Central Unit room

"Central Unit rooms" are recurring rooms on ZDR in Metroid Dread. Each E.M.M.I. Zone contains one, serving as the location for each Central Unit, which Samus must destroy to claim the Omega Cannon and defeat the area's E.M.M.I.
==Description==
Should Samus die when fighting the E.M.M.I. in any Zone, a checkpoint places her in the Zone's Central Unit room, before the door is opened, so she may try again.</onlyinclude>
==Connecting rooms==
===Artaria (1)===
*"Central Unit access" (via Central Unit Door)
===Artaria (2)===
*"Ventilation chamber" (via tunnel and Central Unit Door)
===Cataris===
*"Chozo robotics factory" (via Central Unit Door)
===Dairon===
*"E.M.M.I. Zone main chamber" (via Central Unit Door)
===Ghavoran===
*"Zipline chamber" (via Central Unit Door)
===Ferenia===
*"Water platform shaft" (via Central Unit Door)
===Hanubia===
*"Final E.M.M.I. Zone exit" (via tunnel)
*"Final E.M.M.I. Zone foyer" (via tunnel)
==Inhabitants==
*Central Unit
*7 Butterflies (first Artaria room only)
*∞ Rinkas (spawning from up to 3 generators)
*Central Unit Cannons (1 in Artaria and Dairon, 2 in Cataris and Ghavoran, 3 in Ferenia)
Once the Central Unit is destroyed, the latter two stop spawning and firing.
===During escape in Hanubia===
*1 Shelmit
*1 Muzby
==Trivia==
*The background of the Central Unit rooms, in particular the first one in Artaria, appears behind Samus on the cover of Dread.Torvus (TorvusBolt). "Not super crazy or anything, and most would probably guess it reliably, but the background of the Metroid Dread box art is the rooms the Central Units use/live in" 20 September 2021 9:25 a.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/TorvusBolt/status/1439943721064271873
*Returning to the rooms of fallen Central Units after the X Parasites are released from Elun shows that they have not been reanimated or otherwise assimilated by the X, despite there being no apparent obstacles for the X to reach the Units. This indicates that the Central Units are not organic, as the X are unlikely to ignore a lifeform with access to weapon systems as extensive as those of a Central Unit.
==Gallery==
Central Unit damaged.png|Samus encounters the first Central Unit.
Samus touches Central Unit.png|She proceeds to absorb its energy.
Central Unit Door targeted.png|Samus takes aim at the first Central Unit Door.
Central Unit room Artaria 2 Samus landing.png|Samus lands in the second Central Unit's room.
03C Samus landing.jpg|The same scene with dimmer lighting (seen in Volume 3 of the Metroid Dread Report).
Central Unit room second Central Unit.png|The first Central Unit to be fought.
Central Unit Door shield.png|The Central Unit Door with shielding, in Artaria's E.M.M.I. Zone.
CU Flip out!.gif|The Hanubian Central Unit being remotely drained of energy.
CU shuts down!.gif|The unit's death.
Central Unit room Hanubia during escape.jpg|The final Central Unit room during the escape sequence.
Metroid Dread Purchase-bg.jpg|Background image from the official Metroid Dread website.
===Maps===
Central Unit room Artaria 1 Map.jpg|Artaria (first)
Central Unit room Artaria 2 Map.jpg|Artaria (second)
Central Unit room Cataris Map.jpg|Cataris
Central Unit room Dairon Map.jpg|Dairon
Central Unit room Ghavoran Map.jpg|Ghavoran
Central Unit room Ferenia Map.jpg|Ferenia
Central Unit room Hanubia Map.jpg|Hanubia
==References==
Category:Rooms
Category:Boss Rooms
Category:Artaria
Category:Cataris
Category:Dairon
Category:Ghavoran
Category:Ferenia
Category:Hanubia