Pirate Commander

:This article is about the Space Pirate Commander class that Samus Aran encountered around the time of the Great Invasion. For the subordinate Commando class also encountered , see Commando Pirate.
A Pirate Commander is a high-ranking Space Pirate found in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. A Space Pirate can only become a Commander if it has served as a Commando Pirate for at least 10 years. It would seem Commanders are the only class eligible to wear Red Phazite armor, which is very rare and much more resilient than usual Phazite armor. They are equipped with a personal-teleportation device, which enables them to move around the area with ease. The Commander that Samus Aran battled displayed the ability to summon multiple Commando Pirates to its aid. Both abilities are also displayed during the battle with Samus.
On the Pirate Homeworld, one Commander shows up repeatedly to summon more Commando Pirates and impede Samus' path. This particular Commander first appears when Samus sets off the Pirate Alarm System in the Scrapvault, where it summons a pair of Commandos and orders them to kill her. During Fleet Admiral Castor Dane's assault on the Homeworld, in Transit Tunnel P69, two Federation Marines can be found firing down in a parallel area to the left of Samus, right before she moves on. If she watches long enough, the Commander will appear and use its dash attack on them, killing them instantly, and teleports away. The Commander makes another appearance in Transit Station 0205, where it summons a trio of Commandos to protect the Pirate Homeworld Leviathan, though Samus and the Demolition Troopers manage to fight them off, and blow up the door leading to the Seed. The Commander appears once more at the entrance to the Seed, where it knocks Samus off a ledge and fights her directly, with the help of four Commando Pirates, but is still defeated.
In Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether, a "boss" was a similar kind of Pirate.
==Battle==
The Pirate Commander will generally summon 4 Commando Pirates at once, then warp around the arena causing havoc. When the Commandos are killed, the Commander will summon more up to a certain point when no more are called. Due to constant teleportation, it is difficult to attack. Samus's best weapon against the Commander is Hypermode - all of her other weapons will have very little effect. Unlike Commandos, it cannot be killed with a headshot from the Nova Beam, as Red Phazite is immune to the X-Ray Visor and Nova Beam's piercing effects.
==Logbook entry==
==Gallery==
Commando-pirate.png|Concept art for the Commander's helmet.
File:Samus_v_Commander.jpg|The Commander charges at Samus.
OUCH.png|The Commander knocks Samus off a ledge.
ru:Командир Пиратов
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Category:Space Pirates
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Category:Pirate Homeworld
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