Post by Z451 on Apr 17, 2014 12:26:36 GMT
Runner
Runners are physically quite different to human-spawned Xenomorphs due to the species' tendency to "inherit" aspects of its host's DNA.
In the case of the Runner, it has most notably taken on its host's quadruped posture, with digitigrade hind legs.
Like Drones, Runners have smooth domed carapaces, and they are also one of the few Xenomorphs not to have the distinctive dorsal tubes typical of many other castes.
Their skin is tinted brownish-red as opposed to the more usual grey-black.
While capable of standing and walking on their hind legs, Runners typically remain in their typical quadrupedal stance when moving and this makes them among the fastest Xenomorphs.
They are equally capable of traversing floors, walls and ceilings at speed on all fours.
However, physically Runners are not as tough as Warriors or Drones, relying on their speed and agility to outmaneuver threats rather than strength to overcome them.
A Runner also tends to use its tail attack (which stuns the victim) more often than the Drone.
Unlike other Chestbursters, in Alien 3 the Runner is shown to be born fully formed and only needs to grow larger.
Why this is so is never explicitly stated.
However, in the Assembly Cut, where the Alien is spawned from an ox, it is hinted that this could be a result of the Chestburster being unable to escape its host's chest cavity at the typical interval (likely due to its higher structural rigidity), as the ox dies some time before the Chestburster hatches.
Furthermore, the Assembly Cut Chestburster is considerably larger than a typical specimen when it finally emerges from the corpse, indicating it had already begun maturing within.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28creature_in_Alien_franchise%29#Dog_Alien
Aliens Wiki> aliens.wikia.com/wiki/Runner
Xenopedia> avp.wikia.com/wiki/Runner
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