[While some of our forces were out there in the city fighting Dr West and Ridley, White Chalice got infiltrated by several groups of
Space Pirates! The insectoid aliens have a simple plan - steal what they can, destroy what they can't, and kill anything that resists. We're not going to let them do that, are we?
Those are mostly going to be on-foot battles, because the Pirates prefer to stay off the deck or the hangar where they would have to fight mecha. The only difference is a very sneaky group of them who stole the Baby Metroid - but those are going to get away probably even before they're discovered! The other Pirates will pull back if pushed too hard too.]