Talk:Xenomorph Drone

The only reference to Drones was from James Cameron's script for Alien II and the novelization. Both state that drones were tiny, albino aliens scuttling around the queen's chamber, but they were not filmed. James Cameron also referred to the Nostromo alien as a warrior.

Sociobiologically speaking, Drones are males that do nothing but mate with queens. Since the Xenomorph queen does not mate (parthenogenic) there is no need for a drone caste.

" They are responsible for collecting hosts, further building the hive, and caring for the Queen's eggs ."  

In fact, we see the ridge headed aliens capture host more often (in Aliens) than kill. Even known threats such as Apone, who had torched a chestburster was captured. Contrast this to the Nostromo alien, that killed unarmed people, or the Fiorina alien, which killed a lot of people, and the Auriga aliens which attacked multiple marines who had not yet presented themselves as a threat.



There is the possibility that the domed aliens simply lose the domes with age, possibly during a molt. However this idea is thin at best, and even directly contradicted if the AvP films are taken into account.

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:15.75pt;">It's also possible that the domed and ridge headed aliens are simply the same caste, with the head differences being the result of environmental factors, such as temperature.