The Disgraced Predator, also known as the Captured Predator or Predator Coward was formerly a warrior of a clan rival to the Ancient's Successors. As with all Yautja, his capture marks him as disgraced and possibly even Bad Blooded. From his Bio-helmet, Armor, and Glaive he appeared to be of Spear Master rank.
Overview
Biography
Before his capture, the Disgraced Predator served his clan as a Spear Master. This meant he was an experienced blooded Yautja who successfully killed a Vy'Drach.
During the Hunting Trials, the rival clan previously thought to be Poachers has one of their members taken by human warriors. He is then turned over to scientists, who begin experimenting on his body in order to create the ultimate biological weapon, with Xenomorphs as it's base. This experimentation was overseen by Dr. Kadinsky, who had previously created the K-Series for a similar purpose but found them inferior to the original Xenomorph strain. However, corrupting the Yautja bloodline with Xenomorph influence is considered blasphemy among the spirituals and lawmakers of their kind: the Ancients.
Considered a coward for allowing himself to be kidnapped and not using his wrist-nuke, Yautja law declares that the Predator be put to death at the hands of his own kind. It also demands the capture of Kadinsky and a Torture Ritual in order to restore justice. The hunter is restrained deep within one of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation's laboratories, surrounded by several dead Praetorian Facehuggers. His hunting gear is kept in a seperate part of the facility. The Successor's hunt down and kill the coward, as well as capturing Kadinsky.
But the damage is done. Presumably, the disgraced Predator is the host to the Predalien Queen which appears in The Purification Hunt, but experiments between himself and the Xenomorph Life Cycle definitely resulted in the abomination.
The presence of blood and several facehuggers seems to imply that the Predator was impregnanted repeatedly. Before before eliminated, he is found on death's door in a heavily-guarded laboratory.
Hunting Gear
Trivia
- Since the facehuggers surrounding the Yautja seem to have died around the same time, the Disgraced Yautja could be the first known instance of a multiple chestburster infestation.