
Xenotaris
MemberPraetorianFebruary 10, 2022Has anyone read the additions and retcons introduced from the ALIEN RPG by Andrew E C Gaska? Gaska is currently in charge of the everything ALIEN-verse related so basically the ALIEN RPG is a sort of ALIEN BIBLE.
So far only the ALIEN movies are considered canon, so no Predator or AVP. Most of the books published by Titan Books and a few dark horse comics are considered secondary canon unless stated otherwise. But without further ado, the ALIEN RPG.
The ALIEN RPG initial starting date is 2183, which is 4 years after Aliens and Alien 3. The cinematic mode stories Destroyer of Worlds and Chariot of the Gods reintroduced several Prometheus and Alien Covenant monsters.
The black goo infected Fifield and Holloway are now classified into two variants of mutants. Fifield was slowly developing into a neomorph-like creature called a Beluga-Head had he not been destroyed on Lv-223.
Halloway was becoming an Anathema, his body would have eventually break down into airborne variant of the black goo. Both variants would have enter an aggressive stage called the Abomination, we've seen Fifield enter this stage.
The circumstances of the planet 4 xenomorph had been altered to where David merely created his own variant of xenomorph called a praetomorph. Its chestburster stage is renamed to an Imp to differentiate it from a regular xenomorph chestburster.
Several xenomorph off-shoots from other expanded universe materials have been canonified, such as the Alien 3's Bodyburster and ALIEN: Kidnapped's Goreburster. Even Praetorians and the Empress are now CANON.
Also the Alien Roleplaying Game expands the universe beyond to just xenomorphs, androids, the engineers and their creations. Now we have three human government factions in the forms of the Three World Empire, the United America, and the Union of Progressive People. As well as a plethora of several mega corporation.
Sources:
Core Rule Book
Chariot of the Gods
Destroyer of Worlds
Colonial Marines Operations Manual
Heart of Darkness
https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Alien:_The_Roleplaying_Game