Talk: Drone (Sevastopol)

Name

Pending any possible name given to the creature in the game, I've renamed the page to "Drone (Sevastopol)", to bring it in line with similar articles such as Warrior (LV-1201) etc.--Leigh Burne ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 10:19, January 8, 2014 (UTC)

Drone

Spoiler alert!  In this game, it isn't one drone stalking the humans, but at least several.  We know this because there is a hive and because after one drone is trapped and killed on a shuttle, you encounter other drones and facehuggers.  Also, the drones have different features and behavior.  One drone has a very long tail and drags it.  Another drone has a shorter tail and keeps it off the ground while moving.  It is probable that each drone is guarding a different territory or searching new areas.  In retrospect a player should have realized that more than one drone was on the space station because the station is huge and the chance of being around a single drone would be very small, yet the player is often hiding from a nearby drone.

Also, it is not clear that the xenomorphs on the station are drones or warriors or somewhere between.  Some theorize that warriors are simply mature drones that have had a few weeks to grow and learn making them much smarter and stronger and possessing a harder carapace than a newborn xenomorph.  The xenomorphs on the station in Alien Isolation act more like the lurkers than the drones in Colonial Marines.

98.211.196.169 04:20, December 12, 2014 (UTC)Dan

The other Drones don't seem to become active until you enter the Hive, which is why you can make as much noise as you want after the first Drone's been ejected without being killed by an Alien. I also think the developers confirmed it's the same Drone that's stalking you until the Hive.

As far as we know, Drones have domes and Warriors don't. The Drone in the game also resembles the Drone from Alien more than the Lurker.--Toa Quarax ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 13:34, December 12, 2014 (UTC)

Huge!

When everybody said this thing was big.....i didn't know it was that big. Good Lord this thing is huge.

Comparison of USCSS USCSS Nostromo version and USCSS USCSS Sevastopol version

The Nostromo version of alien was seen in Alien when it burst out of Kane's chest and rapidly grown into adult size. It appears when alien stands more upright, entire body shaped more like-human appears and also walked on his feet, since actor wearing a costumes.

The Sevastopol version of alien was seen in Alien: Isolation when it mysteriously got on-board the ship. It appears when alien stand upright, upper body shaped more like-human appears and also walked on his toes,but it's created by computer.

How do you compare with this Alien from Alien

and another alien from Isolation

.Ben800013 ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 19:02, April 5, 2014 (UTC)

Apparently Creative assembly did give it a plantigrade (human) leg design but the animation was apparently poor, so for the sake of giving it good animation they gave it digitigrade legs, personally I would have preferred them sticking to the lore than making designs for the sake of appearances as its these kind of design inconsistencies that really angers most fans. The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 15:08, October 12, 2014 (UTC)

Foster's Alien

Haven't the developers confirmed that this Drone is Foster's?--Toa Quarax^(Talk) 00:46, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

Not as far as I know, I did ask Leigh for a source about it before though, I believe the devs said something like that the drone that hunts you is the same one all the time, when they were questioned about the multiple xenos. Never heard anything about what host it came from but logically, if there was a queen and there is according to the devs, it would have to have been the first Xenomorph or else others would not have existed, and eggmorphing is still scrapped content. The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 01:12, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

That's a point. I do remember hearing it was the same, but I couldn't find a source when I had a look.-- LEIGH BURNE^(Talk) 12:16, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

Wouldn't we have to assume it's Foster because of Marlow's line about it being the one brought by the Anesidora? Obviously, he doesn't know there's multiple Aliens, but we usually have to take characters' words for thing like that.

About the interview where they say it's the same one, I can't find it either. It's not in the AvPGalaxy's. I seem to remember it being published before that one.--Toa Quarax^(Talk) 00:54, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Yes and no, usually yes but it depends on what the character would or should know (and if it conflicts on what protagonist learns),the circumstances and if they are speaking in different meanings etc he could have meant it indirectly because if it wasn't for the Anesidora and Foster, there would indeed be no drone, but whether its from Foster directly or the Alien from her is never stated. Also in conflict with a character's opinion or theory, is the player's and what they have learnt i.e Ripley discovered the nest, remember that Marlow was locked up so he really only could come to the conclusion that whatever killed his wife, was killing others, then again no one else knew either, they thought it was just one killer. Also there is a few clues that indicate the presense of a Queen, one of them is foster's facehugger, it was still alive and found in the same room where Foster was kept in, implying that the embryo it implanted was a royal one as only queen facehuggers can implant two embryos and thus survive the first, the creature was likely dormant after impregnating Foster, and thus appeared dead like the log typer assumed. Makes sense really because Turk or Newt wasn't infected after Ripley was, so its likely queen facehuggers cannot immediately impregnate another after leaving the first host, speculation of course but it make sense when taking alien 3 into account. Of course nothing is certain at this point my friend, hence why I made the page ambiguous until we find out for sure one way or another. I know the CA might want to keep things ambiguous as well but damn it, I do want to know this for sure lol The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 01:23, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not sure we can take Marlow's word on this. It's not like he followed it around to be sure, and as you say, he may not know there's more than one.-- LEIGH BURNE^(Talk) 08:57, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Oh, derp, I meant Waits, lol. He sort of followed the thing around, but probably not enough to know if it's the same one or some other Drone. I don't remember encountering Foster's Facehugger in the game, though. Are you talking about that one on the Anesidora?

By the way, has anyone tried to just email Creative Assembly about this? They posted that costume guide thing for my friend when she asked, so it might be worth a shot.--Toa Quarax^(Talk) 00:31, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Yep, it is the one that was on the Anesidora, it is the exact same room that Foster was kept in while being impregnated, a nearby computer logs say the creature was found "dead" by her bed.but apparently not as dead as they though, it may have just been dormant after infecting Foster, I know one can think it may have simply just hitched a ride but it would have to have done that on a shuttle which is unlikely as facehuggers will attempt to impregnated any suitable host they see, especially if the host is alone or in low numbers, and only marlow and Nine used the shuttle to go to the Anesidora, which means they were either alone or together, both cases would not have stopped a facehugger from attacking them there and then.

Good idea Toa, that would be the highest confirmation either way we can have. Let me know the email address and I shall ask them myself :) The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 14:41, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Actually, Ripley does say to Ricardo that a Facehugger hitched a ride aboard her shuttle... and didn't attack her for some reason... The line's only in certain versions of the game for some reason. I can try and find a video with the line if you want to hear it.

Here's the contact page on their website. If that doesn't work, you could try asking whoever conduced the interview at AvPGalaxy.--Toa Quarax^(Talk) 23:31, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

That sounds strange to me, I mean I believe you of course, but I seriously doubt a facehugger hitched a ride with Ripley, first of all, it would have (according to all known behaviour patterns) definitely attacked her, they are not "that" intelligent to just wait there when there is a single host available and alone, then there is the question on how would the facehugger end up in th dorm/med room? it would have to have somehow opened the shuttle doors before Ripley did and any other door to get to that room and I do not recall seeing any vents. I will have to check that soon though, I replaying Alien Isolation, it is brilliant. I really could not say enough nice words. lol Oh and yes, do try and find that video of it, I am keen to hear that.

Thank you Toa, I will contact them first thing tomorrow. I hope we get answers, I understand they may want to keep things ambiguous but as a wiki, we do need some info. I will have to make sure to charm them XD The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 23:54, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

As far as I know, there's no footage showing that this was the Alien who came out of Foster. Plus, how could it be the same Xenomorph Amanda has been seeing before jettisoning it into space? Sevastopol's a big station; one Xenomorph can't be in two places at once and cause a slaughter on a massive scale solo. It's simply not logical. --Long live the Sith ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 17:44, March 14, 2018 (UTC)

Creative Assembly Message

Right folks, I have messaged them, just got to wait on a reply. I don't know what they will say but hopefully we can have sources to confirm of deny what we are theorizing. If we don't get anything either way, we can just  leave the page ambiguous because remember, some interviews with them had them saying they want to leave the player to speculate, and it makes sense, Amanda would not know the life-cycle etc and we are put into her position even if we already know the franchise, we given the same info as she is......but it would still be good to know lol The Cruentus ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 12:07, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Plagiarism

This article was plagiarized as well http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/The_Alien_%28Sevastopol%29 though they tweaked it to look different, many passages are still intact and obvious. For a wiki that is supposed to be different to ours, they sure do like to take our pages. I never bothered to look what else could have been taken before but with the recent thing that happened, I decided to look around there. With his apology accepted, we shouldn't fan any flames with this but we need to make sure no more copy-pasting happens from now on. -- The Cruentus^(Talk) 18:09, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

The Drone was not born on LV-426. He wasn't born on LV-426 because there would not have the nest. The specimen born from Forster was the Queen and the Drone was born from her brood.Crasraptor ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 21:43, March 20, 2016 (UTC)

Drone Tail

The drone drags its tail along the ground, but I don't see how this shows it's unable to use its tail. It clearly has control of its tail, seeing as it not only will whip wildly when investigating a noise or a flare, but also uses it to impale victims, such as Axel or Ripley, should she have her back turned to it.

With that in mind, I will change the entry in the "trivia" section to reflect this. TravisTee34 ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 12:50, December 25, 2016 (UTC)

What did it do to the survivors in Seegson Synthetics?

Well, I have a few questions regarding what happened to the survivors in Seegson Synthetics.

It drops down on Peterson and a third unnamed survivor, dragging them aside offscreen and swiftly killing them. It's kind of difficult to tell how exactly, since this part of the event is obscured. If someone could tell me how exactly the Drone killed them, that'd be great.

Then, when Francis shoots the Drone in an attempt to ward it off, it immediately seizes him and takes him into the vents. Did it take him to the Hive afterward? The blood dripping from the vent might suggest it killed him outright, but when the Drone takes someone into the vents, it usually takes them to the Hive (unless you're Axel, but he was impaled before being taken into the vents and probably died from his injuries, assuming the Xenomorph didn't headbite him after taking him into the vents).

In the Seegson Synthetics fluid plant, Amanda witnesses the Drone grabbing a survivor and taking him into the depths of the fluid plant, the other two survivors firing their guns at it as it departs. What happened to the survivor who was taken by the Drone? It's also kind of odd how it ignored those other two survivors and just went straight for that one guy... AnonymousOutlast ^{(talk) (Contribs)} 08:34, July 19, 2017 (UTC)

If we can't see what is being done to them during gameplay, I don't see how anyone could say for sure. But if it's dragging them away it's safe to assume it's taking them to the Hive.-- LEIGH BURNE^(Talk) 12:52, July 19, 2017 (UTC)