Tyler Harrison

Tyler Harrison is a supporting character in the 2024 sci-fi horror film Alien: Romulus. He leads a group of scavengers that accidentally encounter the dangerous Xenomorphs.
==Background==
===Personality===
Tyler is a natural born leader and considers those closest to him to be his family, including his actual family Kay and Bjorn. He keeps a level head under pressure but is quick to grow concerned for those around him, as he holds a strong personal attachment to them. He might also be the most well informed and easily adaptable as he was able to handle a complicated gun simply by reading about it in gun magazines. He is willing to be put himself in harm's way for others, fitting, as it ends up being his undoing.
==Role in the film==
Tyler Harrison, his younger sister Kay, their cousin Bjorn, and Bjorn's girlfriend Navarro, lived on Jackson's Star, a mining colony that notoriously kept his works stuck there rather than sending them to Yvaga, a supposed retirement planet. In need of escaping their confinement, they made plans to leave the planet in their own ship. The only thing missing were cryo-pods for the nine-year journey. In a stroke of luck, a disused lab ship, dubbed the Romulus and Remus, was found floating above the planet. Nearing the planet's rings, the group made plans to fly up in their cargo ship, the Corbelan, and acquire its resources. Knowing the ship's complexities, Tyler immediately recruited mutual friend Rain Carradine and her synthezoid brother Andy for help.
As the group flew up to the Romulus and Remus, Tyler learned that they only had about an hour or so to get in or out before the ship collided with the rings. Tyler, Bjorn, and Andy ventured into the ship and found five functioning cryo-pods, but unfortunately, they only had enough fuel for three years. They continued searching the facility for cryo-fuel, eventually coming across a lab that was fully stocked with them. Upon removing the tanks, the group accidentally activated an emergency shut down that trapped them inside, forcing Rain and Navarro to come get them. The lab turned out to be containing Facehuggers which come to life and attack the group. They manage to escape thanks to Andy who was given a new chip that linked him to the ship, and they head back, only for Navarro to get caught by one of the creatures.
Reviving another synthezoid by the name of Rook, they deduce that freezing the Facehugger will remove it from Navarro. They succeed, but Rook tells them that it is too late, and that Navarro has been implanted. Upon being told that they need to kill her, a delirious Bjorn drags Navarro back to the Corbelan and leaves Tyler, Rain, and Andy behind. The cargo ship crashes through the lab's rockets before docking on the other side, during which Navarro and later Bjorn perish. Tyler, Rain, and Andy must cross over to the Romulus and avoid more Facehuggers.
Tyler becomes determined to save Kay, managing to get to the hangar. Unfortunately, the newly birthed Xenomorph causes a rewired Andy to believe that Kay's life was unsavable, and she is captured, shattering Tyler. More determined than ever to survive, Andy takes Tyler and Rain to a hidden lab where they learn more about the Xenomorph and Weyland-Yutani's efforts to study it. They acquire firearms, which Tyler is well informed on thanks to gun magazines, and he and Rain decide to fight their way to the exit.
On their way out, they learn that Kay is still alive in a webbed up Xenomorph nest, though badly injured and make their way to the elevator. As Rain attempts to operate it, a Xenomorph appears a nearly kills her, only for Tyler to selflessly jump in the way. He is stabbed and dragged up with the rest of the Xenomorphs. With his last ounce of strength, he fires off at the creatures before getting finished off.
==Trivia==
*While not confirmed, it's possible that Tyler and Kay were not related by blood, as evidenced by their distinctly different accents. Tyler spoke with a British accent, just like Bjorn, while Kay spoke with an American accent.
==Gallery==
Alien Romulus - Tyler and Rain.jpg
==External links==
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