version 3 - The Alien Encyclopedia

Unbeknownst to Ripley, the inhospitable planet she was stranded on was home to a former metal
foundry turned prison facility operated by Weyland-Yutani, a facility which was reserved for only
male criminals. Ripley and her crashed EEV were salvaged from the coastline and brought into the
prison complex. When she came to in the hospital ward, she awoke to a dangerous world inhabited
by murderers and rapists. But her final ordeal was only about to start: After recovery, Ripley was
shocked to learn that Newt and Hicks had not survived the crash. After discovering an acid burn
mark on the EEV, the horrible possibility that she might have brought a Xenomorph as a stowaway
with her dawned on Ripley. With the assistance of the resident doctor Clemens, Ripley immediately
arranged an autopsy of Newt, which proved to be inconclusive. Distrusting the facility's administrator
Andrews, she kept her suspicions to herself. However, Ripley had been right from the start:
The Facehugger had survived the crash and infected the dog of one of the prisoners, and while she
attended the funeral of Newt and Hicks in the furnace, the dog perished, giving birth to a Xenomorph,
which disappeared into the vast bowels of the facility.
Meanwhile, Ripley tried to get used to the unfamiliar surroundings she was forced to cope with until
a vessel would arrive to pick her up. During that time, she formed an uneasy acquaintance with
the prisoner Dillon, who had made a moving elegy during the funeral and was some sort of religiously
backed authority figure among the prisoners. However, the relative calmness would not last
long: Alarmed by a mysterious freak accident that got one of the prisoners killed, Ripley went out
on her own to the scrapyard, retrieving the remains of Bishop from the shuttle wreckage. His report
confirmed what she had feared from the beginning: the presence of an Alien in the escape vehicle
and Weyland-Yutani's knowledge of it. On her way back, a couple of prisoners ambushed Ripley
and were about to rape her, when Dillon interfered and saved her from his fellow inmates. Back in
the main complex, Ripley finally tried to warn Andrews, who did not believe her story and confined
her to the medical wing. Suddenly, the Alien appeared in the ward and killed Clemens, with whom
Ripley had a brief sexual relationship. Ripley ran to the mess hall to warn the other prisoners. Andrews,
who was present at that moment, ignored her warnings, only to be taken by the Alien in front
of all prisoners.
Now the existence of a Xenomorph on Fury 16 was an indisputable fact. Holding a crisis meeting,
Ripley, Dillon and the prisoners realized that they were in a dire situation: The facility had no
weapons or usable equipment whatsoever, and the security surveillance had been out of order for
some time. With the help of the prisoners, Ripley devised a bold plan: In a joint effort, they tried to
lure the Alien into a massive vault used for nuclear waste and lock it in there. Due to the interfer -
ence of the Alien, the plan backfired and the fire which was supposed to drive the Alien into the
vault was triggered prematurely, costing the lives of many prisoners. The Alien was captured, only
to be freed again by the insane prisoner Golic. In the aftermath of the disaster, Ripley again visited
the EEV to find out the cause for a fatigue that had slowly increased during her time at Fury 16. The
on-board medical scanner confirmed her worst suspicions: Ripley had been impregnated with a
Xenomorph embryo while in hypersleep, and now, an Alien Queen was gestating to maturity in her
womb.
Knowing that Weyland-Yutani would try to get ahold of the specimen and was already on its way to
Fury 16, Ripley convinced the prisoners to commence a last-ditch effort to destroy the Alien. The
idea was to drive the Alien into the mold of the facility's furnace and to kill the creature by pouring
liquid metal over it. Ripley knew that the Alien would not kill her because of the Queen embryo inside
her, and she played a key role in luring the Alien into the trap. Most of the prisoners were killed
during the bait and chase, but thanks to Dillon's sacrifice, Ripley succeeded in trapping and killing
the Alien. Aware that there was one last thing to do, Ripley prepared to commit suicide and thus taking
the Queen embryo with her, when a Weyland-Yutani squad arrived at the furnace. The squad
was led by Michael Bishop, who tried to convince her that his intention was solely to surgically extract
the embryo and then destroy it. Ripley saw through the deception and let herself fall into the
furnace pit, killing herself and the Queen. (A1, A2, A3)