Biotech Research Area 2

Biotech Research Area 2 is a room in the Frigate Orpheon in Metroid Prime. Upon entering it, a cutscene shows Meta Ridley breaking free of his restraints upon noticing Samus and flying off, destroying pipes and other equipment high up in the room in the process, so that debris rains down from above. Two suspended Grapple Points provide passage over the floor, since the opposite ledge is too high to reach by jumping. Should Samus fail to grapple across and fall below, she will land in a pool of shallow water. A block near the end of the room allows her to jump onto it so she can get back up and try again.
As hinted by scanning the room, this is where the Space Pirates created Meta Ridley from his defeat during Samus's Zero Mission.
==Connecting rooms==
*Main Ventilation Shaft Section F (on the blocking side of a one-way Door)
*Connection Elevator to Deck Alpha (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
*Meta Ridley (cutscene only)
==Data==
===Scans===
===Tutorial===
"To Grapple, use / when the icon appears."
==Development notes==
This room's internal name is 09_intro_ridley_chamber. The name refers to the room being the introduction for Meta Ridley.
An unused layer in this room, labelled "Don't load", features an additional block on the far side of the water. This would allow Samus to cross the room by simply wading through the water and jumping up, rather than grappling across as intended.
Jack Mathews noted that this room is the first in which Samus's face can be clearly seen through her visor. He described it as impactful to players who learned for the first time that there was a person, particularly a woman, under the Power Suit.
In the Metroid Prime Trilogy version, the tutorial message for the Grapple Beam is missing, perhaps due to a programming error. However, if after the Meta Ridley cutscene ends, Samus steps back slightly and then forward again, the message may appear. 
==Gallery==
Samus enters Biotech Research Area 2 Dolphin HD.jpg|Samus enters the room.
Ridley looks down on Samus Biotech Research Area 2 Dolphin HD.jpg|Meta Ridley spots Samus.
Meta_Ridley_breaks_free.jpg
Ridley escapes.jpg|Meta Ridley in Biotech Research Area 2.
Biotech Research Area 2 Grapple Point Scan Dolphin HD.jpg|One of the Grapple Points in the room.
Orpheon_screenshot_9.png|Samus Grapples across the room.
GM8P01-113.png|The room's floor.
Meta-ridley-escape.gif|Meta Ridley breaks free.
Screen-Shot Tool.png|The Screen-Shot Tool, having been used to take a photo of this room.
==References==
ru:Отсек Исследования Биотехнологий 2
Category:Rooms
Category:Frigate Orpheon
Category:Deck Gamma