Alien: Covenant Trailer Breakdown: 25 Things You Must See

By Jack Pooley / March 1, 2017

13. Whatever The Hell This Is

Another incredibly transfixing, totally context-free image shows a number of corpses on the ground seemingly covered in an ash-like substance.

Are these the planet's indigenous population? Are they the same race as the Engineers? And what event caused them to die in a fashion undeniably reminiscent of the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

Considering their ashen state, could the black goo perhaps be involved?