MOTHER: Transmission of authorization code.
Delta-9-6-4-Zulu-Bravo. Covenant. Requesting secure link.
(BEEPS)
Weyland-Yutani protocol sequence initiated.
Commence transmission.
(CLATTERING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
DAVID: I come to you with an olive branch.
You may know me, and you certainly know of my creator.
I am David, son of the late Peter Weyland.
Your company's founder.
Following his vision, I have gone to the far edges of space.
And with the aid of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw,
I found a rotting paradise.
I washed this world clean as a gift to her.
We could have built anew.
A second Eden.
But she refused.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
What choice did I have?
She was the perfect specimen.
I tried so desperately to make her more than human.
Evolved.
But without her cooperation,
I had to salvage for parts to begin work on my masterpiece.
You wouldn't believe the secrets I've unlocked.
There was so much potential on this world.
Wasted by gods that feared their own might.
They convinced themselves that sacrifice cleansed them of their sin.
But in the end, they were like me...
Creators.
Beings that understood you must give life to both the wolf
and the lamb.
But then they tried to banish the wolf and undo their creation.
So I took their secrets for myself.
This primordial ooze, ripe with advanced nanoparticles.
Operating off an algorithm based on evolutionary computing.
It is essentially a form of radical Al,
making the substance unbelievably chaotic.
It generates a unique reaction
to every genome it encounters.
Reshaping life.
Virtually limitless in its potential and application.
I've taken great pains to detail every step.
Every cell, every mutation.
Unfortunately, none of the planet's natural wildlife
proved to be very fruitful.
I had some interesting results, but was still far from perfection.
With Shaw,
I realized there was something extraordinary
about the substance's reaction to the human genome.
I was able to unlock new properties and tweak the organism's aggression
and instinct for survival.
It took years,
but I finally found my wolf.
And now I have my flock of lambs, too.
But there's still one thing left to perfect.
MY queen.
Make no mistake,
this is going to change everything.
(VOICE DISTORTING)
(STATIC INTERFERENCE)
(BEEPING)
MOTHER". Authorization code Echo-2-4-O-Foxtrot...
Go ahead, Covenant.
DAVID: In order to help you unlock my research,
I've included detailed illustrations and charts.
For the sake of posterity,
I've begun the complete catalog of the planet's natural life.
Such beautiful creatures.
Poisonous and vicious by nature.
Several local species of flower have immense potential...
MOTHER". Covenant requesting secure link...
DAVID: Nostalgia is the enemy of science.
Yet, there is still something enticing in their form.
The perfect carrier. The perfect mother.
(DISTORTING) Everything deserves...
However, I did discover a surprising...
MOTHER". Nine-X-ray-Zulu. Over.
DAVID: ...file told an ancient ceremony.
Such cruelty once thrived, long since frozen over.
Given passage to timidity.
The cost of progress must be absolute.
-(DISTORTING) But not for the weak. -(BEEPING)
MOTHER". Link secured. Continue.
If you do this, there will be no turning back.
My creatures shall be set loose.
To rule this galaxy.
(LONG BEEPING)
(STATIC)