Dark Tallon Metroid

The Space Pirates captured and bought Metroids from the Tallon IV ecosystem to the planet Aether to use as weapons there. A Dark Tallon Metroid is simply a Tallon Metroid, already infused with Phazon that has been taken over by ING infection. The Dark version is roughly twice the size of a normal Tallon Metroid. If they are damaged are unavailable to find food the creature will absorb Phazon to grow stronger and larger. Like normal Metroids the Dark Tallon Metroid drains the bioenergy of a creature for food. The main difference is the creature is now highly venerable to a concentrated blast of light energy and lost its weakness to cold, dark energy.

It feeds like a normal Metroid from any environment. It clamps down on prey and drains their energy converted it into the Metroids own. The ING infection has the positive effects of greater size, which makes the prey selection even larger because the Metroid can now eat much bigger prey and resistance to the air of Dark Aether. This creature will eat all residents of Dar Aether including other ING and Space Pirates.

These Metroids have developed a very strange "pack instinct" which is extremely uncommon in Metroid society. The ING infection has caused the Metroids to want to stick together, search out a specific area, and find prey. The Metroids find prey and bring it to where the others have settled, usually in an isolated area and drop the creature off there. Once enough food has been found the Metroids devour everything in the pile and repeat the process.