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following decade of preparations, Shaw and Holloway continued to explore more artifacts in searchof additional information, ending with an excavation on the Island of Skye, Scotland, in 2089. Bythat time, Shaw and Holloway had developed a romantic relationship. In 2091, preparations for theexpedition were finally finished, and Shaw and Holloway departed on board the research vesselPrometheus with a crew of 17, entering cryosleep for the two-year journey.On December 21, 2093, the Prometheus reached Zeta 2 Reticuli, and Shaw was woken up with therest of the crew. Shaw then conducted a briefing with Holloway where the crew was informed aboutthe Prometheus' top-secret mission. Shortly before the landing, Shaw and Holloway found themselvesat odds with Vickers, who pursued her own agenda which was conflicting with their leadershipof the scientific expedition. After the landing near a pyramid-like structure on LV-223's surface,Shaw led the first foray into the structure. It soon became apparent that the structure was artificial,and the finding of a giant decapitated corpse seemed to finally prove Shaw's theories right. However,the tour was cut short when an approaching storm forced the team to return to the ship. Shawtook the head of the extraterrestrial with her, but just as they had reached the Prometheus, Shaw accidentallydropped the head. She managed to retrieve it, but was almost killed and survived onlythanks to the help of the android David.Soon after, Shaw conducted an autopsy of the Engineer head which led to two discoveries: Thehead had been infected with the Black Goo, a chemical substance which violently destroyed thehead after an attempt to bring it back to life by electrical stimulation. The second discovery waseven more stunning: An analysis of the being's DNA revealed an exact genetic match with that of ahuman. Shaw was immensely excited by the discoveries, but also disturbed by the Black Goo's effects.She returned to her room where she proceeded to evaluate the cam recordings of the Engineerhologram, leading her to the conclusion that there must have been some kind of outbreak at the facilitythat killed the Engineers. Later that night, Holloway joined Shaw and inadvertently infectedher with the Black Goo during sexual intercourse.Next morning, Shaw, together with Holloway, returned to the pyramid, accompanying the searchparty for the two missing scientists, Fifield and Millburn.. Shortly after finding the dead bodies ofthe two men, Holloway's infection grew worse. Desperate to save his life, Shaw and the other membersreturned him to the Prometheus, only to be confronted by Vickers, who refused to risk contaminationby allowing Holloway back into the ship. When Holloway died at Vicker's hands, Shawsuffered a nervous breakdown and lost consciousness. Hours later, Shaw awakened in the medbay,where David informed her that she was pregnant with a non-human fetus. Shaw pleaded to have theembryo removed, but David refused and put her back to sleep. Some time later, Ford and anothercrew member arrived to put her into cryosleep, but Shaw, feigning unconsciousness, managed tooverwhelm them and ran to the MedPod inside Vickers' lifeboat and had it remove the fetus, an infantTrilobite. She then left the creature, thinking that the automated system of the MedPod had disposedof it. Worn out by the surgery and the emotional trauma, Shaw roamed through the Prometheusonly to stumble upon Peter Weyland, who had joined the expedition in secret and beenawakened for a meeting with the last Engineer. Shaw tried unsuccessfully to convince Weyland ofthe risks and later accompanied him into the pyramid.During the trek, Shaw learned that David had infected Holloway and that part of the undergroundstructure was actually a ship, a Juggernaut vessel filled with countless Back Goo Ampules and itsdestination set to Earth. After the Engineer was awakened, Shaw became upset and asked the beingwhy they created mankind only to destroy it. When the communication attempt by David and Weylandfailed and the Engineer attacked the visitors, Shaw fled to the surface and witnessed as the Engineership launched from its underground hangar. She convinced Janek to make good on his promiseand prevent the ship from leaving by crashing the Prometheus into it. After the science vesselhad been obliterated during the successful suicide run, Shaw barely escaped being crushed by thewreck of the Engineer Juggernaut. With the last remaining oxygen reserves, Shaw made her way tothe lifeboat, only to be stalked by the Engineer, who had survived the crash. When the being attackedShaw, she released the Trilobite from the MedPod room, which had grown considerably and