[The video feed opens on a very cross, blackish-purple reptilian
thing glaring at the camera with harsh, yellow eyes.]
This is General Ridley - any Space Pirate that intercepts this message is
ordered to respond with a sitrep. I do not know where I am, nor why I've had this
device put upon me... [He turns his head to point to the collar on his neck. The way he refers to it is very disdainful.]
What I
do know is that this is NOT Zebes, and if this is the work of those damned Chozo or that infernal Aran woman, THEY WILL PAY DEARLY!