Editing Xenomorph (section)

====Offspring====
The Offspring, featured in ''[[Alien: Romulus]]'', is the result of pregnant character Kay injecting a serum derived from the Xenomorph's genome into her neck, leading to a rapid mutation of her unborn fetus. The creature is violently birthed in an egg, hatches, and rapidly grows to over 8 feet tall. It possesses fleshy skin, black eyes, a tail, a Xenomorph-like tongue with teeth, dorsal tubes, and overall facial similarities to the Engineers. It terrorizes the remaining crew of the Corbelan, damaging the android Andy and fatally feeding off of its mother Kay before pursuing Rain, but is finally defeated by her jettisoning it into the planetary rings below. Although there is no evidence that the Offspring possesses higher thinking, it smiles when in an advantageous position.

The Offspring was portrayed by basketball player [[Robert Bobroczkyi]] wearing full body [[prosthetic makeup]] created by Legacy Effects, with the exception of the creature's tail which was CGI. Along with adding  Xenomorph elements to a human, the design tried to invoke the Engineers that created the race.<ref name="offspring2">{{Cite web|title=Alien: Romulus Director Shares Bizarre BTS Video of the Offspring on Set|url=https://www.cbr.com/alien-romulus-bts-offspring/|first=Jeremy|last=Dick|date=August 31, 2024|access-date=October 23, 2024|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-date=September 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918203425/https://www.cbr.com/alien-romulus-bts-offspring/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="offspring3">{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2024|title=What is the 'Offspring' creature in the 'Alien: Romulus' finale?|url=https://www.space.com/alien-romulus-offspring-creature|first=Jeff|last=Spry|access-date=September 10, 2024|website=[[Space.com]]|archive-date=September 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910125847/https://www.space.com/alien-romulus-offspring-creature|url-status=live}}</ref>