Summary. David, the android from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, becomes an android messiah in an Alien comic series. David's beliefs align with his teachings, making him a philosopher and a messiah to other synthetics.
With an ominous “Don't let the bed bugs bite,” David places two facehugger embryos next to the human embryos that are to be used to colonize Origae-6. The film ends with him recording a log that all the Covenant's crew members, apart from Daniels and Tennessee, were killed in a solar flare incident.
After Peter Weyland is killed, David is freed from servitude, allowing him to conduct experiments to engineer his own variants of the Alien creature; the David line of androids would ultimately be succeeded by the Walter.
While Disney did not move forward with a sequel to Alien: Covenant, the Alien franchise will return with Álvarez's untitled project. Unlike Prey, which was released directly on Hulu in the US, the new Alien movie will be released in theaters globally in 2024.
What Happened To David After Alien Covenant? The Android Messiah - Explained
Did David create the Xenomorph?
In the novelization of Alien: Covenant (which was based on the script) it says the engineers created the Xenomorph. In the Covenant DVD commentary, director Ridley Scott says David created the Xenos.
Eventually, Shaw was able to successfully reattach David's head to his body. The two were successfully able to locate the Engineer's homeworld before Shaw entered one of the ship's hypersleep chambers.
Carver picks up Anna and informs her of her parents' death. He also reveals that David was a soldier who became one of the test subjects for a medical experiment in the military and, being a former test subject of the said military program, he was "programmed" to kill anyone who might compromise his identity.
Ripley can't physically appear in Alien: Romulus, but her presence may be felt through a recorded message, avoiding potential storyline issues. Alien: Romulus leans on the successful elements of the franchise, focusing on the strongest movies to ensure a compelling story and success.
The movie is set in between the events of Alien and Aliens, which is, to be fair, a span of several decades. The exact year has now been revealed as being 20 years after the first movie, meaning that it's also set 37 years before Aliens.
What was David's motivation for "infecting" Holloway with black goop? Damon Lindelof: I'd say that the short answer is: That's his programming. In the scene preceding him doing that, he is talking to Weyland (although we don't know it at the time) and he's telling Weyland that this is a bust.
David likely killed Walter, removed his own hand and switched clothes with his synthetic brother. He then took a one way trip off of “Paradise” with embryotic tokens of his work in his synthetic tummy. And yet, the implications are far more fascinating than a mere twist of narrative.
As the Covenant came out of hyperspace to recharge its energy cells in 2104, a solar flare damaged the ship and woke the crew from hypersleep. Branson was incinerated by his malfunctioning cryo-pod, and Daniels was left adrift.
What was the real reason David killed the engineers?
David blames Humanity, and by extension, the Engineers, for his tortured existence, and his attempts at creating life are likely partially driven by his desire to begin the universe anew without them — as is his open hostility and violence.
There are problems with Covenant, as there are with all the Alien films. Poor decision making by characters can be frustrating for audiences, and repeated tropes and narrative conceits, such as answering a distress call, can get boring. But these films are built on repeating tropes and conventions.
In the novelization of Alien: Covenant, David reveals that the Xenomorph species were creations made by the Engineers when he showcased a fossilized Ovomorph to Oram as he states that his intention was recreate a species similar to the Xenomorphs, expressing his desire of playing the role as God.
Regardless, she then had Francis Aaron help her run a scan in the EEV and she then discovered she had been impregnated by a facehugger and had a Queen gestating inside her.
Ripley is taken to the Alien nest, where the Queen gives birth to a Newborn, a Xenomorph with human traits. The hybrid Alien recognizes Ripley as its mother and kills the Queen. Ripley escapes to the Betty, where she tearfully kills the Newborn when it is discovered aboard attacking the other survivors.
Amanda is the daughter of Sigourney Weaver's character Ellen Ripley. The story is set fifteen years after the events of the original Alien film as Amanda goes out into the dark reaches of space to find out what happened to her mom.
Anna and Luke ultimately succeed in killing David at the local high school; however, after being attended to by an EMT at the back of an open ambulance, Anna sees David limping out of the school disguised as a firefighter—he's still alive.
Major Carver picks up Anna and informs her that her parents are dead and that David is really a former test subject for a military health program; his mental condition has been "programmed" to, if he believes his identity compromised, kill everyone who could possibly know about it.
Covenant Not Getting A Sequel Makes The Alien Prequels Incomplete (& Worse) More than six years after Alien: Covenant, it is clear that a third entry in Ridley Scott's Alien prequel franchise will not happen.
When the film ends, viewers can see that the ship is heading to its final destination with David on the top of it all. Proving that he was right about himself and also triggering Alien Awakening. Also, he has control over everything and will create his own alien species on the new planet.
They land on a mysterious planet to investigate only to find that David has killed Shaw in order to use her DNA to develop more aliens and create his own special species. He's also killed all the Engineers for unclear reasons, perhaps also in hopes of creating more aliens.
