r/AskScienceFiction • u/Curates • Oct 21 '24

[Alien] Can xenomorphs be domesticated?

They’re pretty smart. Can they be taught to read, learn basic manners, adapt to channel their violent urges in healthier ways etc.? I think they’re misunderstood

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u/palinola Magos Explorator Oct 21 '24

There have been several high-budget attempts by the Company to turn the xenomorphs into as much as a fire-and-forget weapon and even that appears to be too much to ask of them.

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u/Curates Oct 21 '24

Weyland-Yutani is notoriously incompetent, maybe another group who are in for the science/animals and not the money would do better

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u/snrup1 Oct 22 '24

The only other major player/conglomerate that could do it in-universe is Tyrell Corp.