The resulting wave of energy from her ship▓s jump had the effect of an EMP, knocking out the ships around her. As she flew she ran a diagnostic check to see what the damage had been. Adam showed her that his auto-repair function had been disabled and that the atmospheric stabilizers had been disrupted. She had about a week before she died of asphyxiation.
⌠Adam how long will it take to reach the nearest inhabitable planet,■ inquired Samus.
⌠About ten minutes, though the planet as no recorded technologically advanced natives, and would serve little purpose in helping you. My suggestion would be to go to the planet Porfance, a small mineral rich planet near the planet SR388▓s previous location,■ Adam stated.
⌠Very well, take me there. And what do you mean by previous location?■
⌠My sensors show that, though it sustained heavy damage, SR388 used some sort of transport device to escape the brunt of the damage. It has lost more than two thirds of its original mass, and all traces of life have been lost.■ Adam pulled up a display that showed a bunch of planets, none were familiar to Samus. ⌠SR388 is the one furthest from this quadrant▓s sun, though it seams to have obtained enough minerals to make a greenhouse barrier so that it obtains enough heat to thrive.■
⌠Why didn▓t you tell me this when we left the satellite,■ inquired Samus. ⌠I have to go make sure that my job was finished. Not to mention find out what caused it to move.■
⌠I refrained from informing you because there are no signs of life left on the planet,■ stated Adam.
⌠Then tell me this, how long will it take to reach SR388 and does it, or a planet near it, have the necessary materials to repair you?■
⌠Though SR388 does not have the required materials, its neighbor Gorshon does. It will take a total of 6 days to reach either of them,■ Adam stated showing the projected flight path. ⌠Though this region is located outside of Federation territory, you should prove capable of fending off the natives of Gorshon. I project a 78% chance of survival.■
⌠Why 78%?■
⌠Because, Gorshan has a major Space Pirate stronghold situated in it.■
⌠And you give me only 78%? Those Pirates never troubled me that much before, what▓s special about them now?■
⌠Because of SR388▓s new location, the pirates have been able to raid it and they have found the crashed remains of the satellite and its jettisoned breading chamber. Samus they have been raising metroids.■
⌠And what do I have to fear from that?■
⌠Given your DNA structure, you have nothing to fear from the metroids themselves, but the space pirates have found that a certain energy structure can render the metroids inert for more than 24 hours, plenty of time to place them in jars or cages specifically designed to tap into their unique energy.■
⌠So, they have a new weapon that they can render me incapable of fighting them? That could prove a problem.■
⌠They do not know that you are weak to it, though, and your armor should lower the potency enough that you would be inert for about 10 seconds.■
⌠Well that is good news at least. Any theories as to why SR388 moved?■
⌠SR388 used the thermal energy from the satellite to power a warp drive hidden deep inside its core. My guess is that the Chozo placed it there so that if a Leviathan seed ever came near it, SR388 would warp to a new location. Since the original Leviathan, Phaaze, was destroyed by none other than you, Samus, the warp drive, which might have been powered by phazon, used a different energy source to transport itself to a new location, at the cost of more than two thirds of its mass.■
⌠Sounds like trouble. I will need to find the warp drive, it may be of use,■ Samus looked out the cockpit window and into the empty space around her. ⌠Any Chozo artifacts that I can find would prove useful in finding the origins of their race, and of why they chose me.■