Archaeologists and Charlie Holloway discover ancient cave paintings across the globe showing humans worshiping giant figures pointing to a specific star system. Believing these are "invitations" from humanity's creators—whom they dub "Engineers" —they join an expedition funded by the trillionaire Peter Weyland .
In , the story serves as a prequel to the Alien franchise , exploring the origins of humanity and the terrifying biological weaponry of their creators. The Expedition (2089–2093) Prometheus(2012)
Despite being sterile, Shaw finds herself pregnant with a rapidly growing, non-human organism after her encounter with the infected Holloway. She performs a gruesome emergency automated surgery to remove a squid-like "Trilobite" creature from her body. The Awakening Prometheus(2012)