Xenomorph

A **Xenomorph** is an extremely hostile alien that appears in the "Alien" franchise.

### Powers/Skills

Claws to slash
Fangs to bite
Spiked tails to lash or stab victims from range
Acid blood
Maw that can puncture skulls
Superhuman strength
Superhuman speed
Insect-like dexterity
Cunning intelligence
High adaptability
Rapid maturity
Obsession and persistence
Ability to partially assume the characteristics of
their hosts upon birth
Unnatural aggression

## Physical Appearance

When standing upright, Xenomorphs are vaguely bipedal in form, though they adopt a more hunched, quadrupedal stance when walking or sprinting. They have a skeletal, biomechanical appearance and are usually colored in muted shades of black, blue or bronze. Xenomorphs do not radiate heat, as their body heat matches the ambient temperature of the environment in which they are found.

The Xenomorphs' primary weapon is their inner pharyngeal jaw, which is capable of shooting from their mouth like a piston with sufficient power to smash through bone and metal. In fact, a common tactic used by the creatures to eliminate prey is to restrain the victim with their hands, immobilizing them, before killing them with a precision jaw strike to the head, piercing through the skull and penetrating the brain; this form of attack is colloquially known as a "Headbite". On several occasions, Xenomorphs have been seen to suspend those that they kill from the ceiling through unknown means.

Xenomorphs have segmented, blade-tipped tails. The sharp tip resembles a slashing weapon.

They have elongated, cylindrical skulls, but possess no visible facial features other than their mouth, though in the original *Alien* film, the top of the creature's head was translucent, with a human skull forming the front, including empty eye sockets visible within.

The spines on the Xenomorph's back provide protection from attacks from the rear.

## In Star Cat

Sagwa and Lilly discovered the small gas Calpamos and flew to one of its moons Acheron to explore it. During their exploration, Sagwa comes across an Ovomorph, a fleshy egg-like capsule. She takes a closer look, only to nearly fall victim to a Facehugger which leaps out of the Ovomorph and misses her face by an inch. Sagwa managed to kill it with her blaster.

Sagwa and Lilly decide not to stick around and flee Acheron, not knowing that another Facehugger had snuck onto her Catship. As soon as they return to Earth, the Facehugger sneaks off to find a host to latch onto, sparing Sagwa.

Later, Giovanni was riding the Galactic Train alone to look at the stars and planets. The train passes Calpamos, which Giovanni has never seen before. He was bewildered.

Suddenly, without any warning, one of the train car's windows shatters. A Xenomorph crawls into the car and lets out a loud screech. The alien chases Giovanni around the train before cornering him. Before it could kill him however, Sagwa flies in with her X-Wing Starfighter. She lands on top of the train car Giovanni and the Xenomorph are in and jumps into the car via the broken window. The Xenomorph turns its attention towards her and gives chase. Sagwa, not afraid of aliens, fights the alien until they are on top of the train car.

However, while they are fighting, USS Sulaco suddenly flies in to the rescue. Sulaco readies its weapons and focuses its fire on the Xenomorph. The ship manages to stun the alien before Sagwa kicks it off the train, ejecting it into space. Sulaco fires a missile at the alien, obliterating it.