The Omega Pirate Absorption System is a technology created by the Space Pirates used by Elite Pirate Upsilon in Metroid Prime. It seems to be a version of the Energy-siphon system used by the Phazon Elite and Elite Pirates modified for the Omega Pirate's use. It is used to absorb opponent's Beam attacks, and is generated from either hand of the user. It creates a large sphere of light that will draw in Beam shots, thus rendering the owner invulnerable to Beam weaponry. However, the user will still be susceptible to Missile attacks, making this system flawed. The Space Pirate Science Team vowed to correct this defect, but since this system was never employed by Space Pirate forces after Samus Aran's destruction of the Omega Pirate and the normal Elites, it can be assumed that the system was