The Hunter

'The Hunter' is Samus's gunship, which she flies in seasons 1-8.

Story
It is of a distinct circular design, with a windshiled that resembles Samus's visor. It has hull lines above and below the visor and four thrusters underneath the hull. The interior usually contains one or two computers. Samus adores her gunship and is moritfied when Mother Brain blows it up as Samus is heading for it at the end of season 8. Samus later acquired a sleeker, more pointed ship in the 10th season.

Appearance
The appearance of the gunship is based off of Samus's gunship from Metroid II, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, and Metroid Prime Hunters. In Metroid Prime 3, Samus is shown flying a sleeker ship. Therefore, within the comics, Samus's old gunship was destroyed as a plot device to introduce her new ship from Metroid Prime 3.