Bringing the eggs home

Honestly i think the company would suffer way less xeno outbreaks if they let androids handle things.In the ps3 Avp  Weyland Yutani has set up an outpost to study the xenomorph.At some point in time the xenomorph  break out.Now In the game there are android soldiers and it even turns out Mr. Weyland is an android too.Now if there were considerably more androids about than i think the risk factor would be lower.Obviously human are still required for the facehuggers,but a smaller amount for xenomorph population control.Only test subjects no civilians or scientists.Let the androids operate everything.Pretty much zero chance of xenomorph infestation.It would be a controlled alien environment.

Id

Maybe you haven't seen Paul. Weaver could still pull off Ripley if written well.

Sigourney Weaver is still bad@$$.Age shouldn't stop anybody.

S.M

"The special order wants it brought home for "analysis"."
Yes I am aware. I was more suggesting Ash analyzing the kind of situation that will be brought back. Not analyzing the creature's potential as an asset (which I believe is what was meant by the word in the primary directive.)

Assuming the company is already informed on the potential variety of organisms from the Prometheus expedition and perhaps the Covenant incident (as well as anything else that will be encountered from the prequel films up to Alien) it would be smart to assemble an appropriately equipped welcoming party based on whatever Ash would be able to observe and report ahead of arrival.

Really I'm just looking to extrapolate more of the company's rational for sending humans with one android instead of a crew of androids. This is also based on the idea that the company replaced the Science Officer with Ash because they fully intended for the Nostromo to investigate LV-426 before they had even left.

In regards to your comments on what I said about Alien 3, that makes a lot of sense. I watched the theatrical version when I was younger but the last few times it was the assembly cut. It's funny because in my more recent viewings I recall feeling like I didn't remember some of the problems I just mentioned. Thanks for the info

Id

fit a pitbulls paw into a baby shoe?

"Really I'm just looking to extrapolate more of the company's rational for sending humans with one android instead of a crew of androids. This is also based on the idea that the company replaced the Science Officer with Ash because they fully intended for the Nostromo to investigate LV-426 before they had even left."

They sent humans on their way home from another flight because they didn't know what to expect.  If something turned up, the android was to secure it. If not, they saved the cost of mounting a dedicated expedition.

"In regards to your comments on what I said about Alien 3, that makes a lot of sense. I watched the theatrical version when I was younger but the last few times it was the assembly cut. It's funny because in my more recent viewings I recall feeling like I didn't remember some of the problems I just mentioned. Thanks for the info"

No worries.

I thought the reason why they couldn't send an all synthetic crew was because the eggs wouldn't get through the "customs" of the alienverse so they needed to impregnate someone with an alien and then put them in hypersleep.

Weaver could easily pull off Ripley again considering how Harrison Ford could do Indiana when he was practically a dinosaur.

The problem is rather where to fit her without making it look forced or fan pleasing.

Seraphus

I thought that was Aliens?

The way I figure is that when Alien ended, WY could have sent an android crew prior to the terraforming mission. The Company knew about the situation at that point.

S.M

"They sent humans on their way home from another flight because they didn't know what to expect.  If something turned up, the android was to secure it. If not, they saved the cost of mounting a dedicated expedition."

Yes that is the assumption we have all operated under up to this point. Now in light of the new information we all have been given to play with, I'm entertaining alternative interpretations. Not saying any of that is canon here. That's why I included the caveat in my comment:

"...This is also based on the idea that the company replaced the Science Officer with Ash because they fully intended for the Nostromo to investigate LV-426 before they had even left."

It's of course just speculation. Yes it flies in the face of what has been traditionally assumed. But unless I'm mistaken, the traditional assumption that Ash was there as a "just in case" has never been canonically confirmed. The Weyland files (which may or may not be a reference point for Ridley) allows us to speculate in this area because they indicate that the company was aware and interested in LV-426 prior to the Nostromo mission (or the Prometheus expedition for that matter)

@dk Yeah it was Aliens, sorry that was misleading. I'm operating under the assumption that Weyland-Yutani had some knowledge of the aliens, since the Covenant expedition happened sometime before the original Alien.

Seraphis

Yes. Prometheus and AC (prequels) gives more credibility that WY knew more than what the Alien crew knew.

"The Company knew about the situation at that point."

No, they didn't.

"Now in light of the new information we all have been given to play with, I'm entertaining alternative interpretations. "

What new information? (Don't tell me if it's Covenent spoilers)

The company had to have known. They sent out a mission to find Ripley after Alien. David found out about how the goo was working in Prometheus (a sequel) and will find out more in AC (another sequel). Please explain how they didn't know by the end of Alien.

What mission was sent out after Alien?

If they knew - why did they do nothing to try get a specimen for the next 57 years and only then when Ripley told them where to look?

In regards to Prometheus - they didn't encounter any Aliens, so if we assume they transmitted anything back to Earth, it didn't concern Aliens.

More may be revealed in Covenant, but we don't know how that plays out yet.

A crew found Ripley by "blind luck" according to Burke, a company man, who ensured he was trustworthy.

They did do something. They sent terraformers out with labs conveniently complete with containers to hold specimens.

Please explain my original question.

S.M

"No, they didn't."

Are you suggesting that Weyland kept LV-426 between David and himself? That he took it to the grave when the engineer killed him leaving the rest of WY unaware that is was a point of interest?

What new information? (Don't tell me if it's Covenent spoilers)

Nope, no spoilers here! I was referring to the implications of the Prometheus expedition and Covenant incident. It is implied that the company was made fully aware of black goo, xenos, and neos long before the Nostromo crew embarked on their mission.

"Please explain my original question."

You said a mission was sent out.  When and by whom?  The colony doesn't count because the Company partnered up with the ECA, who would've exposed any discovery of Alien specimens thus denying the Company exclusivity. And that's before we get to them being driving distance away from thousands of eggs for 20+ years and doing exactly nothing to obtain one.

"Are you suggesting that Weyland kept LV-426 between David and himself? That he took it to the grave when the engineer killed him leaving the rest of WY unaware that is was a point of interest?"

That all depends on whether David has opportunity and motive. All of which remains to be seen.  David may not even know there is such a thing as Weyland-Yutani until the Covenant shows up.

"Nope, no spoilers here! I was referring to the implications of the Prometheus expedition and Covenant incident. It is implied that the company was made fully aware of black goo, xenos, and neos long before the Nostromo crew embarked on their mission."

David or Shaw can't tell anything about the Xenomorphs post-Prometheus since they don't know what one is.  Everything else, again, depends on what happens in Covenant.

oh queen....who could help you understand? the paw is JAMMED into the shoe its so simple! and you S.M....you're a naughty one!

How old are you?Seriously

dont be cross ninxeno