Ventilation Shaft (Phazon Mines)

The Ventilation Shaft is a room in the Phazon Mines. It appears in Metroid Prime.
==Description==
The Ventilation Shaft is defined by the half-pipe in it, which bears an ornate design of stonework, metal and glass through which the mine caverns outside can be seen. Dropping into the half-pipe, Samus can use her Boost Ball to boost up onto upper ledges that lead to Elite Control and Omega Research on either side. Two large ventilation fans are built into the walls on either side of the half-pipe, along with two smaller vents in the ceiling. One fan with larger blades is operating at minimal power, while the other is offline.
The first time this room is accessed, Puffers will emerge from the ceiling vents. The creatures fill the air with their meta-viprium gas, which the powered fan spreads throughout the room. Samus has no choice but to quickly escape the room before her energy is depleted. Once she returns with the Power Bomb, Samus is able to destroy a Bendezium grate in the floor underneath the inactive fan and access the Control Room. Here, an Interface Module is present; when scanned, the inactive ventilation fan is activated. This pushes the Puffers into the working fan, killing them all, dispersing the gas and destroying the fan. Once it is destroyed, an Energy Tank can be accessed.
In the original Japanese and New Play Control! versions of Metroid Prime, Samus's Suit Voice will say "Poison gas detected" when the gas begins to fill the room. Through Options in Metroid Prime Remastered, this voiceover can be toggled on or off.
==Connecting rooms==
*Elite Control (via White Door on the floor)
*Omega Research (via White Door)
*Control Room (via tunnel)
==Inhabitants==
*Puffers
==Items==
;Energy Tank:See above.
==Scans==
;Ventilation fan:"Ventilation fan is working at minimal level.Activation of vent system will bring it to full power."
;Ventilation fan (2):"Ventilation fan is functional, but offline.An activation panel must be nearby."
;Bendezium:"There is clear air flowing from this Bendezium grate."
==Trivia==
*The first and subsequent times Samus enters this area during the Puffer swarm and begins losing energy from the toxic gas, she can repeatedly kill the room's infinitely respawning Puffers to slowly refill all of her Energy Tanks and ammunition with the resultant Energy Capsules and ammo spawns respectively. It is unclear whether this is an intended strategy.
*During the initial trip into this room, if Samus reaches a certain point in the room without triggering the cutscene, the Puffer swarm will activate regardless.
==Gallery==
Ventilation Shaft Phazon Mines 2.png
Puffers released.jpg|Puffers coming from the vents in the Ventilation Shaft.
Ventilation fan MP1.png|The room filled with gas.
Ventilation Shaft (Mines) Map.png|The Ventilation Shaft on the Map.
Category:Rooms
Category:Rooms containing Energy Tank(s) in Metroid Prime
Category:Phazon Mines Level Two