Animal Hour
In article <zzds8.235869$702.41404@sccrnsc02>, "spauldingae" <spauldingae@home.com>writes:

spauldingae
I personally got the idea they eggs were cargo, nothing more. I have no

where the "SJ" got them, but some have speculated the Xenomorphs were genetically engineered by them (perhaps as bioweapons)?

Animal Hour
Some possibilities:

1) The eggs were a biological weapon carried by the Space Jockey (from his

base toward a target which "he" never reached)

2) The eggs were being carried by the SJ as scientific specimens (from the xenomorph homeworld to labs on the jockey's world)

3) The alien is a weapon created by an unknown species for use *against*

SJ.

4) The SJ got infected on the Alien homeworld and returned while

his ship. His chestburster became a queen. She laid the eggs Kane found.

****** A possibility eliminated by ALIENS:

The SJ was the pilot of a ship with a large crew. The pilot got infected.

chestburster grew, captured the rest of the crew, and cocooned them. The "eggs" are the remains of the boneship's crew. * ******

I don't particularly like options (1) and (2). Wouldn't the SJ take some precautions? In (1) the jockey's knowledge of the alien would make him

(2) his total *lack* of knowledge would make him wary.

Anyone can wander around among the eggs and there doesn't seem to be

to keep a facehugger from leaving the hold and running around the ship.

Perhaps there was some sort of barrier enclosing the eggs but there was a

failure or other malfunction. Then a facehugger got loose. Option 2 (scientific specimen) makes some sense then. Option 1 (weapon) still

work well though.

Another possibility is that there was a barrier for a long time after the jockey's death, but eventually the power was drained too much to maintain

warning transmission and the field. But in this case there must have been

alien outside of the barrier the whole time. Otherwise, the jockey would

have been attacked.

(5a) and (5b) have the following in common: The idea is that he will return home exposing his race. En route his

equipment detects the larva. He doesn't want to endanger his own people

other species. He sets down on an uninhabited planet -- self-imposed quarantine. He broadcasts a warning. He dies. The resulting queen lays

eggs.