Armored Pirate

The Armored Pirate is a Space Pirate which appears only in the original NTSC release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, solely at the Concourse in SkyTown, Elysia. The Armored Pirate is physically identical to the Armored Pirate Militia, suggesting that Retro Studios accidentally misnamed it, although scans say it is a different creature. This creature may also have been the original design of the Armored Pirate Trooper/Armored Pirate Militia during initial development, before being restructured.
After scanning it, the game will give the player a Red Credit (allowing for 109 total, rather than the game's usual maximum of 108). It has a unique scan entry, as well as a model (unusually, this depicts an Armored Pirate Trooper despite the in-game creature being a Militia), but it does not appear in the Logbook. 
==Combat==
An Armored Pirate behaves virtually identical to its "brethren". It fires blasts from its Assault Rifle and may perform rapid-fire from an aerial stationary stance. When at close range, it will swing its scythe in two sweeps before retracting it. At mid-range, it may perform a slashing leap directly aimed at Samus. An Armored Pirate sometimes performs a taunt (resembling the Hypermode animation). 
===Battle Statistics===
Veteran Mode
Attack 	Damage Output
Contact damage	10 HP
Assault Rifle 	3 HP per round
Energy Scythe*	20 HP, slight knockback
*Oddly at times, the scythe may not harm Samus at all, appearing mainly as an aesthetic. The damage delivered during scythe attacks primarily stems from contact damage.
==Logbook entry==
==Gallery==
Armored_Pirate_3.jpg|The Armored Pirate engages Samus.
Armored Pirate ready.png|An Armored Pirate with energy scythe ready.
Armored_Pirate_2.jpg|The Armored Pirate Logbook entry.
Category:Space Pirates
Category:Elysia
Category:Eastern SkyTown
Category:Pirate Classes