Quote from: predxeno on Jan 29, 2015, 06:26:46 AM
The Predators often have an honor code when it comes to fighting worthy prey, recall how Dutch and Chet faced their respective Predator foes who disarmed themselves to make a fair fight? Also, Ahab isn't the first Predator to ever kill an Engineer; if we take the Space Jockey skull in AVPR literally then it appears that a Predator has killed one of their kind before, albeit they may not have realized the elephant-head was just a helmet and may have mistakened it as part of the being's skull (something everyone appears to have done until Prometheus was released ).
You know that is something which has bothered me about the fandom is the adamant claim that Predators take only the skulls. There is nothing in any of the official material, canon or non-canon and this includes crossovers which suggests that Predators don't take trophies of other varieties aside from skulls. If anything, from my understanding they take many things as trophies, more than just skulls-- although skull claiming would be an orthodox means of acquiring a trophy but there is nothing suggesting that they don't take other things.
Greyback took Raphael Adolini's flintlock, and then there was another Elder who had claimed Subotai's sword. So there is some evidence that Predators sometimes do take other objects as trophies aside from skulls. So I don't see it being out of the realm for a Predator to claim a helmet as a means of taking a trophy. I mean as cringeworthy as Deadliest of the Species is.. and I know they are just easter eggs but we do see Batman's skull and cowl, as well as Magneto's skull and helmet, and Cyclops' skull and visor. So I don't see it as unreasonable for a Predator to take an Engineer helmet.
And that is assuming of course, Prometheus and the AvP films are set in the same universe. I say assume because I don't believe they are and instead follow different continuity paths.. Of course, that goes with this theory I have anyways.