In 'Predator: Badlands,' a young Yautja named Dek, portrayed by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, becomes the protagonist, marking a departure from the franchise's traditional storytelling.
One of the Earthmen is known as the noble Don Rumata, who lets his subjects and rivals believe he's descended from a local pagan god, but his higher learning and outsider status still makes him a target for persecution.
But even well before the electrodes were placed on her body, Vanessa has been aware that someone on the ground is always watching. Mission Control knows everything that happens on the shuttle - every temperature, every coordinate, the status of every switch.
Ted Chiang's lucid, understated prose paradoxically provides incredible space for his imagination, as he explores the cosmic potential of science fiction.