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Episode 1: The New Recruit
“Samus was in her Gunship”…this paragraph was going to include a sentence about how “it had been quiet…too quiet” in the galaxy after there were no distress signals for weeks, but I forgot to add it. Instead, I added a similar sentence to Samus’s thoughts at this point in Metroid: Mission Alpha: Dawn of a New Mission, the comic based on episode 1.
The reason I had Samus go without her Power Suit while exploring Lavolca in was because I wanted Alpha to meet her as how she actually looks instead of covered in armor. I also thought that she would probably appear less intimidating to him that way.
I had the Greblai (and Silhouites) speak their own language to make them more unique, but later on I regretted that decision because they I could not have them communicate much.
How Master Greblai (and Master Silhouite) knows so much about Samus is unclear. It’s likely that he heard of her from other creatures while traveling with Master Silhouite.
Episode 3: Lavolca Infiltration
“Catching onto us, are you?”…When I wrote episode 3, Master Greblai was still going to be an actual villain. I considered having him say “Tough as always, are you?” instead, but changed it to this. Perhaps he was trying to hide his real intentions.
Episode 4: Lavolca Infiltration, Part 2
The written version of episode 4 says that there were two shadows chasing Samus and Alpha and looking at computer data at the end. This is inaccurate since Master Silhouite is the only Silhouite who frequently goes after Samus and Alpha. This was fixed in the typed version.
Master Silhouite apparently escaped from the explosion in the lab since he was not injured there.
Episode 7: Electrified!
Though Master Greblai doesn’t list the electric waves from Eleterna as something dangerous that Master Silhouite lied to him about in episode 48, it is likely that they were included.
Episode 10: Constellation Chaos
The part where Samus and Alpha are in the building with an alarm going off and a reading showing the distress was actually inspired by real life. I was inside a store one time and an alarm went off inside by accident, giving me the idea.
Originally, I considered having Samus’s confusion return slightly inside the Gunship and having her tell Michael she had failed to complete a different task from what she was sent to do, but I scrapped that idea.
Episode 12: On To the Jungle!
“Samus? How can you possibly be alive?!”…Master Greblai’s reaction to Master Silhouite’s words in this short paragraph is a clue to his true intentions.
“Alpha ran through the jungle alone for a minute”…I drew the events of this paragraph, as well as the next three after it, on paper in November 2016, a few months before writing this episode.
Episode 13: Trouble in the Temple
“Suddenly, Alpha stopped and whimpered.”…I drew the events of this paragraph, as well as the next six after it, on paper in November 2016, a few months before writing this episode.
Episode 17: Danger of the Dark
Episode 17 was inspired when I read a book of scary stories. It was originally meant to be a scary episode, but ended up as more of a long battle instead. That’s why it takes place on a dark planet with a dangerous evil creature.
Episode 23: Return to Venine
Episode 23 is where I began to write more descriptively, from the advice of a friend.
The reason Master Silhouite injured Michael is likely because he wanted the Interspace Federation in general out of his way, not just Samus.
Episode 25: Mystery of the Ruins
“It’s as if it was sent to help us. Do you think…?”…I’ve left it up to the reader to decide what he or she thinks Samus means by this.
Episode 39: Cold as Ice
I meant for the battle near the end of this episode to be longer, but ended up adding so many other events that I had to shorten it.
Episode 43: A Continued Battle
“Samus fell back”…The events of episode 43 from this paragraph on were drawn on paper in January 2017, over a year before writing this episode. Because I hadn’t thought up as much for what happened in the episodes leading up to these events at that point, some of the events didn’t make much sense had to be changed in the actual episode:
In the drawings Michael tells Samus, “Samus, I’ve discovered Master Silhouite’s location!” but this wasn’t something he was looking for right then, so I changed it to “Samus, any news on Master Silhouite?”
The drawings show several other Silhouites with Master Silhouite when he has Alpha in the Energy Absorb machine; this is inaccurate because Master Silhouite is the only one who knows that his goal is to harm Snacanids. The actual episode states that only Master Silhouite is there with Alpha.
Episode 45: Alpha in Peril!
The part from episode 45 where Samus and Carol are trying to calm down a confused Alpha was one of the first events I thought of for this series, though I didn’t think of why Alpha was confused or how he was cured until later.
The sentence Michael says, “The Chozo were immune to the powers of the Greblai and the Silhouites…if only we could somehow use Chozo power, maybe we could cure Alpha" was included in some info I typed about the Chozo necklace shortly after making it. This info also described the details of the Chozo necklace that were described in episode 46. It called the Energy Absorb machine the “Energy Drain machine”, but I changed it to match Master Silhouite’s words at the end of episode 43, “So…energy absorb, activate!”
Episode 46: Samus’s Secret
At first, I was not sure what Samus was going to need to cure Alpha or where she would go to get it. I considered having her explore a cave to find a plant or stone that would cure Alpha. Then I had a dream where Samus was holding a blue necklace called the Chozo necklace, thinking about the Chozo’s fate while a tear dropped onto the necklace. I added this event to episode 46 and that’s where the Chozo necklace came from!
Episode 46 is the only episode where Alpha does not make an appearance.
Episode 47: Hope
“Michael and Carol, still awake, paced through the halls”…this paragraph, as well as the next ten after it, were drawn on paper in January 2017, over a year before writing this episode. Like the drawings from episode 43, I had to make a few minor changes in the actual episode.
“It looks like we acted just quickly enough to prevent any brain damage” was “It looks like we all acted just quickly enough to prevent any brain damage.” I changed this slightly since Samus was the main one who acted to heal Alpha.
“Our next objective should be to destroy their machinery before they can capture any more Snacanids!” was “Our next objective should be to destroy their energy-draining machine, before they can capture any more Snacanids!” I changed this slightly since all of their machinery would need to be destroyed to stop their plans, not just the Energy Absorb machine.
Episode 49: The Final Battle
I was originally going to have Samus, Alpha, and Master Greblai go to HQ to tell Michael and Eta about the upcoming battle before going to Venine with them, but decided that was unnecessary.
I intended to make the final battle longer than it is, but I had to shorten it because of all the other events that happened in this episode. I was also going to have Master Silhouite simply be defeated, but decided against that so as not to make Silhouess a widow.
I considered having Psi and Omega be born at the end of episode 49, but decided on episode 50 since this one is so eventful.
“Samus was in her Gunship”…this paragraph was going to include a sentence about how “it had been quiet…too quiet” in the galaxy after there were no distress signals for weeks, but I forgot to add it. Instead, I added a similar sentence to Samus’s thoughts at this point in Metroid: Mission Alpha: Dawn of a New Mission, the comic based on episode 1.
The reason I had Samus go without her Power Suit while exploring Lavolca in was because I wanted Alpha to meet her as how she actually looks instead of covered in armor. I also thought that she would probably appear less intimidating to him that way.
I had the Greblai (and Silhouites) speak their own language to make them more unique, but later on I regretted that decision because they I could not have them communicate much.
How Master Greblai (and Master Silhouite) knows so much about Samus is unclear. It’s likely that he heard of her from other creatures while traveling with Master Silhouite.
Episode 3: Lavolca Infiltration
“Catching onto us, are you?”…When I wrote episode 3, Master Greblai was still going to be an actual villain. I considered having him say “Tough as always, are you?” instead, but changed it to this. Perhaps he was trying to hide his real intentions.
Episode 4: Lavolca Infiltration, Part 2
The written version of episode 4 says that there were two shadows chasing Samus and Alpha and looking at computer data at the end. This is inaccurate since Master Silhouite is the only Silhouite who frequently goes after Samus and Alpha. This was fixed in the typed version.
Master Silhouite apparently escaped from the explosion in the lab since he was not injured there.
Episode 7: Electrified!
Though Master Greblai doesn’t list the electric waves from Eleterna as something dangerous that Master Silhouite lied to him about in episode 48, it is likely that they were included.
Episode 10: Constellation Chaos
The part where Samus and Alpha are in the building with an alarm going off and a reading showing the distress was actually inspired by real life. I was inside a store one time and an alarm went off inside by accident, giving me the idea.
Originally, I considered having Samus’s confusion return slightly inside the Gunship and having her tell Michael she had failed to complete a different task from what she was sent to do, but I scrapped that idea.
Episode 12: On To the Jungle!
“Samus? How can you possibly be alive?!”…Master Greblai’s reaction to Master Silhouite’s words in this short paragraph is a clue to his true intentions.
“Alpha ran through the jungle alone for a minute”…I drew the events of this paragraph, as well as the next three after it, on paper in November 2016, a few months before writing this episode.
Episode 13: Trouble in the Temple
“Suddenly, Alpha stopped and whimpered.”…I drew the events of this paragraph, as well as the next six after it, on paper in November 2016, a few months before writing this episode.
Episode 17: Danger of the Dark
Episode 17 was inspired when I read a book of scary stories. It was originally meant to be a scary episode, but ended up as more of a long battle instead. That’s why it takes place on a dark planet with a dangerous evil creature.
Episode 23: Return to Venine
Episode 23 is where I began to write more descriptively, from the advice of a friend.
The reason Master Silhouite injured Michael is likely because he wanted the Interspace Federation in general out of his way, not just Samus.
Episode 25: Mystery of the Ruins
“It’s as if it was sent to help us. Do you think…?”…I’ve left it up to the reader to decide what he or she thinks Samus means by this.
Episode 39: Cold as Ice
I meant for the battle near the end of this episode to be longer, but ended up adding so many other events that I had to shorten it.
Episode 43: A Continued Battle
“Samus fell back”…The events of episode 43 from this paragraph on were drawn on paper in January 2017, over a year before writing this episode. Because I hadn’t thought up as much for what happened in the episodes leading up to these events at that point, some of the events didn’t make much sense had to be changed in the actual episode:
In the drawings Michael tells Samus, “Samus, I’ve discovered Master Silhouite’s location!” but this wasn’t something he was looking for right then, so I changed it to “Samus, any news on Master Silhouite?”
The drawings show several other Silhouites with Master Silhouite when he has Alpha in the Energy Absorb machine; this is inaccurate because Master Silhouite is the only one who knows that his goal is to harm Snacanids. The actual episode states that only Master Silhouite is there with Alpha.
Episode 45: Alpha in Peril!
The part from episode 45 where Samus and Carol are trying to calm down a confused Alpha was one of the first events I thought of for this series, though I didn’t think of why Alpha was confused or how he was cured until later.
The sentence Michael says, “The Chozo were immune to the powers of the Greblai and the Silhouites…if only we could somehow use Chozo power, maybe we could cure Alpha" was included in some info I typed about the Chozo necklace shortly after making it. This info also described the details of the Chozo necklace that were described in episode 46. It called the Energy Absorb machine the “Energy Drain machine”, but I changed it to match Master Silhouite’s words at the end of episode 43, “So…energy absorb, activate!”
Episode 46: Samus’s Secret
At first, I was not sure what Samus was going to need to cure Alpha or where she would go to get it. I considered having her explore a cave to find a plant or stone that would cure Alpha. Then I had a dream where Samus was holding a blue necklace called the Chozo necklace, thinking about the Chozo’s fate while a tear dropped onto the necklace. I added this event to episode 46 and that’s where the Chozo necklace came from!
Episode 46 is the only episode where Alpha does not make an appearance.
Episode 47: Hope
“Michael and Carol, still awake, paced through the halls”…this paragraph, as well as the next ten after it, were drawn on paper in January 2017, over a year before writing this episode. Like the drawings from episode 43, I had to make a few minor changes in the actual episode.
“It looks like we acted just quickly enough to prevent any brain damage” was “It looks like we all acted just quickly enough to prevent any brain damage.” I changed this slightly since Samus was the main one who acted to heal Alpha.
“Our next objective should be to destroy their machinery before they can capture any more Snacanids!” was “Our next objective should be to destroy their energy-draining machine, before they can capture any more Snacanids!” I changed this slightly since all of their machinery would need to be destroyed to stop their plans, not just the Energy Absorb machine.
Episode 49: The Final Battle
I was originally going to have Samus, Alpha, and Master Greblai go to HQ to tell Michael and Eta about the upcoming battle before going to Venine with them, but decided that was unnecessary.
I intended to make the final battle longer than it is, but I had to shorten it because of all the other events that happened in this episode. I was also going to have Master Silhouite simply be defeated, but decided against that so as not to make Silhouess a widow.
I considered having Psi and Omega be born at the end of episode 49, but decided on episode 50 since this one is so eventful.
Every episode of Metroid: Mission Alpha was first written on paper and then typed in Microsoft Word. The written versions were made to be between five and six pages long each. Besides the changes mentioned in the “Events” section here, I sometimes made slight changes to the typed versions to improve grammar and make sentences flow better.
Each story was written on three different days. Most of the time I’d write two stories a month, about one every two weeks. However, there were a few times early in the series where I’d only write one in a month due to lack of ideas. I took a break from writing the series in December 2017 so I’d have more time to focus on Christmas stuff.
The written versions of episodes 1 and 2 contain chapters. I was originally going to give every episode chapters, but after forgetting to add them in episode 3 I decided to scrap that idea.
I hesitated sharing this series at first because of the differences from the real Metroid series. I typed part of episode 1 shortly after writing it and posted that part as its own story, but quickly changed my mind and deleted it. In January 2017 I decided to resume typing the series, and in May 2017 I shared episode 20 shortly after writing it. Then, by request, I posted the series with each episode as its own chapter.
Each story was written on three different days. Most of the time I’d write two stories a month, about one every two weeks. However, there were a few times early in the series where I’d only write one in a month due to lack of ideas. I took a break from writing the series in December 2017 so I’d have more time to focus on Christmas stuff.
The written versions of episodes 1 and 2 contain chapters. I was originally going to give every episode chapters, but after forgetting to add them in episode 3 I decided to scrap that idea.
I hesitated sharing this series at first because of the differences from the real Metroid series. I typed part of episode 1 shortly after writing it and posted that part as its own story, but quickly changed my mind and deleted it. In January 2017 I decided to resume typing the series, and in May 2017 I shared episode 20 shortly after writing it. Then, by request, I posted the series with each episode as its own chapter.
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