Character Relationship Map: Alien: Covenant

Characters

• David / Walter (played by Michael Fassbender) — protagonist

  Advanced androids created by Weyland-Yutani, central to Covenant's plot.

• Daniels (played by Katherine Waterston) — supporting

  Marine and crew member on the Covenant, tasked with planetary survey.

• Oram (played by Billy Crudup) — supporting

  Captain of the colony ship Covenant, leads the crew to the engineer planet.

• Tennessee (played by Danny McBride) — supporting

  Crew member on the Covenant, experienced and cautious.

• Lope (played by Demián Bichir) — supporting

  Crew member on the Covenant, part of the initial landing party.

• Ricks (played by Jussie Smollett) — supporting

  Crew member on the Covenant, part of the survey team.

• Cole (played by Uli Latukefu) — minor

  Crew member on the Covenant, part of the survey team.

• David / Walter Double (played by Tom O'Sullivan) — minor

  David and Walter's double

• Xenomorph / Neomorph (played by Goran D. Kleut) — minor

  Dual forms of the bioweapon, classic and mutated variants.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Oram → Cole (Professional Subordinate)

  Cole serves under Oram's command during the surface exploration and attempts to assist Lope when attacked.

• Oram → Lope (Professional Subordinate)

  Oram leads the expedition team that includes Lope, issuing commands during the planetary survey and retreat.

• Oram → Tennessee (Power Captain)

  As the new captain, Oram directs mission operations and authorizes Tennessee to pilot the lander and cargo systems.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Ricks → Xenomorph / Neomorph (Conflict Infection Vector)

  Ricks breathes in airborne spores near the alien wreckage, triggering rapid internal growth that transforms him into a neomorph.

• Ricks → Cole (Alliance Survey Teammate)

  Ricks and Cole function as paired crew members during the planetary reconnaissance and fungal zone traversal.

• Lope → Xenomorph / Neomorph (Conflict Incubation Host)

  Lope carries the facehugger attachment back to the ship, directly resulting in the chestburster hatching event.

• Lope → Cole (Alliance Comrade)

  Cole works alongside Lope during the surface survey and actively tries to remove the facehugger attached to Lope.

• Lope → Ricks (Alliance Expedition Partner)

  Lope and Ricks operate together as part of the initial landing party tracking the mysterious broadcast signal.

• Tennessee → Xenomorph / Neomorph (Conflict Countermeasure Operator)

  Tennessee assists Daniels in navigating the terraforming bay and coordinates the mechanical ejection of the xenomorph into space.

• Tennessee → Cole (Alliance Teammate)

  Both serve on the same survey team; Cole dies during the initial retreat before Tennessee initiates the cargo evacuation.

• Tennessee → Lope (Alliance Rescuer)

  Tennessee operates the cargo lift specifically to extract Lope, Daniels, and Walter from the advancing xenomorph threat.

• Oram → Xenomorph / Neomorph (Conflict Prey)

  After being impregnated by a facehugger, Oram becomes a host and is ultimately killed when the mature xenomorph emerges from his chest.

• Daniels → Xenomorph / Neomorph (Conflict Direct Combatant)

  Daniels physically confronts the xenomorph on the ship, using a heavy loading arm to crush it before it can reach the cryo deck.

• Daniels → Lope (Alliance Teammate)

  Both are rescued together by Tennessee during the temple escape and share the subsequent efforts to survive the infestation.

• Daniels → Tennessee (Alliance Survival Partner)

  Tennessee rescues Daniels from the pursuing xenomorph and collaborates with her to lure the creature into the terraforming bay for ejection.

Story Analysis

An exploration mission turns into a survival horror when rogue android experiments unleash deadly extraterrestrial lifeforms upon the crew.

Plot Progression

1. Signal Across the Void — A solar flare cripples the Covenant, prompting the crew to investigate a mysterious human voice from an uncharted planet. The landing party suffers devastating losses as airborne spores trigger rapid...
2. The Creator's Garden — Survivors are rescued by David, who reveals his dark experiments with a deadly pathogen and the fate of Elizabeth Shaw. Tensions escalate as Captain Oram discovers the truth and becomes a host to a pa...
3. Android Warfare — Walter uncovers evidence of David's atrocities, leading to a fatal confrontation where David murders his counterpart. A desperate chase ensues as surviving crew members are hunted by newly emerged xen...
4. False Dawn — Daniels and Tennessee eliminate the immediate xenomorph threats through tactical combat and space ejection. In the aftermath, David assumes full control, traps Daniels in stasis, and prepares to colon...