According to Elijah, he's really a Predator (from the 20th Century Fox movies -- which, according to "back story" are actually a group of aliens who call themselves Yautja and travel to Earth for hunting parties in which they track and hunt human prey for sport) from the planet Saturn, who escaped to Earth shortly before Saturn blew up several hundred years ago. Along with a small band of highly elite warriors (who are also Kindergarten aged and who bear names of striking similarity to students in his class), he now functions as the Predator Leader, seeking out Aliens wherever they may be found and terminating them with merciless ferocity.True to actual Predator technology, Elijah is seen here sporting various weapons of his own design and manufacture. They are listed as:
Wristblades: Each Predator's "faithful
standby" weapon is a set of two rather nasty looking, jagged and extendable blades that emanate from his arm gauntlet. The blades are excellent for use in melee situations, and are also quite useful as ambush weapons when the Predator is "cloaked" and sneaking up on his prey.Shoulder Cannon:
In addition to a triple beam sighting mecha
nism that issues from the Predator's helmet, each Predator possesses an impressive plasma casting cannon that is mounted on his shoulder. The cannon blasts a bolt of concentrated plasma with the use of a "smart" targeting system (i.e. it can track and hit a moving target once the target is locked) at anything that it deems to be worthy prey.
Net-Caster Pistol: In order to immobilize prey, 
Predators will often use a propelled "net caster". This weapon utilizes a high tensile strength wire with its own set of serrated "teeth" (to prevent the prey or its potential allies from attempting to cut through it) and a high powered series of staked winches which kick in upon impact to ensure that the prey is uncomfortably immobile long enough for the Predator to "finish" it. This weapon is of limited utility against Xenomorphic "Aliens", however, as their molecular acid blood burns through the net cables too quickly to immobilize the alien for long.
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Yeah, he's not "pretending" to be a Predator (actually called a Yautja, by the way)... he really IS one. He would look you dead in the eye and explain at length about Saturn, how it blew up, how he escaped with several of the elite Predator warriors from his tribe (among whom he is the leader, of course), and how he now stalks Aliens (Xenomorphs to humans, kainde amedha if you're a Yautja) as "hard meat" in order to rid the world of them.
Basically, the way i see it, it's essentially Cowboys and Indians (Yautja actually bear striking similarities to many Native American values and customs)... but with plasma-based weapons and cloaking devices.
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