Xenomorph Glossary

If your looking for different xeno's, this is where to find them.

Warrior

The first and one of the most common xenomorphs, is the warrior. It is the basic infantry to the xenomorph hive.

They can be easily identified by their rigid heads. Warrior's usually go out of the hive to fight off enemies or to collect more living organisms to use as hosts.

Drone

Drones are the next most common xenomorphs because they are the worker bees to the hive. They build the hive and are identified by their smooth heads. They produce the organic matter that makes up the hive and the walls that hosts are put on and stuck to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chestburster

 The Chestburster is basically a baby xenomorph. They can be any type of xenomorph, depending on what type of facehugger that infected the host. A chestburster is implanted in the esophagus in the chest area of the host by a facehugger, and then it makes it's way into the muscle and tissue around the lungs, probably by eating away a small part of the esophagus without mortally endangering the host. When first implanted, the chestburster is as small as a quarter, so it can move around in the host's body freely. After being in the host for some time, usually ranging from an hour to five hours at most, the chestburster will do what it's named after; burst out of the hosts chest. Then it will leave the hosts body. Xenomorphs grow very quickly, and when they do, they shed their outer skin and leave it behind. Below is a picture taken from the first Alien movie, of a crew member looking at a discarded xenomorph skin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facehugger

Facehuggers are the parasites that infect hosts. They have eight legs, a tail to constrict the hosts air supply and render them unconscious, and breathing flaps, so that the hosts doesn't suffocate while the facehugger is attached. Facehuggers are born out of these eggs, which stand around one to three feet tall. Different facehuggers have different sized eggs. When the facehugger senses that an organism that is not a xenomorph is near, the flaps on the top of the egg will open, and the facehugger will jump out and try to infect the organism by attaching to it's neck and face.

Facehuggers wrap their tail around the hosts throat so they get a better grip and weaken the host so it doesn't fight, then it wraps its legs around the hosts head and lays the chestburster within them.

After laying the parasite within the host, the facehugger lets go of the hosts face and dies in a position much like a spider, with it's legs curled up laying on it's back.