite far with only but a few interruptions. There was an episode with the crashed ship on the surface, where we uncovered a rather tortured spirit named Phantoon... The phantasm was picking my brain at times, but I admire his resourcefulness. Why destroy a perfectly good pawn? We needed someone to patrol the wrecked ship and keep it from becoming a command center for any invading forces.

Then there was a delicate operation to recover a specimen known as Draygon, who now serves as the mainstay of our aquatic forces. It helped that Draygon is a constant reproducer, birthing dozens of children at days at a time. We estimate that if the birthrate for Draygon continues... we may be able to plant some of her children on other worlds under our jurisdiction. We made very careful moves in sabotaging the station. After all, the Galactic Federation thinks we are all dead and gone.

Ah.... I can not help but think of my perfect Metroid specimen. The Metroid that Ridley has brought back for me. It reacted quite well to the beta rays we bombarded it with and quadrupled it's size within hours. Although it has the size, it rarely has the instinct to compensate and has proved easy to manipulate. It is just the specimen we were looking for. Still, from the scraps of reports gathered from the Talon operation... it doesn't sound quite as powerful as "Metroid Prime" which was terminated by the Hunter.

But none of this matters now, and her time will come soon enough.

If all this consideration is somehow not enough to stop the Hunter when she returns... and I have calculated she will return, it is no matter. Under my careful guidance, I have prepared something for just such an occasion. Built inch by inch to my exact specifications. It will be my... personal congratulation for Samus Aran if she makes it to my lair in one piece. She will enjoy my surprise for mere seconds then... It will be a moment to relish.

-End of Line

--Closing and classifying Mother Brain Log...

---Error

--No more entries can be found

-Databanks corrupted by massive explosion following 3 hours after last entry

--Transferring remaining files to secure location

-Awaiting data retrieval...

-Closing Space Pirate Log Book