version 4 - The Alien Encyclopedia

eligious community under guidance of Dillon and refused to go. The corporation decided to refrainfrom closing the prison, instead keeping the remaining staff of 25 people as caretakers, should therefinery become profitable again someday.The Fiorina 161 complex was a vast installation spanning over 10 square kilometers in length. By2179, the facility had reached a state of deterioration, leaving almost the entire security surveillancesystem non-functional. Large portions were abandoned and the equipment had been left behind tobe picked up by prisoners during scavenger hunts. Even the heavy duty vehicles remained on theplanet because it would have been to costly to transport them off-world. This policy resulted inlarge parts of the bay adjacent to the facility filled with enormous amounts of scrap and wreckage. Aprominent 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 forluring and killing the Xenomorph let loose in the prison. The Weyland-Yutani team sent to secure aXenomorph just arrived in time to witness Ripley killing herself and the Queen embryo inside herby dropping down into the furnace. Subsequently, the team relocated the only survivor, the prisonerMorse, and shut down the facility. (A3)Flatnose: The nickname Johner gave a cargo hauler who was present during the raid of the Bettycrew 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 thestation in order to provide a distraction for the security personnel aboard Byzantium Station so thatCall could access its mainframe unhindered. (A:OS)Fontaine, Trish: A female human and a member of the team of scientists assigned to the cloningproject aboard the Auriga in the late 24 th century. Unlike the other scientists, she was still ranked asa PhD student. It is unknown whether Fontaine escaped the Auriga during the Xenomorph outbreakor died aboard the ship. (A:RES)Ford: A female human and the medical officer of the clandestine mission aboard the science vesselPrometheus in 2093. Ford assisted Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in the examination of the severed Engineerhead and was later knocked down by her when she tried to take Shaw to the Cryosleep tubes afterDavid had discovered the Trilobite embryo inside Shaw's body. After the revelation of Peter Weyland'spresence, Ford assisted Weyland during the application of his exoskeleton and accompaniedhim and the remaining crew members into the Juggernaut. When the communication attempt withthe last Engineer turned out fatal, Ford was killed by the being together with all other crew membersexcept Shaw. (PR)Fortune 500: An annual ranking of the 500 most successful companies by Fortune magazine. In theversion of the list published on December 15, 2037, Fortune named Weyland Industries as one ofthe Top 10 companies to work for. (PR:WIW)Frank: A male human and one of the prisoners involved in the Fury 16 incident. Sentenced for lifeat the Fiorina 161 penal colony. He discovered the Queen Facehugger that had impregnated Ripleyin the slaughterhouse of the facility. Unaware of the true nature of what he had found, he mistookthe Xenomorph for an indigenous life form He later was killed by the Xenomorph during the preparationsfor capturing the Alien. His death caused the quinitricetyline used in the attempt to betriggered prematurely, killing several prisoners in the process and almost foiling the plan. (A3)Frost, Ricco: A male human and a Colonial Marine. Ranked Private, Frost was trained in driving anAPC. He was a part of the fateful recon mission to LV-426 which would turn into the Hadley's Hopeincident. Frost was killed during the Xenomorph ambush inside the colony's hive when he was engulfedby the flamethrower Dietrich had accidentally triggered during the frenzy. (A2)