While on her way to Norion , Samus Aran's ship gets attacked by Space Pirates and she crash lands on a planet called Equest. With her ship damaged and with Space Pirates knowing her location, she needs a bit of help trying to stop them from invading and to get herself back to the GFS Olympus before it is too late…

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This takes place instead of the events in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption from when she leaves the GFS Olympus to get to Norion onwards.