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[Alien] Is it possible to tame a "xenomorph"?

I'm curious, is it possible to tame a xenomorph? Obviously they're highly hostile and cunning and all attempts thus far have failed, but I'm curious, within the spectrum of different behaviour, personality etc displayed by alien/xenomorphs, could one be created that would willingly follow even basic commands given the right "encouragement"?

Has any xenomorph shown any sentiment or "liking", however slight, for anyone, ever? Have they ever shown curiosity simply for curiosity's sake? I've never seen even a hint of this in any lore I've experienced, but I'm curious.

Bonus question: Given advanced technology and time, how tough would it be to engineer a subservient xenomorph? Could the Predators do it *IF THEY WERE INCLINED*? (Which I know they're not).
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Pavlovian training has worked on damn near any animal it's been tried on, provided the animal has a minimum intelligence; the ability to learn and adapt to stimulus is highly rewarded by evolutionary forces.

But, the Xenomorph isn't the product of evolutionary forces; it's a weapon created to terrorize and destroy. It is very possible that "trainability" was bread out of them by the Engineers and/or David.

The only curiosity or bonding a Xenomorph has displayed was when Ripley was impregnated with a chest burster, and when her clone was given Xenomorph DNA. This indicated the Xenomorphs have the ability to recognize and not murder their own kind, which makes sense, and it's possible this mechanism could be subverted to label soldiers as "friendly" and "hostile" to the Xenomorph. They are loyal to their Queen, and whatever signaling mechanism causes this could also probably be used to make a Xenomorph "loyal" to someone.

But, based on history, this would probably not end well. The purpose of the Xenomorph is to break free and destroy worlds, and they're very good at that. If one Xenomorph gets away from its squad, it would revert back to the life cycle seen in the original *Alien*, and attempt asexual reproduction. Eventually, inevitably, this would end in the destruction of whatever habitable space the Xenomorph was abandoned in.

Whether the Predators could figure this out is a toss up. In the majority of canons, they aren't a particularly curious species, and their technology is stolen, not invented. In the latest *The Predator* they're more into exploration and experimentation, and the minds that allowed the Super Predator to steal DNA would very likely be able to accomplish all of the above.