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a Xenomorph Egg into Domes Epsilon among his shipment and also managed to secretly sabotagethe main supply bay to prevent the staff from escaping and thus secure the impregnation. Soon after,the ship left, a staff member called Elijah Pandor stumbled upon the Egg while processing the deliveryand became impregnated by a Facehugger. The rest of the staff, unfamiliar with the alien lifeform, placed him under medical observation and assumed that the crisis was over when the Facehuggerdisattached itself from Pandor's face and he awoke from his coma soon after.However, Ripley 8 and the crew of the Betty, who had been searching for clues to Loki's plans forseveral years, had finally been able to learn of the planned infestation of Domes Epsilon by hackinginto the data access node of Byzantium station. After escaping authorities and a Loki strike team,the Betty arrived at Domes Epsilon just as Pandor gave birth to the Chestburster. Ripley 8 establisheda com connection with Domes Epsilon and warned the station's administrator, Philipakos, ofthe immense danger they were in and demanded access to the main bay. Philipakos, who had justreceived news of Pandor's gruesome death, reluctantly agreed, just before access to the bay shutdown and external communications went dead due to sabotage by the Loki agents. Left with no otheroption, the Betty docked onto Domes Seven and cut its own way into the colony. A hazard teamconsisting of Ripley 8, Call, Johner and Krakke entered Domes Epsilon and soon were received byPhilipakos, who led them to the station's control center. After a heated discussion with the staff,Ripley 8 and the others convinced them to leave the station behind. While Call went out with AdrianShepherd, the resident security officer, to find a stray staff member called Benedict, Ripley 8 andJohner departed for Domes Sixteen to investigate the backup bay as a possible means of escape.They found the bay intact and were about to depart when they were attacked by the grown Xenomorph.However, Ripley 8 and Johner quickly disposed of it. The relief was short, however, as Calland Shepherd encountered another Alien soon after discovering the remains of Benedict. AsPhilipakos and his daughter Angie managed to reactivate the heat sensor grid of the station, theymade a dark discovery: The sensor showed no less than a dozen full-grown Xenomorphs present onDomes Epsilon. After returning to the control center, Ripley 8, Call and the remaining staff membersdecided to make a break for the backup bay on the flivvers that were used to traverse the expansiveterrain of the Domes. However, just as the group was about to reach the bay, several Xenomorphscrashed out of the jungle, wrecking the vehicles and scattering the survivors into the junglewhere most of them were killed by the creatures. In the end, Ripley 8 and her comrades made itback safely to the Betty together with the two sole survivors of the colony, Angie and the residentdog called Rex. Cody had reached the Betty earlier and tried to foil the escape plan, but was overwhelmedby the crew members. Ripley 8 and Call interrogated the android, who would cooperateon one condition: Other androids had survived the purge and were now under Loki's control, andCall was to promise to free them. After Call had agreed, Cody revealed the purpose of the DomesEpsilon infestation shortly before a fail-safe system destroyed his basic functions. With Angie as anew crew member and the knowledge that Loki would retaliate soon, Ripley 8 destroyed DomesEpsilon by remote-detonating explosive charges that had been planted during the stay at the colony,and the Betty left the system. (A:OS)Drake, Mark: A male human serving the USCM as a smart gun operator, sporting the rank ofPrivate in 2179. Born on a prison world designated as Detention Planet 27 situated in the Requistsystem. Was part of the recon mission involved in the Hadley's Hope incident.By the time of the mission on LV-426, Drake had developed a close bond with Vasquez, the othersmart gun operator of the unit. Tragically, during the Xenomorph ambush inside the colony's hive,Drake was killed by a spray of acid blood when Vasquez shot down a Drone near him. (A2, KAF)Drone: The third stage of the Xenomorph life-cycle and the epitome of the species. Also known asWarrior Xenomorph, the Drone is – save for advanced types designated to hive control – consideredto be the final, adult development stage. The Drone is an extremely dangerous and hostile organism,something that applies to the Xenomorph species as a whole, but is most evident in this type. Itssole purpose is to serve the hive, to defend it and expand it. As the workforce of the hive and the