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Weavel’s Identity…???

Fun fact: The first bounty hunter aside from Samus to ever appear in the Metroid series was this guy; "Big Time" Brannigan, who briefly appeared in an early Nintendo comic. He's introduced as Samus' #1 rival with a 100% success rate, someone who often takes jobs from her in order to one-up Samus. Despite this, their rivalry seemed friendly at first; They'd often find themselves working together on the same goal, and had known each other for years.

So when they met on Zebes and finally recognized one another up-close, Samus assumed Big Time was trying to do her mission and wasn’t upset about it either, which made it pretty awkward for Big Time to explain that actually, he was here to capture Samus for Mother Brain. His feelings on Samus seem to be mixed here; He doesn't actively hate her on sight and seems even polite, trying to reason to Samus like an old friend to go along in case it'd save her life.

But his need to prove himself does cause Big Time to attempt to murder Samus anyway when she's in Mother Brain's captivity, as a way to cement his own position as the best bounty hunter in the galaxy. Samus reads Big Time like a book however, having turned over a rigged gun of hers; She knew Big Time would revel in killing Samus with her own weapon, so when he pulled the trigger, it instead exploded, causing a diversion that allowed Samus to escape. Big Time's attempted execution wasn't supposed to happen; He was supposed to leave Samus alive and alone with Mother Brain, who blamed the failure on Big Time and had him dragged off by her minions to be fed to the Metroids.

Curiously, Big Time resembles a Dessgeega wearing armor similar to how Samus' power suit was depicted at the time (This would make him a precursor to Armstrong Houston, another bounty hunter who'd appear in a Super Metroid tie-in comic). None of this is surprising, since this was early in Metroid's run; Back then, Zebesian enemies were often depicted as sapient Space Pirates, due to comic artists needing actual models to pull from when depicting the group.

Otherwise, the only Space Pirates you actually see/fight in Metroid are Mother Brain, Kraid, and Ridley; And Ridley himself might just be one of the local fauna, based on his description! Plus, this was when Metroid leaned more into having funky, goofy aliens, so it's not unreasonable to say that a lot of the enemies were the sapient Space Pirates who masterminded all this, and not just animals acting as obstacles. Aliens don’t necessarily adhere to anthropomorphic indications of sapience. Super Metroid would eventually acknowledge these absences by properly introducing the Zebesians as the Space Pirates we'd heard so much about.

Nevertheless, we have a rival bounty hunter to Samus with technology like hers, wielding a powerful gun, who is essentially an upper torso that walks around on his arms. He has three fingers on each hand and moves by hopping around (if his species is any indication), he's affiliated with the Space Pirates, and gets screwed over fighting Samus on Zebes during her Zero Mission...

Yes; I am considering the hilarious idea that Weavel's original body was a Dessgeega. That he has surprising similarities with Big Time. And that the Halfturret is less an Alt-Form for Weavel, and more his true form; Specifically, a more accurate callback to his original organic body. Basically, what happened to Weavel was that he was given a cybernetic version of his old body, as well as a turret with walking legs to ride on when it wasn't firing at targets.

I honestly wonder if Richard Vorodi was inspired by obscure Metroid character Big Time... Probably not, he'd have likely mentioned it by now. But it's a hilarious thought; Amidst all of the speculation that Weavel was a Zebesian or Tallon IV pirate or some unique, yet-unseen species, what if he was just canon's version of Big Time; Samus' first fellow/rival bounty hunter in the history of the Metroid franchise.

The idea is so ridiculous that a part of me wants to adapt it into my own headcanon despite what I’ve already said about Meta Weavel, because I’ve unironically wanted to see Big Time incorporated into the current canon. Especially the absurd bit about him being Samus’ main rival, because being just an upper torso somehow doesn’t impede his skill whatsoever (which makes some sense since this would be normal for his species, he’s just moving as he always has). Him being second only to Samus means he’s a better bounty hunter than all of the other ones we’ve seen, no less; Sylux, Rundas, who???

Imagine Samus fighting Weavel in Brinstar and he looks like and IS an updated version of Big Time. Maybe being punished by Mother Brain led to Weavel having mixed feelings about his organization, hence leaving yet still working with them, like how Samus does the Federation. It’d also mean Weavel’s cybernetic body is actually accurate to his original one, which gives less reason to be angry at the Space Pirates for that at least; Hence Mother Brain becoming the new motive for cutting some ties, since she does stop being leader for a while (because she was dead). So Weavel would feel more comfortable maintaining a connection to his old group after that; Dunno how he feels about her brief return in Super, or if he just patiently sat that one out and went back when Mother died for real.

I am attached to Zebesian Weavel who leads the Space Pirates during the Mothership segment, however. Given what I’ve written about Project Meta, I could reconcile these by saying that Weavel’s new body was meant to emulate the two best bounty hunters in the galaxy; Samus Adam’s humanoid form, and Big Time’s upper torso build. Which would piss Weavel off I presume; It’s one thing to be forced to adapt to a body that’s already alien enough because it’s machine, but one modeled after the one who made you like this?!?!? (And also some guy Mother Brain hired to capture Samus on Zebes)

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Dessgeega from Metroid Fusion (GBA)

1. Resized | 2. Original

Sprite-Sheet from Spriters Resource

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My Creations Week: Dessgeega Starfinder Monster Conversion

It should come as no surprise to longtime fans of this blog that I love video games just as much as I love traditional tabletop, and I love even more that that two have a long history of influencing the other, with entire genres of game in both mediums being invented to emulate each other in different ways.

Starfinder is no exception here, and it would be foolish to assume that certain elements of the system weren’t influenced by the Metroid franchise, what with it emulating the horror of the Alien franchise and having a protagonist that progressively gets stronger over time (albeit thanks to her equipment rather than “leveling up” per se.

 In any case, I decided to do a monster conversion for a classic Metroid alien hailing back from the very first game!

 Dessgeega CR 9

XP 6400

N Medium Animal

Init +6 ; Senses low-light vision; Perception +17;

Defense

HP 145

EAC 22 ; KAC 24

Fort +13; Ref +13; Will +8

Immunities fall damage, fire

Offense

Speed 20 ft, climb 20, personal gravity

Melee Pounce +21 2d10+13

Offensive Abilities Adhesive Spittle +18, entangle DC 16

Statistics

Str +4; Dex +6; Con +3; Int -4; Wis +2; Cha +0

Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +22, Survival +17

Other Abilities leaping charge

Ecology

Environment warm underground (Zebes)

Organization solitary, pair, or clan (3-4)

Special Abilities

Leaping Charge

A Dessgeega may leap as part as a charge attack, making an athletics check as part of the movement, and potentially falling after the attack resolves.

Personal Gravity

Dessgeegas have the curious ability to treat down as up and and the reverse, as if under the effects of the reverse gravity variant of a control gravity spell. While in this state, the dessgeega falls upwards, and may walk upside-down and even leap off of inverted surfaces. A dessgeega can turn this ability off or on as a full-round action.

A handful of life forms on the planet Zebes have evolved a body plan centered around a central body with a pair of powerful leaping legs, and one of the strongest is the species native to Norfair known as dessgeegas. Dessgeegas possess an insect-like head complete with mandibles and antennae, as well as armored chitin and spikes on their legs. Like many other zebesian native species sharing this body plan, not only are they powerful leapers, but also possess a curious ability to invert their personal relationship to gravity, allowing them to traverse along the ceilings of their subterranean lava tunnel homes with ease and ambush prey from above.

A hungry dessgeega will attack potential prey by pouncing upon it, often leaping upon a prey creature several times to strike with their taloned feet until they are subdued. However, vexing prey might be subjected to a spray of the silk-like adhesive that dessgeegas typically use to protect their egg sacs, immobilizing them.

The carapace of a dessgeega is extremely tough to deal with the rigors of Norfair’s volcanic environment, which warrants heavier ordinance to defend oneself from them.

While not a part of their normal biology, during the BSL incident, X Parasite-infected/mimicked dessgeegas capable of firing barbs reflexively at foes were spotted, a trait likely developed by the X combining the desgeega form with the DNA of Cacatacs, which do possess that ability.

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