![]() David tries to communicate with the creature, but is horrified when Oram kills it. The surviving neomorph infiltrates the structure and kills crew member Rosenthal. After the crew members tell David of their mission, they attempt to contact the 'Covenant' but are prevented by fierce storms. David tells them that upon his and fellow 'Prometheus' survivor Elizabeth Shaw's arrival at the planet, their ship released a black liquid bio-weapon which annihilated the native population and that Shaw died when the ship crashed in the ensuing chaos. The crew manages to kill a neomorph before David, who survived the 'Prometheus' mission, scares away the other, and leads the crew to a temple in a city full of humanoid (Engineer) corpses. The neomorphs attack the remaining crew members and kill one. The neomorph escapes while a similar creature bursts from Hallett's mouth. Maggie attempts to kill the creature with a shotgun, but triggers an explosion which kills her and destroys the lander. A small, pale, alien creature (neomorph) bursts from Ledward's back, killing him, and then kills Karine. Oram's wife Karine helps the rapidly-sickening Ledward back to the lander where Maggie, the pilot, quarantines them both inside the med-bay. Crew members Ledward and Hallett are infected by alien spores. As the Covenant remains in orbit, an expedition team descends to the earth-like planet's surface and tracks the transmission's signal to a crashed alien ship. ![]() Against the objections of Daniels (Branson's widow), the new captain, Oram, decides to investigate. While repairing the ship, the crew picks up a radio transmission from a nearby, habitable planet. The ship's captain, Jake Branson, is burned alive when his stasis pod malfunctions. Walter orders the ship's computer to wake the crew, which includes several married couples. A stellar burst damages the ship, killing 47 colonists. The ship is monitored by Walter, a newer android model that physically resembles David. In 2104, 11 years after the 'Prometheus' expedition, the colonization ship 'Covenant' is bound for a remote planet, Origae-6, with a crew of 15, two thousand colonists in stasis and 1,140 human embryos aboard. David comments on his own unlimited lifespan compared to his creator's limited one. Weyland tells David that one day they will search for mankind's creator together. In a prologue, business magnate Peter Weyland speaks with his newly activated android, who chooses the name "David" after observing a replica of Michelangelo's statue of David.
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