Genocide Part II

Overview:
We pick back up with Grant talking over his troubles and threats. He states that "nothing is deadlier than the enemy within" as he continues to suspect the entire crew, expect his favorite man, Corporal Henriksen. Finally the ship arrives at the alien home world  where years before a bomb was launched to kill the Queen. Without the Queen, the remaining Xenomorph should be aimlessly wondering around making an easy operation. Or that is what they thought. As the drop ship gets past the think atmosphere clouds they witness a terrific scene. A gigantic war is raging below. "Normal" Xenomorphs are clashing with a new breed of red skinned Xenomorphs. Lucky, the drop ship is equipped with special future technological. This device shots out harpoon like rods that when struck to the ground open up and make a force field between it and another device shot nearby. Doing this the area around the ship is isolated, but still infected. Therefore the soliders gear up and eliminate the aliens. To ensure safety of the ship from the acidic blood of the aliens, special weapons are used that catch the aliens like a net. The alien remains alive but immobile. Corporal Henriksen sees this downed alien and instantly shots it head off, saying that this mission is to take no prisoners. (Note that in practically all missions, if an alien can be captured they most likely are thought after, therefore this would not be an order he was given form this company.) Grant overlooks this and still praised Henriksen as the perfect soldier and doubts the rumors that arise now that he might be a synthetic. (It is common practice that every venture into space be accompanied by a "synth" or a artificial human or robot. It is not unlikely also for the higher authorities to sneak other synth in without the crew knowing.) After awhile of resting after the fight, the soldiers prepare to extend the perimeter. To do this they temporarily take down on of the force field walls, fire two new harpoon like structures and thus make the field again and clear out the remaining aliens. But things did not go so easy this time. When one of the harpoons fell it crushed an alien and its acidic blood destroyed the machine before it could activate. Before another could be loaded and fired, the aliens seized the opportunity, rushing in and killing the operator of the harpoon. Grant begins to get worried by all the lives that getting lost and demands the original wall be restored. Five marines die before the wall is restored. Grant and the other crew become grief stricken and the responsibility falls too hard on Grant. Corporal Henriksen suggested the aliens be nuked. But first the location of the Queen or hive needs to be known. Grant decides that if he is going to accept the burden and move on he is going to the front lines to restore his morality. Grant goes to get but on the special armor made for him, but when he opens the closet he notices that the armor is corrupted and burned and suddenly a facehugger lounges out at him. Major Lee happens to come by and stops the monster before it injects this eggs into Grant. Someone before the flight left had place an alien egg on-board in Grant's locker, one that Grant, the "captain" did not even know about after his own alien he brought aboard. To find the hive of the red aliens, the space ship nukes the known location of the original hive. When the Queen died the living Red Queen signals for all her hive to return, the war is over. Therefore, the marines follow the retreat of the red aliens to the hive. Taking a small crew, Grant descends into the red alien hive before the second nuke is fired to achieve his goal: Royal Jelly. The aliens seem aware of their presence and the reach the Queen's lair without trouble. But the aliens are not the problem. Corporal Henriksen turns the tables, he sabotages the mission. Unlike the rumors, Henriksen is human, but out to destroy Grant's company: Neo-Pharm. They fight back and forth dodging the Queen aliens occasional strikes. Henriksen's demise is XenoZip. To overpower Grant he overdose, and his rage and insanity picks him against the whole hive of aliens without a sense of retreat or caution of acid blood that is burning his flesh away. Grant escapes alive and on the ship back home with his Royal Jelly he reconsiders every event that happened. He believe that he will return to Earth as a better person.

Analysis:
Grant has a change of hearts. At first he was a very greedy, power hungry man that cared not for his workers. He funded a mission for Royal Jelly with "humanitarianism" intentions, which were nothing more than resources being found closer to home for easier money. But during the flight he begins to suspect people of ruining his mission. But he still holds his head high that he remains in power. But when trouble sticks and uncertainty  and death sink in, Grant becomes disturbed. His morality breaks. He can no longer face himself in the mirror. To redeem himself he puts himself in a lower position, he takes the front lines that he order other to do for him. He braves the hive and lives, a change man. He no longer sees people as for hire, but living breathing individuals that need to be protected. He rethinks XenoZip which in effect has harmed many people. This story shows greed and a highly life, such as the one that he had before on Earth raised by rich parents, could weaken the sense of morality or the bond a person can share to others of his kind. Similar, the Israelite of the Old Testament began to life in a highly successful economic times. The place was thriving and growing, but at the same time people started to get more impure. God calls out the be repent but countless times they continue to do bad. So what does God do? He punishes them to exile. Why? For Grant, morality returned to him in the sight of death and hardships. Afterwards he changed this ways. Similarly, when pushed out of their homeland to suffer the hardships of life, the intention was for them to return to their morality now that the safety of high ground was gone.