As she is approaching Sector Zero, Samus Aran feels the BOTTLE SHIP rumble as its propulsion system is activated. This confuses her, as the ship was thought to be derelict. She continues on. At the entrance, she is shot by Adam Malkovich, disabling her Power Suit and leaving her temporarily paralyzed. After he explains the unfreezable nature of the Metroids contained in Sector Zero, Adam gives Samus several missions. He remarks that the BOTTLE SHIP is on course to intercept Galactic Federation Headquarters, which he believes to be the catalyst for an attack by MB, the BOTTLE SHIP's rogue AI, against the Galactic Federation. He asks Samus to divert the ship off this course, as well as to save a survivor in Room MW and destroy Ridley.