Prometheus(2012)

In , the story serves as a prequel to the Alien franchise , exploring the origins of humanity and the terrifying biological weaponry of their creators. The Expedition (2089–2093)

The scientific vessel Prometheus arrives at the moon in 2093. The crew is led by mission director Meredith Vickers and assisted by the android David , who secretly pursues Weyland's hidden agenda. The Discovery and Infection Prometheus(2012)

Curious about the substance, David secretly infects Holloway with the black goo. In , the story serves as a prequel

To prevent the Engineer from reaching Earth, Captain rams the Prometheus into the Engineer’s ship in a suicidal maneuver. The Discovery and Infection Curious about the substance,

On the moon, the crew finds massive artificial structures housing thousands of canisters filled with a mysterious . They discover that the Engineers were wiped out nearly 2,000 years prior by their own biological creation.

The Engineer survives the crash and attacks Shaw, but she lures him into the path of her now-gigantic "Trilobite" offspring. The creature subdues the Engineer, and a primitive "Deacon" (an early form of the Xenomorph) eventually bursts from the Engineer's chest.

Despite being sterile, Shaw finds herself pregnant with a rapidly growing, non-human organism after her encounter with the infected Holloway. She performs a gruesome emergency automated surgery to remove a squid-like "Trilobite" creature from her body. The Awakening