How did David create the eggs?

After exhausting the planet's creatures and organisms in his experimentations with the black liquid, David ends up “sacrificing” Shaw to his genetic engineering. In a way she was the first queen, as it was through her female reproductive system that he was able to create the eggs containing the facehuggers.
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How did David make an egg?

Yeah i got that David created the eggs from scratch, via DNA manipulation over time to finally form his "embryos" which probably when left to grow, grow into the big eggs.
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How did David create the Xenomorph?

During the events of Alien: Covenant, the audience learns that David created the xenomorphs by experimenting with the Engineers' deadly "black goo" pathogens, as well as the reproductive organs of Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace).
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Where did all the eggs come from in Alien?

Produced by Alien Queens using their ovipositor, Eggs, or Known by some as ovomorphs, are fully developed upon being laid, therefore not requiring the need to fertilize, although a hot environment is preferable for optimum incubation.
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How are Alien eggs made?

Ovomorphs are produced by Queens in their ovipositor and then laid through the trunk-like appendage at the rear of the ovipositor; each Egg contains a fully-formed Facehugger the moment it is produced.
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Alien Cov. Deleted Scene Explains How David Created Xenomorphs



How do Xenomorphs reproduce?

The Xenomorph egg, or Ovomorph, is the earliest stage in the lifecycle of the various monsters in the "Alien" saga. Queens can lay the eggs, but other Xenomorphs can also create them via a process called "eggmorphing," in which they transform a victim into an egg by trapping them inside a cocoon.
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How do Xenomorphs become queen?

And so, there are some who believe that a drone Xenomorph could evolve through the caste system and effectively become the new Queen. These theories are supported by the idea of drones evolving into the more intelligent and deadly Praetorian caste. The Praetorian could then evolve into the Queen.
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Did the Predators create the Xenomorphs?

Through their exploration, they learn that the Predator species created the Xenomorphs for the ultimate hunt every 100 years. Allowing Weyland's team to find it was their clever way of providing hosts for the creatures to spawn in.
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Why did the Engineers create Xenomorphs?

The crew of the USCSS Prometheus believed that the abandoned planet they explored was an outpost for weapons engineering and development, lending credence to the theory that the Engineers created the Xenomorphs (or perhaps more specifically, the Black Liquid that led to the Trilobite) for war and genocidal purposes.
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What did David do to Elizabeth Shaw?

When she balked at his genocide, David began using her as a specimen in his genetic experimentation, attempting to make her "more than human"; despite his efforts at keeping her alive during this process, she eventually perished. David then made a grave for her in the citadel's garden.
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What is the black goo in Prometheus?

The black liquid in the earlier drafts of Prometheus which was written by Jon Spaihts, was originally a swarm of black scarab like insects that dissolved the sacrificial Engineer, and infused the Xenomorph DNA into Fifield which turned him into a form of a xenomorph.
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Who created the Facehugger?

Dan O'Bannon initially conceived the Facehugger as somewhat resembling an octopus, possessing tentacles. However, when he received Giger's designs, which substituted tentacles with fingerlike digits, he thought Giger's design concept superior.
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What is David's plan in Alien: Covenant?

David's Plan Derails The Alien Franchise

In contrast, David's plan to unleash his homebrew hybrids on the galaxy and cause a mass death event (much like he did to the Engineers on their home planet) undercuts the recurring theme of humans seeking out more and more dangerous weapons and paying a bloody price for it.
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What happened to David in Alien: Covenant?

At the conclusion of Alien: Covenant (2017), we know David now has command of the Covenant space vessel and intends to set up shop on Origae-6, the original planet the Covenant crew were pursuing on their colonization mission.
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Why did the engineer drink Prometheus?

Prometheus starts with one of the Engineers drinking a black liquid. He then proceeds to disintegrate and tumble into the waterfall. Why was this Engineer drinking the liquid? I think the idea was to show how the engineers seeded new planets with life.
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How do the Xenomorphs see?

They have elongated, cylindrical skulls with eyes underneath the "visor". In the novelization of Alien, the character Ash speculates that the Xenomorphs "see" by way of electrical impulse, similar to a shark's lateral line.
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Are Engineers stronger than predators?

Engineers crush Predator like tomato. Yep, Engineers all day. They're a superior being, by far. The Predator is like your juiced up bodybuilder who relies on brute force and intimidation while the Engineer is the naturally large, 7 foot monster from Iceland who happens to have a martial arts background.
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How do Yautja mate?

Mating season is a 30 day period which occurs roughly every 400 days. During the mating season the males try to mate with as many females as they can. The high ranking males will attract enough females just because of their status. The males that are lower in rank will have to fight for their females.
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What do Yautja think of humans?

The Yautja hunt humans for sport, but also respect them as combat equals. Any human who has killed a Yautja or helped them is respected and sometimes awarded with an item and on rare occasions allowed them into the clan.
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Can normal Xenomorphs lay eggs?

A solitary Xenomorph specimen would go through a hormone storm so to speak and mutate in a queen in order to lay the eggs and continue the species. Being as almost all Xenomorphs are female (With some males being noted in the expanded universe), this is easy to see.
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What is Xenomorph skin made of?

Ash claims the creature's skin is made from "protein polysaccharides", so this would imply a substance similar to chitin. He also says the creature replaces its surface cells with polarized silicon, which is a very inert, heat resistant, and flexible polymer.
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Is there a king Xenomorph?

The King, also known as the Monstrosity, is a large and rare form of the Xenomorph XX121 species, that are only known to exist in the largest of Xenomorph hives. They are very similar to the Queen caste but are much more built for combat than the egg-laying Queen.
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