What do diseased Xenomorph look like? I don't know much about the lore and what-have-you, but I do know they take on the DNA of their hosts. By extension, can they take on physiological flaws or genetic defects?And what if a face hugger got on a potential host with AIDS or similar detriment?
>>55090229
There's an Aliens comic (I can't remember the title) where a guy survives being taken into a xenomorph hive because they picked up some kind of fungus that's causing them to rot. The rest of the crew he was with ends up dying, but the facehuggers are so weak that a xeno has to pick one up and hold it directly in front of his face. A little while later he escapes and uses the ship's surgical machines to extract the (dead) chestburster from his own body.
If someone can post it, you might get some good ideas.
>>55090229
>What do diseased Xenomorph look like?
Probably depends on the disease and it's progress.
>And what if a face hugger got on a potential host with AIDS or similar detriment?
Depends on how similar the alien's biology is. I'm no Doctor but I wouldn't given any virus or bacteria that is adapted to live in humans much hope of surviving in the super acidic environment that is an alien.
>>55090928
You're referring the Aliems: The Labyrinth. The black mold killed off their queen which retarded them quite a bit, the infection from the mold itself to the lesser castes only served to make things worse for them. I'd recommend OP and anyone else interested in this thread give it a read. Really brings back the weird horror effect in a big way when you see what the xenos start getting up to.