The LV-426 life form is an extremely hostile alien organism known only from several brief encounters on the planet Acheron (originally designated LV-426). It is apparently not native to the planet, as the first specimen was discovered (while still an egg) in the hull of a derelict alien vessel. Although details are unclear, the LV-426 life form is definitely a parasitic species, and requires a living lost in order to gestate its young. The organism's life cycle seems to be as follows: 1. The life form starts its life cycle as a egg. Inside the egg is a creature known as a "face-hugger." This egg remains viable for extremely long periods and responds (i.e. opens) to outside stimulus, such as being touched. 2. Once released from its egg, the face-hugger will attach itself to the nearest living being, using its multiple legs to grip the target's face, while its tail is wrapped around the target's neck. A tube is then thrust down the target's throat, allowing the target to breathe, but also allowing the face-hugger to implant an embryo. 3. After a period of only a few hours to perhaps a day or so, the face-hugger will drop off and crawl away to die. Meanwhile the embryo continues its gestation period. This period is remarkably short, lasting only for several hours, at which point the appropriately named "chest-burster" will emerge from its host, with fatal results for said host. 4. The chest-burster will crawl away to molt, doing so rapidly, and growing to great size in only a short period of time, eventually assuming what is known as a "warrior" form. 5. The warrior will then seek out living hosts for two purposes. The first is to create new eggs (and thus new face-huggers). The second is to find new hosts for the mature face-hugger. Thus, a warrior needs two victims to create a new warrior. However, evidence shows that it is possible for a warrior to undergo a further metamorphosis, transforming into a gigantic "queen" form, which lays eggs directly. On the other hand, a "queen" may come from a specific egg, created by a warrior in order to speed up the process of reproduction. Naturally, this life cycle is based heavily on guesswork and may not be fully complete. There are many unanswered questons about the species, such as "Does it eat?," "Does it breathe?," and "How does it get so big so fast?" Evidence does point to the LV-426 life form as being a bio-engineered being, possibly created as a living bio-weapon. The derelict in which the first egg was found is known to contain thousands of eggs (possibly millions) and may have been a freighter hauling the eggs for purposes one can only guess at. The LV-426 life form is incredibly hostile. It cannot be reasoned or negotiated with and will seek to kill and/or capture anyone it comes across, seeing them only as possible reproductive source. The continuation of the species seems to be the organism's sole motivation, and since it requires a living host in order to do so, it will prey on any living thing it comes across. A queen form seems to have a greater degree of intelligence than a warrior, or, at least, is less driven by instinct. It may be possible to "reason" with the queen, although this would be purely through applications of force and not diplomacy. It is possible the race is far more intellegent than presumed. The first encounter with an warrior showed it to have a great deal of cunning. A second encounter showed the warriors to be far more drone-like and less capable of independent action. On the other hand, there is a known case of three captive warriors selection one of their number as a sacrifice in order to use the creatures acidic blood to break out of confinment. An LV-426 warrior is extremely well-equipped to accomplish its mission, which in most cases is to defend the nest and to find new hosts for the face-huggers. First of all, a warrior is incredibly strong, and is capable of lifting an adult human male, dressed in full combat gear, off of the floor. They can also punch through armored glass and can dent armored bulkhead doors. Warriors are also quite agile and are capable of crawling through surprisingly small spaces. They can cling to a ceiling with ease, and can curl up in a fairly small space to hide and/or hibernate. Offensively, a warrior has a fearsome set of teeth with an even nastier set of teeth behind the first! It will often use its teeth to disable a struggling foe before taking the body back to its lair. Defensively, it's body is well armored and capable of resisting most small arms fire. Worse yet, its blood is a highly corrosive molecular acid, and can dissolve most substances with ease. The acid uses the rules for acid powers on page 8 of the Until Superpowers Database. Simply put, each drop of acid lasts for either 1d6 Phases or until the acid rolls 12 BODY worth of damage. The Alien, first introduced in the 1979 film of the same name, is possibly one of the best movie monsters ever made. This character sheet uses the films Alien and Aliens as a basis. I haven't seen Alien 3 and am unsure I want to, while Alien: Ressurection simply confirms some ideas from Alien and Aliens (and gives us the high Swimmiing score). I included everything I felt was fairly documentable in the main character sheet, and then added a few "director's cut" powers under Options. The Entangle could be a main power, although it doesn't have an direct combat use, so I left it off. The Stinger is described in the script for Aliens and (I think) in the novelization. Not showing up on IR is a guess on my part based on the initial encounter scene in Aliens. The Summon Face-hugger power is taken from a deleted scene in Alien and the novelization of Alien. This scene has been restored in the recent director's cut of the film. Personally, I have long felt the alien is a bio-engineered life form, and was used as a combat "machine" by some alien race. My guess is the ship seen in the first film was transporting the eggs when an accident happened. I also feel the warriors probably have a very short life-span, and the one Ripley kills at the end of Alien was dying anyway (look at how slow it was moving). Of course, this doesn't explain Aliens (the warriors were around for much longer than just a day or so), so they may simply go into hibernation after a while (which also explains the final scene of Alien). Vampire Scion (vampire_scion@netzero.net), sent the following information after reviewing an initial draft of the character sheet (edited for clarity): The Aliens RPG by Leading Edge has a number of notes on aliens. Let's see if I can remember them... (though they are not "movie cannon" as far as I know.) 1. The Aliens are an engineered species. The species that engineered them were the Pilot race (the corpse of which was found in the cockpit of the derelict). The eggs were stored in an egg silo specifically made for such a purpose. 2. Supposedly, the aliens didn't have eyes. They sensed electromagnetic fields. 3. They were, in part, a silicon based life form, so they didn't show up on IR. Their acidic blood (in concert with their physiology) acts in a manner similar to that of a battery. The molecular structure of the alien carapace is immune to acid of itself and other Aliens. 4. In order for the Chestburster to reach it's stage III lifecycle, it needs to devour metals and silicates. The Chestburster does this using it's internal acidic nature. I also believe the Chestburster can tunnel in a similar manner. 5. They can survive for a long time in a hibernation without the need of air (I'm not sure if they breathe) and food. A full-grown LV-426 warrior stands well over six feet in height and may be as tall as eight feet from head to toe. The body is humanoid, with a black exoskeleton covered in assorted armored plates, tubes, and protrusions. It has a distinctive skeletal look to it, especially the long tail, which is quite articulate and tipped with a sharp blade. The head is long and pale, with a translucent "skull". Reports describe the teeth as looking like steel, with a second set of jaws *inside* the main mouth.