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| “ | Hello. I've enjoyed watching you kill each other. I came here to destroy this vessel. You cannot have it. What you can do is run. I detect one among you who is a true warrior. The one called McKenna. He will be your leader. He will be my prize. I offer time advantage. Go. | „ |
| ~ The Ultimate Predator translating his language to McKenna and the Loonies. |
| “ | You are one beautiful motherf***er. | „ |
| ~ Casey Bracket to the Ultimate Predator. |
Ultimate Predator is a Yautja super-soldier who served as the main antagonist of the 2018 sci-fi action horror film The Predator, the fourth installment of the Predator franchise. He was deployed by his people to kill the Fugitive Predator and prevented him from delivering the "Predator Killer" to humanity so that they could fend off an invasion of some kind, though only able to succeed in the former due to underestimating the main protagonist Quinn McKenna.
He was voiced and motion captured by Brian A. Prince and Kyle Strauts.
Biography
Background
Not much is known about this Yautja's background, other than the fact that he was hailed from a Yautja clan who notorious for performing genetic augmentation on their own members with use of DNA from most challenging lifeforms in the galaxy. The same clan appeared to have a feud with that of Fugitive Predator's for quite some time, arguably as the result of the latter's decision to give humanity a piece of their technology, an act that worth the exile in Yautja community. Ironically, Ultimate Predator Clan's practice in genetic augmentation is arguably worse than their rival's controversial decision, as a Yautja typically viewed as a true warrior and hunter after proving themselves via. overcoming challenges and grueling training with their own strengths.
Pursuing the Fugitive
At some point after the feud between his clan and that of Fugitive Predator's began, Ultimate Predator, with his own ship, is in a hot pursuit on Fugitive Predator's ship. Despite managed to damage his rival's spacecraft in an ensuing dogfight, the Fugitive eludes him by jumping into hyperspace only to be crash-landed on Earth and subsequently captured by a government agency. Nevertheless, Ultimate Predator managed to discover where his rival headed and begins his search on Earth.
By the time he enters Earth's atmosphere with his ship, Ultimate Predator found himself facing an unforeseen implication where Rory McKenna, who is toying with the Fugitive's device he received from his father, inadvertently hacked his ship's system and repeatedly decloaked it, exposing hjm to the military which prompted them to sends some F-22’s to check out the anomaly. Fortunately, the augmented Yautja managed to restore control over his ship's systems and elude his pursuers, though not without blasting one of them in an ensuing dogfight.
Tracking and Killing The Fugitive
Ultimate later lands his ship in the middle of a forest and exits the ship as he deployed his two augmented Hellhounds. The dogs attack Rory and The Loonies at the school and then the Fugitive Predator hunts Quinn and Rory inside of the school. As Fugitive throttles Quinn, the Ultimate Predator punches through a wall and drags Fugitive through it, stunning him. Ultimate changes his skin to give himself armour and asks Fugitive where the stolen technology is. Fugitive manages to fire a blast of his Plasma Caster towards Ultimate but misses. Fugitive then uses his wristblades which simply snap off against Ultimate’s tough armour. Ultimate quickly kills Fugitive by smashing his face in with a punch before he rips off his head and spine.
The Loonies escape and Ultimate sends a transmission back to his clan informing them that the traitor has been eliminated and he will track down the stolen cargo. His clan asks if there are any human leads and replies “Several”. Ultimate later arrives at Quinn’s residence, killing several government agents and scans the basement for clues. Rory has drawn a map to the location of Fugitive’s spaceship. The government agents make their way to Fugitive’s ship while the Loonies attempt to free Rory. Lynch is acting as the sniper for the team but Ultimate severs his arm with a plasma blast. Ultimate descends onto the site, killing many military personnel and enters the Fugitive Predator’s ship.
Challenging Loonies
The military have set up a translation device to interpret the Predator language. The Ultimate Predator uses this and tells them that he has come to that location to destroy the vessel and that they should run. He says that he detects one among them who he considers a true warrior – the one called McKenna. The group initially think he’s talking about Quinn but instead it is his son Rory. The Ultimate gives the group a seven and a half minute head start to escape. Ultimate prepares the ship’s self destruct mechanism and exits the ship. He pursues the group into the forest while the ship explodes.
Ultimate catches up with the group, kills numerous military personnel and is seen in the trees biting the head off a soldier. He descends from the trees and attacks the group. He fires his wristblade at Casey who uses the Fugitive’s mask to deflect it. The masks falls to the ground and accidentally fires off a blast which hits Ultimate. Ultimate falls back into a trap the team had created which covers him in a highly flammable gas. Nebraska fires a shot, igniting the cloud of gas which sets Ultimate on fire. Baxley jumps onto Ultimate, stabbing him numerous times. Ultimate throws Baxley, impaling him on a tree branch while he fatally wounds Coyle. The Predator falls off the edge and into the water. Ultimate then confronts the remaining survivors and takes Rory as a prisoner back to his ship.
As Ultimate is about to take off, Quinn, Nettles and Nebraska jump onto the ship. Ultimate activates the ship’s forcefield, but Quinn hides underneath it while Nebraska jumps on top and unfortunately, Nettles' legs are severed in half. Nebraska throws himself into one of the ship’s engines which causes it to explode sending the ship back to the surface. Quinn enters the ship and attacks Ultimate but the Predator fires a harpoon weapon which restrains him. Quinn falls out of the ship and it crashes to the ground.
Final Battle and Death
A badly injured Ultimate chases after Quinn. As he is about to kill him, a cloaked Casey appears behind him and jumps on him, firing multiple shots into the Predator’s head. Quinn pushes him off the edge and he falls back towards his ship. Rory activates the ship’s forcefield which severs Ultimate’s arm. As Ultimate attacks Quinn, the surviving Predator Dog attacks the Predator. Quinn manages to retrieve the Predator’s severed arm and adds an explosive onto the wristblade. He fires a shot into the Predator’s leg which explodes. Ultimate is fatally injured in the blast, losing all of his limbs. Quinn fires multiple shots into his head, finally killing him for good.
Personality
The Ultimate Predator is a product of hybridisation, that is to say, his DNA is made up of many different creatures from different worlds which give him even more powerful abilities. The whole idea of him kidnapping Rory is that he sees Rory and his autism has the next step in human evolution. Standing at 11ft, he was taller, faster, stronger than a normal Predator and he could manipulate his body to give him a tough armoured exterior. He also didn’t need a mask to have thermal vision which suggests he could have some form of implant. Unlike regular Yautjas, he has bulletproof exo-skeletal skin that can reflect gunfire at close range and even shatter Wristblades that make forceful contact with his skin, terminating the need of extensive use of body armor during the hunt. It is revealed that it isn't natural as he has taken DNA from other dangerous creatures from different corners of the galaxy and used them to alter his genetics, enhancing his size and strength in process.
His biology may not be his own doing, but the collaboration of several research-caste Yautja to create a form of super hunter of their race. Stargazer reveals that the Fugitive Predator had human DNA, meaning this hybridizing is not unique to the Ultimate Predator. Also, the Ultimate Predator has Predator hounds to assist him in the hunt similar to the Tracker Predator on the Game Preserve Planet.
Powers and Abilities
- Superhuman Strength: Being significantly larger and stronger in size than a normal Predator granted the Ultimate Predator enough levels of strength.
- Superhuman Speed: Despite his size and weight, the Ultimate Predator was just as fast as any Predator in the film series.
- Enhanced Durability:Tanked a blast from Fugitive Predator's mask that could destroy a house with only superficial wounds, Ultimate Predator's exoskeleton is so hard that wristblades shatter upon contact.
- Enhanced Stamina: Ultimate Predator could survive getting amputated and blasted by his own upgraded wrist plasmacaster.
- Enhanced Senses: He can see in the infrared spectrum, and, with his enhanced vision that functions like a Bio-Mask, he can see across the electromagnetic spectrum, such as in ultraviolet and more detailed infrared, and identify the emotional states of others.
- Climbing SkillsThe Ultimate Predator can climb to trees and other surfaces in order to scale them.
- Enhanced Agility: Despite his size and weight, the Ultimate Predator was as agile as any Predator.
- High Intelligence: Ultimate Predator is enhanced by genes of various strong and intelligent species throughout the galaxy.
- Hunting Gear: The Ultimate Predator possesses the same sort of weapons as a regular Predator. He has a shoulder cannon, wristblades which could also be fired as well as a harpoon weapon that can be fired from his wrist gauntlet. He has the ability to shift the structure of his skin to give him a special form of armour. It’s strong enough to repel bullets and even shatter another Predator’s wrist blades. The Ultimate Predator was also able to use thermal vision to see his victims without the need for a mask.
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Trivia
- Ultimate Predator is the fourth Predator who is regarded as a Bad Blood in the film series after Berserker Predator, Falconer Predator and Tracker Predator.
