Phazon
From Yb Timeline
"A meteor came, casting a dark shadow of debris over the land with the violence of its impact. Though we perceived this from beyond space and time, it was but a curiosity: a brief flare in the universe. But the meteor brought with it corruption. A Great Poison burst forth into the land, clawing at life with such violence that we were ripped from our peaceful state and find ourselves wandering as shadows of the mortal forms we left behind, searching for why we are here."
-Chozo Lore "Meteor Strike" (Metroid Prime)
| Phazon | |
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| Facts | |
| Homeworld | Phaaze |
| Elemental Composition | Unknown |
| Atomic Weight | 99.75 |
| Functions | Power Source, Mutagen, Weapon, Alloy |
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Phazon is a semi-organic radioactive ore with high mutagenic properties. Phazon is self-replicating, and it able to break down organic and inorganic substances in order to produce more Phazon. In most species, the substance's high radioactive output causes immediate fatality, and those that can withstand it are subject to mutations and a breakdown of conscious function (known as "Phazon Madness"). It is debated on whether or not Phazon is sentient, but the substance's high reproduction rate requires a Prime unit to survive.
Phazon is best known for the crisis it caused in the early to mid 2000s, where its rate of reproduction threatened to overtake the Salnos, Cremia and Starlight Galaxies. Phazon as a threat was destroyed after its first Prime unit was killed and Phaaze destroyed, and the substance being destroyed completely when the last Leviathan Seed was destroyed on Chronis.
