==Characteristics==
When standing upright, the aliens are vaguely bipedal in form, though they adopt a more hunched, quadrupedal stance when walking or sprinting. They have a skeletal, bio-mechanical appearance and are usually colored in muted shades of black, blue or bronze. Aliens do not radiate heat, as their body heat matches the ambient temperature of the environment in which they are found. In most of the films, adult aliens have the ability of running and crawling along ceilings and walls. They have great physical strength, having been shown to be capable of breaking through welded steel doors.
Aliens have segmented, blade-tipped tails. The sharp tip was initially a small, scorpion-like barb, but from ''Aliens'' onwards the blade design increased in size and changed in appearance to more closely resemble a slashing weapon.
From ''Alien Resurrection'' onwards, the tails have a flat ridge of spines at the base of the blade. This was introduced to help them swim convincingly, and was left intact in the subsequent cross-overs. The original shooting script for ''Aliens'' and the novelization both featured a scene in which Lieutenant Gorman is "stung" by the barb tail and rendered unconscious. In the final cut of the movie, Gorman is knocked out by falling crates. As a weapon, the strength of the tail is very great, having been shown to be strong enough to impale and lift a Predator (alien)|Predator or an android with seemingly little effort. They are also adept at using their tails as blunt weapons, sometimes to deadly effect, as seen in ''Alien''.
They have elongated, cylindrical skulls but possess no visible eyes, though in the original ''Alien'' film, the top of the creature's head was semi-transparent, with empty eye sockets of human appearance visible within. This element was re-used for the "Predalien" 29 years later. How the creatures see is uncertain. In ''Alien³'', a fisheye lens was used to illustrate the alien's point of view. In the novelization of the movie ''Alien'', the creature is held mesmerized by a spinning green light for several minutes. In ''Aliens'', the adult creatures have a more textured head rather than a smooth carapace. In the commentary for ''Aliens'', it was speculated that this was part of the maturation of the creatures, as they had been alive far longer than the original alien. The smooth design of the carapace would be used again in ''Alien³'' and ''Alien Resurrection'', although made narrower with a longer muzzle and more prominent chin. This design would be kept in ''Alien versus Predator'' and abandoned in ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' in favor of the ribbed design. The aliens' inner jaws are powerful enough to smash through bone and metal.
Alien blood is an extremely potent acid and is capable of corroding on contact almost any substance with alarming speed. It is dull yellowish-green in color, and seems to be pressurized inside the body so that it spurts out when punctured. Shusett suggested the idea that the creature have acid blood as a plausible means to make the creature "unkillable"; if one were to use traditional firearms or explosives to attack it, its blood would eat through the hull of the ship. The ''Alien'' novelization suggests that, at least at the "facehugger" stage, the acid is not blood but a fluid maintained under pressure between a double layer of skin.
In later films in the series, the aliens are shown to be conscious of the effects of their acidic blood, and even use it to their advantage.
In the ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' documentary: "''Science of the Alien''", it is theorized that the aliens acid blood could be some type of hydrochloric acid|hydro sulphuric acid composition due to its corrosiveness and the conspicuously toxic effects on living human tissue. The documentary also speculates that Aliens are immune to their own acidic and toxic liquids due to a endobiological build-up similar to the human stomach's ability to protect itself from its digestive fluids. The documentary takes this theory one step further and speculates that the Alien organisms protection system against its own toxic hydro sulphuric acid is protecting the rest of the organism with what is basically a bio-organic produced teflon isolation.
Aliens can produce a thick, strong resin that they use to build their hives and Cocoon (silk)|cocoon victims. They also salivate profusely. In the original ''Alien'', the facehugger is shown to be able to "spit" acid, melting the faceplate of Kane's helmet and allowing the creature immediate access to the inside. This ability is also exhibited by adult aliens in ''Alien³'' and ''Alien Resurrection''; much like a spitting cobra, they use it to blind and immobilize their victims.
Although they do not demonstrate human-level intelligence as a species, events on the LV-426 colony and USM Auriga showed that the species excels at observational learning. In both cases, the aliens managed to learn how to operate the machinery of their mechanized environments at a very basic level. On LV-426, the aliens were able to cut the power from a section of the LV-426 complex to allow themselves access to the humans. The queen was able to learn how to operate a giant elevator simply by observing it once. In the director's commentary for ''Aliens'', James Cameron noted that the creatures in ''Aliens'' had been alive for far longer than the alien in the original, and so had more time to learn how to manipulate machinery. With the exception of the "Newborn", Aliens have demonstrated little actual emotion, save for self preservation and maternal instincts toward their eggs.
They make few vocalizations beyond snarls and high pitched shrieks when in pain or attacking.
Throughout their appearances, human spawned Aliens have been shown to have a fluctuating number of fingers. In ''Alien'' and ''Alien 3'', the creature has webbed, six fingered hands. The number of fingers is reduced to three in ''Aliens'', and are shown to be much longer and more skeletal. In ''Alien Resurrection'', the number of digits is increased to four, with two long middle fingers and a pair of thumbs. This design is kept in the ''Alien vs. Predator'' films, though the hands were made bulkier in order to make the Aliens seem more formidable against the Predators.
Aliens have been alternately portrayed as both plantigrade and digitigrade organisms, usually in accordance to their host. Human spawned aliens were usually portrayed as having humanoid hind limbs, while in ''Alien³'', the featured Alien sported double-jointed legs due to its quadrupedal host. This characteristic would be continued in ''Alien Resurrection'' for the human-spawned aliens. Tom Woodruff, who had previously played the "dog-alien" in ''Alien³'', described the human spawned aliens in ''Resurrection'' as feeling more like a dog than the previous creature, despite having been born from human hosts. The human spawned Alien warriors would revert back to a plantigrade posture in ''Alien vs Predator''.
-Taken from Wikipedia
==About Chrio==
Chrio is a xenomorph as guessed. Unlike the usual zenomorph he is able to function without the need of a queen. Gaining independence by unknown doings, he functions like that of a normal humanoid being. Though taken to a dark corner, or aggravated to the point of violence, his true nature will show. Becoming a blood hungry monster that has little means to be stopped.
As stated before, Chrio is capable of acting without a queen. This making him fertile and free minded. He will, however, latch to a person if they show queen-like behavior towards him. Though they'll normally have to match behavior with quality if they are to gain his full attention.
If you have any other questions about Chrio feel free to ask in a whisper. Basic outlines, he's 10 ft some odd inches tall, odorless, eyes are unseen, skin is thick and hard to break through.
He does have his playful moments, during these he will hardly like to do anything real violent. You'll be able to tell.
Chrio is a Dog Alien, here's a description.
The "Dog alien", also known as the "Bambi burster", or "Runner alien" in the expanded universe stories, was introduced in Alien³. The creature itself shares the same basic physical conformation and instincts as the other aliens shown in the previous films, although there are several differences due to the host it was spawned from (a dog in the theatrical cut, an ox in the extended edition). The Dog Alien in its Chestburster form is a miniature version of the adult, unlike the larva-like human spawned chestbursters. The adult is primarily quadrupedal, has digitigrade hind legs and lacks the dorsal tubes of the human-spawned variety.
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