While taking a well deserved rest and the esteemed gratification of the Galactic Federation, Samus intercepts a mysterious distress beacon while cruising the space lanes. Of course, only one individual was capable of taking on this colossal challenge.įast-forward to the present day, and we find that bounty hunter Samus Aran has recently defeated the Space Pirates and Mother Brain on planet Zebes, crushing their plans to use Metroids to attack civilization across space. With their work complete, the Chozo ultimately put their fate into the hands of the future, where they hoped someone would arrive from the heavens to rid their planet of the abomination. Unable to stop the mindless onslaught of Phazon, the Chozo decided to contain the core of the poison within the meteorite's impact zone. This poison seeped into every living thing on the planet and began to suck the life away from everything in sight. From the depths of unknown space hurtled a massive meteorite, blasting into the planet and inflicting major destruction to anything near the impact zone.įaced with this devastating new crisis, the Chozo did all they could to try and recover from the devastation, but the meteor brought with it a deadly radioactive poison eventually known as Phazon. Unfortunately, the Chozo population were about to face a terrible crisis - one that no amount of foresight or peaceful nature could protect against. Crafting their cities and culture around the natural landscapes of their magnificent world, they could only live out their peaceful lives in wait of what the future would bring. Eons ago, an advanced race of the bird-like Chozo lived in harmony with nature on the paradise world of Tallon IV.

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