Yautja (Earth-7162)

The yautja (Latin Macto cognatus, meaning "I glorify my kin"), known colloquially to humans as Predators, are a sapient species of reptilian humanoids, known for their warrior-like culture, combat and hunting skills. From the planet Aiur, they employ highly advanced technology in the form of cloaking, plasma weaponry alongside their ancestral weapons, such as blades, spears, and nets. Devoting their life and cultures to the ancient species only known as forerunners, which they see as gods, the yautja made first contact with an alien species in the form humanity in 2525, waging a genocidal conflict against the species, known to humans as the First Contact War, whom they perceived as heretics after misinterpreting forerunner scriptures. They also came into conflict with the xenomorphs during the war, an ancient, endoparasictic species responsible for the downfall of the forerunners.