Alpha Splinter

An Alpha Splinter is the alpha male of a Splinter pack.
==Description==
An Alpha Splinter is essentially a larger Splinter than its kin. Its behavior is identical to that of its smaller brethren, albeit with more endurance and overall health. It utilizes the same simple jumping attack deployed by all Splinters. However, the jumping attack of the Alpha Splinter is harder to evade than the jumping attack of smaller Splinters, since it jumps ahead of the direction of its target. Ironically, after being possessed by the Ing, this jumping attack became just as easy to avoid as that of normal Splinters.
A group of Splinters and an Alpha Splinter resided in Aether's Great Temple inside Splinter Cocoons (the alpha had a far larger cocoon). As Samus Aran walked into the center of the Temple Sanctuary, the Splinters and the alpha exited their nests and attacked. Samus managed to destroy them all, but not before the Alpha Splinter was forcibly turned into a Dark Alpha Splinter by the black fog. It would seem that the Ing were going to use the Splinters and Alpha Splinter to steal the last amount of planetary energy from the Energy Controller located in the vicinity.
Only one Alpha Splinter is encountered in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and it is possessed shortly after the start of the battle, so it must be scanned quickly for a Logbook entry.
Whether or not the Alpha Splinter and its smaller brethren were peacefully living with the resident Luminoth in the temple is unknown.
==Logbook entry==
==Episode of Aether==
In the manga Episode of Aether, the Alpha Splinter was much larger than its in-game version, and differed morphologically from it in several ways, such as having teeth and a large central eye. It also appeared in a different area near the crashed GF ship and was attempting to kill one of the surviving Galactic Federation Marines before Samus intervened. A few shots from her power beam were enough to beat it.
==Trivia==
*Despite how difficult it can be to evade its charges, the Alpha Splinter can be manipulated in close quarters by strafing left to right, causing it to assume Samus's movements and lunge off in whichever direction it thought she would take.
*Where all Splinters, Dark Splinters and the Dark Alpha Splinter follow Samus through the room, the Alpha Splinter will jump back to the center of the room after every leap.
*Power Bombs, via hacking of the game, can kill the Alpha Splinter instantly before the scripted Ing possession. The Ing particles will then have nothing to possess, and fly harmlessly around after Samus, and then vanish, leaving her without the Energy Transfer Module to collect.
*The Dark Beam (also obtained via hacking or Sequence Breaking) can be used to freeze the Alpha Splinter. Interestingly when frozen, the dark energy around the creature's legs appear more translucent when compared to its possessed counterpart, a Dark Alpha Splinter.
==Gallery==
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Alpha Splinter Frozen (Gamecube).png|The Alpha Splinter when frozen with the Dark Beam (via Sequence Breaking).
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Category:Aether
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Category:Bosses
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