version 4 - The Alien Encyclopedia

Key resources were platinum, palladium, manganese and zinc. (PR:WIW)Hovertread: A small tank used by the USCM Corps. Piloted by one person in an open canopy andequipped with Titanium 2 armor. Armed with two light 15-round machine guns, one long-rangeXR-500 cannon, and two lasers. (KAF)Hualien Colony: A colony on the planet KOI-227.01. Established in 2051, Hualien Colony wouldsport a population of 2.3 million by 2071. Taking advantage of the planet's vast natural deposits ofmetals and minerals, its industry focused on mining and refining. Key resources were copper, tungsten,gold, aluminum, titanium and silver. (PR:WIW)Huan Ying Colony: A mining colony on the planet KOI-952.03. Established in 2066 and home to440,000 colonists by 2071. Key resources were osmium, rhenium and gypsum. (PR:WIW)Huang Zho: A human deep space research station near the planet KOI-2553.01. (PR:WIW)Hudson, William: A male human serving the USCM corps as a communication tech. Havingentered service around 2169 for a limited tour of ten years, Hudson bore the rank of Private FirstClass in 2179, when his platoon was tasked with the recon mission that would result in the Hadley'sHope incident.After the platoon had landed on LV-426, Hudson used his skills at short-wiring and hacking toprovide access to the colony. Subsequently, he used the colony's mainframe to locate the colonistsinside the Atmosphere Processor by tracking their PDT signals. However, events took a turn for theworse when Hudson and the other Marines were ambushed inside the hive on the processor's sublevels.While Hudson had set out on the mission with an overconfident state of mind, this traumaticevent took a severe toll on Hudson's psyche, now bordering a state of hysteria. Under Ripley's andHicks's guidance, Hudson recovered and later helped rescuing Ripley and Newt from a pair of Facehuggers.Hudson was abducted by Xenomorphs during their attack on the command center and presumablykilled when the explosion of the Atmosphere Processor obliterated the hive. (A2)Hui Outpost: A colony on the planet KOI-2311.01. Founded in 2069, Hui Outpost would sport apopulation of 500,000 by 2071. The colony was a key manufacturer of starship hulls. Aside fromtransportation, Hui Outpost's industrial setup focused on mining. Key resources were hydrogen, titanium,cobalt and hematite. (PR:WIW)Hume: An Ought-Two class freighter that landed on the Alien-infested world of Soulages in 2223.After the crew had abandoned the ship, most of the ship's internal systems, including the black box,were scavenged in the following years. The wreckage of the Hume was discovered on Soulages bythe survivors of the C-3 L/M incident in 2232. (A:NE)Hypersleep Chamber: A Cryosleep Tube installed on a spaceship and designed to enable the crewto enter cryosleep in order to avoid the adverse effects during FTL travel. Weyland Industriesclaimed the patent for the Cryosleep Tube under the file number 12,004,556 on July 27, 2030. Specificationsof models manufactured by the corporation during the 2070s included a tertiary backupsystem of zero-loss lithium ion batteries theoretically capable of sustaining the life of the chamber'soccupant for up to 100 years. The Weyland Industries model featured an external holographic displaylinked to the ship mainframe. Furthermore, the duration of hypersleep could be programmedaccording to a variety of parameters, such as mission length and the percentage of FTL travel completed.(PR, PR:WIW, A1, A2, A3, A:RES)