Predator Ship

Lore & Background

The Predator ship is first revealed in the climax of Predator 2, when Harrigan pursues the wounded Predator to a spacecraft hidden underground. Inside, a small group of cloaked Predators arrives to collect their comrade's body. Their leader rewards Harrigan with a flintlock pistol engraved "Raphael Adolini 1715" for killing the Predator. The ship then takes off as Harrigan escapes to the surface. The interior includes trophy skulls from past hunts, including a Xenomorph head, indicating the Predators have encountered other species.

In Their Own Story

After Harrigan severs the Predator's self-destruct device and wounds it, the creature flees to an apartment to treat its wounds before continuing to a spacecraft hidden underground. Harrigan pursues it inside and engages in combat, ultimately killing the Predator with its own disc. Just then, a small group of cloaked Predators arrives to collect their comrade's body. Their leader rewards Harrigan with a flintlock pistol, engraved "Raphael Adolini 1715", for killing the Predator. As the ship takes off, Harrigan escapes to the surface.

Reader's Guide

The Predator ship is a snail-shaped vessel designed by production designer Lawrence Paull, who attempted "a space vehicle unlike anything that had ever been designed before." Its interior is "both technological and reptilian, where the creature and its ship blend and work together." The ship contains trophy skulls from past hunts, including a Xenomorph head from the Alien franchise. In the film, the ship is hidden underground in Los Angeles and is only revealed when the Predator flees to it after being wounded. A small group of cloaked Predators arrives to collect their comrade's body, and their leader rewards Harrigan with a flintlock pistol before the ship takes off.

Did You Know?

• The Predator ship is snail-shaped, designed by production designer Lawrence Paull to be "a space vehicle unlike anything that had ever been designed before."
• The interior is described as "both technological and reptilian, where the creature and its ship blend and work together."
• The ship contains a Xenomorph head among the trophy skulls, referencing the Alien franchise which is also owned by Fox.
• The ship is hidden underground in Los Angeles and is only revealed in the climax of Predator 2.
• The Predator's leader rewards Harrigan with a flintlock pistol engraved "Raphael Adolini 1715" after he kills the Predator.