Detection of COAL on LV-426

Well IMO I feel "deep cold" is obvious and extraneous convo, and doesn't apply to the subject they were speaking of. However, "deep coal" adds to the lore of the planetoid so I'm sticking with that. We'll have to see if there is any connections to there being ancient life on LV-426 and plots in Prometheus. We shall see

One thing to note about coal this far in time (prometheus world), is that hydrocarbons are obviously still central as energy source. So it means they must have found a way to deal with CO2 emissions and the sort...or most of it used extra-planetary...

from the revised final script june 1978 EXT. SHIP A ring of floodlights comes to life. Dimly illuminating the rocky landscape. The wind and dust now at a higher pitch. CUT TO: INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT Dallas stares at the dark screens. KANE We can't go anywhere in this. ASH Mother says the sun's coming up in about twenty minutes. DALLAS How far from the source of the transmission. ASH Northeast... about 3000 meters. KANE Close enough to walk. DALLAS Let's run an atmospheric. Ash punches buttons, starts to consult his panel. ASH 10 percent agron, 85 precent nitrogen, 5 percent neon...I'm working on the trace elements. DALLAS Pressure. ASH Ten to the fourth dynes per square centimeter. KANE Moisture content. ASH None. Zero. DALLAS Anything else. ASH Rock, lava base. And cold... well below the centrigrade line. KANE I volunteer for the first group going out.

The script says"cold"but i agree with the majority,coal is more plausible.

When all else fails, look to the second movie, when Ripley says, "Did IQs just suddenly drop while I was away? Ma'am, I already said it wasn't from there. It was a derelict ship. We homed in on it's signal." This is in response to one of the panel members in her hearing stating that LV-426 is "a rock, no indigenous life." Which doesn't necessarily preclude the existence of life sometime in LV-426's past, but it's an indication that there hasn't been. Added to what the script says from the first film, the subtitles, the foreign translations...I'd have to say that Ash is referring to the temperature. Also, "Humph" is not necessarily an indication of intrigue. It could just be a noncommittal acknowledgement that Dallas heard what Ash said, or it could be a sound of being perturbed at the idea of someone going out in those conditions.

I always thought the line was: "deep 'core' well below the line" meaning (in my mind) the crust/mantel was thinker then normal..... I must watch again with subbies