I think it was in 2010 Avp you had to fight them as the marine. I rememeber the pulse rifle or whatever I was using just bouncing off the crest and body. Very tough.
Don't know if you knew this, but they are also in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and on harder difficulties the bullets bounce off and can ricochet back on you OR your team mates. They did a great job w/ that game.
This is for the most part very well explained, except for ONE correction on the regular Alien height. Big Chap and Warriors are measured in the lines of 8-9ft tall. This is even confirmed in the size scale of the NECA figures where all figures human and Alien are basically mirrored in the Inches sizes. The Runner Alien in ALIEN 3 was sized at 8ft tall, but was larger in some parts, but Ripley had in fact informed Superintendent Andrews about the height of the creatures she had already faced before on LV-426, again, 8ft tall. As for the Alien Queen, yes, she is 15ft as per James Cameron and the late Stan Winston confirmations.
I remember back in AVP 2010 you could unlock the praetorian as a skin with the alien at like.....level 16 or 19 (something like that) and i remember i was grinding the game and i got sooo close to getting him but for some reason, everytime i closed the game and went back on i would reset back like 6 levels and this happened around 3 or 4 times so i just gave up
Remember playing the pretorian in multi-player for avp2 on the pc. Dude couldn't climb walls but he damn near could take fire from a mini gun as close range.
@@mdhsneaky4421 yeah the directors of the movie calling Predalien "a young queen" which is technically makes it a Praetorian. Also there was a full grown Predalien Queen in AVP extinction for Predator campaign.
Personally, kind of hate the "Royal Jelly" idea. I prefer the metamorphosis of Drone > Praetorian > Queen to be based more on Time, Age, and Pheromones rather then the presence of Royal Jelly. As a Hive develops, the oldest living Drones become Praetorians As the Hive grows larger, more Praetorians are allowed to develop. If there are too many within the boundaries, then the pheromones they always emit will prevent new drones from moulting. Expanding the hive to take up a larger area would allow for more Praetorians to develop as the air is less saturated with this pheromone. Similarly, the Queen also emits a Pheromone that blocks Praetorians from developing into new queens. If there is none or not enough of this pheromone in the air, then the oldest Praetorian(s) begin moulting into queens, likely fighting off any other moulting Praetorians in the process. If the hive takes up a large enough area, then multiple queens can exist within the same Hive, with the oldest and largest being designated as the Empress. With this, there is no need for Royal Jelly. Any one individual Drone can start it's own hive if left alone for long enough, making the Xenomorphs even more terrifying as all they need is a single surviving member to restart the entire process all over again. The existence of Royal Jelly just means that a lone Drone is stuck as a Drone forever if there is none present, which begs the question of "Where do the queens that make the Jelly come from in the first place?". Maybe the Jelly just speeds up the process or allows target drones to develop into higher stages even if they're not old enough to do it, or if the pheromones in the air would usually block the process, basically a bypass to allow a hive to grow more and Praetorians and Queens then time and size would normally allow. But idk, i just feel like it's existence is kind of contrived and unnecessary. moulting
Its existence is probably the filmmakers wanting Xenomorphs to work like bees down to almost every detail. For example I believe bees chew wax to bond it to honeycomb to make beehives, and xenomorphs excrete their weird resin saliva that works as walls for their hive. I’m not an expert on this though so I might’ve gotten some of that wrong. I imagine the “royal jelly” stuff is just the writers mimicking bees again. Ironically in some ways bees are actually superior to Xenomorphs because there’s plenty of nursing bees that secrete royal jelly as well to feed larvae as far as I know. So they can still produce it even if their queen bee is dead. (might be slightly different between species? Idk) I agree though, it would make them way more deadly if they ditched the idea of the reliance on the royal jelly and made any drone able to start its own hive.
My favorite theory is that the Raven was a Xeno Drone or Warrior that was in the middle of a transformation into a Praetorian when the Hadley's Hope Atmospheric Processing reactor blew up at the end of Aliens. The radiation or radioactive fallout mutated the transforming Xeno in such a way that it got stuck in mid transformation and horribly mutated into the Raven was we know it. I personally, find the Raven far more intimidating and nightmarish than the Praetorian, as I always end up with a rapid heartbeat playing that mission in Aliens Colonial Marines.
A Crusher is simply a Praetorian evolved from a Dog Alien/Runner type Xenomorph. We really need a Neca ultimate deluxe of the Praetorian, Fireteam Elite finally brought them back in the games.
Really like that concept NGL. Gives the Xenomorphs more reason to adopt a variety of hosts for the genetic variation. or at the very least show that they can adapt to their environment by using hosts from that enviroment.
What is the queen alien was able to grow bigger than the emperors in the queen mother what would it be able to do to the emperors and the queen mother?
Praetorians are the queens guards and also the commander, but do praetorians have the ability to physically stop or restrict the actions of a xenomorph? Well, Predalien has the power to physically stop xenomorphs from attempting to kill a host, do praetorians have anything similiar
I love the praetorian Xenomorphs and this video was really good
I think it was in 2010 Avp you had to fight them as the marine. I rememeber the pulse rifle or whatever I was using just bouncing off the crest and body. Very tough.
Don't know if you knew this, but they are also in Aliens: Fireteam Elite, and on harder difficulties the bullets bounce off and can ricochet back on you OR your team mates. They did a great job w/ that game.
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This is for the most part very well explained, except for ONE correction on the regular Alien height. Big Chap and Warriors are measured in the lines of 8-9ft tall. This is even confirmed in the size scale of the NECA figures where all figures human and Alien are basically mirrored in the Inches sizes. The Runner Alien in ALIEN 3 was sized at 8ft tall, but was larger in some parts, but Ripley had in fact informed Superintendent Andrews about the height of the creatures she had already faced before on LV-426, again, 8ft tall. As for the Alien Queen, yes, she is 15ft as per James Cameron and the late Stan Winston confirmations.
I remember back in AVP 2010 you could unlock the praetorian as a skin with the alien at like.....level 16 or 19 (something like that) and i remember i was grinding the game and i got sooo close to getting him but for some reason, everytime i closed the game and went back on i would reset back like 6 levels and this happened around 3 or 4 times so i just gave up
That’s bad, maybe it’s about server problem. Anyway that game was cool af.
I had the same level regressing issues. Was so annoying.
My favourite xenomorph castes.
Remember playing the pretorian in multi-player for avp2 on the pc. Dude couldn't climb walls but he damn near could take fire from a mini gun as close range.
Now you’ve said it a praetorian v the experimental predator would be a really good matchup
it odd the Praetorian never made a movie debut yet compared to the predalien lol.
Edit: i forget the predalien was also a Praetorian in the movie xD
Wasn't it a queen ?
@@mdhsneaky4421
yeah the directors of the movie calling Predalien "a young queen" which is technically makes it a Praetorian.
Also there was a full grown Predalien Queen in AVP extinction for Predator campaign.
Personally, kind of hate the "Royal Jelly" idea.
I prefer the metamorphosis of Drone > Praetorian > Queen to be based more on Time, Age, and Pheromones rather then the presence of Royal Jelly.
As a Hive develops, the oldest living Drones become Praetorians
As the Hive grows larger, more Praetorians are allowed to develop. If there are too many within the boundaries, then the pheromones they always emit will prevent new drones from moulting. Expanding the hive to take up a larger area would allow for more Praetorians to develop as the air is less saturated with this pheromone.
Similarly, the Queen also emits a Pheromone that blocks Praetorians from developing into new queens. If there is none or not enough of this pheromone in the air, then the oldest Praetorian(s) begin moulting into queens, likely fighting off any other moulting Praetorians in the process.
If the hive takes up a large enough area, then multiple queens can exist within the same Hive, with the oldest and largest being designated as the Empress.
With this, there is no need for Royal Jelly. Any one individual Drone can start it's own hive if left alone for long enough, making the Xenomorphs even more terrifying as all they need is a single surviving member to restart the entire process all over again. The existence of Royal Jelly just means that a lone Drone is stuck as a Drone forever if there is none present, which begs the question of "Where do the queens that make the Jelly come from in the first place?".
Maybe the Jelly just speeds up the process or allows target drones to develop into higher stages even if they're not old enough to do it, or if the pheromones in the air would usually block the process, basically a bypass to allow a hive to grow more and Praetorians and Queens then time and size would normally allow. But idk, i just feel like it's existence is kind of contrived and unnecessary.
moulting
Its existence is probably the filmmakers wanting Xenomorphs to work like bees down to almost every detail. For example I believe bees chew wax to bond it to honeycomb to make beehives, and xenomorphs excrete their weird resin saliva that works as walls for their hive. I’m not an expert on this though so I might’ve gotten some of that wrong.
I imagine the “royal jelly” stuff is just the writers mimicking bees again. Ironically in some ways bees are actually superior to Xenomorphs because there’s plenty of nursing bees that secrete royal jelly as well to feed larvae as far as I know. So they can still produce it even if their queen bee is dead. (might be slightly different between species? Idk)
I agree though, it would make them way more deadly if they ditched the idea of the reliance on the royal jelly and made any drone able to start its own hive.
The Pretorians my favorite Xenomorphs type for all time.
Good Video!!!
Thanks!
My favorite theory is that the Raven was a Xeno Drone or Warrior that was in the middle of a transformation into a Praetorian when the Hadley's Hope Atmospheric Processing reactor blew up at the end of Aliens. The radiation or radioactive fallout mutated the transforming Xeno in such a way that it got stuck in mid transformation and horribly mutated into the Raven was we know it. I personally, find the Raven far more intimidating and nightmarish than the Praetorian, as I always end up with a rapid heartbeat playing that mission in Aliens Colonial Marines.
A Crusher is simply a Praetorian evolved from a Dog Alien/Runner type Xenomorph. We really need a Neca ultimate deluxe of the Praetorian, Fireteam Elite finally brought them back in the games.
Really like that concept NGL. Gives the Xenomorphs more reason to adopt a variety of hosts for the genetic variation. or at the very least show that they can adapt to their environment by using hosts from that enviroment.
The first time I heard about the praetorian guard was in Aliens: Rogue, and Aliens: Genocide
You need Mandalorian Beskar weapons and armor to deal with them. Or you could use adamantium as well. Wolverine, what do you think?
Forgot that have the Bezerker is Praetorians .
Would love to see those big girls in a movie to protect me and Hive i only choose which my children is worthy to take the Royal Jelly
You took that last predator movie seriously! 🤣🤣🤣
What is the queen alien was able to grow bigger than the emperors in the queen mother what would it be able to do to the emperors and the queen mother?
Doesn't matter the type of Xenomorph. DU round at 3,000 - 4,000 fps will shred them.
What video game is that at time 4:40? My son wants to play it so bad
AVP: Evolution
Praetorians are the queens guards and also the commander, but do praetorians have the ability to physically stop or restrict the actions of a xenomorph? Well, Predalien has the power to physically stop xenomorphs from attempting to kill a host, do praetorians have anything similiar
I want one in a film and King and Queen Mother
hmm,
using the metric measurements is welcome. ;-)
Plagarius?
Basically means "Kidnapper", which fits since Aliens do tend to kidnap more for breeding as a priority.
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