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1、PLUG-IN:THEJOCKEYRACE*COMPILEDFROMTHEALIEN–STATISTICSCHAPTER*TheXenomorphswerecreatedbyanancientrace(TheJockeyRace)tensofthousandsofyearsago.Theywerefightingamongthemselvesinabrutalcivilwar.Theirtechnologywasorganicinnatureandwassopowerful,thedeathtollranintothemillions.Fordecades,thewarneversawtwil

2、ight.Itseemedtogoonforever…untilonesidegotanidea.Itwasanexperimenttocreateabiomechanicalweapon.Itwouldadapttoitsenvironment,becompletelyindependent…andfinally…itwouldbeviscous.Thiscreaturewouldbealivingmachinewiththemostgrotesquecombinationofscienceandnature.Theycreatedaspeciesbentonlyoftheartofkill

3、ing.Theexperimentwasplacedonadistantworld(“Alien-Proteus”).Theydesignedthespecieswithahivestructuretokeeptheinfestationfromrunningoutofcontrol.The“ant”methodologywaspromoted.Theobject:Tokeeptheinfestationundercontrolbykeepingthecreaturesclosetotheir“queen.”Theexperimentwasasuccess.Thecreaturesweknow

4、asXenomorphswerecreated.Thestandardinfiltratormissionwasasfollows:Aneggisdepositedinapopulace,itimpregnates,andanalienburstsoutofthehostandsoonfindsmorehostswhichitcanconvertintoeggswhichwillalsohuntdownhoststoimpregnate.Thecreaturewillkillanythingthreateningandconverttherest.Soon,thepopulaceisdestr

5、oyedandthealiensareleftaloneontheworldorspacecraftwheretheinfestationwasreleased.ItisassumedtheJockeysthatcreatedtheXenomorphshadaproceduretoeliminatethenewinfection.TheJockeyswerereadytounleashtheircreationontheirenemy.TheProteusplanetwasstillundercontrol.Theexperimentseemedsafe.Themotherspeciesdep

6、ositedmanylifeformstokeeptheirhivesintact.Theselifeformsseemedtoreproduceinlargenumbers.Whenneeded,atransportwouldsimplysetdownandpickupaqueen,adrone,anarmy,orjustabunchofeggsasthemissionprofilespecified.Theweaponprovedusefulandthewarendedquickly.TheXenomorphsweredesignedtoadapttocurrentsituationsbu

7、ttheirbasicmorphologywasnottochange…itdid.BeforetheJockeyscouldstoptheir“children”,theyhadevolved.Onesmalllittlechange,somethingseeminglyinsignificantconnectedtothe“ant”structurebutnotincludedintheali