List of transmissions in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

This is a list of transmissions received by Samus Aran during the events of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. While most of her transmissions come from Aurora Unit 242, she also receives them from Escort Seven, Rundas, Fleet Admiral Castor Dane, the Chozo biotech computer, Aurora Unit 217 and NZG41 at times.
Samus will receive a transmission when she reaches a certain point in the story, and they sometimes offer gameplay hints. The text will automatically appear on screen. Transmission paragraphs can be skipped by pressing on the Wii Remote. For certain skippable transmissions, if the 1 button is not pressed for about a minute, the entire transmission will instantly end (the objectives section of her Logbook will usually be updated at this time).
==Aurora Unit 242==
===Cargo Hub===
Heard after Samus watches Ghor kill a Berserker Knight, and as she is leaving for Generator C.
===Cargo Dock C===
Heard right as Samus is exiting Conduit C into Cargo Dock C.
===Generator C===
Heard when Samus uses the lever and the generator becomes stalled.  
===Generator C Access===
Heard when Samus is returning through here after bringing Generator C back online.
===After in-person briefing===
Given to Samus in her Gunship in Norion's orbit, following Samus's recovery from her coma.
===Cliffside Airdock===
===G.F.S. Theseus===
===Corrupted Pool===
Heard after Samus has her first Phazon Overload.
===Temple Generator===
Heard if Samus tries to command her ship to bomb the Seed Shield Generator without Ship Missiles.
===Federation Landing Site discovered===
Heard a short time after the last transmission.
===Samus's condition===
Heard after Samus uses a Mogenar-class War Golem to open the exit in the Hidden Court.
===Jungle Generator===
There are two transmissions in this room. The first is heard if Samus attempts to command her ship to bomb the Seed Shield Generator before disabling the Tiamat cannons.
The second is heard after the cannons, and generator are destroyed.
===Main Docking Bay===
Heard when Samus lands on the Main Docking Bay and as she reaches the door to Main Docking Access.
===Post-Bryyo===
This is one of only two instances where 242 refers to herself in the third-person, saying "I" instead of the usual "we".
===Aurora Chamber (SkyTown)===
Heard if Samus idles in front of the Kinetic Lock in the Aurora Chamber for a short time.
===Ballista Storage hint===
Received as a hint towards Ballista Storage if continuing to idle in SkyTown.
===Bryyo Ice hint===
Heard some time after speaking to Aurora Unit 217 and being directed to the SkyTown Federation Landing Site.
===Within Bryyo Ice===
While Samus is exploring Bryyo Ice for the first time, she receives two garbled transmissions of unknown origin. The file name of this transmission is "AUScrambledIFT", confirming the scrambled transmission came from 242.
The scrambled transmission can be heard here: 
===Gel Refinery Site===
Heard when Samus returns to this room after leaving Bryyo Ice. 242 saying that she has been trying to reach Samus seemingly confirms it was her who sent the inaudible transmissions.
===Post-Elysia===
Given to Samus in her Gunship in Elysia's orbit, following the destruction of the Elysia Seed.
===Command Courtyard===
Heard when Samus enters the room.
===X-Ray Visor hint===
Heard if Samus waits long enough after visiting Command Courtyard.
===Pirate Homeworld Map===
Heard sometime after obtaining X-Ray Visor
===After Gandrayda's defeat===
===Powerworks hint===
Heard when Samus is on SkyTown again in search of the Spider Ball.
===Post-Pirate Homeworld===
===Phaaze discovered===
This transmission can be heard from any room, an indeterminate amount of time after the destruction of the Pirate Homeworld Seed.
===Leviathan Battleship===
Heard if Samus attempts to commandeer the battleship without the Leviathan Command Codes.
===Control Room===
Heard after Samus obtains the Leviathan Command Codes. The message changes depending on whether or not the Leviathan Battleship has been discovered and/or visited yet.
====Battleship not discovered or visited====
====Battleship discovered, not visited====
====Battleship discovered and visited====
===Final transmission===
Heard after Admiral Dane's message following Samus's commandeering of the Leviathan Battleship. This message is a subtle hint that now is the last chance to obtain any missing items or scans before the final confrontation with Dark Samus.
===Unused===
A number of unused transmissions from Aurora Unit 242 exist within the game's data. Each has associated subtitles and audio, but no method of activating it in-game. Although it is not fully known where these transmissions would have played, their content and names within the game's scripting data provide some context.
====SkytownBadHypermode003NB====
Likely would have played shortly after arriving in SkyTown; scripting data for the transmission exists in Zipline Station Alpha, indicating it would have become active after the planet's introductory cutscene. 242 explains to Samus a horrifying discovery: the Phazon inside her body is linked to Dark Samus, and slowly attempting to take control of her. The only way to stop this would be to destroy Dark Samus, otherwise "you will become... her." This would have been a hint toward what would happen if Samus died of Terminal Corruption.
====PirateLeviathanAttackNB====
This transmission has scripting in all three Landing Sites on the Pirate Homeworld. It may have been replaced with the shorter transmission advising Samus to prepare herself before she travels to Phaaze.
====AbandonedFusesNB====
Likely intended to play when Samus collects Energy Cell 1 on board the G.F.S. Valhalla.
====PirateGetCloserToSeedNB====
Intended for when Samus is back on the Pirate Homeworld after obtaining the Spider Ball.
==Escort Seven==
Heard when Samus is about to board the G.F.S. Olympus.
After inputting the identity code into the transmission console:
A moment later,
==Admiral Dane==
===Generator A===
Heard after Samus reactivates Generator A.
===Post-Spider Ball===
Heard sometime after Spider Ball is obtained.
===Post-Hazard Shield===
Heard as Samus explores the Pirate Homeworld after obtaining the Hazard Shield.
===Defense System disabled===
Heard as Samus is leaving the Command Station after she disables the defense system generator.
===If nine Demolition Troopers are killed===
Heard if nine Demolition Troopers die during the escort sequence.
===Leviathan Battleship taken===
Heard after Samus uses the command codes.
==Rundas==
Heard when Samus enters Generator C Access.
==Chozo biotech computer==
Heard after the briefing with Aurora Unit 217, when it is awoken from stasis.
Heard when Samus reaches the Arrival Station (loud explosions can be heard):
Heard when Samus gets closer to the Main Docking Bay:
Heard when Samus returns to the Spire Dock after killing Ghor and restoring Aurora Unit 217's network to Skytown:
==Aurora Unit 217==
===Main Docking Bay===
Heard if Samus idles in the Main Docking Bay after defeating Ghor.
===Landing Site A===
Heard when Samus enters the Landing Site and approaches the Chozebo.
===Security Station===
===SkyTown Federation Landing Site===
The first transmission is heard when Samus enters the Landing Site and approaches the Chozebo.
The second transmission is heard after Samus uses the upgrade system to add the Ship Grapple Beam to her Gunship.
===Transit Hub===
Heard if Samus idles in front of the Third Bomb Component after being briefed on the Theronian Bomb.
===Seeker Missile hint===
Heard sometime after the Transit Hub transmission if Samus waits long enough without finishing the Theronian Bomb.
===Transit Hub===
Heard after Samus collects the Third Bomb Component, and her Gunship flies off.
===Spire Dock===
===Spire Pod===
Heard shortly before the Spire defense sequence.
===Escape Pod Bay Access===
Heard when Samus enters this room after escaping the Theronian Bomb's detonation.
==NZG41==
Heard when Samus enters the Security Air Lock from the other side.
==Trivia==
*Oddly, some of the transmissions in the game, namely ones triggered if Samus idles, appear to be absent in the Metroid Prime Trilogy (or at least, in the digital Wii U version).
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