Once a xenomorph egg is hatched and a facehugger emerges to latch itself onto a victim, the
embryo implantation stage quickly begins, and from that moment, the unlucky host is
believed to be dead already, and is only a few hours away from giving birth to an alien
through a terrifying and unbelievably painful experience, where, once fully developed, the
infant xenomorph bursts through the ribcage and begins its life as the savage, destructive
parasite.
For those unlucky enough to be aware they are carrying a xenomorph embryo, it's a tense
and disparaging death sentence, where all they can seem to do is countdown to the inevitable,
with little to no hope of surviving.
So, is there any way possible that this process can be survived?
Is there any hope that a host can avoid giving birth to an implanted xenomorph and live through
it?
The first question that naturally arises is whether or not a facehugger can be removed
once it's attached to the host.
By all accounts, this seems to be a distinct impossibility, as the bond between facehugger
and host is incredibly strong, and the hugger's instinct is of course to make sure it implants
the embryo successfully.
As observed with Kane on the Nostromo, any attempts to forcibly remove the parasite only
caused it to tighten its grasp onto the host, and once an insicion is made on one of its
digits, its acidic blood pours out, creating a huge threat of possibly burning through
the hull of the ship, and it's rightly deemed by Captain Dallas to not pursue any further
surgical attempts to remove the creature from Kane's face.
On the LV426 Colony, Bishop observes reports that account similar removal attempts.
A post-mortem report on colonist John J. Marachuk outlines the following:
"Dr. T Biggs, ID #75492, killed in attempt to remove the creature surgically.
The colony's only surgeon made a single incision across the creature's back and was sprayed
with less than an ounce of organic acid across the face and throat.
Organism was pulled free by two medtechs and secured in specimen jar.
Evidence in blood panels of toxic chemical dump at time of removal, patient died from
Myocardial infarction brought on by traumatic shock and poisoning."
It would seem based off this account, removing a facehugger without killing the host, and
whoever may be operating on them, is an impossible task, and the best chances of survival when
being implanted with a xenomorph would be after the implantation and during the embryo
gestation period.
An obvious example of a successful embryo removal would of course come from Alien Resurrection,
where Ripley is cloned with the Alien Queen inside of her, and the team of Scientists
aboard the Auriga remove it, without losing the lives of the specimen, or its human host.
It should be taken into account, however, that Ripley 8, this cloned version of her
former self, was brought back to life through the cloning process with Xenomorph DNA surging
through her system, being a partial alien herself.
Ripley 8 displays advanced strength, far beyond that of a normal human, which may have very
well contributed to her chances of survival, and it's probably more within reason to view
her as an exception to the rule.
This begs the question, if the original Ripley, 200 years before the events of Alien Resurrection,
had agreed to let Weyland Yutani perform removal surgery on her, would she have survived?
In Alien 3, Bishop II is shown making every effort to convince Ripley to trust him when
he confronts her in Fury 161's Leadworks, claiming the company wants to remove the parasite,
kill it, and take her home.
He tells her pretty much everything she wants to hear, claiming that they couldn't allow
it to live, and everything they know would be in jeopardy.
And stressing the fact that she could still live out a normal life.
In the assembly cut version of the film, a Weyland Yutani scientist makes a further attempt
to persuade Ripley by outlining the surgery's details:
"It's very quick.
Painless.
A couple of incisions, you'll be out for 2 hours.
And then it's over."
Ripley, though visibly tempted and conflicted by this information, makes the judgement not
to trust the company's promises.
Bishop II quickly makes it known that the company, of course, wants the xenomorph specimen
to study, with no intentions to kill it...but was there any truth to ease and success of
the removal surgery they described?
The Weyland Yutani physician, depicted in Aliens: Colonial Marines, would provide information
that suggests it wouldn't be the slighest bit likely.
Corporal Winter and Private O'Neal rush Bella to an operating room after it's discovered
she'd been attacked by a facehugger and has an alien growing inside her.
The doctor is held at gunpoint and told to remove the parasite, but claims it's not possible
to do so without killing Bella in the process, describing past experiments where this was
attempted.
"We've tried to extract the gestated lifeform.
The embryo will extract fluid and nutrients from the host to construct a placenta but
it's not like a humans...the placenta is like a weed, rooting itself into every organ in
the chest cavity.
Even if you could surgically remove the embryo, the placenta is like a cancer: your organs
will begin shutting down one by one...and just die.
"
Based on the information covered earlier here regarding how the actual embryo implantation
takes place inside a host, this would seem to be the most accurate outcome if an attempt,
even an a successful one, is made to remove the gestating xenomorph from its host.
More than likely it would result in death.
However, it might not be a COMPLETE impossibility, as there have been cases depicted in the extended
universe where hosts have undergone removal surgery and survived.
In Aliens: Labyrinth, Colonel Dr. Church recalls his own personal experiences from when he
was a young man, and taken to an alien hive, and amidst many unspeakable horrors while
there, he was ultimately impregnated with an alien embryo.
He was able to escape the hive, and perform self-surgery to remove the parasite.
"It took me four hours to cleanse my body.
I patched my wounds, and used the ultrasound to examine the alien larva in my chest.
It was dead.
Dead and rotting.
Its removal was imperative.
I had no surgical experience at all, but I gathered what information I could and set
to work.
The operation took seven hours...but was completely successful.
I guess I had a knack for surgery."
Although Dr. Church went on to have severe psychological scars to the point of madness,
physically, he went on living for over 20 years after the surgery, with perfectly fine
health and no physical side effects after the embryo's removal.
This could be seen as another exceptional case, though, since as described by Church,
the drones in the hive, "they were not normal, healthy aliens," and the xenomorphs in this
particular hive were weak, and dying, apparently due to a mysterious black mold that was infecting
their habitat.
The egg, facehugger, and eventual chestburster also saw the side effects of this infection,
which is why the alien inside Church was already dead prior to removal.
It would be the recent story arc presented in Aliens: Defiance, that would make the strongest
case for successful embryo removal, though.
Dr. Hollis reveals an embryo of an alien queen is growing inside of her.
She takes intricate steps in her decision to undergo surgery and remove the creature
for harvest, including a euthenasia serum should anything go wrong during the process.
With Zula and Davis at her side, Dr. Hollis performs the surgery on herself while viewing
the embryo on a hologram, outlining her progress step by step.
"It's feeding off my circulatory system.
Davis, I need you to bypass the superior mesentric artery here.
It's aware of us.
"
With the parasite seeming to fight against its premature extraction, the incisions are
made and transfusions are prepared.
Hollis' blood pressure begins dropping rapidly, and Davis observes damage is being done to
her organs.
The embryo is successfully removed, and contained.
Hollis spends many days in recovery, with an isolated oxygen tent and strong antibiotics
to stave off infection.
Zula observes,
"Hollis has recovered, which I consider a total miracle.
I'm pretty sure the hosts of these aliens aren't really meant to survive the ordeal.
Hollis timed the extraction just right in order to avoid permanent injury.
"
As the story continues, Hollis seems to return to normal health.
Though with Defiance still in its run, it's still up in the air as to whether any longterm
side effects will present themselves.
A final factor worth exploring in this theory would be from Alien Resurrection: not so much
Ripley's embryo removal surgery, but it's worth considering the matter of Purvis' chestburster.
When he's first found, and confirmed to be carrying an alien inside of him, the group
agrees to take him along with them on their mission for survival.
It's argued, without too many specifics, that somehow there may be a way to freeze Purvis,
and somehow remove the alien from him, instead of killing him right then and there before
it gets a chance to birth.
Were they just hoping against hope that something could be done for Purvis, or did such technology
exist in the future of Alien Resurrection, keeping in mind this story takes place centuries
after the bulk of most events in the Alien Franchise?
While it's never discovered in the film, and Purvis eventually suffers the fate of the
chestburster anyway, an interesting footnote can actually be found in Alien Resurrection's
video game adaptation.
In this video game, such technology, does, in fact, exist.
A portable surgical unit known as an AutoDoc has the advanced technology to scan a host's
chest cavity for an alien presence, and swiftly eliminate the creature inside.
While this may be more of a useful item to extend gameplay and rise the tension for an
infected player to search for the item, it's still interesting to consider that this technology
may exist in the further out future of the Alien Universe.
So, what do you think?
Once a host is impregnated, are they as good as dead, even if they can surgically remove
the embryo?
Is it more of a case by case basis, depending entirely on the skill of the surgeon, the
timing of the embryo's gestation, and a lot of luck?
Could technology, such as the Autodocs be developed upon further studies of the Xenomorph
species?
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