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Metroid (Videogame)

A videogame from the Metroid universe
The original Metroid game, this side-scrolling shooter/platformer established the basic elements of the series. However, it is no longer considered canon, as it has been replaced by Metroid: Zero Mission, which is essentially a more detailed retelling of the same plot. In it, Samus is enlisted by the Galactic Federation to hunt down Space ...

Metroid

Universe
The Metroid series is one of Nintendo's signature game franchises. Set several centuries in the future, the series follows the exploits of bounty hunter Samus Aran, a woman who was bestowed a sophisticated suit of power armor by a race of aliens known as the Chozo, who are currently extinct in their corporeal form.  Samus's primar...

Metroid (Creature)

A creature from the Metroid universe
Metroids are bizarre alien lifeforms. While a number of variations exist, the standard form resembles a jellyfish with tusks and reddish internal organs, which are visible through the translucent outer tissues. Metroids are of much interest - and concern - because of their ability to drain the 'life force' from their victims. This 'life ...

Metroid Fusion

A videogame from the Metroid universe
Set sometime after Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion revolves around the former homeworld of the Metroids. This world is now being overrun by a parasitic organism called 'X,' which formerly was kept in check by the Metroid population. Soon after arriving, Samus is infected by the X contagion. To be saved, she must undergo a DNA splice with the...

Metroid II: Return of Samus

A videogame from the Metroid universe
In this sequel to the original Metroid, Samus hunts down the Metroids on their home planet (called SR388), leaving only one alive. This Metroid is given to the Galactic Federation for peaceful research purposes.

Metroid Prime

A videogame from the Metroid universe
This intallment of the Metroid saga is set shortly after the events of Metroid/Metroid: Zero Mission. In it, Samus must infiltrate and destroy a Space Pirate base on the world Tallon IV, where they are experimenting with the strange mutagenic substance known as Phazon. More details of the Chozo also come to light. As both the first Metroid...

Metroid Prime: Echoes

A videogame from the Metroid universe
Set in the period before Super Metroid but after Metroid Prime: Hunters, Echoes introduced a new element to the series: a sort of light-dark duality between two parallel worlds. Arriving on the planet Aether in the course of tracking down Space Pirates, Samus is enlisted by the advanced Luminoth to help in their losing struggle against the...

Metroid: Zero Mission

A videogame from the Metroid universe
This game is a retelling of the original Metroid game, with additional material added after what had been the end of the original. This more detailed version is now considered to override the original Metroid in canon terms.

Michael Donovan

A character from the V universe
Mike Donovan was covering a guerilla insurgency in El Salvador when the Visitors arrived. He was among the first batch of media to be allowed on to the Visitor mothership and enjoyed early exposure to them. Mike never quite felt easy about them and his insatiable curiousity was bound to get him in trouble. He ...

Michael Jankowski

A character from the Babylon 5 universe
Captain Michael Jankowski was commanding officer of the EAS Prometheus, a Hyperion class Heavy Cruiser. Despite a record of being foolhardy and trigger happy, Captain Jankowski was selected by Earthforce command to head up a task force to try and initiate first contact with the Minbari. Despite warnings from Lo...

Midnight on the Firing Line

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
A Narn attack on a Centauri farming colony leads to heightened tensions between the two rival superpowers. Meanwhile, Raider attacks on transport ships are on the increase and are operating closer to Babylon 5's area with seeming impunity. The tensions caused between the Narn and Centauri also c...

Midway

A ship from the Wing Commander universe
The TCS Midway was the first of a new class of ships, the MegaCarrier. Designed in the post war environment, the Midway and any sister ships were intended to project power en-masse without needing to use larger numbers of smaller vessels. It's also likely that the Midway was a testbed of sorts for future carrier development....

Mike Nelson

A character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 universe
Mike Nelson became entangled with a diabolical bad-movie-watching experiment during his time working as a temporary employee for a pair of mad scientists. The scientists were planning to kill Mike as soon as his employment with them ended, but their scheming was overheard by a member of the crew on board the Satellite of Love, where the experiment ...

Minbari Federation

A group from the Babylon 5 universe
The Minbari are an old race, one of the oldest of the 'Younger' races. They are a deeply spiritual people and bound by centuries of tradition. The present social structure of the Minbari has been in place for 1000 years when Valen appeared and set up the Grey Council and formalised the Caste structure. He also set up the rules that Minbari do no...

Mind War

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
A Psi-Cop, Alfred Bester, arrives on Babylon 5 looking for a rogue telepath. Jason Ironheart is Talia's old mentor, and Bester expects him to try and make contact with her. Meanwhile, Commander Sinclairs old girlfriend, Catherine Sakai, negotiates with Ambassador G'Kar over the rights to survey a desolate planet for IPX. Despite his war...

Mind Worm

A creature from the Alpha Centauri universe
Mind Worms usually travel in huge 'boils' of thousands or millions of their kind. They have strange psionic abilities, what makes these small creatures extremely dangerous. They will induce an extreme feeling of terror into the victim's mind to paralyze it. Thus, having big weapons is not enough to combat them, as anyone who wants to eradicate a bo...

Minoru Kurita

A character from the Battletech universe
Minoru Kurita is brother to Hohiro Kurita and Omi Kurita. He seems to be a more studious type than the typical Kuritan warrior, but nonetheless he did undergo training. He was captured by Clan Nova Cat and was made a bondsman for a time. He now seems to serve as a sort of liason between the Draconis Combine and the Nova Cat...

Miraborg Class Dropship

A vehicle/ship class from the Battletech universe
The Miraborg Class Dropship is one of the newer dropship classes in service with the Clans. It takes it's name from Kapten Tyra Miraborg, who sacrificed her life to ram her crippled Shilone Aerofighter into the bridge of the Clan flagship Direwolf. The Clans agreed to name this dropship class in such a way to honour her bravery, an act wh...

Miranda

A vehicle/ship class from the Star Trek universe
The Miranda is a light cruiser, and was introduced by Starfleet in the 23th century. The Mirandas served as patrol and survey ships all the way into the 24th century. The Miranda, along with the Excelsior, formed the bulk of the Federation fleet, during several wars, and many have been lost during the fighting with the Borg and the Dominio...

Miriam Godwinson

A character from the Alpha Centauri universe
The aggressive and extremely religious leader of the Lord's Believers faction. She was born on the 4th of April, 2014, in the United States of America, Georgia. She is a powerful and charismatic leader with a Ph.D. in psychology from the university of Yale. Miriam - despite her religious beliefs - can be quite aggressive, pr...

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