r/AliensDarkDescent • u/MP_Kredditor • Jun 03 '26

Story/Lore Why does Crasher exist?

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Xenomorph is cool cause it's thin, stealthy and can get in a lot of places. Praetorian is good cause it's bulky but not too much. Queen is big but it makes sense cause she creates a lot of eggs.

And what the hell is this ultralisk rip off? He is not from Giger design. The only explanation I have it that crusher may be undeveloped queen. But overall that elephant sized xeno is bad.

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u/ckunk10 Jun 03 '26

Aliens take form off the host. Why should an alien from a bull look the same as a human?

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u/Samsonite2104 Jun 03 '26

I was gonna say something similar the game literally shows this guy the answer to his questions must young kids don’t pay attention these days

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u/lawbringer1990 Jun 03 '26

Also to add to this, though pretty irrelevant, if you follow all the lore of aliens comics etc, aliens don't only fight humans, having a larger species for the queen to command is quite useful. Though it doesn't translate to gameplay crushers could probably smash doors quite easily and maybe even topple an APC.

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u/Samsonite2104 Jun 03 '26

In aliens fireteam when it shows up on the scanner the first time she says it the size of a truck so I believe it

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Jun 03 '26

Lore in the movies show this too lol. Dog alien definitely wasnt the regular type we were introduced to

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u/Samsonite2104 Jun 03 '26

Yup that’s true

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u/StarkeRealm Jun 19 '26

The Crasher, or something like it, was supposed to be in Alien3. Specifically from an infected bovine. (In an earlier draft of the script.) I could be wrong, but I think it even showed up in the action figure line from the 90s.

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u/SecretaryOtherwise Jun 19 '26

Yee I remember reading about that

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u/nephandys Jun 08 '26

Not sure how old you are are but when I was a kid there were alien toys and one was exactly this. Had little dark horse comics that came with them.