Among the first to arrive is lucky lady, Samus Aran. It doesn't take her very long to get frustrated with this ship's apparent AI. When she can't make contact with her own ship and she doesn't see ANYTHING familiar on the Navigation map, she decides to give this ship a very thorough look around.

Remembering what he said about other's arrivals, though, she elects to do this search via the ventilation system. So yes the small fall managed not to knock off all her powerups, there is a round orange ball rolling around in the vents. Unfortunately, between the turbulence and a few loose screws, it's pretty easy to fall out. Bad timing could mean the morph ball lands right in front of someone. Or on top of them...