version 3 - The Alien Encyclopedia

a live Xenomorph specimen and sent the modified Conestoga-class starship Patna under the command
of an advanced Bishop-type android en route to Fiorina 161.
The surviving prisoners and Ripley decided to try one last effort to kill the Xenomorph. The idea
was to kill the creature by luring it into one of the facility's blast furnaces, and Ripley was to play a
key role as she had discovered that the creature would not endanger the Queen embryo inside her
and would therefore not harm her. The Xenomorph was eventually killed after many of the remaining
prisoners had given their life for the plan to succeed. The Weyland-Yutani team arrived at the
furnace to find Ripley, Aaron and Morse as the only survivors of the Xenomorph infestation. The
leader of the team, who introduced himself as “Michael Bishop”, the supposed creator of the Bishop
android model, tried to convince Ripley to come with him. Ripley refused and sacrificed herself by
throwing herself into the molten lead, taking the Queen embryo with her.
The team shut down the facility and left, but not before taking blood samples of Ellen Ripley for
cryogenic storage, which would lead to a successful cloning of Ripley and the Queen inside her 200
years later. Aaron had been killed after he had attacked Michael Bishop, and so, Morse remained as
the only survivor of the incident and was relocated to an undisclosed location. However, he wrote
an account of the Fury 16 incident which would get leaked into public. The book was banned, but at
least one copy of the text survived the purge. (A3)
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Gateway Station: A space station orbiting Earth. Built in mid-22 nd century, Gateway consisted of
four huge tower-like modules connected by struts in a cube-like configuration. Gateway was a hub
for commercial and military activities in known space. Gateway also acted as a customs post where
all goods were processed before reaching Earth. The space station further housed living spaces for
civilians.
After the Ripley's shuttle had been discovered in 2179, she was brought to Gateway for recovery.
Gateway Station was also the place where her subsequent inquiry was held. Some time later, the
fateful recon mission to LV-426 departed from Gateway aboard the Sulaco. Gateway still existed at
the end of the Alien infestation on Earth in 2197. (A2)
Gavin: A male-type android working as a technician for Planetus in 2232. Gavin was part of a team
of three, together with his colleagues Duncan and Kelly, who were unaware of Gavin's synth identity.
Was involved in the C-3 L/M incident.
In 2232, Planetus was informed of a possible Alien outbreak at a research station operated by
Weyland-Yutani on the planet C-3 L/M, which was owned by both Planetus and Weyland-Yutani.
Together with Duncan and Kelly, Gavin was assigned with the task of scanning the video footage
from the facility's security cams. Eventually, the supposed infestation turned out to be a ruse by
Weyland-Yutani to take over Planetus, and Gavin and his colleagues were targeted by the Company
for elimination. Together with his team, the two ex-marines Bjorn and Jolena Hayward and the two
investigators, Anders Kramm and Frances Stauff, he narrowly escaped C-3 L/M aboard an automated
Planetus spacecraft. However, Weyland-Yutani, who had acquired Planetus in the meantime,
redirected the course of the ship to Soulages, a former colony world infested by Aliens. After the
landing, Gavin and the other survivors explored the nearby settlement, hoping to find some means
of escape. There, he lost Duncan and Kelly to the Xenomorphs, leaving him as the only survivor of
the three technicians. Gavin, Kramm, Frances and the Heywards managed to traverse the hive, only
to be denied access to an elevator leading to the communications station. Gavin decided to reveal
his android identity and overrode the door lock by plugging into its keypad. When he tapped into
the system of the communications terminal, the system reacted violently towards the intruder and
killed Gavin by infecting him with a computer virus. (A:NE)
Gediman, Jonathan: A male human and a member of the science team assigned to the cloning project
operated aboard the USM Auriga in 2381. A gifted scientist and assistant to the project's leader,