version 3 - The Alien Encyclopedia

and Human Services of the United States of America. The FDA is responsible for regulating and approving
a range of products, among them food, pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. The
FDA approved the landmark Medpod 720i by Weyland Industries on June 30, 2070. (PR:WIW)
Ferro, Colette: A female human and a Colonial Marine, who bore the rank of Corporal in 2179.
Trained in piloting a Cheyenne dropship. Was part of the USCM unit involved in the Hadley's Hope
incident.
Ferro was responsible for performing the combat drop that brought the recon party down to the
colony. She was later killed by a Xenomorph stowaway when she piloted the dropship to the Atmosphere
Processor to pick up the survivors of the ambush inside the hive on Sub-Level 3. (A2)
Fifield: A male human and a space geologist who was part of the Prometheus mission in 2093.
(PR)
Fiorina 161: A remote planet located in the Neroid sector and the location of the Fury 16 incident.
An inhospitable world ravaged by rough winds and dominated by oceans and barren landscapes, although
the atmosphere is sufficient to support human life and nourishes a fauna mainly consisting
of fish and insects. While during daylight, the surface can be traversed in sufficient clothing, the
temperature drops significantly during the night.
The only human settlement on Fiorina 161 was a maximum security correctional facility for XXmale
criminals. Originally, the complex had been an ore refinery built by the Weyland-Yutani
Corporation to harvest platinum-class minerals. When the refinery ceased to be profitable, the corporation
rented out the place as a prison. Weyland-Yutani still owned the place and eventually
wanted to completely close down the facility. However, in the meantime, the prisoners had formed a
religious community under guidance of Dillon and refused to go. The corporation decided to refrain
from closing the prison, instead keeping the remaining staff of 25 people as caretakers, should the
refinery become profitable again someday.
The Fiorina 161 complex was a vast installation spanning over 10 square kilometers in length. By
2179, the facility had reached a state of deterioration, leaving almost the entire security surveillance
system non-functional. Large portions were abandoned and the equipment had been left behind to
be picked up by prisoners during scavenger hunts. Even the heavy duty vehicles remained on the
planet because it would have been to costly to transport them off-world. This policy resulted in
large parts of the bay adjacent to the facility filled with enormous amounts of scrap and wreckage. A
prominent feature was several blast furnaces once used to melt the raw materials into form for transportation.
By 2179, the furnaces were mainly used for cremation funerals. During the Fury 16 incident,
they were fired up again, first for giving last rites to the bodies of Hicks and Newt and later for
luring and killing the Xenomorph let loose in the prison. The Weyland-Yutani team sent to secure a
Xenomorph just arrived in time to witness Ripley killing herself and the Queen embryo inside her
by dropping down into the furnace. Subsequently, the team relocated the only survivor, the prisoner
Morse, and shut down the facility. (A3)
Flatnose: The nickname Johner gave a cargo hauler who was present during the raid of the Betty
crew on Byzantium Station several years after the Auriga incident in 2381. A tall and muscular man,
the name refers to his flattened nose. Johner provoked a fight with Flatnose in the mess hall of the
station in order to provide a distraction for the security personnel aboard Byzantium Station so that
Call could access its mainframe unhindered. (A:OS)
Fontaine, Trish: A female human and a member of the team of scientists assigned to the cloning
project aboard the Auriga in the late 24 th century. Unlike the other scientists, she was still ranked as
a PhD student. It is unknown whether Fontaine escaped the Auriga during the Xenomorph outbreak
or died aboard the ship. (A:RES)