The Ship 3.0

The Ship 3.0 is a space ship in the game Pikmin: The Bulblaxian War. It was designed to be like the Ship from, but larger with a grey, metallic design. It features three cockpits, as well as a larger hold. Its AI has two sides: a reasonable side, which it tends to use during normal gameplay, and a (seemingly) sarcastic side, which it tends to use in Ship's Notes and Sales Pitches. At the start of the game, it gets shot down and the hold and the research pod get separated. The main engine is also knocked out. With the main hull unusable, the Research Pod becomes a "False Onion", and can fly above the surface, but not above the atmosphere.

The "False Onion"
The "False Onion" is what the Research Pod looks like after being separated from the hull. It's pretty much just the research pod on three legs, like an onion. It functions as an onion for Purple and White Pikmin, and can even produce new ones to some extent.