Shaw retrieves David’s remains and uses another Engineer ship to depart LV-223. Rather than returning to Earth, she heads for the Engineers' homeworld to ask why they intended to destroy their own creation. Prometheus - Everything explained and analysed *SPOILERS
Archaeologists and Charlie Holloway discover ancient cave paintings across the globe showing humans worshiping giant figures pointing to a specific star system. Believing these are "invitations" from humanity's creators—whom they dub "Engineers" —they join an expedition funded by the trillionaire Peter Weyland . Prometheus(2012)
In , the story serves as a prequel to the Alien franchise , exploring the origins of humanity and the terrifying biological weaponry of their creators. The Expedition (2089–2093) Shaw retrieves David’s remains and uses another Engineer
On the moon, the crew finds massive artificial structures housing thousands of canisters filled with a mysterious . They discover that the Engineers were wiped out nearly 2,000 years prior by their own biological creation. They discover that the Engineers were wiped out
After Holloway sickens rapidly and begins to mutate, Vickers kills him with a flamethrower to protect the ship.
The Engineer survives the crash and attacks Shaw, but she lures him into the path of her now-gigantic "Trilobite" offspring. The creature subdues the Engineer, and a primitive "Deacon" (an early form of the Xenomorph) eventually bursts from the Engineer's chest.
Curious about the substance, David secretly infects Holloway with the black goo.