In the newest predator movie one of the main characters, a kid, can use and understand predator tech because he has autism
Need I say more?
In the newest predator movie one of the main characters, a kid, can use and understand predator tech because he has autism
Need I say more?
Well marines have autism. There we go.Originally Posted by kooarbiter
I think it's safe to say that absolutely no one here accepts The Predator as being canon.
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Predator
Predator 2
AvP
AvP:R
Predators
And all the books and comics are what we take from for lore, IIRC.
Last edited by RobBrown4PM; 01-18-2019 at 06:43 PM.
Hey wait, what's wrong with Alien: Covenant?
A sequel to a bad Prometheus? Taking parts of lore from Covenant means that Prometheus lore (atleast partially) is valid too.
Everything?
Scott had no idea what he was doing with Prometheus, and that not knowing carried far over in to Covenant. You had the Xeno's full reproductive cycle up on the Engineers wall in the black goo egg/vial room. Queen -> Facehugger -> Xeno, which means that either the Engineers created them, or, they were already created before the Engineers encountered them. Scott decided to throw the entirety of this lore in to the wind when he decided he wanted to do a character piece on David, and instead of following the lore he clearly established in Prometheus, he retconned his own work in less than one movie and forever butchered the entirety of Xeno lore.
Prometheus is a bad movie because it's a movie full of stupid people doing stupid, stupid, stupid things. If we want to judge it soley off of how well it adds to and respects the current lore, it's not bad, but you could see the stupid yet to come just over the horizon.
Covenant is a bad movie because it's a movie full of stupid people doing stupid, stupid, stupid things. It's also bad because it takes a hacksaw and a bonesaw to the Xeno lore all because Scott wanted to do a character piece because he had Michael Fassbender at his disposal.
Both need to be stricken and burn't from the canon. And Scott should never be allowed to touch another Alien property again.
Many.
1 - Greed.
Since it's alien technology. Something W-Y would pay large sums to put their hands on.
It's the first thing a "money first" inclined marine would think about, unless they are paranoid about W-Y.
Between acquiring the gear, and selling it to the liaison, they may need to use it in combat.
2 - Power.
If they witnessed what the predators can do, they will know their weapons are effective against xenomorphs.
Like in the movies, goal oriented characters will use what they can to attain their objectives.
...Just remember Predator 2, with the main character using the smartdisc as a melee weapon.
3 - Pride.
Exactly like soldiers in WW2 who brought home souvenirs taken from their enemies.
Humans, like the Yautja, are also sometimes fond of this sort of trophies.
(Indeed we are the actual specie with trophy hunters who inspired the fictitious Yautja.)
4 - Duty.
Even if your character don't care about money, wouldn't use alien technology and don't value combat trophies?
He knows his boss at USCM will be interested in the corpse and/or gear of a hostile alien humanoid that engaged your squad.
Or may be directly ordered by squad leader or commanding officers to collect those.
5 - Curiosity.
After all, it's alien technology. You never saw it before. It's from a humanoid intelligent species you never heard about.
And you just had the first contact!
Even if your character fear the predators he may be merely curious.
That said?
Some pieces of equipment are actually really straightforward to understand and use, even in a improvised way.
Yautja Hunting traps - are mechanical devices. Exactly like our bear traps as seen in lore.
Yautja Combistick - is just a strange heavy spear. Tossing or poking with it is the first thing anyone would think about.
Yautja Clan Sword, War Scythe, ritual daggers, ... - melee weapons. Not unlike ours.
Smartdisc - sure activating it would be complicated. But it's a sharp thing that easily behave as a bladed knuckleduster. Have 5 holes for your fingers. Not hard to figure it out.
The rest is technological stuff. A little bit more complicated.
Unless it's a gun like object with obvious trigger or really visible buttons.
And actually I don't think an Yautja Mask would fit a human without some adaptations.
Why do people drag dead preds into research - there is literally nothing researchers can do about them
And
Why does the CO want the gear - you won't even get to use it you selfish prick
Last edited by Avalanchee; 01-31-2019 at 07:51 AM.
Pretty good summary, most of the weapons used by the Yautja aren't seen too be too complicated in form and function, even the smart disc wasn't too hard to use as we saw in the second pred film at the end.
The only bits that would cause issues would be the tech solely designed for Yautja physiology, like the mask, which most have internal buttons meant to be manipulated by the mandibles of the Pred.
Wolfgang Schneider - CO, CL
Roscoe Barrett - CMP, MP, Spec
Joshua - Synthetic
Zathar-Veraz - Yautja
Xenomorph - L-0-RD
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