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They also tried mixing Phazon with Pirate DNA in their Phazon Mines complex and eventually managed to create the Elite Pirates and the Omega Pirate after much trial and error. In the meantime, the Pirates began attempting to mutate Metroids, local wildlife and even inanimate objects with Phazon and began research in a secret base in the Phendrana Drifts and on the research frigate Orpheon which was in orbit above Tallon IV. Frequently hindered by wild animals and the Chozo Ghosts, they eventually pulled out of the Chozo Ruins area. They even managed to obtain some of the Chozo Artifacts, but were unable to retrieve all of them as they could not translate the hints on the Artifact Temple platform. The Pirates began investigating the Chozo themselves and retrieved or destroyed some of their relics. Scans of the crater detected an unknown bioform dwelling within, which only made access to the crater more desirable to the Pirates. However, they were unable to access the prime source of the Phazon, the Impact Crater, as the Artifact Temple's energy shield hindered them.

They found the Phazon to be particularly abundant in a certain area, and started mining operations in the area. Recognizing its immense potential, the Space Pirates named it 'Phazon' and began experimenting with it, raising a stealth shield over the planet to hide their activities. They landed on the planet, and soon discovered the substance known to the Chozo as the Great Poison. It was only a short amount of time, however, before they discovered massive energy readings emitting from planet Tallon IV. The Space Pirates were attracted to Tallon IV's gigantic energy readings, produced by the Phazon that had crept over the world.Īfter the events of Samus Aran's Zero Mission the Space Pirates fled from Zebes. In Elysian Lore of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, the survivors are said to have fled to an 'unknown location'. The rest of the Chozo wasted away, leaving behind only their ruined civilization and specters of their former selves: those that guarded the keys to the temple were the only ones that remained untainted, while the rest were driven insane by the Great Poison. The Artifact Temple was eventually completed, but while the Poison spread stopped, the damage was already considerable the poison had already contaminated a large portion of the planet. The Chozo began to construct a temple in order to contain the Great Poison however, even as they did so, the Poison gnawed at them, driving many mad. In addition, the meteor had brought with it the Worm, a horrifying creature born of the Great Poison. The Great Poison now spread through the planet, corrupting everything it touched. The meteor had brought with it a terrible radioactive substance, which they would call the 'Great Poison'. They investigated it, and what they saw terrified them.

The Chozo were ripped back to the mortal realm due to the meteor's strike. This civilization thrived for some time, however, it would only be a small amount of time before disaster struck the planet.įive decades before the arrival of Samus Aran, a meteor-like object struck the planet with great force, beginning the planet's downfall. Here, they would abandon their technology, instead making their homes out of the planet's resources. Tallon IV was chosen to be the dwelling place of a group of Chozo from Elysia who wished to regain their spirituality.