How did the Covenant accidentally stumble over David's signal?
In a scene in Alien: Covenant, Covenant is en route to a world to colonize when the accident interrupts the voyage. They detect a signal from the planet close by and off they go exploring.
This seems quite an unbelievable coincidence to me. I mean, even if they knew of the fate of the Prometheus how can they 'accidentally' stumble onto the the engineer planet?
There is no way they could know that David and Shaw had gone off to find it. Can anyone explain this?
Best Answer
This is a good example of The Contrived Coincidence, and maybe a bit of Because Destiny Says So.
Contrived Coincidence describes a highly improbable occurrence in a story which is required by the plot, but which has absolutely no outward justification
The other canon explanation may be that Weyland-Yutani already knew where they were, or atleast the general direction and just happened to send the crew (and many others) that direction, knowing they’d find David and or the engineers...assuming they found any sort of signal, as it was company policy to investigate any such signals, alien or otherwise.
This was also the plot point in Alien and Aliens.
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What happened to David and the Covenant?
David Survived, Disguised As Walter The obvious solution is that Michael Fassbender's David won the fight he had with his double, Walter, in the cave-like dwelling that a good portion of Alien: Covenant's action takes place in.What did David do to Shaw in covenant?
However, David annihilated the Engineers as a "gift" to Shaw. When she balked at his genocide, David began using her as a specimen in his genetic experimentation, attempting to make her "more than human"; despite his efforts at keeping her alive during this process, she eventually perished.Why did David bomb the Engineers?
Following on, Ridley explains that David has no respect for Engineers or Humanity and actually have developed a hatred of their species collectively: He hates them. He has no respect for Engineers and no respect for human beings.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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