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After the ship had departed from Earth in 2091, David supervised the ship's functions and the conditionof the crew in their cryosleep chambers during the two-year journey to the Zeta 2 Reticuli system.Meanwhile, David also made himself familiar with all human languages in order to be able toextrapolate the Engineer's writing system and, should the opportunity arise, communicate withthem. Another of his responsibilities was to check for a reply to the Prometheus' transmission of theArecibo message. Possibly due to his altered programming, David 8 also had developed severalunique traits, like a degree of curiosity that bordered on indiscretion, prompting him to tap into thedreams of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw.On December 21, 2093, the Prometheus reached its target and went back to sublight speed. Davidproceeded to wake the crew, but not before conferring with Vickers, who had set her cryosleep tubeto awaken her as soon as the ship arrived at its destination. Once landed, David 8 joined the firstforay into the Engineer pyramid. His programming that commanded aggressive exploration causedDavid 8 to open the door to the Ampule room without previous authorization and to sneak the contentsof an Ampule onboard the Prometheus, breaking the atmosphere seal and releasing the BlackGoo into the chamber. Shortly after, he was also responsible for saving the life of Dr. Shaw whenshe got caught in the storm in order to secure the Engineer head and subsequently participated in itsautopsy. Later, David reported back to Weyland, who ordered him to take more extreme measures topursue his agenda. Accordingly, David infected Dr. Holloway with the Black Goo from the Ampuleby tainting his drink with the substance.Next day, David learned from Janek that one of the Spectagraphs infrequently reported a life forminside the pyramid, possibly due to a hardware glitch. David offered to track down the device andfix it while the other crew members would search for Fifield and Millburn. The android eventuallyfound the Spectagraph in front of a sealed door. David managed to open the hatch and found himselfinside the Juggernaut, an Engineer ship that was stored in an underground hangar. After discoveringa cargo hold filled with Black Goo containers, he eventually reached the pilot chamber. There,David watched the last holographic recording chronicling the preparations of the Engineer crew tolaunch the ship. Further investigation not only revealed that the ship's destination had been set toEarth, but also that one Engineer was still alive and in cryosleep.After the exploration of the Juggernaut, David returned to the Prometheus to perform a medical examinationof Dr. Shaw, who had lost consciousness due to a nervous breakdown when she had witnessedthe death of her boyfriend, Dr. Holloway, due to the Black Goo infection. During the examination,David discovered that Shaw was pregnant with a monstrous fetus. Ignoring her plea to removethe embryo, David sedated her and ordered Ford to prepare her for cryosleep. Subsequently,David 8 awakened Peter Weyland from cryosleep to prepare him for his visit to the last survivingEngineer. When preparations were finished, David led Weyland, Shaw, Ford and the security teamto the pilot chamber and awakened the Engineer from cryosleep. However, when David communicatedWeyland's request to prolong his life, the being reacted violently, ripping David’s head off andproceeding to kill the rest of the group except Shaw. Despite the decapitation and the subsequentcrash of the ship, David remained operational and later contacted Shaw to warn her that the Engineerwas stalking her. After Shaw had defeated the being, David contacted her a second time, askingher to retrieve his body from the Juggernaut. Aware that the android had caused the death of Holloway,Shaw agreed only after David 8 had revealed that there existed several vessels and that hewould be able to operate an Engineer ship and take them back to Earth. However, Shaw asked if hecould take her to the Engineer homeworld instead, a request which the android agreed to. David 8and Shaw departed LV-223 soon after. (PR)Davos Colony: A colony on KOI-736.01. Established in 2058, Davos Colony was home to a populationof 8,5 million by 2071. Its industry takes advantage of the planet's vast water supplies, withadditional capacity in energy and security. Its key resources are magnesium, dysprosium, lead andnickel. (PR,WIW)Deacon: An enigmatic creature originating from the Black Goo chemical weapon. Shares remark-