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FTL: Abbreviation for Faster-Than-Light, describing the ability to move faster than the speed oflight. The term is also used in conjunction with technological devices that enable a spacecraft totravel at such speeds, like an FTL drive. FTL technology was discovered by Weyland Industries onMay 20, 2032.Fury 16: An abbreviated nickname for Fiorina 161. (A3)Fury 16 incident: A Xenomorph infestation on the prison planet Fiorina 161, nicknamed “Fury16”, in 2179. It was the third and final encounter between the two races involving Ellen Ripley andalso the third failed attempt by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation to secure a Xenomorph specimenfor its bio-weapons division.The Fury 16 incident took place only several weeks after the Hadley's Hope incident. The three survivorsof that incident, Ripley, Rebecca “Newt” Jorden and Corporal Dwayne Hicks were in hypersleepaboard the Sulaco on its journey back to Earth. By the time they entered hypersleep, they wereunaware that several Xenomorph eggs had been smuggled aboard the ship. Eventually, the eggshatched, and the Facehuggers set out to follow their purpose. When one of the creatures tried to getaccess to Newt's cryosleep tube, the glass was ruptured and injured the Facehugger, spilling his acidblood on the ground. The liquid found its way into a maintenance area beneath the hypersleep facilitiesand ate through critical equipment, causing an electrical fire in the process. The ship integritywas fatally compromised, and the mainframe ordered the hypersleep tubes to be transported intoone of the Sulaco's EEVs. Subsequently, the Sulaco went back to normal speed, arriving in orbit ofthe Outer Rim planet Fiorina 161. All of the ship's ten EEVs were ejected, among them the only occupiedescape vehicle carrying the survivors of the Hadley's Hope incident. The EEV set course tothe near planet and, lacking a landing beacon to safely land, crashed into the ocean near the only humansettlement on the planet, a correctional work facility operated by Weyland-Yutani. During thecrash, Hicks and Newt were killed while still in hypersleep, leaving only Ripley to survive. Her unconsciousbody was flushed out of her cryotube and was spilled onto the nearby beach.Clemens, the medical officer of the facility, witnessed the crash and found Ripley's body on theshore. He carried her back to the prison where he put her under medical care and ordered some prisonersto retrieve the wreckage from the bay. Andrews, the administrator of the prison, was also notified,who in turn sent a message to Weyland-Yutani, reporting what happened and requesting immediateextraction of Ripley. The company at first merely acknowledged the reception of the message.Meanwhile, one of the Facehuggers from the Sulaco, which had also survived the crash, attackedand impregnated the dog of one of the prisoners who helped in transporting the EEV into the complexwithout being seen. Later that day, Andrews formally informed the prisoners of the situation.Ripley was brought to the facility's infirmary for recovery. Eventually, she woke up and was filledin by Clemens about the situation. Ripley decided to check out the EEV and went to the wreckagewith Clemens, where they discovered an acid burn on the inside of the wreckage. Fearing that theremay be a Xenomorph present, Ripley convinced Clemens to perform an autopsy on RebeccaJorden's body under the pretense of a possible cholera infection. However, the results of the postpostmortem did not confirm her suspicions, and in the evening, the bodies of Hicks and Jorden werecremated in one of the blast furnaces. It was during this funeral that the Xenomorph embryo completedits gestation period, erupting from the animal and disappearing into the depths of the complexunnoticed.Ripley tried to settle into her temporary life at the facility, even developing a sexual relationshipwith Clemens, when the fully-grown Xenomorph killed its first victim. The victim, a prisoner calledMurphy, was cleaning Ventilation Shaft 22 in the second quadrant when he accidentally stumbledupon the creature's hideout. The Runner attacked Murphy, which caused him to stumble into the fanand get ripped into pieces. The death was discovered, and Clemens was called to the scene toprovide his medical opinion. While it seemed obvious to the administration that Murphy's death wasa tragic accident, another acid burn in the shaft aroused Clemens' suspicions. He went to search forRipley and found her as she was retrieving the blackbox of the EEV from the wreckage. On Ripley's