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Star Trek vs Alien Crossover Was Meant to Give Picard His Ultimate Challenge

  • Star Trek and Alien crossover would have given Captain Picard his biggest challenge, with Xenomorphs, the Borg, and the Romulans involved.
  • The scrapped book, Acceptable Losses, had the potential for an explosive and epic story that fans were deprived of.
  • While Starfleet has advanced technology and weaponry, a crossover would have posed a significant fight, especially with the presence of the deadly Xenomorphs, Romulans, and the Borg.

A scrapped crossover between Star Trek and Alien would have given Captain Picard his biggest challenge. Star Trek has crossed over with several other pop culture franchises, and in the 2010s, fans nearly got to see the crew of the Enterprise encounter the deadly Xenomorphs. The book, titled Acceptable Losses , was announced, and preliminary art was created, gunning for a 2017 release. However, the book was scrapped, depriving the world of what promised to be an explosive crossover.

Rich Handley, a noted Star Trek comics historian, had details about the project on his website. Timed to coincide with Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 30th anniversary, Acceptable Losses would have been jointly published by IDW and Dark Horse, the latter of which held the Aliens comic license. Plot details are scarce, but according to Handley, not only would the book have featured Xenomorphs, but the Borg and the Romulans as well. While nothing else is known of the story, preliminary art also exists that paints a gruesome picture of what could have been.

The project was unceremoniously scrapped, with some attributing it to the objections of Alien director Ridley Scott.

A Star Trek and Alien Crossover Could Be the Stuff of Legends

Star Trek’s crossovers with other franchises have been sparse, but memorable. Beginning with 1996’s Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men , various crews have met the likes of Green Lantern and the Doctor, and have traveled to the Planet of the Apes. These franchises, like Star Trek , are science fiction-based, making for the perfect crossover. With this in mind, a meeting between the Enterprise and a Xenomorph or two makes perfect sense.

Acceptable Losses ’ was canceled before it ever got to print, depriving fans of what could have been an epic story. The crew of the Enterprise has met many fascinating alien species in their day, but the Xenomorphs are unlike anything they have encountered before. They would give Starfleet major problems, as Xenomorphs could get loose on starships and bases. However, given the Federation’s highly advanced technology, particularly in terms of scanning/analytical devices, Xenomorphs would not stay hidden in their hosts for long. Furthermore, Starfleet possesses more powerful weapons than Weyland Yutani, weapons that could easily dispose of a Xenomorph. They would give the Federation a hard time, but not for long.

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This is not to say that it would be a total cakewalk. In fact, it could be one of the biggest, and deadliest, fights of Picard’s career. Xenomorphs alone are bad news, but factor in the Romulans and the Borg somehow, and the situation becomes even more dire–as well as more intriguing. The presence of the Borg alone raises numerous questions, such as the Borg’s ability to assimilate a Xenomorph or their ability to implant a face hugger in a drone. A crossover between the Star Trek and Alien franchises could be the stuff of legends, but, thanks to corporate politics, will likely never happen.

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Star Trek vs Alien Crossover Was Meant to Give Picard His Ultimate Challenge

What Is Moopsy: The Star Trek Alien Way More Terrifying Than Alien Facehuggers

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"Star Trek" has introduced fans to all kinds of terrifying aliens and monsters. But few hold a candle to the dreaded Moopsy, introduced in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4, Episode 2 — "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee."

"Lower Decks" may be an animated comedy, but the creative team designed a creature that's equal parts adorable and horrific. When it's first introduced, it looks utterly harmless despite being kept in Narj's (Carl Clemons-Hopkins) Miraculous Menagerarium. It's pretty much a sentient marshmallow that says its own name like a Pokémon. Even the way it moves looks innocuous as it flops around, but when it gets into an enclosure containing two Pyrithian swamp gobblers, it shows what it's capable of.

Moopsy in "Star Trek"  drinks bones. It latches onto its victim and slurps up bones somehow until the host is nothing but a skin sack. The crew of the USS Cerritos realizes the danger they're in and concoct a plan to get Moopsy back in its pen, namely by leaving behind a trail of teeth for the creature to eat to lure it back. Science fiction is no stranger to terrifying aliens, such as the xenomorphs in the "Alien" franchise that lay eggs in humans that the young will eventually burst out from. But there's something about the imagery of a creature drinking bones that puts Moopsy among the all-time terrifying sci-fi creatures .

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Moopsy from "Star Trek: Lower Decks" would be a formidable opponent regardless of whatever science-fiction creature it was up against. A xenomorph from "Alien" may have corrosive blood, but it's not going to do much good without any bones. And even though a xenomorph's biology doesn't make a ton of sense , they do appear to have bones if "Predator 2" is any indication, as the skull of a xenomorph can be found on the aliens' ship. 

Perhaps it would be more fair to put Moopsy up against a similar entity from the same franchise, namely the tribbles from "Star Trek: The Original Series." Tribbles can be thought of as an early variant of Moopsy from the 1960s. They aren't quite as unsettling since they don't drink bones, but they're plenty dangerous without that skill. Instead, the tribbles aim to eat and reproduce ad infinitum. When it comes to cuteness, Moopsy probably has the advantage because it has an expressive face. 

Moopsy could also probably wipe the floor with the tribbles in a battle of brawn. Tribbles can multiply and take over a spaceship quickly if one's not careful. But again, and this can't be repeated enough, Moopsy drinks bones . As rodents, tribbles are likely filled with bones, so assuming Moopsy is particularly hungry, it could get through dozens of tribbles faster than they can reproduce. While we'd like to say we hope we see Moopsy again because it's so darn cute, it very well could haunt our nightmares with the way it slurps up bones like pho.

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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ races to its conclusion with a spot-on ‘Aliens’ riff

'all those who wander’ swerves into horror and lands a perfect hit..

The following article includes significant   spoilers for All Those Who Wander.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has never been ashamed to tip its hat to the stories it’s riffing upon , some more obviously than others. This week’s episode, All Those Who Wander, might as well just have been called “Screw it, we’re just going to do Aliens .” Thankfully, it’s so good that you won’t have time to care about the xeroxing from James Cameron’s 1986 original. This is the best episode of Strange New Worlds yet, raising the bar, and the stakes, for next week’s finale.

We start with the welcome and now familiar sight of the Enterprise crew hanging out around Pike’s captain’s table. It’s such a delight to see the crew spending time together and having fun, as the show puts in the hours to show that these people generally like each other. Ensign Duke gets a promotion, while cadets Chia and Uhura are given a send off as they end their tour of duty on the Enterprise. But the levity is punctured, first by Uhura still not sure if Starfleet is right for her, and second by an ominous message from headquarters. A Federation starship has gone missing while surveying an unstable planet, and Pike needs to go looking for it.

But the Enterprise already has an urgent mission to deliver power supplies to starbase K7, so Pike decides to handle a rescue mission with shuttlecraft. Dr. M’Benga, Chapel, La’an, Spock, Hemmer, Lt. Kirk and Duke, as well as cadets Uhura and Chia join him. Number One and Ortegas, meanwhile, take the ship on its original course, meaning this is the fifth or sixth episode this series where Number One has barely featured. Perhaps Rebecca Romijn negotiated far fewer filming days each week given her higher profile than the rest of the cast.

When the shuttles reach the planet, landing in the shadow of the crashed USS Peregrine, it’s not long before the episode switches into high horror. Corpses litter the ground, and the ship itself is covered in the sort of bloodstain made when someone’s trying in vain to cling to the ground while being dragged away. And despite the fact that this is another episode shot mostly on the standing Enterprise sets , clever lighting and direction make them feel altogether more like the sinister LV-426 from Aliens .

Then there’s Newt Oriana, a young girl who has learned to survive previous Gorn attacks by going partly feral. This episode, much more than the flat Memento Mori, is designed to rehabilitate the Gorn from the comedy rubber suit seen in the ‘60s and the awkward CG from the early '00s . Now, they’re the Trek version of the eponymous Xenomorph, complete with acid bile, quadrupedal motion and body horror reproductive process. Worth mentioning that this ain’t the sort of episode you can watch with your kids, especially not when the blue-shirted Cadet Chia succumbs to a chestburster.

It helps, too, that the Gorn are rarely glimpsed properly, despite some excellent creature design, the shadows are always a better way to experience a villain like this. The episode’s conclusion sees the crew taking an Alien3 -style chase through corridors as they lure the Gorn to a trap. Choosing to shoot from the Gorn’s perspective helps amplify the sense of dread and tension, too, since our crew is being stalked from all corners.

But the best moments are when the crew, trapped in sickbay, start to feel the screws turning on them. La’an starts berating Oriana, the child that she sees so much of herself in before Dr. M’Benga snaps at her to leave his daughter… his patient alone . Lt. Kirk, meanwhile, starts lashing out at Spock for his lack of empathy, not long before Spock lets out his own emotions in order to entrap the Gorn. And, best of all, this all feels entirely earned and in character as we’ve gotten to see how these people got these particular scars. Finally, the promise of emotional continuity comes good as we start to see the Enterprise crew almost break under pressure.

Of course, we have to offer additional praise for Hemmer, who once again gets paired with Uhura for some grace notes. The fact that even Uhura has given them a compound name (Hemura!) speaks to how delightful it is to watch the pair interact. And when Hemmer reveals that the blob of alien spit he received earlier in the episode means he’s loaded with Gorn eggs too, it’s a massive blow. I feel like Hemmer was already a figure we’d fallen in love with, and his departure hurts, even if he gets a graceful, Alien3 -esque swan dive death for a sendoff. Give Bruce Horak his own spin-off, or something, please.

(I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who noticed that Duke, Chia and Hemmer’s death means we’ve had a Yellow, Blue and Red-shirt demise in a single episode. Hacky standups will need to look for a better punchline to their Star Trek jokes in the future.)

Also, I feel like I’ve been neglectful in not offering enough praise for this cast, and especially Jess Bush. Bush often has to sell a whole bunch of stuff in her limited screen time and does so with ease. Here, as in The Serene Squall, she shows Chapel adapting to survive against a threat, and sells it so well.

The episode ends with plenty of fallout, Uhura decides to stay on board after Hemmer’s valediction encourages her to put down roots. La’an takes a leave of absence to try and reunite Oriana with her family, and Spock’s emotional outburst has left him scarred. Pike, meanwhile, must be headed for trouble given how freely he treats his life knowing that his future is already set in stone But again, all of this feels earned in a way that prior episodes haven’t quite achieved, and I’m excited to see how we land in the finale from here.

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If it seems like every generation of "Star Trek" must always contend with their own unique existential threat, that's because they do. For James T. Kirk in "The Original Series," real-world Cold War anxieties manifested themselves through the fearsome Klingon Empire and their numerous skirmishes with Starfleet as the two galactic powers constantly stood on the brink of all-out war. For Jean-Luc Picard in "The Next Generation," the horrifying Borg Collective instantly became the franchise's most iconic villain — not only as a physical threat, but one that channeled technological fears of the 21st Century by stripping away our very identities through their assimilation tactics. And for Benjamin Sisko in "Deep Space Nine," no greater threat than the Dominion would eventually land on Federation borders, bringing a darker and more paranoia-driven flavor to "Trek" that allowed for some of the most complex and nuanced storytelling the franchise has ever seen.

Despite two excellent seasons under its belt, "Strange New Worlds" is probably still a few years away from being spoken of in the same breath as these other shows ... but as of the season 2 finale, titled "Hegemony," Anson Mount's Captain Pike has come face-to-fangs with the most unexpected nemesis of them all: the lizard-like Gorn. They've been carefully threaded throughout the series as a steadily building threat and come loaded with intensely personal connections to much of the crew, from Christina Chong's Gorn attack survivor La'an Noonien Singh to Celia Rose Gooding's Uhura, still mourning the death of her mentor Hemmer (Bruce Horak) upon being infected by Gorn eggs back in season 1.

Now, they've stepped up as a series-defining big bad — and there's more to them than meets the eye.

Here today, Gorn tomorrow

At this point, Trekkies need no reminder of how the Gorn were first introduced to "Trek" — as a man in a woefully unconvincing rubber suit beating up William Shatner's Kirk at the famous Vasquez rocks in southern California in the Original Series episode "Arena." (For more casual fans, we've got the history of the Gorn covered right here! ) To say that any future installment of the franchise would have its work cut out for it in trying to reshape our conception of this particularly barbaric alien species is putting it mildly, but "Strange New Worlds" managed to crack the code — and, against all odds, make them feel genuinely scary.

The season 1 episode "All Those Who Wander" finally brought the Gorn back into the spotlight after only teasing them through La'an's traumatic backstory in previous episodes, reconfiguring them into a Xenomorph-like threat that was far deadlier than we'd ever seen before. But even as Trekkies wrapped their minds around this downright horrific take on the classic creatures, we weren't fully prepared for just how much "Strange New Worlds" would be playing the long game. The Gorn, as it turns out, would inevitably come back to threaten the entire Federation as we know it.

In the season 2 finale, the episode begins with extremely high stakes when the Cayuga, the Starfleet vessel crewed by Pike's lover Captain Marie Batel (Melanie Scrofano) and Spock's love interest Nurse Chapel (Jess Bush), comes under attack by the Gorn outside of Federation space. But the scope of the conflict remains fairly limited to our immediate supporting characters ... in the early going, at least. The fraught political climate between the Federation and the Gorn soon comes into play when the latter enact a blockade of sorts, leading to the threat of all-out war .

The next great Trek villain

In the span of one hair-raisingly tense hour, "Strange New Worlds" positions the Gorn as the next major threat to Starfleet overall. After our heroes slip behind enemy lines to rescue their trapped comrades planet-side, disobeying Federation orders to maintain their side of the demarcation line and avoid the outbreak of war at all costs, their actions in surreptitiously destroying a communications jammer set up by the Gorn leads to the aliens kidnapping many of the remaining survivors (including multiple crewmembers of the Enterprise) and launching an attack on Pike's starship as the captain faces the most difficult scenario of his Starfleet career.

As with many of the greatest villains in past "Star Trek" history, the Gorn simply have to offer something we've never experienced before. Luckily, the season 2 finale includes several hints that the Gorn are much more complicated than Starfleet ever realized. On different occasions, Pike confronts evidence that the Gorn aren't quite the instinctive, low-IQ animals they had always assumed. Nurse Chapel directly observes one individual struggling to access core ship systems, while Pike and Batel can only watch in shock when a young Gorn decides not to attack — a result of perceiving the Gorn eggs already incubating inside her. Still, their tactical methods on the ground suggest a more evolved and intelligent species that is more than capable of destroying our heroes one by one while dismantling Starfleet on a galactic scale.

The Klingons represent a relentlessly brute force. The Borg symbolized advanced technology far beyond Starfleet's own. The Dominion could attack either through strength of arms or by hiding in plain sight. Now the Gorn embody all of these qualities and more. Going into season 3, it's clear the Gorn have everything they need to become the next great "Trek" villain.

Star Trek just changed Gorn canon with an Alien -inspired twist

Writer Davy Perez gets into all the nitty-gritty details of Star Trek’s big swing at starship horror.

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In the final frontier, no one can hear you scream. In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 1 — “All Those Who Wander” — the crew of the Enterprise are dropped into a nail-biting starship horror story, with heavy influences from the 1979 classic Alien . Along the way, we learn a lot more about a certain alien species. Episode writer Davy Perez gave us the scoop on why these aliens are different, and what it all means for the canon of The Original Series and the future of Strange New Worlds . Spoilers ahead.

In Episode 4, “Memento Mori,” the Enterprise crew had a close encounter with the nefarious Gorn, a lizard species. No one actually saw the Gorn, but this week, while looking for survivors on the crashed USS Peregrine , our Starfleet heroes encounter horrifying Gorn babies. The big news is that these Gorn reproduce by popping out of the bodies of other lifeforms, just like the gory xenomorph chestbursters from Alien .

It’s a big change for Trek. Other than one glimpse in the Mirror Universe back in 2005 on the prequel show Enterprise , the only “adult” Gorn we’ve seen is still the classic lizard person from The Original Series episode “Arena.” So, how do these baby Gorn fit in? As with “Memento Mori,” writer Davy Perez felt that “Arena” offered a good amount of “wiggle room” in terms of what Kirk and Starfleet actually know about the Gorn.

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Kirk versus the Gorn in the 1967 Star Trek episode, “Arena.”

“Kirk’s idea of the Gorn is different from what he is being told by the Metrons,” Perez tells Inverse, referring to the powerful aliens who force the two to fight . “The Gorn he’s meeting in ‘Arena,’ doesn’t sync with his expectations of them. It was a personal choice I made in my own headcanon that allowed me to have fun with the writing. Viewing it that way creates more possibilities for Gorn stories to continue.”

While the classic rubber monster suit Gorn, designed by Wah Chang in 1967, is iconic, Perez points out that it’s clear in TOS that the Gorn was a “one-off,” meaning some canon trickiness was bound to emerge. The loophole Perez points out in “Arena” is the fact that Kirk’s phrasing in the original episode is specifically vague: “Weaponless, I face the creature the Metrons called a Gorn.”

The classic episode takes place in 2267, while Strange New Worlds happens in 2259. So, if Kirk knows what Pike and the crew know, then the lizard-man Gorn doesn’t really check out with the Velociraptor meets chestburster critters in Strange New Worlds .

“Maybe Kirk has never seen them, he could even be one of those people who still doubts the stories, or maybe even he has seen them and they don’t look the same,” Perez says. “I think the safest thing to say is we have no idea what the Gorn are really like.”

Over the years, various fan theories — and material from Star Trek roleplaying games — have suggested the existence of a variety of Gorn subspecies. In “All Those Who Wander,” Dr. M’Benga discovers the Gorn are “genetic chameleons,” which is why they don’t show up on sensors. Perez points out that, even after this episode and La’an’s childhood experience with these aliens, “we quite literally don’t know very much about the Gorn at all… and that’s what makes them so hard to fight.”

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The Enterprise crew investigates the crash of the USS Peregrine, echoing the crashed alien ship investigated by the crew of the Nostromo in Alien .

Outside of all the TOS canon-weeds, the obvious thrill of “All Those Who Wander” is the way in which the episode brings the flavor of Alien, and other sci-fi horror classics, to Star Trek. There’s never quite been a Trek episode like this.

“Yes, Alien was something I’ve been inspired by many times in the past, and here especially,” Perez says. “It’s hard not to draw the comparison when writing a ‘horror story in space.’ Even back when discussing Episode 4 we started talking about Alien , and not just in what we liked about it, but more how to avoid retreading it wholesale. Our story is unique and specific to Trek, similar inspirations but different in execution.”

But it’s not just Alien that Perez and the SNW team drew upon for inspiration. When Nurse Chapel is chased by the tiny Gorn we get to see the latter’s point of view, which is evocative of Predator . And Perez notes the influences run from the obvious, like John Carpenter's The Thing , to the less obvious.

“You might laugh, but Gremlins !” Perez says. “Think about it, tiny monsters that roam around wreaking havoc with these ‘rules’ that mean the difference between life and death. Baby Gorn are just more deadly Gremlins. Or more aptly put, Tribbles with teeth.”

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The Xenomorph or Biomechanoid-Parasiticia (scientific classification) was a parasitoid extraterrestrial species that had lived within the Beta Quadrant . Within universe delta it was theorized that Xenomorphs were a possible evolutionary subspecies of BORG . In 2367 the Federation first encountered the Xenomorph on LV-426 .

Biology [ ]

Before the late-mid 24th century Xenomorphs were a little-known parasitic Insecto-reptilian species. In order to breed, a larval Xenomorph, hatched from an egg, would attack a mammalian host, such as a Human or essentially any mammal-based humanoid species, and implant an embryo in the host's digestive tract. Over the span of several standard hours, the embryo would begin to grow and the original larva would die.

When gestation was complete, the infantile or larval-like Xenomorph would burst out of its host, killing it in the process. As someone once said, "She'll breed. You'll die." Within a matter of days, the embryo developed into a full-grown Xenomorph.

Fully grown Xenomorphs showed many biological similarities to the creatures which they grew within. For example, a Xenomorph gestated within a dog or cat might move around on all four legs, with the rear legs similarly trisected.

Xenomorphs are excellent swimmers who can live for extended periods of time in the vacuum of space due to their chitinous carapace construction, and extremely fast due to instinctual hunting reflexes.

Xenomorphs are naturally invisible to thermal imaging if they hide in shadowed areas or within terrain that can easily camouflage them while hunting. This is due to they give off little to no natural body heat. This is theorized to be because of their acidic circulatory system that creates a form of internal heat that can't be easily detected even by modern Starfleet sensory systems.

However, as they were later encountered by the Nausicaans they had similar imaging sensors that were viewed mainly by the electromagnetic spectrum. They were able to visually capture them in the nuclear gamma spectrum as their bodies gave off a distinctive form of radiation that made them easily visible.

Starfleet military reset and adapted their visual sensors accordingly and now use electromagnetic imaging as a standard for any future xenomorph encounters.

Societal Structure [ ]

Xenomorph society existed centrally as an insect-like hive that was controlled by one queen and she would be under the command of the Empress, a vastly larger queen that held control over the entirety of the All or Uni-Hive (which was basically all other hives either off or on their own homeworld) via an extended psychic link.

On average, the queen was twice as tough as the drone Xenomorphs that served her. She could use her tail to spear victims and naturally camouflaged herself with wall-coating secretions of bio-mimetic resin. In fact, the drones were considered vastly less intelligent compared to their Queen, they have shown greater intelligence for even the most basic motor functions such as opening doors.

Encounter History [ ]

While Xenomorphs themselves weren't discovered until the 2360s somehow it was discovered (and historically clarified decades later) by the crew of the USS Enterprise under the command of Christopher Pike in the late 2250s that the Gorn had somehow managed to augment themselves with Xenomorph DNA gaining similar biological traits such as host incubating reproduction, rapid growth and intelligence and high rate dissolving venom secretion.

However, they still had the general reptilian trait of cold-bloodedness, unlike the xenomorph resistance to cold. Exploiting this the crew trapped a remaining newly born augmented alpha male and using coolant froze the creature solid.

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The comic was announced at the MCM London Comic Con on October 28, 2016. Dirk Wood of IDW and Matt Parkinson of Dark Horse took the opportunity to announce a new crossover series for April of 2017. In addition to the Xenomorphs , the comic was to feature familiar Star Trek alien races such as the Borg and the Romulans, which were described as playing a vital role in the plot. [2] However, in late December 2016, Randy Stradley announced via his Facebook account that the comic series had been cancelled. [4]

Had it been published, Star Trek: The Next Generation/Aliens: Acceptable Losses would have been preceded by Aliens/Vampirella , published concurrently with DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Batman vs. Predator , and would have been followed by Archie vs. Predator II .

  • Alien film series cast members Raymond Cruz , Brad Dourif , Idris Elba , Nicole Fellows , Jenette Goldstein , Leland Orser , Ron Perlman , Mark Rolston , Winona Ryder and Eddie Yansick have all appeared in various Star Trek live action media. Of these actors, only Rolston appeared in the original The Next Generation television series, while Goldstein appeared in the first Next Generation feature film, Star Trek Generations .

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Work-in-progress cover art by Tristan Jones.[5]

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  • ↑ 2.0 2.1 " IDW - STAR TREK / ALIENS CROSSOVER PRIMED TO (CHEST)BURST IN 2017 ". Retrieved on 2016-10-31.
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Xenomorphs and Space Jockeys Aren’t the Only Aliens in the Alien Universe

The Alien franchise has always been concerned with one alien in particular, but are these the only “xenomorphs” humanity has made contact with?

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Xenomorph in Alien (1979)

There is an odd phenomenon with fandom where “our idea of what a thing should be like” frequently obscures our memories, and even currently-happening-viewing-of the media itself. A great example of this is James Kirk, a character remembered as a promiscuous renegade, a cross between Chris Pine’s rebel-without-a-cause, and Zapp Brannigan. This perception exists despite the fact that for three years on NBC, William Shatner played a massive nerd and consummate professional who (despite maybe two serious romances that actually broke his heart) would list his relationship status as “commanding a starship.”

The Alien franchise is another example of this quirk. Alien is a movie and multimedia franchise named after the titular “Alien.” We remember it as humanity’s first encounter with alien life, and that alien life wanting to either kill or lay its eggs in us—which will then kill us later.

The popular imagination of the Alien universe is a sparse one: It is occupied by the Alien , the dead Space Jockeys it was found with, and if you’re feeling generous to lesser installments, then potentially some Predators. It’s a view of the Alien universe that appeals to some fans who want the series to be “hard” sci-fi, with less of the bells and whistles of softer science fiction franchises. And while it is true that, in the films at least, the Aliens and their dead Space Jockey hosts are all we see (we’ll get to Prometheus and its angry bald pale dudes in a bit), the actual text of the movies doesn’t support the reading.

First Contact (With These Guys)

The first bit of evidence that the crew of the Nostromo live in a universe full of identified extraterrestrials comes from their initial reaction to encountering alien life in the original Ridley Scott movie. The crew’s response is not one of surprise. The alien ship and the Aliens themselves are creepy, but nobody seems that shocked that there are aliens at all . Whenever anyone is waxing lyrical about what a discovery the film’s Alien is, the phrasing is always very specific. Ash (Ian Holm) says, “Ripley, for God’s sake, this is the first time that we’ve encountered a species like this .” Meanwhile in the James Cameron sequel, Aliens , Paul Reiser’s Burke tells Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) that this “is clearly, clearly an important species we’re dealing with.”

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If the Alien was our species’ first encounter with any alien life, you would think someone would bring that up in these arguments. Instead the discussion is always that this alien, in particular, is special. Look at the Nostromo ’s first engagement with alien life—it picks up a signal from the Space Jockeys’ ship.

Now through this we learn several things. First, that the Nostromo crew’s contract includes a clause that “specifically states any systematized transmission indicating a possible intelligent origin must be investigated.” In fact, the computer is programmed to stop if it encounters any such transmission, and nobody takes it as a given the signal is human. But more than that, while the Nostromo crew are out on their away mission, finding weird eggs and sticking their faces in them, the ship’s computer is actually able to decipher the signal it received, establishing it is not a distress signal but a warning.

Now, even assuming the Nostromo ’s computers are magnitudes more powerful than modern computers but with a conspicuously retro user interface, to receive an alien signal from a civilization you have never encountered before, with no common reference points or basis for comparison, and then interpret that to the point that you are able to divine a meaning even as simple as “stay away”—that is an absolute technical marvel, akin to Star Trek ’s universal translators.

It is definitely not something you would be able to get right the first time, and so the very existence of that capability implies that humans have not only encountered alien life before, but intelligent alien life.

But then, of course, there is another throwaway line that gives us a big clue as to the bigger Weyland-Yutaniverse, in Alien ’s sequel.

We’re Going on a Bug Hunt

The exchange in Aliens goes as follows:

Private Hudson: Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bug hunt? Lieutenant Gorman: All we know is that there’s still no contact with the colony and that a xenomorph may be involved. Private Frost: Excuse me, sir, a-a what? Lieutenant Gorman: A xenomorph. Corporal Hicks: It’s a bug hunt.

Now, this is a famous line, a line that has been horribly misread in a way that made the Alien extended-franchise go a little bit silly. Gorman says “a xenomorph may be involved,” and an entire generation of nerds sat up with their little notebooks and wrote down “The Aliens are actually called xenomorphs.”

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They’re not. At this point in the story, as far as we know, nobody except Ripley, the dead crew of the Nostromo , and a few hundred more dead colonists, have encountered the Alien, and most of them didn’t have time to give it a name. Xeno means “foreign, “other,” or “stranger” in Latin; morph means, roughly, “form.” So put that together and you get… a fancy way of saying “alien.” The exchange has a private asking if they’re going on a “bug hunt,” and the stick-up-his-ass, grotesquely inexperienced CO has to put it in his own officious sounding language while essentially telling the private that he’s right.

This tells us that a) the Alien is called the Alien. It just is, and b) “Bug hunts” are something the marines are familiar with, and to be honest, pretty bored by.

What is a bug hunt? Well, there are two interpretations. One is that the marines are used on jobs that essentially amount to pest control—they have never faced anything like the Aliens, but they regularly have to pop out to colonies to mop up giant killer centipedes, space rats, and maybe the occasional dinosaur.

The other, given James Cameron’s later work, is that Avatar is a pretty accurate depiction of what these marines consider to be “a bug hunt.” Apparently Weyland-Yutani is no stranger to finding planets of sexy blue cat people who problematically appropriate Earth’s Indigenous cultures, Ewoks, or similarly peaceful, non-technologically advanced civilizations—and then mowing them down to make room for another mineral refinery.

Now, so far I have avoided referencing Ridley Scott’s prequel films. This is for two reasons. One: They are bad. Two: This interpretation of the Weyland-Yutaniverse is about opening up the world of the Alien movies, and one of the great things about the Alien films, especially the first, is that it feels like a genuinely vast universe where entire civilizations can exist around ours, and all we ever learn of them is a single crashed spaceship that we don’t even look at that hard because we want to get home from work.

Prometheus and Alien: Covenant shrinks that universe. The thoroughly alien Space Jockeys, whom we cannot tell from looking at what is technology and what is a body part, become the far less interesting Engineers, tall bald white dudes with some kind of God complex, responsible for both life on Earth and the Alien’s predecessor. Meanwhile, the Alien isn’t alien at all—it is the creation of an Earth android that was angry with its human creators.

But by accepting that the Alien universe is one that is far more teeming with life than it first appears, Prometheus suddenly makes more sense. The biggest plothole is “if we just discovered alien life for the first time, why are the only people sent to investigate it such dipshits? Why do they lack the basic common sense of a group of space truck drivers who don’t want to be looking for alien life anyway?”

The answer is nobody in the film actually says this is the first proof of life on other planets—only a potential clue to where humanity came from (and pretty shoddy evidence at that).

If humanity in the time of Prometheus has already discovered a bunch of Pandora-like planets and other, cooler alien stuff, it actually makes sense that this mission can only recruit the sort of person who would not only stick their face in front of an alien making threatening snake-like movements but would take their helmet off first .

An Expanded Universe

We are not the first to notice any of this, and the Alien universe has grown far beyond the three films that we count as part of the franchise and the five others we don’t. There are countless comics, books, and video games, and many of them include appearances by creatures such as the Corcoran Highland Goat and the Tanaka 5 Scorpion .

There is even a comics plotline about a species called Reapers , giant green dudes who hunt Facehugger Eggs for food. But a big problem with the Alien universe, if perhaps an unavoidable one, has always been that it insists on being about the Alien. There are constant hints at a huge and complex universe outside of the Alien stories, but it always ends up feeling as if the entire Star Trek franchise became exclusively about human/Horta interactions.

Probably the most interesting “expansion” of the Alien universe is the scattering of easter eggs across Alien and Blade Runner properties hinting that the two stories share a universe . The Alien films have featured onscreen references to the Tyrell Corporation, and Blade Runner 2049 features a glimpse of a spaceship that is not-dissimilar to Aliens ’ Sulaco.

The dates for both franchises may not line up satisfactorily, and there are plenty of contradictions to build head canon out of, but Scott has all but confirmed the connection in one of the Blade Runner DVD director’s commentaries.

“There’s almost like a connective tissue between all the stuff I went through on Alien into the environment of the Nostromo , and people living within close proximity to people who still have Earth-bound connections and here we have people on Earth. So almost this world could easily be the city that supports the crew that go out in Alien . So in other words, when the crew of Alien come back in, they might go into this place and go into a bar off the street near where Deckard lives. That’s how I thought about it.”

Interestingly, Blade Runner ’s co-writer David Peoples also went on to write Soldier , a film which he regards as an unofficial “sidequel” to Blade Runner , with references to both it and Alien scattered throughout the film—including a sadly cut opening space battle intended to be the famous “Tannhäuser Gate” of Roy Batty’s final speech.

Loose connections like this can make for a far more interesting “expanded universe” than heavily choreographed and branded projects like the MCU, with each story feeling a glimpse of something bigger, rather than some vast web of content you need to consume to understand any part of it (although frankly, we love that too).

With Alien in particular, the films give us so many questions about what exists outside that glimpse. What other aliens are there? And what is our relationship like with them? We are clearly not chummy enough with them to invite them to be crew on our spaceships, but also we don’t seem to have had any full-blown wars with them (otherwise one imagines the Colonial Marine Corps might be better prepared). Additionally, we have had enough conversations with them to be able to translate brand new alien languages on the fly.

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What strange creatures have we been missing out on? Creatures like those from James Cameron’s own The Abyss ? Or the movie, Arrival ? Could Weyland-Yutani want to get in on that Pandora unobtanium money?

On second thought, however, there probably aren’t any Ewoks. The Colonial Marines wouldn’t last five minutes against them.

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Movie franchises are a lot like memories...they may fade away, but they'll never die. The latest example of this adage is the current rebirth of the 44-year-old Alien movie franchise. Despite numerous attempts to reignite the franchise with Alien: Resurrection , the Alien vs. Predator films, Prometheus , and a Neil Blomkamp -directed sequel that was ultimately canceled, the franchise sputtered to a halt in 2017 with Alien: Covenant .

But now, six years later, the Alien franchise has come roaring back to life onscreen. Noah Hawley ( Fargo ) is working on an Alien series for FX , and the ninth Alien movie is on its way . Though the two productions exist in the same franchise, the plots of the series and the movie and series are unconnected...as of now, anyway. Meanwhile, here's everything we know so far bout the ninth Alien movie, which is rumored to be titled Alien: Romulus .

Editor's Note: This article was updated on December 1, 2023.

Alien: Romulus

Young people from a distant world must face the most terrifying life form in the universe.

The film will hit theaters on August 16, 2024 . It's still a ways off, but next year isn't too long of a wait for the next Alien sequel. The film will be opening against Kevin Costner 's western epic Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 .

While the new film was initially announced to be heading straight to Hulu, much like the Predator prequel film Prey , the film will now be receiving an exclusive theatrical release. That being said, once the film's theatrical window ends, it will be available to stream on Hulu.

As of now, there's no trailer for the film on the horizon.

Though you won't see Sigourney Weaver's iconic heroine Ripley in the latest Alien movie, Cailee Spaeny leads the cast as a similarly tough-skinned and feminist action hero. Spaeny is most known for her roles in the Emmy-winning HBO limited series Mare of Easttown , Alex Garland 's Devs , Drew Goddard 's neo-noir Bad Times at the El Royale , and Pacific Rim: Uprising , among others.

Also joining the cast is Spike Fearn ( The Batman ), David Jonsson ( Rye Lane ), Archie Reneaux ( Shadow and Bone ), Isabela Merced ( Rosaline ), and relative newcomer Aileen Wu . No word on what the characters will be like, but Spaeny's role is said to be similar to Weaver's in the original Alien films.

Sigourney Weaver hasn't specifically stated that she was done with the franchise--and her supposed death in Alien: Resurrection shouldn't bar her from returning. After all, Jamie Lee Curtis continues to battle Mike Myers after seven Halloween movies . However, fans hoping that Ripley might appear in the movie will likely be disappointed, as Weaver has given no hints that she's attached to the latest Alien project.

Alien movies typically focus on scientists, soldiers, or corporate employees, often in outer space or on another planet, and their usually lethal encounters with one or more Xenomorphs. And fans who point out that the "trapped with killer aliens" trope is the same in all films aren't wrong. The new movie is said to change the formula slightly by making its much-younger characters civilians rather than military, perhaps moving into Friday-the-13th teenage slasher flick territory. The action will also take place on a distant planet rather than on a spaceship or on Earth.

Like the most recent Predator movie Prey , the ninth Alien movie will be a standalone feature film with no connection to either the upcoming television series or any previous movies. In an interview with Variety, Cailee Spaeny revealed that the new film will take place between the events of the original Alien film and Aliens .

And though there's still no word whether the franchise's other antagonist, the evil Weyland-Yuanti corporation, will appear, one can always hope. The company's obsession with using the Xenomorphs as bioweapons and its tendency to quickly discard inconvenient humans in its quest for profit suggested still-unexplored themes like the blurred boundaries between artificial and human intelligence, the expansion of corporate dystopia over day-to-day life and the unpredictable lure of biological weapons. Here's hoping the company makes an appearance.

The official plot synopsis for the film via 20th Century Studios reads:

In this ninth entry in the immensely popular and enduring film series, a group of young people on a distant world find themselves in a confrontation with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

The continuation of the Alien franchise was officially confirmed at the 2019 CinemaCon. Initially, there was some talk that the film would connect to the plots of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant before Fede Alvarez came on board to write and direct in March 2022 , Years earlier, Alvarez, a longtime fan of the Alien franchise, had casually pitched a new Alien story to Ridley Scott, who remembered Alvarez's story enough to invite him to write and direct the next film when it went into production. Alvarez is most known for directing the 2013 Evil Dead reboot as well as the 2016 sleeper hit Don't Breathe . He seems like the perfect director to capture the unique combination of science fiction and horror of the Alien movies, and 20th Century Fox picked up the project solely on the strength of Alvarez's story,

Alvarez was admittedly nervous to show the film to Ridley Scott , particularly because the esteemed filmmaker is a tough critic. Alvarez said:

“I wanted him to see it before anybody. And everyone gave me the head’s up that Ridley is really tough. He’s really tough, particularly if it has something to do with his movies. He was really tough on ‘Blade Runner [2049],’ which I thought was a masterpiece, and he had issues with it because it’s really hard for him because it’s his work...I asked him about the new ‘Top Gun’ and he’s like ‘meh.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And he was like, ‘My brother’s was original and this is like eh.’ He really respected it, but you could see how tough he was. So I was like, ‘There’s no way I win this one.'”

Fortunately, according to Alvarez, Scott had goods new for the filmmaker after watching the film:

“And then he walks into the room and he did say, ‘Fede, what can I say? It’s fucking great. For me, it was like… My family knows it was one of the best moments of my life to have a master like him, whom I admired so much, to even watch a movie I made, but particularly something like this… and talk to me for an hour about what he liked about it. One of the best compliments he said was, ‘The dialogue is great. Are you the writer?’ Yes!”

Cinematographer Galo Olivares ( Gretel & Hansel ) has also joined the production. The film kicked off production in Budapest, Hungary on March 9, 2023. On July 3, it was revealed that filming had wrapped .

In outer space, no one can hear you scream. But movie audiences don't seem to mind, as the Alien movie, written by Dan O'Bannon proved in 1979. Originally called Star Beast , the first treatment reworked O'Bannon's original idea of gremlins attacking a B-17 Bomber during World War II. And the most crucial new element was the alien entity, the Xenomorph. O'Bannon had been working for Chilean cult director Alejandro Jodorowksy 's adaptation of Frank Herbert 's Dune , along with surrealist Swiss artist H.R. Giger . Disturbed and fascinated by Giger's macabre "biomechanical" drawings (especially his 1976 painting "Necronom IV"), O'Bannon envisioned an alien monster unlike anything ever seen onscreen before. Both O'Bannon and director Ridley Scott were also inspired which led to the creation of the Xenomorph's nasty, but incredibly memorable, appearance. The final creation is a wedge-headed, metallic, bipedal creature with acid for blood, a scorpion tail, and a nasty habit of thrusting its eggs down an unsuspecting human's mouth until they hatch and violently tear open their host's stomach to escape. The classic maneuver was reportedly inspired by Francis Bacon 's 1944 painting “Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion,”

When the movie came out in 1979, fans were thrilled with the blend of creepy horror and hi-tech science fiction, and with Sigourney Weaver's tough heroine Ellen Ripley, who becomes a grizzled survivor of multiple alien encounters. Originally intended to be the Xenomorph's last victim, the movie's ending was changed so that Ripley is the sole survivor (along with Jonesy the cat). The movie ends with Ripley blasting the Xenomorph out into space and blowing it up with the ship's engine. The movie was also a huge influence on horror films with the scene where an alien bursts out of John Hurt 's chest. Aside from Hurt and Scott, the scene was a total surprise to the rest of the cast--and most movie audiences. The first Alien movie's success made it a cultural touchstone, spawned the franchise, jump-started Sigourney Weaver's acting career, and influenced innumerable movies, television shows, and video games. The Xenomorph, called the "perfect organism" by one hapless character, has appeared in a total of eight movies so far: three sequels, two crossover films with another human-hunting alien, The Predator, and two prequels. Revered directors James Cameron and David Fincher came on board to direct the sequels, and Weaver would appear in three more Alien films.

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The Gorn were a warp-capable , bipedal reptilian species from the Beta Quadrant . Their interstellar government was known as the Gorn Hegemony .

  • 1.1 Life cycle
  • 2.1 Mirror universe
  • 2.2 Alternate reality
  • 3.1 Starship classes
  • 5.1 Appearances
  • 5.2 Background information
  • 5.3.1 Video games
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Biology [ ]

Gorn skeleton

A Gorn skeleton

Gorn were a cold-blooded species, with green , rubbery skin , red blood , and an average height of approximately two meters . They tended to be many times stronger than most humanoids . While young Gorn were very agile and fast, adults tended to be slower and less agile but with greater stamina. Nonetheless, a single adult Gorn was able to dispatch a fully armed Starfleet landing party with ease. They, like most cold-blooded species, preferred warmer temperatures and hated the cold. The Gorn had at least two genders : male and female . Despite being reptilian , Gorn females appeared to have breasts , which were generally found on mammals . ( TOS : " Arena "; ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II "; LD : " Veritas "; SNW : " All Those Who Wander "; et al. )

Some Humans had an instinctive revulsion to the Gorn, as they were a type of reptile , and thought them primitive or unintelligent. This was unwise, as the Gorn were at least as intelligent as Humans.

Gorn vision

Through the eyes of a Gorn

Gorn ears were simple holes on the sides of their skulls , while their mouths boasted an impressive array of sharp teeth and their hands and feet possessed vicious claws . In the mirror universe , Phlox quipped that the Gorn were comparable to that of the extinct Velociraptor , based on one Gorn's size and bite radius . ( ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II ") Some Gorn displayed eyes that were silvery and faceted, much like the compound eyes of insects , while others had typical humanoid eyes complete with pupils.

They also possessed incredible durability and were able to take an extreme amount of punishment. During a skirmish between Captain James T. Kirk and a Gorn captain , Kirk hurled a boulder at his opponent, only for it to bounce off the Gorn's skin. Later, he caused a giant boulder to roll down a mountain and hit the Gorn captain. Though this temporarily stunned him, he was not injured. Kirk finally managed to wound and disable the Gorn with a primitive cannon comprised of rope -wrapped bamboo as a barrel , with raw diamonds as projectiles and a homemade gunpowder mixture as propellant. ( TOS : " Arena ")

Life cycle [ ]

Gorn eggs

External effects of parasitic Gorn eggs

The Gorn hatched from parasitic eggs that incubated inside humanoid hosts. The maturation cycle varied depending on the species of the host, lasting months within an Orion but days within a Human . When ready, the hatchlings or younglings would rip their way violently from the body of their host.

Gorn hatchling

A Gorn youngling

Newly emerged Gorn were white in color; they became green as they fed voraciously and grew rapidly in size, molting their skin in the process. The hatchlings were quadrupedal and exceptionally fast and strong, and possessed prehensile tails . They were uncontrollably aggressive toward other lifeforms and even members of their own species, fighting each other for dominance, which ensured that only the strongest and smartest survived. Even before they were fully mature, the hatchlings developed ducts by their mouths that enabled them to spit venom , which not only blinded their prey but also infected additional hosts with eggs. Because of their biological makeup both eggs and hatchlings were invisible to sensors . Despite their bestial nature, the hatchlings were highly intelligent and could prevent themselves from being sensed telepathically – evolutionary advantages that made them dangerous hunters.

The Gorn maintained breeding planets where they deposited sentient beings to be used as breeding sacs or hunted as food by the hatchlings. Adult Gorn periodically returned to the planets to harvest their young. ( SNW : " Memento Mori ", " All Those Who Wander ")

The Gorn could also become pregnant with live young, and Caesarean sections might be indicated. Births of eight children were known. The infants were apparently highly aggressive even when born in this manner. ( Star Trek Into Darkness )

History and culture [ ]

Gorn wedding planet

A Gorn wedding ( 2380 )

Like many humanoid species , Gorn got married as well, as they had weddings , just as Humans and Vulcans did. ( LD : " Veritas ")

Of the Gorn, Orion privateer Harrad-Sar said in 2154 , " The less said about them, the better ". However, he did concede that the Gorn brewed the finest meridor in the five systems . ( ENT : " Bound ")

In 2256 , Captain Gabriel Lorca had a Gorn skeleton in a USS Discovery laboratory . ( DIS : " Context Is for Kings ")

Gorn First Contact

Unconfirmed First Contact report for the Gorn in the personnel file of La'an Noonien-Singh

Although unconfirmed at the time, the first encounter between the Humans and the Gorn occurred in the 2230s or 2240s , when the colony ship SS Puget Sound was captured and the entire ship's complement was deposited on a planetary nursery . According to La'an Noonien-Singh 's accounts, the Gorn would eat some of their captives alive, while other captives would have their bodies slit open and used as "breeding sacks,” and some captives would be hunted as a sport before being fed to infant Gorn. In accordance with some sort of ritual , the final survivor would be spared, only to be placed in a life raft and abandoned in space. The survivor was not expected to live. ( SNW : " Strange New Worlds ")

La'an explained to Captain Pike that there had in fact been multiple contacts with the Gorn by 2259 – including the attack on Finibus III that the USS Enterprise dealt with in that year – but they hardly ever left survivors and were therefore still listed as never officially encountered. ( SNW : " Memento Mori ") That same year, the USS Peregrine fell victim to Gorn hatchlings that unexpectedly emerged from refugees rescued by the crew. The hatchlings were neutralized by a landing party from the Enterprise . ( SNW : " All Those Who Wander ")

La'an, who had survived being hunted on one of their planetary nurseries, described the Gorn as "plain evil" and impossible to empathize with or come to an understanding with them, unrelenting when they hunt. Gorn considered warm-blooded species their prey. They employed ambush tactics and used injured prey as bait to lure in more. For example, they would allow a group of survivors to escape while attacking a Federation colony so they would call for help and bring in more prospective prey. They were even willing to sacrifice one of their own (or even one of their ships) to force their prey to reveal itself while it was hiding from them. Gorn were also willing to kill their own if they became weak or one of their ships became compromised by an enemy, making sure only the strongest survived. ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

Spock resists a Gorn intruder

A Gorn in an EV suit battles Lt. Spock aboard the USS Cayuga

Later that year, a Gorn attack ship was identified near the Galdonterre system , causing Admiral Robert April to fear that a war between the Federation and the Gorn was coming. ( SNW : " The Broken Circle ") This was part of a larger buildup of Gorn forces on their border with the Federation as tensions increased between the Federation and the Gorn Hegemony . In response, the Federation developed better weapons and technology to combat the Gorn and the Gorn protocols which Lieutenant Erica Ortegas dubbed "break in case of Gorn." ( SNW : " Hegemony ")

Eventually, the Gorn attacked the colony of Parnassus Beta which was just outside of Federation space, destroying the USS Cayuga in the process, although most of the crew were on the planet's surface at the time. The Gorn Hegemony then sent a message to Starfleet Command with a demarcation line through the system, placing Parnassus Beta on their side of the line. With Starfleet wanting to avoid possibly triggering a war over a planet that was out of their jurisdiction, the Enterprise snuck a landing party down by having it play dead amongst the Cayuga 's debris field. On the surface, La'an noticed that the Gorn were exhibiting strange behavior such as their juveniles cooperating instead of fighting each other for dominance, suggesting that something else was going on beyond usual Gorn activities. The landing party encountered Lieutenant junior grade Montgomery Scott who had been aboard the USS Stardiver one system over studying solar flares when the Gorn had attacked and destroyed the ship. As the system's red supergiant had begun emitting coronal mass ejections right before the Gorn had attacked, Scott suspected that something about the flares had lured them out while Sam Kirk compared it to locusts having their swarming instincts triggered by environmental factors. With the Gorn communicating through light, Kirk suggested that they had some kind of an ingrained sensitivity to it that somehow triggered their actions.

Eventually, Lieutenant Spock and Nurse Christine Chapel were able to restore comms and transporters by crashing the wrecked saucer section of the Cayuga into the Gorn tower . However, a Gorn destroyer and several hunters attacked the Enterprise with more ships on the way. Although the Enterprise tried to beam out the surviving colonists and the landing party, the Gorn got to them first, leaving Pike with a tough choice as Starfleet ordered the Enterprise to withdraw immediately. ( SNW : " Hegemony ")

Kirk vs

Kirk fighting the Gorn captain

In 2267 , the Gorn attacked, with impunity , the Federation colony and outpost on Cestus III . The Gorn saw the strike as a preemptive move, since they regarded the Cestus system as part of their territory. The Enterprise pursued a Gorn starship from Cestus III into a previously unexplored region of the galaxy, near 2466 PM . There, both starships were immobilized by the Metrons , who transported Captain Kirk and the Gorn captain to a planet's surface where the two captains were instructed to settle their differences in a "contest… of ingenuity against ingenuity, brute strength against brute strength." Although the Gorn captain was physically stronger than Kirk, Kirk was able to construct a makeshift cannon out of materials on the planet's surface and defeat the Gorn. When Kirk showed mercy to his defeated opponent, the Metrons sent both captains back to their respective ships and transported the Enterprise out of the area. ( TOS : " Arena ")

While on the Enterprise in 2268 , Benjamin Sisko admitted to Jadzia Dax that he would like to ask Kirk about the fight with the Gorn captain during this encounter. ( DS9 : " Trials and Tribble-ations ")

A Gorn served on the ruling council of the pocket dimension Elysia , in the late 23rd century . It is unknown how long members of his species had been trapped in that universe . ( TAS : " The Time Trap ")

Mr Krada Leg

A Gorn chef on Starbase 25

By the 2380s , relations between the Federation and Gorn had seemingly improved. By 2381 , some Gorn resided on Federation Starbase 25 , including a Gorn chef who operated the restaurant Mr. Krada Leg . ( LD : " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers ") In 2384 , a Gorn starship was among those that came to the aid of Federation vessels hijacked by the living construct . ( PRO : " Supernova, Part 1 ")

In the wake of The Burn , the Gorn attempted to artificially create a wormhole , resulting in the destruction of two light years of subspace . ( DIS : " That Hope Is You, Part 1 ")

Mirror universe [ ]

In the mirror universe , a Gorn named Slar was a slave master working for the Tholian Assembly in 2155 . He was in charge of the workers assigned aboard the USS Defiant until the crew of the ISS Enterprise took it over following the Battle of Vintaak . Slar was suspicious of Terrans and vicious when it came to dealing with them. He was ultimately killed by Jonathan Archer . ( ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II ")

A century later, in 2257 , a Gorn skull was on display aboard the ISS Shenzhou . ( DIS : " The Wolf Inside ")

Alternate reality [ ]

In the alternate reality , first contact between the Gorn and the Federation had taken place prior to 2259 , as Dr. Leonard McCoy recalled having performed a Caesarean section on a pregnant Gorn. ( Star Trek Into Darkness )

Technology [ ]

As of the late 23rd century , much of Gorn technology was on par with that of Starfleet . A Gorn ship was almost as fast as a Constitution -class starship , which would have to push its engines to a dangerous point to overtake a Gorn ship.

Their weapons were described as "like phasers , only worse" by a survivor of the Cestus attack. This description may have been colored by fear, as they were later described as disruptors .

Gorn Communication

Gorn ship-to-ship communication

Gorn ships would employ visual communication in the form of light signals when in visual range of each other. ( SNW : " Memento Mori ")

Gorn shields were capable of enduring an initial full barrage of phaser and photon torpedo fire, with little or no appreciable damage.

They had transporter technology, and possessed voice duplicator equipment that was at least good enough to fool a casual listener.

Gorn ground tactical units utilized powerful disruptors, capable of completely disintegrating targets at ranges of between 1,200 and 1,500 yards . Their sensor technology may have been less effective than that of the Federation, as they had some difficulty targeting a landing party during their ambush at Cestus III.

The Gorn were able to home in on signals from a tricorder , allowing them to "bracket" the user with fire. ( TOS : " Arena "; SNW : " Memento Mori ")

Starship classes [ ]

  • Gorn destroyer
  • Gorn hunter
  • Gorn starship
  • Gorn warship ( mirror universe )
  • Slar ( mirror universe )
  • Unnamed Gorn

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

  • TOS : " Arena "
  • TAS : " The Time Trap "
  • ENT : " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II "
  • " Context Is for Kings " (skeleton only)
  • " The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry " (skeleton only)
  • " Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad " (skeleton only)
  • " Much Ado About Boimler " (model only)
  • " Veritas "
  • " No Small Parts " (model only)
  • " Mugato, Gumato " (model only)
  • " An Embarrassment Of Dooplers "
  • " The Inner Fight "
  • " Memento Mori " (ships only; no visual contact)
  • " All Those Who Wander "
  • " Hegemony "

Background information [ ]

Gorn without costume

The original Gorn without its outer costume

The cast list in the final draft script of "Arena" described the Gorn as " a large (six foot four) lizard-like creature, well-muscled, very strong. " When the Gorn first appeared in the scripted events of the episode, the description of the alien read, " It is a lizard, who walks like a man… two-legged, two-armed, a thick glistening scaly hide, the size of a man with outstanding musculature… a wide mouth full of sharp teeth, a ridge of hard plate running down his back, even a prehensile, thick, strong tail. He is wearing a garment like a short robe [....] He does not wear shoes of any sort. " Detailing other aspects of the Gorn's anatomy, the script later referred to the creature as having shoulder blades as well as eyes that at one point "glitter[ed]" and the script further stated, " He has two tiny earholes on his head, where a Human being's ears would be. " The script also described the Gorn's voice, as heard through his Metron communicator , as "harsh, whistling, hissing" and deemed his strength to be comparable to that of a grizzly bear .

The original Gorn was played by several people, including Bobby Clark , Gary Combs , and Bill Blackburn . The voice was provided by Ted Cassidy .

The Gorn's costume was designed by Wah Chang , who also created the M-113 creature (aka the "salt vampire"). ( The Art of Star Trek , p. 34; et al. ) The Gorn captain in "Arena" was intended to not be particularly agile, with the episode's script stating about the Gorn, " It moves slowly, awkwardly, " and referring to the creature as "sluggish" and "lumbering". " He's big and awkward… That all fits the costume, " said Bobby Clark , who wore the reptilian suit. " Because the costume was thick rubber, it had big muscles – you couldn't bend your arms. You couldn't walk fast because the feet would hold you back. You couldn't run, because you'd be walking like you had two swimming fins on your feet. And we were walking in brush a lot, so that was tough… [The producers have] said several times that, in their estimation, it was the slowest fight they'd ever seen. Well, yes, it was slow. If it was fast, it would've been the funniest fight they'd ever seen. " ( SFX , issue #200, p. 135) Michael Westmore attributed the slowness of the alien to the makeup design for what he termed "the lumbering Gorn." Westmore commented, " For all his mobility in Wah's costume and props, the Gorn, because of the heavy rubber appliances and the thick wet suit, is relatively slow and cumbersome […] even though the Gorn was a very advanced creation for his time. " ( Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts , p. 43) Dan Curry agreed that the Gorn suit "was very bulky and very hard for the actor to move around in." ( Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features)

One day shortly before 14 May 2001 , someone asked Archer actor Scott Bakula about the Gorn. " I hadn't thought about him in a long time, but oh, my gosh, it was just so terrible, " said Bakula, remembering the relatively primitive special effects used to depict the alien in "Arena". ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 135 , p. 25)

The Gorn were originally planned to be featured as the villains in the 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode " The Andorian Incident ". One reason why their role in the story was replaced with the Andorians was that the Gorn, unlike the Andorians, were considered to be unable to talk. ( Star Trek: Communicator  issue 136 , p. 37) Near the end of Enterprise 's first season , staff writer Michael Sussman offered, " Before we decided to have the Andorians, we all talked about doing the Gorn [....] But when we looked at the show, it was decided by Rick [Berman] and Brannon [Braga] that it was pretty clear that Captain Kirk's run-in was the first time anyone had seen a Gorn. So, as much as we would love to use them, it doesn't fit with what's been established, so they're kind of off the table for us. " ( Star Trek: The Magazine  Volume 2, Issue 11 , pp. 48-49) Subsequently, Berman didn't, however, completely rule out the possibility of including the Gorn in Enterprise . On the contrary, he declared, " The Gorn are certainly a possibility. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 101 , p. 18) In fact, prior to the Gorn's appearance in " In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II ", Enterprise 's writing staff spent much time trying to find some means of including the Gorn into the series without violating continuity. ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" audio commentary , ENT Season 4 DVD ) David A. Goodman was one production staffer who spent a lot of time developing a Gorn episode of Enterprise . ( Star Trek Magazine  issue 118 , p. 15)

The mirror universe setting of the "In a Mirror, Darkly" two-parter finally allowed for the Gorn's inclusion in ENT. ("In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" audio commentary , ENT Season 4 DVD ) " Yeah, we had to get a Gorn in there, " noted Manny Coto . " I always wanted to do a Gorn. " ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise , Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features) On the other hand, Garfield Reeves-Stevens remembered, " The Gorn is the one [alien] they almost didn't have [in the 'In a Mirror, Darkly' two-parter] and we put on an impassioned plea to have it and Manny capitulated. Manny wondered if it was integral to the story and we mounted a defense for it. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 69)

As described in the final draft script of "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II", the Gorn were "giant reptiles" with three clawed fingers and "razor-sharp teeth." Slar was also scripted to be wearing "the Gorn equivalent of an EV undersuit." As for Gorn language, the script commented that, immediately before being shot by Archer, Slar was "cursing at Archer in his own tongue."

Initially, the production crew were perplexed as to how they would create the Gorn required for "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II". Michael Westmore explained, " With the Gorn… in the beginning, they didn't know what direction we were gonna go in. Are you going to put a man in a suit? And if we do, what modifications are you going to make, so it doesn't look like the original one […] which was very bulky and very hard for the actor to move around in? We played around with the idea, and we all came… Basically, all of us came to the same conclusion. If we want to do something that's new and that's still à la Gorn, it's going to have to be an optical – not a man in a suit. " ( Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features) This method of creating the modernized Gorn would allow it to have much more freedom of movement than had been possible with its predecessor in the original series. ( ENT Season 4 DVD text commentary )

A starting point for creating the ENT Gorn was concept artwork by Dan Curry. " We looked at the Gorn from the original series, " he explained, " and then I did some sketches on how the Gorn might look more reptilian and made anatomical changes in the skin [....] After I did the sketches we turned that over to the makeup department under Mike Westmore's supervision and Earl Ellis sculpted a maquette of the Gorn. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 69) The maquette created by Ellis – a sculptor in Westmore's makeup department – measured eighteen inches and was made from clay. This potential Gorn design was further developed with input from producers Manny Coto, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga . Westmore later echoed their advice, saying, " 'Well, maybe it should be a little bit more of this. The shoulders should be a little bigger. Maybe the chest should be a little bigger. It looks too much like a Human. Can you extend the torso?' " As the final maquette was a very useful starting point for the creation of a digital model, the maquette was given to Dan Curry who, in turn, gave it to digital effects supervisor John Teska at Eden FX . Teska was then able to transform the design into a fully animated computer-generated Gorn. ( Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features)

Meanwhile, footage of Stunt Coordinator Vince Deadrick, Jr. , playing the Gorn – dressed in a fitted black leotard outfit that had white grid marks on – and acting alongside Scott Bakula , was filmed. ( Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features) After the same shots were repeated without Deadrick playing the Gorn, the computer-generated version of the alien was added into the shots, replacing Deadrick's movements. ( ENT Season 4 DVD audio commentary ; Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features)

For close-up shots of the Gorn's alien hands, a pair of Gorn gloves were especially designed by Michael Westmore's makeup effects department. ( Inside the Mirror Episodes , ENT Season 4 DVD special features)

Ultimately, Manny Coto had mixed feelings about how successful the Gorn in "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" had been. " I wish our little Gorn had looked a little better than it did, " he critiqued, " but I would have loved to have done more Gorn stuff in season five, which would have been fun to explore [....] I think we had talked about doing Mirror-Universe Gorns. Uh, you know, expand that whole thing. " ("Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise , Part Two: Memorable Voyages", ENT Season 4 Blu-ray special features)

The Gorn were referenced in an ultimately omitted line of dialogue from the first draft script of Star Trek Nemesis , in which Picard, delivering his best man's speech at the wedding of Riker and Troi , recalled that Riker's bachelor party had included "three Andorians, two Tellarites and a Gorn." According to an interview given by John Logan to Star Trek Communicator ( citation needed • edit ) in 2003, the scene was not in the final version of the film.

Barney Burman's Gorn

The Gorn prisoner cut from Star Trek

A Gorn was among multiple individuals Barney Burman and his company, Proteus Make-up FX Team , created for Rura Penthe prison scenes in the film Star Trek , footage that was ultimately cut from the movie's final release . Including the Gorn was the idea of Sculptor Don Lanning , who had spent the past year and a half sculpting surgeries for television series Nip/Tuck . " I immediately wanted to revisit the Gorn from 'Arena', " he said, " because I had just spent a lot of time sculpting realistic stuff, so I was ready for some hard-core fantasy! " Hired onto the production in the role of key sculptor, Lanning was permitted his wish of furthering a redesign of the Gorn. This developed into one of two sculptures which he worked on whenever he got some down time, the other being the M-113 creature . " The Gorn was our best effort to revisit the original material, " observed Lanning, " and I think it was very successful. " Lanning was left with the impression that the Gorn was removed from the film because Director J.J. Abrams and others on the production staff wanted the upcoming film to concentrate on newer aliens. ( Star Trek Magazine Special 2014 , pp. 135 & 137)

Gorn BTS

Gorn EV suit

The Gorn EV suit was also discussed in TRR : " Hegemony ".

Apocrypha [ ]

The Star Fleet Battles and Federation Space board games, published by Task Force Games , indicated that a Gorn confederation formed when three separate but nearly identical sentient species, each having developed on a different planet (Gdhar I, Gdhar II, and Gdhar III, presumably in the Gdhar system) joined into a single political entity. The Gorn are a civilized and cultured race. The Star Fleet Battles game universe refers to an initial brief conflict between two hotheaded starship captains over what was then considered a misunderstanding (an indirect reference to the events in "Arena"). This conflict was resolved peacefully and led to the Gorn being a close ally of the Federation. It is said to be one of the few alliances in the SFU that is apparently based on mutual trust, respect, and desire for friendship as opposed to political convenience (see also Star Fleet Universe ).

The graphic novel The Gorn Crisis is the story of Jean-Luc Picard 's attempt to ally with the Gorn in the Dominion War despite a Gorn civil war . The novel Articles of the Federation followed up on this and stated that the Gorn fought in the Dominion War on the Federation's side. The crew of the USS Enterprise -E helped to convince them to join the fight against the Dominion . In A Singular Destiny , the Gorn joined the Typhon Pact ( β ) – an alliance including the Romulan Star Empire , the Breen Confederacy , the Tholian Assembly , the Tzenkethi , and the Kinshaya ( β ) which was set up in competition with the powers of the Khitomer Accords .

Sisko gets to meet the Gorn captain from "Arena" in the short story "Where I Fell Before My Enemy" that was published in the first Strange New Worlds anthology.

According to The Worlds of the Federation reference book, the Gorn homeworld is called Gornar, also known as Tau Lacertae IX.

The Gorn appear in the FASA RPG adventure book Demand of Honor , where their government is called the Gorn Alliance and their homeworld is called S'sgaron.

In the Star Trek: The Original Series - Core Game Book , the Gorn homeworld was called Agornu.

In the twenty-fourth issue of the Star Trek: Ongoing comic series set in the alternate reality , the Gorn return following the events of the 2013 game. The Gorn featured were a more peaceful faction who separated from the Armada during the Milky Way invasion where they settled on the planet Parthenon 559, but came into conflict with a Federation mining team there. After learning the settlers attacked first and that the Gorn only attacked in self-defense, Kirk placed the planet under quarantine , deciding it was best to leave the Gorn alone.

According to the Star Trek Adventures - Beta Quadrant sourcebook, there are multiple species of Gorn. The Ssessekh are the Gorn seen in The Original Series and the Russth are the Gorn seen in Enterprise . Agornu, Garag, Gornar, Koreb, Shekkis and S'sgaron are all names for the Gorn homeworld used by different Gorn species.

Video games [ ]

The Gorn are playable races in several Star Trek video games. These include Star Trek: Starfleet Command , Star Trek: Tactical Assault , Star Trek: Klingon Academy , and Star Trek Online . The game manual for Star Trek: Bridge Commander mentions the Gorn were allied with the Dominion during the Dominion War.

In Star Trek: Klingon Academy , the Gorn are available as a playable race in Skirmish and Multiplayer modes. According to the game's manual, their government is referred to as the "Gorn Kingdom", rather than the more common Gorn Confederation. They are engaged in a mutual exchange agreement with the Federation, and as such their vessels are equipped with similar technologies, such as phasers and tractor beam weapons. Like the other non-campaign races in the game, the Gorn possess fewer ship classes than the Klingons or the Federation.

The Gorn are also a playable race, and allies of the Klingon Empire , in Star Trek Online . When designing a Gorn character, only the male gender is selectable. Gorn are also the enemies faced during many Federation missions, and some employ a rock-throwing attack reminiscent of the battle between Kirk and the Gorn captain in "Arena". Furthermore, in Star Trek Online , the Gorn engaged in late- 24th century war against the Klingon Empire. The Klingons eventually prevailed – allowing the Gorn to maintain their rule over their space – but, in exchange, made allies. In this continuity, the insect-like eyes seen on the Gorn captain from "Arena" are explained as a set of eyepieces that give a tactical heads-up display. The tie-in novel The Needs of the Many reveals that the difference between the Gorn seen in The Original Series and Enterprise is part of a caste system; the silver-eyed, five-fingered Gorn are from a warrior caste, while the gold-eyed, three-fingered Gorn are members of a technological caste.

Gorn Star Trek Game

The Gorn of the alternate reality

The Gorn are the villains of the 2013 Star Trek game set before Star Trek Into Darkness , featuring fifteen varieties of male and female Gorn ranging in size, intelligence, and color, designed by Neville Page . [1] They are depicted as originating from another galaxy which they have conquered by the time they reach the Milky Way Galaxy via a wormhole created by a terraforming device on New Vulcan . The Gorn utilize a mind controlling virus to turn enemies on each other, practice bio-enhancement , and just as in the film, McCoy mentions they are viviparous . He recounts Hikaru Sulu having stunned a pregnant female while on the surface of the Lymax planet, necessitating McCoy's medical intervention to deliver the babies.

External links [ ]

  • Gorn at StarTrek.com
  • Gorn at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
  • Gorn at Wikipedia
  • 3 Hoshi Sato

Screen Rant

Alien reveals the dark fate of the first ever human/xenomorph hybrid.

Alien confirms which of the many human/Xenomorph hybrids shown in-canon was actually the very first one, while also revealing its dark, twisted fate.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Alien #5 There have been a number of human/Xenomorph hybrids in the Alien franchise. From Ripley8 and the Newborn in Alien Resurrection to the mutated creature created on Tobler-9. But the first chronological human/Xenomorph hybrid has just been revealed in Alien lore, as was its dark fate.

The first human/Xenomorph hybrid introduced in Alien canon was the aforementioned Ripley8. In Alien Resurrection , a team of scientists gave life to Ripley8, the hybridized clone of the original Alien protagonist following her death in Alien 3 , as well as the Newborn, which came as a result of the cloned Xenomorph Queen that had a human reproductive system. Skip over to the realm of the comics under 20th Century Studios’ current continuity, and readers are introduced to a planet called Tobler-9 where Weyland-Yutani is conducting experiments using Xenomorph DNA. The gene-splicing that took place there gave life to a Xenomorph/mosquito hybrid that has the power to mutate humans with a single bite. This creature did just that during Alien Vol. 2, creating yet another human/Xenomorph hybrid. And now, the latest (and evidently the first) hybrid just hit the scene, and while it seems its fate has already been tragically sealed, there may be an even darker destiny for the Xeno-human.

Alien ’s First Xenomorph Hybrid Is A Tragic Character Whether It Lives Or Dies

In Alien #4-5 by Declan Shalvey and Andrea Broccardo, readers are introduced to perhaps the most disturbing Xenomorph/human hybrid in Alien history . This comic run takes place on the ice planet of LV-695 where a team of scientists (which is actually a family consisting of a pregnant mother, and teenage daughter, and their synthetic) are secretly conducting experiments on Xenomorphs under the guise of studying the planet itself and shipping out containers of water to be used on other off-world colonies. After Weyland-Yutani sends representatives to investigate what’s really occurring on this planet, everything blows up in the scientists’ faces. The Xenomorphs that were in hibernation wake up and tear through the facility, and no human is safe, including and especially the scientists. Then, to make matters worse, the mother starts going into labor. Once the baby was born, the daughter - who delivered her little brother - saw that her mother had previously exposed the unborn fetus to refined genetic material derived from a Xenomorph. In short, this little baby was born a human/Xenomorph hybrid, and as a result, seemingly died moments after its birth.

While this hybrid seems dead, issue #5 implies pretty heavy-handedly that he will rapidly heal and eventually revive himself. If that’s true, then it’s all-too possible that the hybrid will not only heal rapidly, but age rapidly as well, just like a regular Xenomorph that can grow to maturity in a matter of hours. This gives the creative minds behind the current Alien canon limitless storytelling potential. If he survives, the hybrid will be all alone on an icy planet overrun with Xenomorphs. Will they attack him, forcing him to become the ultimate Xenomorph-hunting warrior? Or will they see him as their leader, perhaps even their god?

The storytelling potential behind Alien ’s first hybrid (which is confirmed in the opening credits of the comic) is exciting if the hybrid did, indeed, survive. Though that doesn’t make his fate any less tragic, as he’s the product of twisted experimentation brought on by his own mother, and then abandoned by his own sister, only to live his life in exile with a horde of Xenomorphs. Or, maybe the hybrid just stays dead, which is tragic for more direct and obvious reasons. Either way, the first human/Xenomorph hybrid is destined to suffer a dark fate in Alien canon, and only time will tell which one it will be.

Alien #5 by 20th Century Studios is available now.

A Covenant with Aliens: 15 Times the Xenomorphs Invaded Other Comics

Could a chestburster bust its way out of Superman's chest? Find out this and more by reading up on these Aliens crossovers with other comics!

The "Alien" franchise has come a long way since Ridley Scott's 1979 adaptation and it only continues to grow as the years go by. It's safe to say that creators, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, could never have imagined that nearly 40 years after seeing Ripley and the Nostromo on the big screen, fans would still have dreams of xenomorphs, facehuggers, and chestbursters dancing in their heads or perhaps, in some cases, terrorizing their dreams. Aside from the " Prometheus " sequel, "Alien: Covenant," the latest film release that vastly expands on the lore of this universe, success has extended beyond film into countless video games, books, and comic books.

RELATED: Alien Covenant: 8 Things That Worked (And 7 That Didn't)

When Dark Horse purchased the rights to "Aliens," they began pumping out story after story and haven't looked back. While only a few of their "Alien" comics are considered cannon, they hit the ball out of the park when they decided to start a series of non-cannon crossovers that are nothing short of epic. In brightest day, in blackest night, no universe shall escape their sight! Will the characters of your favorite universe survive their encounter against the alien horde? Read on to find out! Here are 15 times the xenomorphs invaded other comics.

SPOILER WARNING: This list contains spoilers for the "Alien" crossover comics.

15 SUPERMAN VS ALIENS

"Superman VS. Aliens" is a three-part series, written and illustrated by Dan Jurgens, that came out July through September of 1995. Lois Lane and Clark Kent meet with Lexcorp's Doctor Kimble where Clark receives a telepathic message speaking of a city that escaped Krypton's destruction. Flying through space in a Lexcorp ship to the lost city, Superman finds survivors and sends them back to the satellite in his ship. Investigating further, Clark stumbles upon a xenomorph infestation.

Without the yellow sun's rays to power him, Superman is weakened. When he finally goes toe-to-toe with the xenomorph, it is actually able to hurt him. Kara, another survivor, swoops in to save Superman and later, shares what she knows about the aliens. Another battle ensues, and Superman wakes up with a queen embryo inside him. Lois and Kimble destroy the xenomorphs that arrived inside the survivors and Superman makes it back to Earth in time to regain his powers before the chestburster can escape.

14 BATMAN/ALIENS

"Batman/Aliens," by Ron Marz, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, was released in March and April of 1997. in it, Batman parachutes into the jungle in search of a missing Wayne Enterprises geologist. Upon landing, he encounters another government team headed for an alien ship. Inside, they find the usual horrific aftermath. Batman collects samples while one of the crew members foolishly runs off alone. In a nearby temple, they find the body of missing geologist as well as the missing crew member.

Surrounded, one of them activates a grenade, taking out himself and seemingly all of the xenomorphs with him, leaving only Batman, Hyatt (the business woman in charge) and one other crew member alive. Hyatt leaves them to die in order to escape and climb the command chain, but instead gets eaten by a gigantic crocodile/alien hybrid. Batman defeats the monster, escapes, and after further reflection, destroys the evidence to prevent mankind from gaining a weapon that the alien species represent.

13 ALIENS/VAMPIRELLA

"Aliens/Vampirella," by Corinna Bechko, illustrated by Javier Garcia-Miranda, was released in September 2015 through February 2016. Humans are colonizing Mars, but deep beneath their base, are the remnants of an ancient civilization of vampires. Vampirella was immediately dispatched to help with the translation of the ancient texts. The investigation leads to unearthing alien eggs. Vampirella gets infected by a facehugger and goes down.

Vampirella, weakened by the chestburster, and the lone surviving human from the expedition, try to reach the surface. They indirectly awaken a Nosferatu who discovers times have drastically changed. The trio manages to anger the Queen/Vampire hybrid into chasing them and the few remaining humans out of the base. Realizing that his people are all dead, the Nosferatu sacrifices himself to take out the Queen. To stop the pursuit of other flying/vampire xenomorphs, the humans drop a bomb on the base and get out of dodge.

12 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SLAY!

Following a pregnancy scare, Spike takes Buffy on a Space-cation. This issue lines up between issues 4 and 6 of "Season 9" of the comic book series and was a Free Comic Book Day title in 2012. In typical Buffy fashion, this short story was riddled with all kinds of pop culture references, especially regarding "Alien." Written by Andrew Chambliss and Illustrated by Georges Jeanty, it was overall a fun little story that can be found collected in the trade paperback, "On Your Own."

One of Spike's bugs was infested and was unfortunately brought back on the ship, setting the xenomorph free. The bugs, fearing where their next meal would come from, ate all of Buffy's stakes. Weaponless but not defenseless, Buffy arms herself with a can of bug spray and a lighter then sets out after the xenomorph.

11 JUDGE DREDD VERSUS ALIENS: INCUBUS

Uncovering an illegal pit fighting operation using the aliens, Judge Dredd and a team of Verminators visit a small-time crook's hideout where they discover a nest of alien eggs and are attacked by a xenomorph. Elsewhere, Mr. Bones explains his plot to destroy Mega-City One. He unleashes a massive hive on the Grand Hall of Justice, until one judge manages to activate Mechanismo robo-judges to drive them back underground.

Dredd gets infected attempting recover Sanchez, a fellow judge who was taken during the battle. They discover the Alien Queen and, with the help of the leader of the Verminators, destroy one of the city's heating towers, showering magma upon the xenomorphs. Later, doctors are able to remove the chestbursters from Dredd, and Sanchez and Dredd promptly executes the creatures.

Released in March through June of 2003, the four-part story was written by John Wagner and Andy Diggle, and illustrated by Henry Flint.

10 BATMAN/ALIENS II

This three-part story by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Staz Johnson was released from December 2002 through February 2003. Batman finds an explorer's journal detailing the discovery of an alien wreck on Antarctica in 1927. Realizing what's escaped, Gordon calls the Feds and the CDC while Batman battles the xenomorph in a subway.

Doctor Fortune arrives to take over the case, but Oracle uncovers that Fortune's identity is fabricated. In a battle at Arkham, Batman gets knocked unconscious and awakes on an oil rig. Fortune reveals that she was on the expedition to Antartica and that she has an alien Queen embryo. She's created new hybrids using her DNA and combining it with the DNA of Arkham inmates, like Two-Face, Poison Ivy and the Joker. In Fortune's arrogance, she also combined xenomorph DNA with Killer Croc's. Unable to control it, the new hybrid destroys Fortune and the base as Batman narrowly escapes the explosion.

9 OVERKILL: WITCHBLADE/ALIENS/DARKNESS/PREDATOR

Bodies are flowing into the morgue in record numbers, so Detective Sara Pezzini enlists the help of Jackie Estacado to get to the bottom of it all. They follow a lead to a warehouse where a xenomorph and Predator attack them. The Witchblade seems to take over and repel the Predator, cutting off its hand. After regrouping, Jackie is taken by the predator for experimentation. Sara gets an idea of how old the Witchblade is when she sees a vision of ancient battles with these creatures. After killing the xenomorph, Sara rescues Jackie and takes out the lights so the Darkness can join the fray. As retribution for the experiment, the Predator gets ripped in half. Once the dust settles, additional Predators collect their dead and disappear.

"Overkill," written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Clarence Lansang, Joe Benitez, and Brian Ching, was released in November and December 1999.

8 ALIENS VERSUS PREDATOR VERSUS THE TERMINATOR

Analee Call and Ripley #8 from "Alien: Resurrection" take center stage in this one as Call desperately tries to persuade Ripley to help them stop Dr. Trollenberg from creating an alien super-soldier. News travels fast, because a Predator ship is en route to hunt the new experiment.

Call and Ripley arrive to see a cloaked Predator take out Trollenberg and then get destroyed by the prototype super-soldier. Hacking Trollenberg's skull reveals a hidden message from John Connor telling of the Skynet war. The prototype builds more alien super-soldiers while Ripley is captured and transported to a predator's ship. When the final battle between the Predators and the prototypes goes south, Ripley releases a stockpile of fully-grown xenomorphs from stasis, which go forth wreaking havoc on the alien super-soldiers.

This four-part miniseries, released in April through July 2000, was written by Mark Schultz and illustrated by Mel Rubi.

7 PREDATOR VS. JUDGE DREDD VS. ALIENS

Four judges pursue Archbishop Emoji into the Alabama Morass, home of Reinstot, a crazy genetic scientist, and his human-animal hybrid creations. After capturing the Judges, he injects one with a sample of alien DNA, transforming him into a monster, and slaps a facehugger on a second. Taking Judge Anderson with the intention of turning her into a queen later, Reinstot leaves Dredd between the monstrous alien-DNA-infused judge and a xenomorph that burst from a Predator's chest he was holding captive.

Additional Predators arrive and destroy a majority of Reinstot's men and capture the man himself. Meanwhile, Dredd escapes with the help of Anderson, and with the Predators, hunt the escaped xenomorph and mutated judge down. With the help of Archbishop Emoji, Reinstot escapes in the Predator's ship. This is the most resent crossover on our list, starting in July of 2016, but issue 3 was delayed until December and issue 4 until June 2017.

6 WITCHBLADE/ALIENS/DARKNESS/PREDATOR: MINDHUNTER

In 2000, "Mindhunter," written by David Quinn and illustrated by Mel Rubi, has Jackie and Sara's paths cross once again. This time the pair find themselves prisoner aboard a living space ship above Earth. Their captor, Kenneth Irons, is controlling the ship and playing mind games with them. Also aboard the ship are a horde of xenomorphs and a female Predator.

As if they didn't have enough on their plate, one of the Darklings gets infected by a facehugger. Now Sara and Jackie have to face a terrifying enemy, a xenomorph with the power of the Darkness. The duo team up with the predator against the Alien-Darkness hybrid and fly the ship towards the sun. The Predator takes the power of the Witchblade and defeats the Alien-Darkness hybrid, getting wounded in the process. The Predator gives the Witchblade back to Sara, then she and Jackie escape before the ship explodes.

5 GREEN LANTERN VERSUS ALIENS

The disappearance of a fellow Lantern has assembled a group of Lanterns to investigate. Upon discovering the xenomorph horde, Hal Jordan pleads a case for mercy on behalf of the aliens. The decision is made to transport the entire hive to Mogo where no sentient life would be harmed.

10 years later, Kyle Rayner is the last remaining Lantern. When a ship crash-lands on Mogo, he is called upon by a band of former Green Lanterns to assist. They get overrun by the xenomorphs and Kyle loses his ring. Finding his courage and facing his fears, he makes his way deeper into the hive. He manages to recover his ring near the Alien Queen and he decides to wipe out the xenomorphs fearing future lives that might be lost.

This four-part miniseries was released in September through December 2000, and was written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Rick Leonardi.

4 SUPERMAN AND BATMAN VS. ALIENS AND PREDATOR

Independent investigations cause Superman and Batman's paths to cross in the Andes Mountains near a previously dormant volcano after seeing strange Predator activity in their respective cities. The Predators get the drop on the duo, and Batman is captured and taken to the Predator colony deep underground where he challenges the leader in one-on-one combat. Meanwhile, Superman fights back an infestation of xenomorphs near the surface.

Batman convinces the Predators that Superman is the sun spirit, and they conspire against the Terrestrial Defense Initiative, a government task force protecting Earth, to help get the Predators and the aliens off Earth and back to where they belong. Utilizing a particle beam, Superman transfers all of the Predators and aliens into his fortress of solitude while he gets them off planet. This story was written by Mark Schultz, illustrated by Ariel Olivetti and released in January and February of 2007.

3 WILDC.A.T.S/ALIENS

An escape pod carrying Flint, crashes in New York. After being rescued, he describes the alien creatures, prompting Grifter to assemble the team to investigate and rescue any survivors at Skywatch, the space station. Void teleports them to the space station and the team examines the security footage to uncover what happened. They watch as the xenomorphs virtually wipe everyone out. Continuing to search for survivors, they find nearly 100 crew members locked away. After the survivors were safely transported off station, Winter, one of the survivors, knowing that the alien threat was too great, stayed behind to pilot the station into the sun.

One interesting aspects of this story was that its deaths lasted beyond the crossover issue and was actually used to launch the new lineup of heroes for "The Authority" in May of 1999. "WildC.A.T.S/Aliens" by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Chris Sprose, was released in August 1998.

2 SUPERMAN VS. ALIENS II: GOD WAR

Having acquired several alien eggs, Darkseid sends infected parademons to New Genesis to wreak havoc. Even as the parademons are defeated, the chestbursters are unleashed. Superman recognizes the threat and rushes to find the Alien Queen, but unfortunately, finds a captured Orion with a facehugger wrapped around his head.

Orion goes with Superman to Apokolips to destroy the Alien Queen. Against all odds, and both their weakening states, the duo manages to destroy the Queen. Darkseid uses his omega beams to destroy the alien within Orion, claiming that he is still his son despite being enemies, so Orion deserves a better death. In reality, this was Darkseid's plan all along to make Orion question his own loyalties down the road. The last image shows a room full of infected parademons in stasis.

The four-part series by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Jon Bogdanove, and was released in May through December 2002.

1 ALIENS VS. PREDATOR

In 1989, a three-part short story pitting aliens and Predators against each other, launched in Dark Horse Presents. The series was a huge hit and its impact sent ripples into the entertainment world, inspiring movies, comics and video games for a generation and generations still to come. The three-part story would act as a prequel to a four-part story they released in 1990. The "AVP" stories were the first to examine the culture and customs of the two species. Most stories told of Predators seeding planets with the xenomorphs and hunting them for sport. In 1999, Dark Horse put the "AVP" franchise to rest for the most part, only issuing a tie-in one-shot comic here and there to go with the "AVP" movies. In 2009, they came back ready for war in "Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War."

While the "AVP" franchise has had its ups and downs, there is no denying it has a fiercely loyal fan base.

Which was your favorite Aliens xenomorph crossover? Did it make our list? Let us know in the comments!

Star Trek: Should Janeway Have Let Species 8472 Wipe Out The Borg?

From strange alliances, to biological warfare, many fans question the difficult decisions made by the Captain of the USS Voyager.

Over the years, Star Trek has had its ups and downs. The Original Series, iconic as it is today, was canceled due to poor viewership, and even the series that fans consider the greatest, The Next Generation , had a very poor rating until season two landed. One of the most divisive programs was, and still is, Voyager, which gets a lot of negative reviews not only due to the often poor writing, but from some morally convoluted decisions made by the protagonists. One of the biggest examples of this is when Captain Janeway sided with the Borg, who were on the brink of extinction, and decided to help them defeat Species 8472. But was this really such a bad decision?

Starting off with the giant tribble in the room, the biggest issue fans have with what Janeway did, was not that she sided with the Borg and helped them survive, but that she did so by committing genocide. Species 8472, the designation given to this alien race by the Borg, were some of the nastiest aliens found within the Star Trek universe, a bunch of extra-dimensional apex predators. They were, despite first appearances, incredibly intelligent, and came from a dimension known as fluidic space, which was accessed by the Borg in an attempt to assimilate them through quantum singularities. They were, despite being organic, immune to assimilation, and the Borg's attempt was considered an act of war. They drove the Borg out of their space, and followed them into the Federation/Borg dimension, with the explicit aim of Borg xenocide.

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This might seem, at first, like a good thin. The Borg have been primarily villains throughout their tenure on Star Trek , a terrifying force hell-bent on assimilating and destroying cultures. They seemed to be unstoppable, with the Federation only able to hold them back rather than defeat them properly, they were always a looming threat in the background. Species 8472 offered a solution, if the crew of the USS Voyager had simply sat back and allowing them to wipe the Borg out. Species 8472's aggression wasn't even unjustified or unprovoked — the Borg had invaded their space and tried to assimilate them. Bt of course, things for Captain Janeway were never simple.

The biggest issue with allowing this plan to unfold was that Species 8472 were really nasty. Janeway did consider the idea of letting them destroy the Borg, consequently making the universe a much better and safer place, but this all ended when she met a member of the species. They were ruthless and attacked without provocation. All attempts to communicate were met with the words "the weak shall perish" — a motto on par with the Borg's “resistance is futile.” Before she left the show , the character Kes managed to make telephonic communication with them, which resulted not only with her being seriously injured, but led her to reveal their nefarious plans: Species 8472 would not stop at ending the Borg, but would continue to “purge” the galaxy. Considering how effectively they were killing Borg, something the Federation had been struggling to do for years, they were a considerable threat to all life in the universe.

Their plan to wipe out all life in the galaxy stemmed from their desire to never allow another living organism to enter their fluidic space, as the Borg had opened a door that could be opened again. Species 8472 just wanted to be left alone, and they would annihilate anyone that could potentially jeopardize this. It thus makes sense why Janeway did what she did. Faced with two highly powerful foes that stood in her way to return home, she made a deal with the more reasonable one. What's more, they had worked out an effective way to wipe out Species 8472. They had found a way to harness what were basically bioweapons, moderating nanoprobes created by the holographic doctor , but could not use them on the scale needed to stop 8472. Thus, they partnered up with the Borg, who used the weapon in exchange for relatively free passage through their space.

Many fans take issue with the way in which Janeway sided with the Borg, the use of a genocidal biological weapon used on nightly intelligent sentient beings truly being the icing on the cake. However, there is a resounding consensus that overall it was the right decision to make. The Borg were powerful and terrifying, and continued to pose a real threat to the Federation, but it’s a case of "better the devil you know." The Borg, in all their culture absorbing, assimilating glory, were a far better option than the ruthless desolation and xenocide at the hands of 8472, who had made it clear that they would not stop until every living organism that was not a member of their race was wiped out.

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Fall Guys: How To Get The Star Trek And Alien Costumes

As part of the recently released space-themed Season 2 of "Fall Guys," players can earn dozens and dozens of new skins and cosmetics related to space and well-known sci-fi properties. Two of these properties, the " Alien " and "Star Trek" franchises, received direct tie-ins with "Fall Guys" rather than just references. As such, players can now don skins of the Xenomorph, Spock, and even the mask of Hugh, a more obscure Borg Drone from "The Next Generation" series of "Star Trek". That's not quite all, though, as players can also earn titles, emotes, and nameplates from these franchises as well.

"Fall Guys" recently adopted a free-to-play model to some controversy , and now offers both a free Battle Pass and a paid Battle Pass. The vast majority of "Alien" and "Star Trek" unlockables in "Fall Guys" are locked behind the paid version of this Battle Pass, though there are still some  "Fall Guys" freebie cosmetics that can be earned without paying anything . To unlock the "Alien" and "Star Trek" skins in "Fall Guys," players must earn XP to progress their Battle Pass and reach each cosmetic's associated level. The first one most players will unlock, at Battle Pass level 6, is from "Alien."

How to unlock the Alien cosmetics in Fall Guys

For its crossover with the "Alien" movies, "Fall Guys" adds a handful of unique items. The top and bottom half of the Xenomorph skin itself are earned separately from each other, and the other three "Alien" cosmetics include a nameplate design, a nickname, and a new celebration emote depicting one of the most iconic "Alien" moments: the chestburster scene. 

  • Chestburster Celebration : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 6, shows the winning player turn around, look behind their shoulder, then pull a golden Xenomorph from out of their chest, not usable as a regular emote
  • Xenomorph Nameplate : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 8, depicts a Xenomorph from "Alien" to the left of the player's username and nickname
  • Xenomorph Nickname : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 10, changes player's nickname/title to "Xenomorph"
  • Xenomorph costume Bottom : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 11, one half of the full Xenomorph costume
  • Xenomorph costume Top : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 13, other half of the full Xenomorph costume

The Xenomorph "Fall Guys" cosmetics are unlocked relatively early into the Season 2 Battle Pass. Most players will have little difficulty in ranking up to level 13 to unlock every new "Alien" item in "Fall Guys," but impatient players can always purchase Battle Pass tier skips to speed the process of unlocking "Alien" cosmetics.

How to unlock the Star Trek cosmetics in Fall Guys

The new "Star Trek" crossover for "Fall Guys" includes not one, but two Costumes (if you count a mask as its own skin), making for six new items. The most sought-after will no doubt be both halves of a costume depicting Spock from the original "Star Trek" series, but "Fall Guys" also represents "The Next Generation" and "Voyager" with two Borg-related cosmetics.

  • Live Long And Prosper Nameplate : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 38, depicts a hand doing the iconic Vulcan Salute in cartoon form
  • Four of Eight Nickname : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 42, changes player's nickname to "Four of Eight," a reference to the Borg naming conventions, like Seven of Nine from "Voyager"
  • Hugh's Borg Mask : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 43, a wearable piece of headgear that references Hugh, a former Borg drone from "The Next Generation"
  • Live Long and Prosper Emote : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 46, shows player raise their hand up and perform the Vulcan Salute, usable in-game as an equippable emote
  • Spock costume Bottom : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 49, one half of the full Spock costume
  • Spock costume Top : Unlocked at Battle Pass level 52, other half of the full Spock costume

While players can quickly get a head start on "Fall Guys" new "Alien" cosmetics, as they are unlocked early into the Battle Pass, the "Star Trek" items are a bit further in. They become available mid-way in the Battle Pass at level 38. It could be worse for "Star Trek" fans, though. The Season 2 Battle Pass also includes a Hatsune Miku costume , both halves of which can only be unlocked by reaching Battle Pass levels 98 and 99.

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Behind the scenes [ ]

What appears to be a Xenomorph can be seen in one panel of X-Wing Rogue Squadron 8 . [2] This is the only appearance of Xenomorphs in canonical Star Wars material.

Although the word "xenomorphs" is mentioned in Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows , it is used in the context of multiple types of alien beings. [3]

Xenomorph

A Xenomorph from the film Alien vs. Predator .

The Xenomorph aliens, sometimes simply called "Aliens", first appeared in the film Alien , based on the designs of fantasy artist H. R. Giger . The first movie later spawned a franchise including three direct film sequels, two crossover films involving the aliens from the Predator franchise , and the indirect prequel Prometheus . The Xenomorphs have appeared in numerous crossover comic books published by Dark Horse Comics , such as Superman/Aliens , Batman/Aliens , WildC.A.T.s/Aliens , Judge Dredd vs. Aliens , and Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator .

In Terminators: Five Movie Monsters to Torment Your PCs , an article published in InQuest 39 , Wizard Entertainment gave suggestions for how to incorporate monsters from Aliens , Terminator , and other films into roleplaying game adventures. Statistics were provided for use in Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game , Advanced Dungeons & Dragons , and Vampire: The Masquerade. [4]

Appearances [ ]

  • X-Wing Rogue Squadron 8 (First appearance)

Non-canon appearances [ ]

  • " The Revenge of Tag & Bink " — Star Wars Tales 12

Notes and references [ ]

  • ↑ " The Revenge of Tag & Bink " — Star Wars Tales 12
  • ↑ X-Wing Rogue Squadron 8
  • ↑ Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
  • ↑ InQuest 39

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