Hoverplat Docking Site

Hoverplat Docking Site is a room on SkyTown, Elysia. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
==Description==
Despite what the name might suggest, this room is not a Landing Site. Rather, the room is a wide open space, containing many floating platforms above the clouds of Elysia. The peak of the Leviathan Shield is visible through the clouds, as with all other outdoor SkyTown rooms. To cross the large chasm, Samus must utilize the Screw Attack. On one of the platforms is a Spider Ball Track that comes into use later. Above said platform is another one, with a Databot floating above it. Samus can stand on this platform by using the Spider Ball Track, but can scan the Databot's SkyTown Data entry from below.
==Connecting rooms==
*Junction (via Blue Door)
*Barracks Lift (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
*1 Databot
*1 Phaazoid that splits into a Red Phaazoid (after Elysia Seed destruction)
==Items==
;Ship Missile Expansion:Atop several Spider Ball Tracks.
;Gold Credit:Earned by killing the Red Phaazoid here.
==Scans==
;Invader:"We watched as Elysia fell victim to the meteor's corruption, its Phazon beginning to consume her. High above the noxious surface, we continued to collect data on the object. It was not long before we met a new enemy. Space Pirates, hostile alien life-forms and sworn enemies of the Federation, entered the station and attacked. The Pirate forces struck swiftly, their numbers and weapons dwarfing our own. After their initial assault, they began construction of a massive energy shield around the meteor. They referred to the fallen object as a "Seed" and quickly built the protective barrier. Any resistance they met from us was crushed, and the massive shield was built without interruption. Our attention then turned to the Pirates themselves. If we could not stop them through combat, perhaps there was another way. Our studies quickly yielded unexpected results. All of the Space Pirates were corrupted with Phazon, but unlike other life-forms, they were actually being sustained by it. This Phazon kept them alive, and it appeared to control their minds with a will of its own."
==Development notes==
The room's internal name is 0z08_skytown_spiderline, referencing the Spider Ball Track contained in a portion of the room. The keyword skytown indicates Skytown, Elysia, and the prefix 0z08 indicates that this is the last of 8 sets of exterior pod junction throughout the planet.
==Trivia==
===Glitches===
This room contains an interesting glitch involving the Ship Missile Expansion. First, Samus must enter from Junction and follow the Spider Ball Track as normal to the Ship Missile Expansion without picking it up. If Samus were to detach off the Track prematurely and end up attached to the opposite Track to reach the Ship Missile Expansion, then collect the expansion and continue on the track until she prematurely falls off safely onto the closest platform without following the end of the Spider Ball Tracks or falling off into the skies below, she can safely obtain the Expansion without activating the Expansion fanfare. From there and once in Bipedal form, Samus must carefully use her Screw Attack to navigate back towards the Junction room entrance without falling into the abyss. Once she successfully escapes, the next time she fully reloads this room, the Ship Missile Expansion will return.
When performing this glitch, any Ship Missile Expansion acquired will count normally towards the item percentage count and add one Ship Missile Expansion, to a maximum holding limit of 10 ammo. The glitch can be repeated an infinite amount of times for a higher percentage rate so long as the expansion fanfare never plays. This is because for some reason, the fanfare message is tied into the expansion's spawning flag and since the fanfare never played, the item is never told to un-spawn. It is currently unknown what is the limit size of item percentage and/or what will happen when capped, if possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duz46gtPwc4 
Similar glitches occur in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
==Gallery==
Hoverplat Docking Site Chozo Bust to Junction.png|Chozo Bust over the door to Junction.
Hoverplat Docking Site Chozo Bust to Maintenance Shaft GP.png|Chozo Bust over the door to Maintenance Shaft GP.
===References===
Category:Rooms
Category:SkyTown
Category:Ship Missile Expansion Rooms
Category:Rooms containing Red Phaazoids
Category:Rooms containing Lore in Metroid Prime 3