if I was not mistaken, LV223 was the last hope of the engineer, as the engineer that Shaw and Weyland talked to was named as "The Last Engineer" in the script. the engineers probably had an accident 2000 years ago with the Black Goo that lead to their extinction (which explains why no engineers returned back to LV223; although there's some theory arguing that engineers successfully evolved into the 4th dimension and completely giving up their physical form of existence to spiritual existence. and also, the deacon being worshiped at the temple was born through the body of engineer after they lost the ability to reproduce. since then, the engineers worshiped the Deacon as their Lord and used the blood of Deacon to create life. when the blood of the first Deacon run out, the engineers attempted to re-create the blood of Deacon but end up inventing the "black goo". However, the Black Goo was different from the blood of Deacon, the Black Goo is violent in nature and later weaponized by the engineers to create xenomorph, which explains why xenomorph are very violent as they were created to kill/killing is in their DNA.
Your explanation made lots of sense, provided a new prospective. Tone of 'brain juice' were put into the making. I love it very much! Keep up the great work. Thank you for sharing.
Elder 的正確翻譯應該是"長老" 他說的"For we cannot create as the gift was stripped from us long ago."應翻譯為"我們創造之能已於很久之前被禠奪" 他說的"Let your body become the dirt. Your blood become the waters. And may your soul become their way back to us"最後一句應該翻譯為"讓你的靈魂引領他們回歸我們"