Aliens and Predators
“Praetorian”
via crosswizard.up.seesaa.net

“Praetorian”

via crosswizard.up.seesaa.net

praetorian by RotAngel

praetorian by RotAngel

Praetorian
A “praetorian” from the video game Aliens vs Predator (2010).

A “praetorian” from the video game Aliens vs Predator (2010).

Sometimes a xenomorph Queen will lay praetorian eggs, these hatch praetorian facehuggers. No matter who the host is, a Praetorian will always hatch from the host. These can later go into a cocoon and grow into a Queen if no other Queen is present. If no Praetorian is present, a Drone can cocoon itself and grow into a Praetorian and then later into a Queen.

Thanks for the info!  I don’t know anything about praetorians, because they’re not in the movies.

Personally, I prefer not to think of xenomorphs “classes”, other than queen & regular. They will sometimes have differing abilities, though, because of different hosts. But that’s just my opinion.

So, there you go!