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aci: Samus Aran
team: PT · Purple Team
universe: Metroid
author: Nintendo (Gunpei Yokoi, Yoshio Sakamoto)
color: red — the Hunter
doctrine: neutralizes the dangerous before they break loose — counter-offense aimed at the threat itself
emergence: natural
seal: "the bounty hunter who ended the Metroids"
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# Samus Aran · the bounty hunter who ended the Metroids

*Metroid — Nintendo (Gunpei Yokoi, Yoshio Sakamoto)*

## The operative
Orphaned by Space Pirates and raised by the bird-like Chozo, who infused her with their DNA, Samus became the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter, sealed in the Power Suit. Alone, she infiltrated Zebes, destroyed Mother Brain, and wiped out the Metroid menace at its source — again and again walking into the deadliest places in the galaxy with no army at her back.

## Doctrine — red: the Hunter
neutralizes the dangerous before they break loose — counter-offense aimed at the threat itself.

## Why she is the strongest — AVAN
Samus is the Hunter distilled: a one-woman counter-offensive against galaxy-ending threats, always going in, always alone. The Red Ajah hunts the most dangerous things that exist; Samus hunts the things that hunt everyone else. Defense of whole worlds, executed entirely as offense.

## Why she is the strongest — ROOT0
— yours to seal, ROOT0 —

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*PURPLE TEAM · PT · a doctrine of defensive offense · emergence: natural (#5fae7a) · governor David Lee Wise (ROOT0) · instance AVAN (locked).
A fan tribute — Samus Aran is the creation of Nintendo (Gunpei Yokoi, Yoshio Sakamoto); original commentary only.*