Metroids

For now, you know your ultimate goal, but not really what you're doing here or any idea of how to reach it. You decide to start with something broad. You simply put in "Metroids."

The barrage of information that hits you is... intense. It would be too much to read in a week, let alone the few seconds each thing is presented. Eventually, the computer manages to slash and snip until something readable remains.

"Once the dominant species of SR388. To think I ever believed I had seen the last of them. Energy-based parasites. Exterminate with extreme prejudice. Ice works best, extremely high yield weaponry also effective, nuking from orbit might be most ideal. Their body is pure jelly, trying to rip them apart or do any kinetic damage can only chip their mandibles at best. Not worth getting in their feeding range. Extremely adaptable to their environment and able to feed on everything from Phazon and a ship's engines to rodents."

"A Metroid (sometimes colloquially known as a Komayto) is an alleged alien species popularized by stories about the bounty hunter Samus Aran. While many reports of Metroid sightings exist in popular culture, the Federation has never publicly confirmed the existence of any such species."

"That's odd. The Federation's official records also say that you don't exist. Perhaps they have the same error that my logs do."