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Cracked Tusk, also known as the Cracked Tusk Predator was an Elder Yautja known for mentoring Young Bloods in harsh conditions and environments.[3] He was a member (and possible leader) of a tribe of Yautja guarding an Engineer Juggernaut derelict on the planet LV-797, eventually encountering a platoon of Marines from the combat ship Hasdrubal.
After engaging in multiple skirmishes with the invaders, the Cracked Tusk Predator was eventually killed after being gunned down by Seegson asset-stripper, Captain Humble.
Biography[]
Prior skirmish[]
On an unknown planet, Cracked Tusk led his clan of Yautja on a hunt for Xenomorphs. They soon discovered a hive and lured all fully grown Xenos out of the hive by flushing them out with fire. A Young Blood, Renegade, is too eager and begins shooting his Plasmacaster at the horde, with Cracked Tusk stopping him. After a brief wait, Cracked Tusk gave a war cry, announcing that the hunt had begun.
Hunt on Tartarus[]
Cracked Tusk emerges in front of Herrman.
At some point, Cracked Tusk and his tribe had landed on the planet LV-797 and discovered an Engineer Juggernaut. Wanting to uncover the derelict's secrets for themselves, the tribe guarded the ship against any intruders, specifically a Seegson excavation squad wanting to asset-strip the planet from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Due to the suspicion of Seegson activity on the planet, the combat ship Hasdrubal and it's 31-USCM crew were assigned to investigate the planet. The tribe immediately began hunting the trespassers, with the Hive Wars Predator and Cracked Tusk killing three lone marines, Chimo, Garland and Herrman.
A search party was later killed by the Hive Wars Predator, leaving only Rucker alive. After a battle between the two, Rucker managed to severely wound the hunter. As he looked over the dying Predator, Cracked Tusk and multiple other Predators emerged and surrounded Rucker. As they were about to close in for the kill, Sergeant Roth and his squad managed to catch up, and drove the tribe back into the jungle.
Cracked Tusk dives onto the ship.
The Marines later realized that the hunters were protecting the massive Engineer derelict that they had recently discovered, and were killing anyone that encountered it.
In a bid to secure the derelict, Captain Paget decided to send Sergeant Roth and his team into one of their dropships to fly over to the Engineer ship and secured the interior whilst Paget's team approached the vessel by foot, attempting to sweep the forest using M314 Motion Trackers to flush out the hunters. However, as the dropship passed over the derelict, Cracked Tusk was seen hanging from the juggernaut looking down below at the approaching ship. He suddenly leapt down, landing on the ship and drove his Combistick into it, destroying the stabilizers and causing it to crash. Meanwhile, a group of Predators ambushed Paget's squad and a firefight ensued.
Cracked Tusk reached into the crashed ship's cockpit and pulled out Singer, preparing to kill him. Rucker managed to save him by shooting and wounding the hunter, sending him into a retreat. Roth's squad entered the interior of the vessel, with Singer suggesting that he would be able to get the ship operational and have the ship leave Tartarus and abandon the Predators. Cracked Tusk, unbeknownst to the other Marines, was observing them within the derelict and called for the Predators who were battling Paget's crew to retreat back to the vessel to stop them from lifting it.
Death[]
Cracked Tusk is gunned down by Humble.
Cracked Tusk suddenly ambushed the squad, immediately decapitating Schrader, and advancing towards Singer and Roth. Cracked Tusk pinned Singer against a sarcophagus-like object and went in for the kill. Singer managed to dodge, causing Cracked Tusk to plunge his wristblade into the sarcophagus, immobilizing himself. Captain Humble managed to grab hold of a pulse rifle and shoot him point blank, killing the Predator.
List of known victims[]
Trivia[]
- Cracked Tusk was originally an action figure created by Kenner Products for their Predator toy line, and later redesigned by NECA for the NECA Predator toy line. As such, he and the Hive Wars Predator are the first creatures from either universe that hailed from a toy-line to appear in an unrelated comic book series.
- Cracked Tusk's hierarchal position within his Clan is murky. Despite being a known Elder, he was seemingly subordinate to a different Clan Leader. It could be that Cracked Tusk served as a Leader within his tribe's ranks, though it is also just as likely that Cracked Tusk indeed was the Clan's ruler, and that his position was ultimately succeeded by the maroon-skinned Yautja after his death.
- Cracked Tusk has been known to cooperate with other notable hunters, including Scavage and Viper.
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