Aliens' Xenomorph Queen Produces a Drug That Gives Humans Superpowers
The XenomorphQueens of the Alienmythos act as the dark hearts of their particular hordes, coordinating their deadly efforts and ensuring there are always more facehugger eggs waiting to wipe out a planet's biological life. But a deeper look into Alienlore shows that the Xenomorph Queen has a whole other purpose as well. The Queen Alien doesn’t just produce eggs, but also an incredibly powerful drug known as Royal Jelly.
The Xenomorph Queen made her first appearance in the film Aliens,directed by James Cameron, where fans saw the facehugger eggs that were used to take over the human settlement of Hadley’s Hope on LV-426. In the film, the Xenomorphs are still fairly unknown lifeforms, with experimentation being conducted in the settlement by Weyland-Yutani scientists. The company’s conclusions on the Xenomorphs’ lives and reproductive system focus on how they are the perfect weapon/organism. However, as the comics explore the alien species further, more information is learned about the deadly creatures, including the discovery that the Queen can create the drug Royal Jelly.
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The chief function of Royal Jelly is explored in the comic series Aliens: Genocidewritten by Mike Richardson and John Arcudi with art by Damon Willis and Arthur Suydam. In that Alienstoryline from the Dark Horse comics canon, an organization is experimenting on Xenomorphs to derive Royal Jelly from them in order to refine and sell the drug, which can be used for a number of purposes. The first issue of the series outlines some of the drug’s properties, giving the user incredible strength, speed, and endurance — effectively giving them the abilities of a Xenomorph. The implication seems
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