The mission was once again successful with the death of the Metroid Queen, but upon discovering a harmless Metroid hatchling that mistook Samus as its mother, she decided to bring it back to a Federation colony where studies could be made on it.
The mission was once again successful with the death of the Metroid Queen, but upon discovering a harmless Metroid hatchling that followed Samus like a child clinging to its mother. She was overcome by a somewhat maternal instinct and, instead of killing it, decided to bring it back to a Federation colony where studies could be made on it.