Designated as the Chozo Battle Suit ver. SA1-4468-VM6-P Mk. XVII Type Athena, the Athena Suit is Samus's third Power Suit upgrade after her Varia and Gravity Suits in Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations. After forming Third Yggdrasil with the Kureshima brothers in an effort to combat the Ganma, Samus took interest of creating a new suit for her own, she began a top secret project in collaboration with Professor Rinna Sawagami called "Project Athena". Samus and Rinna began experimenting a creation of a new armorsuit based on how the Chozo designed Samus's Power Suit. With the Kraidbuster being the first success, which is in fact based on the mechanized armorsuit used by the Galactic Federation.