Extraterrestrial scientists

"I know at least what they looked like. Not all that different from us, truthfully.
I can't even guess at anything more than that. What were they like? Pacifists of warriors? Explorers? I can't tell you."

―Abel Barrett (from Aliens: Incubation)

Extraterrestrial scientists of unknown origin
Extraterrestrial scientists
Biographical Information
Rank	Scientists
Status	Deceased
Physical Description
Species	Unknown
Hair color	Hairless
Eye color	Yellow
Other Information
Notable facts	Accidentally brought a small number of Aliens to Earth that were ultimately eradicated by Batman and a group of mercenaries.

A crew of unnamed extraterrestrial scientists of unknown origin crash landed on Earth following an Alien outbreak on their spacecraft.

Biography

While performing routine maintenance aboard an intergalactic vessel, one member of its extraterrestrial crew discovered an egg-like object hidden within. In a mesmerizing display, the object peeled open like a flower and quickly released a specimen that attached itself to the space traveler's face, rendering him unconscious. After being brought to the infirmary for medical attention and examination, an alien creature burst from the recently awakened crew members chest and fled for protection within the vessel where it rapidly grew into a giant-sized organism that went on to kill and abduct all remaining crew members aboard the vessel to use as breeding stock for the violent propagation of its own species, by cocooning a host into place for the hatching process.

Following the unintended destruction of the ship's navigation system, the vessel crash landed into a jungle on Earth where it was discovered by a geologist collecting soil samples nearby who, sadly, met the same fate.

Legacy

In the days following the extraterrestrial vessels destruction, Batman and a covert ops team, codenamed Dead-Man's Hand, located the downed spacecraft in a jungle near the Mexico/Guatemala border. Upon further inspection, the corpse of a cocooned extraterrestrial scientist was discovered and accidentally shot in the head by one of the mercenaries out of sheer freight. Before the vessel and any evidence of its existence were obliterated by Batman, the deceased extraterrestrial's skull had been collected and put on display in the Batcave.

Trivia

• The nickname "extraterrestrial scientist" was first used in the solicitation for the second chapter of Aliens: Incubation, originally released in Dark Horse Presents issue #102.
• While the extraterrestrial scientists first appeared in an Aliens comic book short story released in 1995, they went on the be the focus of the 1997 crossover comic book series Batman/Aliens.
• While the original DHP release of Aliens: Incubation was in black and white, the 1997 trade paperback release of Batman/Aliens included a colorized version of the comic book short story in which the extraterrestrial scientist's jumpsuits were colored green while their skin and eyes were given a yellow/brown hue.
• The extraterrestrial scientists' encounter with the Alien species as seen in Aliens: Incubation heavily mirrored the events of the 1979 film Alien.

Appearances

• Aliens: Incubation
• Batman/Aliens
• Batman/Aliens II (appears in flashback)

Gallery

An extraterrestrial scientist featured on the cover of Dark Horse Presents #102 by Bernie Wrightson.

The ET scientist's spacecraft as seen in Aliens: Incubation.

An ET scientist attacked by a facehugger.

An ET facehugger victim being studied by its crew.

A chestburster erupting from its ET host.

A fully grown Alien born from an ET scientist.

An ET scientist cocooned in front of an egg.

The ET scientist's spacecraft crash landed on Earth.

The ET scientist's downed spacecraft as seen in Batman/Aliens.

Deceased ET scientist in cocoon.

Fully grown Aliens born from ET scientists.

The skull of the chestbursted ET scientist shot in the head by Van Derpool on display beneath glass in the Batcave.

The cocooned and decesed ET scientist as seen in a flashback from Batman/Aliens II.

See also

• Extraterrestrial (Earth, 1950s) - Similar extraterrestrial species that landed on Earth and encountered Xenomorphs.
• Reaper - An extraterrestrial species that raided Alien hives to procure their eggs for sustenance.