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 .
To prevent the Engineer from reaching Earth, Captain rams the Prometheus into the Engineer’s ship in a suicidal maneuver.
Despite being sterile, Shaw finds herself pregnant with a rapidly growing, non-human organism after her encounter with the infected Holloway. She performs a gruesome emergency automated surgery to remove a squid-like "Trilobite" creature from her body. The Awakening 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)
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. Despite being sterile, Shaw finds herself pregnant with
The scientific vessel Prometheus arrives at the moon in 2093. The crew is led by mission director Meredith Vickers and assisted by the android David , who secretly pursues Weyland's hidden agenda. The Discovery and Infection
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 The Expedition (2089–2093) The Engineer survives the crash
After Holloway sickens rapidly and begins to mutate, Vickers kills him with a flamethrower to protect the ship.
