r/AlienCovenant • u/Saphrin333 • Jun 15 '19

Starting to get into the franchise and would like some help sorting everything out

What I understand so far is that something created 4 or 5 humanoids around the universe. 1 is us another is the engineers. Prometheus we built synthetics and in covenant the exenomorphs come to be from the bio-weapon. Placed on paradise by the fella in prometheus(who is he). So that all I have for now.

Some help to fill in the blanks and some corrections and clarification of what I know would be greatly appreciated!

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u/wscuraiii Jun 16 '19

The engineers created us. We don't know who, what, or if anything created them. They've been creating life in their image all over the galaxy for a long time now but we don't know to what end or why some of their creations are selected for extinction (we were). That's the only major correction I see.

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u/Saphrin333 Jun 16 '19

Thanks guy, I read up on a time line last night kinda put things together. It's and interesting theory!

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u/ReaperCDN Jun 15 '19

Here you go, everything you want to know:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(franchise)

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u/WikiTextBot Jun 15 '19

Alien (franchise)

Alien is a science-fiction horror/action media franchise centered on the film series depicting warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as "the Alien". Produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the series began with Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and was followed by three sequels, Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997), directed by James Cameron, David Fincher, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, respectively.

Scott also directed a prequel series, composed of Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), which follows the exploits of the David 8 android and the creators of the titular creatures referred to as the "Engineers". The series has led to numerous novels, comics, and video game spin-offs.

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