Super predators

Super Predators, also known as Berserker Yautja[1] are a subspecies of the

Yautja race. They are typically larger, stronger, and more aggressive than their smaller cousins. They are larger than mainstream Predators (in terms of muscularity) but still stand at around 7 feet tall (or more) like the "normal" Predators. They have a more reptilian appearance than their better-known cousins and have scaly skin in addition to different color pigmentation. Another feature is their dreadlocks, which are far more swept back than those found on "normal" Yautja. They also possess a longer face, giving them a small "snout" and more reptilian looking in effect. A Super Predator's trill is also much deeper and far more beast-like/feral than the trill of commonly seen Predators Berserker, Falconer, and Tracker appear to be in a blood feud with the smaller Jungle Hunter Yautja. However, they use the same technology as the Jungle Hunters, only some of it appears to be more advanced.

They do differ in various ways in terms of culture; the first difference is they only have a single Wristblade on their wrist gauntlets, they also use a Gatling gun type of Plasmacaster. They also have tighter armor, being less metal and more leather in appearance. The Falconer Super Predator was also shown using a Predator Falcon to track his prey. So far the Super Predators are the only Yautja known to use Predator Falcons, but it is likely they are not the only users of this device. Like most Yautja, the Super Predators use bio-helmets boasting unique appearances, however, these bio-helmets have a new vision mode allowing the Super Predators to detect the pulse of prey. This unique vision mode has not been seen being used by any Yautja other than the Super Predators. The Super Predators are also seen using Vocal Mimicry, a Remote Detonator, and Cloaks.

When hunting, they use traps, preferring to induce fear and panic into their prey in an attempt to make them run. Another feature is that they (unlike their cousins) have no qualms about killing an unarmed or injured/crippled enemy. Super Predators have also been seen to use Hell-Hounds for "flushing out" their prey.

They appear to value Trophies and large numbers of kills rather than honor in the Hunt or in the individual kill. It is said that they are constantly trying to improve themselves to become better killers, and that is why they use the most dangerous of prey in order to improve their technology and tactics.

The Super Predators share a similar characteristic with the Killer Yautjas as they also captured and controlled Xenomorphs for their own use. History

Conflict with Rival Clan

The Super Predator Clan is in some sort of war with the Jungle Hunter Clan for an unknown reason. Noland described it as a blood feud that had apparently been going on for some time Berserker, also known as Mr. Black[3] or Super Black,[4] was a

Yautja Super Predator and the Clan Leader of the Super Predator Clan on the Game Preserve Planet. As well as an ongoing rivalry with the Jungle Hunter Clan, Berserker and his clan also abducted humans and other dangerous game for the Super Predators' Hunts.

Berserker was eventually killed by Royce, who decapitated the Super Predator with a bone axe Berserker grew up to be a generational prodigy within his clan, becoming the youngest Yautja ever to kill a

Xenomorph as well as achieve the rank of Young Blood.[5] He would go on to reach a legendary status, possessing the highest kill-count of his generation. Quickly rising in the Yautja hierarchy, Berserker eventually departed from his old clan and established his own as Clan Leader.[6] He would lead the Young Bloods Tracker and Falconer in hunting game for sport and opposing the Jungle Hunter Clan. The Tracker, like his clan brothers, set up the season's game on the Game Preserve Planet. He was a powerful and skilled fighter. After locating the group of humans, he ordered his Hell-Hounds to attack them, in order to determine how they would react. While the group engaged Tracker's hounds, either a hound or one of the Super Predators proceeded to kill the human known as Cuchillo, and he was subsequently booby trapped, but this plot was unsuccessful. Once the humans entered their hunting camp and found a mainstream

Yautja tied up, he along with his clan brothers attacked the group of humans, Mombasa was killed during the carnage. The Tracker and his clan-brother, the Berserker, opened fire on the retreating humans, but failed to injure or kill any of their prey Falconer was a Young Blood Super Predator with a great talent for, and obsession with technological engineering. He did not believe in the traditional, orthodox methods of the Hunt, and personally believed in his own, unique style of stalking his prey. As a result, inspired from past hunts, he personally created a falcon-like device to track his targets from the air.[3] On the Game Preserve

Falconer and his fellow clan members begin hunting on the Game Preserve Planet. The Berserker, Falconer, and Tracker Predators first test their prey's sanity and emotion. The trio try to make a trap for the humans by killing one of them and using him as bait to lure them, however they didn't fall for the trap.

Tracking humans

Falconer, Tracker, and Berserker attack the humans, who had arrived at their Hunting Camp where trophies were kept as well as the Crucified Predator. However, the humans managed to escape the camp whilst under fire from the Super Predators. Meanwhile, Falconer sent his mechanical falcon to locate the fleeing humans, who had fallen into the river. Upon the falcon returning to Falconer at the camp, the three Super Predators de-cloaked. The Super Predators are later able to track the humans to inside Noland's hideout when Royce, firing explosive rounds from his Auto Assault-12, produced enough heat to attract them. They attack, but in the process Tracker is killed along with Nikolai, and the humans managed to escape again. Aside from their repeated conflicts with humans, the Predators have notably been associated with Xenomorph XX121, known to them as kiande amedha ("hard meat"),[7] whom they revere as perhaps the most worthy of all prey.[8] They have been known to deliberately breed the creatures from captive Queens in order to hunt them, often as part of initiation rituals for young Predators Predators are bipedal humanoids, physically distinguishable from humans by their greater height, the long, hair-like appendages on their heads (nicknamed dreadlocks), their reptilian skin and their faces, which feature arthropod-like mandibles and no visible nose. The biological purpose of the distinctive mandibles is unclear – some have proposed they may be used in reproduction or mating rituals. They may also be a vestigial piece of anatomy, as noted by Lex Woods, who compares it to the human appendix.[11] Yautja use them to convey emotions; for example, flared mandibles apparently signify anger or surprise, mandibles clicking together can signify interest or curiosity, and Yautja have even been said to "grin" with them.[12] Predators have also been known to employ their mandibles as weapons, using them to inflict grievous bite wounds on their opponent.[13] As well as the fleshy dreadlocks around the side of the head, some Predators have also been seen to possess sparse, quills on their cheeks and above the eyes While generally uniform, each Yautja's physical appearance includes a number of subtle variations, akin to human genetic diversity. Similarly, while Predator heights vary, they are typically over 7 feet tall, although some have been known to grow to 8 feet or even taller. Despite this, shorter individuals have been recorded, such as Mahnde or the aptly-named Shorty, who stood the height of a typical human. These individuals are unusual and their smaller height the subject of ridicule in Yautja society. The species' reptile-like skin can range in color from light to dark, be mottled or clear, and can appear dry or moist and clammy.

Class, Reproduction and Life Cycle

Sources on what species class Yautja are the most adjacent to vary, however many note that they have reptilian characteristics that may be more than superficial. Along with scaley skin, their armor features a wire mesh designed to keep the wearer warm;[15] it is noted to be very uncomfortable for humans, even at the lowest setting. However, some Yautja do not have this mesh and it may not be that Yautja are reptilian, per se, but rather that they are simulating the environment of their homeworlds which are said to be arid.

Yautja are a dual-sexed species, though most encounters with humans have been with male individuals. The species has a breeding season, in which female Yautjas will choose the most skillful males to sire their offspring. Presumably, males return to their homeworlds for this event as females do not go off-world as much as males or for the same reasons. Young Yautja, called Sucklings, are born to females after an unknown amount of time. Females are shown to have mammary glands[16] and Dachande was able to recognize them for what they were in humans[17], which would suggest Yautja are somewhat mammalian in addition to having reptilian traits. Young Yautja appear to be born live[18]; there has been no evidence that they are hatched from any kind of egg.

It is not clear which of the two sexes brings up the offspring, and it may even be possible that neither parent raises their children when they are very young. According to Dachande's accounts, Yautja seem to have a "village-raising" approach to parenthood. He and his half-sibling had different mothers, yet were in constant company and very close, which is uncommon for half-siblings with different sires. For Yautja with common bloodlines, this could be the case throughout their upbringing, however males who have esteemed bloodlines are much more involved with how their offspring are developing. A Yautja is said to reach physical adulthood at about 50-60 years of age[19], which is the age equivalent of an 18-19 year old human. However, until they are Blooded, their clan still considers them unable to hunt without supervision and limits their privileges within the clan.

Yautjas can live to be thousands of years old and are one of the longer-lived species recorded. The only species known to live longer are the Drukathi and certain strains of Xenomorph, such as the Queen yautjas don’t have tails including berserker Berserker tongue is pitch forkedThe Hell-Hound,[1][2] also known as the Predator Hound[3], is an aggressive dog-like extraterrestrial species used by the

Yautja as a hunting tool.

Tracker used a pack of Hell-Hounds during his Hunts on the Game Preserve Planet.Hell-Hounds are used by the Super Predator Clan to flush out their prey, the same way as a hunter would use dogs to flush out their quarry. The Hell-Hounds are controlled by the Tracker Predator. The Tracker has a whistle device that is used to call the hounds back to their master to prevent the Hell-Hounds from doing too much damage and killing the prey. If this were to happen, the Super Predators would have no prey to hunt. It was stated by Robert that the reason the "dog handler" has armor on his legs and the armor on his arms are because of the large horns and spikes that are present on the Hell-Hounds. They have a high pain tolerance and they are also very resilient, as evidenced by the Hell-Hounds' surviving many gunshot wounds which would be fatal to creatures from Earth. Several shots are required to take them down or possibly hit their vital organs. They can even survive being shot with a weapon like an M134 Minigun, and remain standing for a good amount of time. On the Game Preserve Planet, Russian soldier Nikolai Fedorov used at least a few hundred rounds from his minigun on just one hound, eventually killing it, but not before wasting ample ammunition.

The Super Predators unleash the Hell-Hounds and watch their prey split up as they struggle to survive. They stalk their prey's every move. If their prey is injured they will whistle and send the Hell-Hounds back, they will finish off their prey either by a brutal kill or they will make trophies of them. Biology and Appearance

Despite being called dogs or hounds, Hell-Hounds appear to be therapsids (primitive, reptilian-looking ancestors of mammals); they have scales and have an almost ankylosaur-like appearance, but look vaguely canine at the same time. They also resemble the Predator Hounds used by the Upgrade Predator.

Hell-Hounds bear resistance against the acid blood of Xenomorphs, as during a Xenomorph Hunt, the Tracker's Hell-Hounds "did not leave a shred of the prey intact". HEIGHT 7'+ WEIGHT 520+lbs DISTINCTIONS Larger and stronger than other Yautja