Quote from: [cancerblack] on Apr 18, 2020, 08:09:16 PM
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Jun 11, 2018, 01:41:29 AM
So I raise the following question: Is Black Goo more alien than the Alien itself?
It is THE Alien. OUR Alien is an organism made with those genetic resources, which may or may not be a reconstruction of an older pattern.
Despite being a somewhat wild plot device, the mystery tackling its origins exists.
Real life viruses are lipid shells with genetic material and some protein inside. Hell! some look like artificially created nanobots, just look at the shape of the
Escherichia virus T4, an excellent bacteria killer.
Back to the balck pathogen, I wonder where the Xeno-like genetic material that carries the virus comes from
Did the virus assimilate the genetic material from another life form?
Or it was rather created by the Black Goo, since it has been described by David as being Fiendishly invented. Is Black Goo itself obtained from another organism? perhaps the one that the Engineers carry is a small colony belonging to a super duper huge organism like real-life Armillaria ostoyae
I would expect something more Eldritch in the case of the Alien universe, of course.