In 2211, Rykov was a Colonial Marine stationed at a Weyland-Yutani bio-weapons facility on the planet Korari when it was attacked by the Yautja known as Prince. Rykov was severely injured; he was paralyzed until he underwent an experimental procedure which replaced his spinal column with a synthetic equivalent. The treatment was only partially successful; Rykov had to take powerful black-market narcotics in order to function. He hence became obsessed with wiping out the Predator race. In 2230, Rykov handled security at the Weyland-Yutani facility on LV-1201 with the Iron Bears. Rykov's hatred of the Predators culminated in a climactic battle within the Xenomorph Hive on LV-1201: Rykov, piloting the Exosuit "Alice" to cover his team's escape from the planet, challenged a young Predator to a