version 4 - The Alien Encyclopedia

town and enlisted at the Houston School of Astrophysics and Interstellar Engineering from which hegraduated on May 21, 2108. Brett entered Weyland-Yutani employment as Assistant Engineeraboard the waste disposal vessel Corazon Oscuro on July 14. During this time, Brett relapsed intoalcoholism. On November 10, 2111, he failed a blood alcohol test and was committed to a Weyland-Yutani medical facility on Titan. During a cerebral detox procedure taking place on January 9, 2112,Brett suffered minor brain damage. A lengthy period of recovery followed until his flight statuswould be restored on April 3, 2113. Brett stayed on Titan and began working as an Assistant EngineeringTech at a Weyland-Yutani fusion reactor facility on April 19. His time on Titan ended afterfour years with the assignment to the cargo vessel Nonnabo as Engineering Tech on November 3,2117, where he would meet and make friends with Parker, who was working aboard the same ship.On September 10, 2120, Brett joined the crew of the Nostromo together with Brett when it was enroute to Thedus. Brett was still on the crew roster when the Nostromo incident took place in 2122.When the Nostromo took minor damage during the landing on LV-426, Brett was responsible forrestoring the ship together with Parker. Brett would eventually become the first victim of the fullgrownXenomorph when he was chasing Jones, the Nostromo's pet cat, inside the landing strutchambers. (A1)Broca Dialectical Implant: A surgical implant that enables the carrier to speak other languageswithout having to learn it. Named after Broca's area, a region of the human brain linked to speechcapacity. This revolutionary technology was developed by Weyland Industries and introduced onAugust 9, 2060. (PR:WIW)Brother-of-Darkness: A planet rich with ore. In the 24 th century, mankind entertained a colony onthis world. (A:OS)Bull Alien: A Xenomorph sub-species bred from a bull-like creature that has infested the Earthcolony TerraForm 3. The hive of this breed had spread to a considerable size of 81 workers led byone Queen. The Bull Alien was a massive creature that sported two large horns on its forehead thatit used to ram into its victims and was able to run at a speed of up to 49 miles per hour. However,this breed had a low tolerance against heat and fire of a maximum of 327 degrees Fahrenheit.(KAF)Bultmann: A male human and part of the replacement staff used by Weyland-Yutani to root out aspy at a research facility on C-3 L/M in the early thirties of the 23 rd century. Bultmann was laterkilled together with the rest of the replacement staff and the spy as part of a faked Alien infestationat the station that was staged by the Company to take over its rival Planetus in 2232. These eventswere part of the C-3 L/M incident. (A:NE)Burke, Carter J.: A male human working as a representative of Weyland-Yutani by 2179. Behindan unassuming and friendly demeanor, Burke hid a cold, calculating and ruthless personality. Has atone time worked in sales. Was involved in the Hadley's Hope incident.When Ripley has been found drifting through the core systems in 2179, Weyland-Yutani sent Burketo Gateway Station where Ripley was brought for recovery. Burke acted as a liaison to Ripley andhelped her to get back on track for the impending interrogation by the ICC, getting clearance for herpet cat Jones and even providing her with information about the fate of Ripley's daughter Amanda.After the information from Ripley's report had been evaluated, Burke passed the coordinates of thederelict to Hadley's Hope in order to verify her story.When contact broke off with LV-426, Burke visited Ripley together with Lieutenant Gorman to convinceher to join a recon mission to the colony. Burke himself joined this mission on the pretense onassessing the state of Weyland-Yutani investments in the colony. After the exploration of the hivehad ended in disaster, Burke opposed the decision to evacuate and destroy the colony, but wasforced to back off. Eventually, Ripley discovered Burke's role in the Xenomorph outbreak, and his