Queen Facehugger

The Queen Facehugger is a strain of Facehugger that has the ability to lay a Queen Chestburster inside a host. It said that it can lay a couple of embryos, one per body, before it dies. It is speculated that Lt. Ellen Ripley, Corporal Hicks, and Newt were all impregnated by one of these caste members. Unfortunately (in terms of the Xenomorphs' likely view of the situation), both Hicks and Newt died prematurely and any gestated chestbursters they may have harbored (in the case of Newt it would have had to have been still in her throat) were killed along with them.

However, the potential Queen Facehugger also impregnated a dog, leading to the Runner-strain Xenomorph. It should be noted that when the runner discovered Ripley, it did not attack her, due to its sensing the Queen inside of her. It is not known if a Xenomorph will refuse to attack an individual infected with an ordinary alien or if this is just done for Queens.

Related Species

 * Space Jockey
 * Yautja

Xenomorph Castes

 * Acid Alien
 * Arachnid Alien
 * Arachnoid
 * Bodyburster
 * Bull Alien
 * Carrier
 * Chrysalis
 * Defender
 * Empress
 * Facehugger
 * Flying Xenomorph
 * Flying Queen
 * Gorilla Alien
 * Hive Warrior
 * Infectoid
 * Jock-Alien
 * K-Series
 * Killer Crab Alien
 * King Alien
 * Lead Drone
 * Leech
 * Mantis Alien
 * Newborn Xenomorph
 * Night Cougar Alien
 * Panther Alien
 * Praetorian
 * Predalien
 * Queen
 * Queen Mother
 * Ravager
 * Razor Claw
 * Rhino Alien
 * Rogue Xenomorph
 * Runner
 * Snake Alien
 * Scorpion Alien
 * Smasher
 * Super-Evolution Xenomorph
 * Swimmer
 * Swarm Alien
 * Warrior Xenomorph
 * Wild Boar Alien
 * Xenoborg