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Alien Romulus Ending Explained: Is The New Xenomorph Offspring Still Alive?
The ending of Alien: Romulus sets up the potential for more sequels, leaving Rain and Andy's fate open for exploration.
Disclaimer: The following article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus.
Alien: Romulus by Fede Alvarez picks up the action between Alien and James Cameron's Aliens. The film introduces a fresh ensemble of space travelers who travel to an abandoned spaceship for cryofuel for the Yvaga system. They cross paths with the Xenomorph Ripley terrorized Rain, Andy, and their group of friends. Rain grants Kay status to safeguard herself and her unborn baby.
Kay had injected herself with the Prometheus formula, and later an advanced pregnancy resulted in a Xenomorph/human hybrid that killed her and severely wounded Andy. In dire need, Rain fights the hybrid offspring and sends Andy out into space. She promises to heal Andy and then places him and herself into cryosleep, setting the ship on an autopilot course to head to the Yvaga system, unsure whether they will make it.
The Xenomorph offspring
Rain throws the Xenomorph offspring hybrid out of the cargo hold of a ship, which arguably suggests he is finally done with the monster. Then again, the creature in the first Alien movie survived being sent into space, so such a possibility can be extended to the offspring creature as well. Xenomorphs are rather resilient creatures, after all.
If Big Chap managed to live for years in space until it was picked up by the spaceship in Alien: Romulus, then it makes sense that this hybrid can, too. It's even possible that the Xenomoroph offspring has some kind of mutations which give him the ability to not only survive but also thrive in space. It would not be a surprise if the offspring creature showed up again in another Alien sequel down the line.
Rain and Andy
Rain and Andy, had a very complicated relationship where Andy was programmed to look out for Rain while she was away, but Rain treated him like a brother. It was considered a wedge because synthetics like Rook valued the prime directives of Weyland-Yutani more than human attachment. The synthetics were not directly programmed to kill people, but the tension between them and mankind was a major issue.
What makes this relationship particularly unique among others in Alien: Romulus is the actual care Rain and Andy have for each other. The love she had toward her brother overpowered her decision to flirt with the idea of leaving him behind in the Yvaga system. When his prime directive changes, Rain catches glimpses of the humanity that Andy once had, which leads her to want to protect him more. Trust and love forge this relationship, which does not usually happen in other games.
The connection between Rook's Prime Directive and Prometheus
The artificial sciences officer on the Renaissance spaceship, Rook, was partially destroyed during the rampage of these Xenomorphs. He was all out to retrieve the Xenomorph to develop a formula called Prometheus 5, which would advance human evolution, make humanity strong enough to survive space, and create immunity to diseases that have ravaged colony populations, such as Rain's parents' lung disease contracted from mines.
Rook's prime directive was somewhat clear: the interests of the Wey and-Yutani corporation outweighed human lives; the characters were no better than pawns. That would put Andy in a very strange position whereby his original directive was to ensure Rain did not come to any harm. Rook, despite all volatility surrounding Xenomorphs, would willingly sacrifice Rain and his company for dangerous experimental research.
Kay shoots herself up with Prometheus 5, a black goo which develops the Xenomorph hybrid. It's named for the title of the Alien prequel Prometheus, which had a similar black goo that could mutate DNA into creating new life. It's possible that the Engineers wanted to eradicate humanity, but the formula Prometheus 5 seems to have evolved since the events of Prometheus to still create new life even post Kay's birth.
Will there be a sequel?
Alien: Romulus does have a point of departure for a sequel, where there is room for further manipulation of the events. The survival of Rain and Andy being put into cryosleep could lead to further events. A sequel can be made from following Rain and Andy as they reach Yvaga III, where the space colony is not friendly to synthetics. Rain did promise Andy that she was going to fix him. Maybe a sequel would follow her through this task.
What will happen on Yvaga is anyone's guess, while the final moments of Romulus' resolution leave room for further Xenomorph contact. Further, Rain can wake up from cryosleep and meet workers from Weyland-Yutani. Whichever happens, Rain's survival and Andy being still alive, though injured, provide room for further stories. Theirs is one of the more interesting relationships in the Alien franchise, and it would be a shame if their story concluded with Alien: Romulus when their fates are left up in the air.
Alien: Romulus suggests, in that ending, humanity stands a fighting chance despite the perfect creations those were: the Xenomorphs. As slow as their mutations were, as limited without space they are, humanity is very strong still. The movie focuses quite a bit on the strength of the dynamic between human and synthetic-one that isn't necessarily designed to please corporate directives but is allowed to persist because of it. Rook realizes, in trying, Weyland-Yutani are not looking out for them humans but themselves.
Alien: Romulus highlights the people's exploitative tendency by companies. Weyland-Yutani exploits Andy to their advantage. The characters are punished for wishing a better lifestyle and lost during the capture of the Xenomorphs. The ending of the movie affirmatively asserts that humanity is far better than a callous dictation, through which Rain finds out that turning Andy's back is not in the best interest of her or even his be it with renouncing a new life.
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