History Characters / MetroidBountyHunters

-->''[[AC:"A science project gone awry, an experiment to create a so-called super-soldier that was practically invincible. However, Kanden's mind was still no more than a mere Enoema's, and therefore his brain could not withstand the complicated neural combat encoding sequences. This completely transformed his mind, leaving him as a ferocious, unbelievably powerful and dangerously unpredictable monster. Kanden escaped the research lab, killing the scientists that created him, and destroyed their laboratory. Kanden then took great advantage of his strength, durability, and near-immortality by trying his hand at becoming a bounty hunter. Built with programming to hunt, fight and destroy, he could be the ultimate template of that same project. Fittingly, he boasts an equally terrifying and experimental tool of his trade. the Volt Driver draws energy from the planetary electromagnetic field the wielder is situated on and converts it into five-figure terawatt bursts of High amplitude ball lightning."]]''

* WallCrawl: his Alternate form can do this.

** In ''Federation Force'', he steals a Metroid egg in TheStinger.

* SequelHook: Again, the Delano 7 appearance, which fits in line with the Sequel Hooks from the first two games.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He knows all too well about the Aurora Unit, and the only weapon to fix the damaged circuits is his own.

* CoolShip: Though it's not as prominent as the Delano 7, it can be seen in the intro movie, where Weavel is using it to evade the GF Police. It's also briefly seen on [[spoiler:the Oubliette]].

* TheBrute: He is one of if not the largest bounty hunters if it is not Spire and has one of the least sympathetic goals, so this is his role when they eventually team up.

* HeroAntagonist: The only reason he even ends up fighting against Samus is because his goal is to keep the Ultimate Power out of the wrong hands. Presumably, Samus and the Galactic Federation would fall under "the wrong hands."

* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product would not be no good for it. [[GoneHorriblyWrong They at least succeeded at making a killer]].

* {{Badass}}: The scan visor says his threat level matches Aran's.

* BountyHunter: Believes himself to be the best in this field

* BountyHunter: Though is just as likely to be called for tech support

* {{Cyborg}}: Overwhelmingly mechanical

* MacrossMissileMassacre: From his armour suit's shoulders

-->''[[AC:"A feared bounty hunter and a subject of the Kriken Empire, Trace is a remorseless individual. At a certain age, Kriken youths are exiled by their clans and sent to distant planets as a rite of passage to find suitable territory for their empire to invade. Trace is currently taking his rite of passage and has become a bounty hunter to travel the Galaxy in search of technology and land that may increase his standing. Trace sees the so-called Ultimate Power as his chance; if he succeeds in obtaining it, then he will be considered a hero among his people. With a brittle exoskeleton that cannot compete with the durability of his rivals. Trace uses his tactical preference for sniping to compensate for this vulnerability. And with his weapon of choice being an Imperialist sniper rifle, (a long-range quantum cascade laser with a precision scope) He more than lives up to his bloody reputation."]]''

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can become a [[TripodTerror three legged]] triskelion, which does not run especially fast but can move very quickly by jumping/lunging, giving him a different problem with inertia to Sylux's.

* RaymanianLimbs: Well, his head has no connection to his body.

* MegaManning: :Samus gets the Grapple Voltage after putting her down.

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"Subject is a native of Phyrigis, a moon of Bes III known primarily for ice mining. The Phyrigisian ability to manipulate and generate ice has come in handy in subject’s career as a Bounty Hunter. Intel suggests that he enjoys hunting, to the point where he keeps trophies from all of the targets he’s successfully captured or killed in his career. Subject is proud, cocky, and arrogant, and considers himself without rivals in his field."

* TheVoiceless: He dosen't speak at all before and after the boss fight.

"Subject is a veteran of the liberation war of Wotan VII. Only 6% of subject’s birth-body remains: the rest is state-of-the-art cyberware. Despite his career and heavy cybernetic modification, subject is known for his high level of empathy and compassion. Ghor is rather gentle and approaches situations logically, but is not the most skilled of fighters. Intel suggests he even has a sense of humor. Subject has often championed the weak, poor, and downtrodden, working for free or giving bounty money earned to the victims of his targets. Subject can merge his cybernetic body into larger mechanisms, including gunships and fightercraft. This merging will alter Ghor’s personality and he will become incredibly aggressive and violent. Data indicates a high proficiency with computer infiltration and manipulation. High level of mechanical empathy with artificial intelligence."

"Subject homeworld unknown. Possesses metamorphic ability similar to the biomorphs of Jovia XII. Can assume the form and abilities of most living things, including bioforms considerably larger than the subject. Scans are unable to determine subject’s age, but psych eval suggests a high degree of youthfulness. Intel suggests that bounty hunting is akin to a sport for her, one she enjoys considerably. Subject perceives the veteran Hunter Samus Aran as her chief rival, a rival she intends to surpass as soon as possible."

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She can fake phazon corruption and even turn into things larger than herself. Conservation of mass what? The other characters in the game don't understand it either.

"Sylux's background is unknown, but the hunter's motives are clear - to crush the Galactic Federation. Using technology suspiciously similar to a stolen Federation prototype, Sylux can deploy blades that travel along beams of energy while the hunter is in ball form."

"A former Space Pirate severely wounded by Samus in a scuffle on Brinstar, Weavel will remain associated with the Pirates as long as it's convenient. As a result of the injury Weavel sustained, the hunter can separate its torso from its lower body, which becomes a stationary turret."

"The Vhozon race's fanatical view of morality exceeds that of virtually all other civilized societies, and to enforce their sense of justice they have sent Noxus. To help survive the Vhozon's frozen home planet, Noxus can change into a rapidly spinning top to stay warm, as well as bowl over foes."

"The subject of a lab experiment gone wrong, Kanden gained incredible strength and keen instinct. But the experiment destroyed Kanden's conscience, leaving only a cold-blooded killer. Kanden can transform into an insect whose tail can home in on an enemy and explode on contact."

"Spire is the last of a race of people made from solid rock. The bounty hunter chose the profession so it could search for information regarding the fate of the rock people. Spire can roll up into a high speed boulder and bash through enemies who stand in the way."

"The Kriken youth Trace is carrying out a rite of passage to search for worlds the greedy and evil race can invade. Using sophisticated Kriken technology, Trace can morph into a three-legged mechanism that can lunge at its enemies and become almost completely invisible."

** HandBlast: They have the same sound effect as the Prime ice beam.

* [[HesMine She's Mine:]] Kills his own men after being corrupted so he can battle Samus by himself.

** BeamSpam: When desperate, he uses his smart bombs, missile salvos and plasma beams all at once

** CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Subverted in that he is a really nice person, but played straight with his murder frenzy in his battle suit.

** StoneWall: With the suit, which is very durable compared to most suits in these games, very fast and heavily armed. It falls into this trope in that it doubles as Ghor's gunship and falls behind a few of them in maneuverability and firepower.

** PlayingWithFire: Not exactly ''fire'', but the plasma he shoots is hot enough to set some things ablaze and he even uses it to [[HotBlade heat up his blades]] in close quarters combat.

** TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Of course, this could be part of her standard hunting procedure anyway.
* MsFanservice:
** InnocentFanserviceGirl: Though, to what extent she is actually ''innocent'' is debatable.
** ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Also a possible personality trait.

* LifeDrain
** Can be reversed for an OverClockingAttack.
** NotWhatItLooksLike: It shouldn't look like anything but assault with intent to kill. Fandom being what it is, however...

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Purple Skinned Space Babe]]: Or pink, purple. Whichever you prefer.

** {{Irony}}: Sylux has a reputation for being a sharp shot despite primarily using weapon that requires very little aiming.

** PsychoElectro: His weapon of choice is the volt driver, which is sort of like a combination between Samus's power beam and electro lob. Charging a shot causes them to home in on targets when he uses it.

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* AmbiguousGender: Sylux is never referred to by gender-specific pronouns, leading to the common [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] that Sylux [[SamusIsAGirl is female]]. [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-what-metroid-primes-producer-wants-in-the-next-sequel Kensuke Tanaba, the producer of the Prime series, referred to Sylux as male]].

-->''[[AC:"A skilled marksman and bounty hunter experienced in espionage skills such as scouting and tracking. While much of their background remains a mystery, including age, race or even gender. It is clear that this individual nurses a particular loathing for the Galactic Federation and her subsidiaries. Sylux uses the Shock Coil, a banned state-secret Federation-made pulse cannon that continually drains energy from enemies and refills the shooter's own. Highly classified intelligence notes that research into high-density neutrino stream manipulation similar in fact to Metroid predation led to its construction. Known for successfully shadowing the top ranked Hunter in the cosmos. Samus Aran."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"Formerly a loyal soldier of the Space Pirates and a trooper in a special-forces unit. Weavel was severely wounded and left for dead in a pitched fight with Veteran Hunter, Samus Aran. Some suspect perhaps even on the surface of Zebes during the famed Emergency Order M510. What has now come to be known as the 'Zero Mission'. Like the other hunters, he also seeks the Ultimate Power. His weapon of choice is the rapid-fire, heavy-duty Battle hammer; a nuclear repeater. Weavel can transform into the Half-turret, where his upper and lower body split and can attack separately. Proof of the severity of his injuries, it's safe to say he bears a simmering grudge against the Raging Devil."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"Subject is a member of the Vhozon, a highly esteemed monastic race on the Outer Rim of the galaxy. Noxus' sole reason for trying his hand at bounty hunting is to stop crime and protect the Universe from losing the balance between good and evil. As did many of the other bounty hunters, Noxus received word of an opportunity to receive an extremely powerful weapon from the Alimbic Cluster, which he frantically goes to search for in hopes he can use it to bring peace to the Galaxy, or at the very least stop it from falling into unworthy hands. His personal firearm is the Judicator. A ricocheting blunderbuss powered by cold-fusion synthesis. It fires supercooled plasma at temperatures approaching absolute zero."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"A science project gone awry, an experiment to create a so-called super-soldier that was practically invincible. However, Kanden's mind was still no more than a mere Enoema's, and therefore his brain could not withstand the complicated neural combat encoding sequences. This completely transformed his mind, leaving him as a ferocious, unbelievably powerful and dangerously unpredictable monster. Kanden escaped the research lab, killing the scientists that created him, and destroyed their laboratory. Kanden then took great advantage of his strength, durability, and near-immortality by trying his hand at becoming a bounty hunter. Built with programming to hunt, fight and destroy, he could be the ultimate template of that same project. Fittingly, he boasts an equally terrifying and experimental tool of his trade. the Volt Driver draws energy from the planetary electromagnetic field the wielder is situated on and converts it into five-figure terawatt bursts of High amplitude ball lightning."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"Spire is the last of his kind, a race known as the Diamonts. They are extremely strong, composed of silicon-based organic rock and hail from the planet Mondreus. Not much is known about him except that he wearily searches for the fate and location of the rest of his people, if any are to be found. When Spire hears of a source of Ultimate Power in the Alimbic System, he is drawn by the possibility of discovering clues to the whereabouts of his lost race. on hunts, he wields an ancestral mortar called the Magmaul, powered by a hyper-static hydrogen core, it belches cohesive projectiles of ultra-compressed magma."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"A feared bounty hunter and a subject of the Kriken Empire, Trace is a remorseless individual. At a certain age, Kriken youths are exiled by their clans and sent to distant planets as a rite of passage to find suitable territory for their empire to invade. Trace is currently taking his rite of passage and has become a bounty hunter to travel the Galaxy in search of technology and land that may increase his standing. Trace sees the so-called Ultimate Power as his chance; if he succeeds in obtaining it, then he will be considered a hero among his people. With a brittle exoskeleton that cannot compete with the durability of his rivals. Trace uses his tactical preference for sniping to compensate for this vulnerability. And with his weapon of choice being an Imperialist sniper rifle, (a long-range quantum cascade laser with a precision scope) He more than lives up to his bloody reputation."]]''
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-->''[[AC:"Spire is the last of his kind, a race known as the Diamonts. They are extremely strong, composed of silicon-based organic rock and hail from the planet Mondreus. Not much is known about him except that he wearily searches for the fate and location of the rest of his people, if any are to be found. When Spire hears of a source of Ultimate Power in the Alimbic System, he is drawn by the possibility of discovering clues to the whereabouts of his lost race. on hunts, he wields an ancestral mortar called the Magmaul, powered by a hyper-static hydrogen core, it belches cohesive projectiles of ultra-compressed magma.""]]''

* [[HesMine She's Mine:]] kills his own men so he can battle Samus by him self.

* DangeroulyGenreSavvy: He knows all too well about the Aurora Unit, and the only weapon to fix the damaged circuits is his own.

* AmbiguousGender: Sylux is never referred to by gender-specific pronouns, leading to the common [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] that Sylux [[SamusIsAGirl is female]]. [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/17/e3-2015-what-metroid-primes-producer-wants-in-the-next-sequel In a recent interview with Kensuke Tanaba, the producer of the Prime series, he is referred to as male]].

* TheEndOrIsIt: The apparent appearance of the Delano 7 at the end of ''Prime 3'' may count.

* SequelHook: Again, the possible Delano 7 appearance, which fits in line with the Sequel Hooks from the first two games.

* AmbiguousGender: Sylux is never referred to by gender-specific pronouns, leading to the common [[EpilepticTrees fan theory]] that Sylux [[SamusIsAGirl is female]].

Samus isn't the only bounty hunter in the galaxy. Other aliens from different worlds take up weapons for wealth, power, or other personal reasons. They either serve as allies or rivals to Samus.