| rdfs:comment | - In the year 2122, while transporting an ore refinery from Thedus, the Nostromo, a commercial towing vehicle, was redirected to LV-426, supposedly in response to detecting the distress signal emanating from the planetoid; in reality, Weyland-Yutani had pre-selected the Nostromo to investigate after detecting the signal themselves, placing a Synthetic sleeper agent aboard to ensure the survival of anything that was discovered.
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| abstract | - In the year 2122, while transporting an ore refinery from Thedus, the Nostromo, a commercial towing vehicle, was redirected to LV-426, supposedly in response to detecting the distress signal emanating from the planetoid; in reality, Weyland-Yutani had pre-selected the Nostromo to investigate after detecting the signal themselves, placing a Synthetic sleeper agent aboard to ensure the survival of anything that was discovered. Three of the ship's crew — Captain Dallas, Executive Officer Kane and navigator Joan Lambert — set off in search of the signal's origin, eventually discovering the derelict ship. While investigating, Kane stumbled across the ship's cargo of Eggs and was attacked by a Facehugger. After he was returned to the Nostromo and the ship took off, attempts to remove the Facehugger failed. Later, with embryo implantation complete, the Facehugger detached and died, leaving Kane apparently unharmed until the Chestburster within him erupted during the crew's last meal before re-entering hypersleep. The infant creature rapidly escaped into the bowels of the ship.
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