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ted the android agent Earl Cody into the station's staff. Later, a second agent posing as a freighterpilot inserted a Xenomorph Egg into Domes Epsilon together with several adult Xenomorphs geneticallyengineered by Mala'kak. Loki had also become aware of the danger the crew of the Bettyposed and sent a small attack vessel to intercept the ship on its way to Domes Epsilon. The objectiveof the strike team was to board the Betty and secure information about the extent of Loki's informationleak, either by capturing the crew or securing the board computer. After entering theBetty, the team was quickly overwhelmed by Ripley 8 and the others. Having failed the mission, thefail-safe protocol was enacted, killing the members of the strike force and destroying its ship beforethe crew of the Betty could learn more about its assailants. Ripley 8 and the others eventually arrivedat Domes Epsilon, but were too late to stop the infestation. Still, Loki's plan was foiled as thecrew of the Betty managed to destroy the station together with all Xenomorphs aboard. These eventsbecame known as the Domes Epsilon incident. (A:OS)Luna: The moon of Earth, the third planet of the Sol system. On April 2031, Weyland Industriesstarted terraforming on Luna, a process which would be concluded in 2039. In the same year, Luna'sfirst colony was established, being the first extra-planetary human colony. A second colony situatedin the Sea of Tranquility followed in 2041. As of 2071, Luna was home to almost 6 and a half millioncolonists. Weyland Industries maintained a biomedical field office on Luna during the 2070s.(PR:WIW)Luna Colony: Mankind's first settlement outside Earth. Founded in 2039. Had a population of4,27 million by the year 2071. The colony's infrastructure consists of mining, transportation, refiningand heavy industry, its key resources being helium-3, hydrogen, aluminum, silica, water andoxygen. (PR:WIW)Lutetia Colony: A colony on KOI-663.02. Established in 2065. Sported a population of almost 6million by 2071. Lutetia Colony's industry focused on heavy manufacturing and mining. Thecolony's key resources were niobium, europium, neodymium and copper. (PR:WIW)Luther Colony: A colony on the planet KOI-854.01. Established in 2050, it would sport a populationof over 3.5 million by 2071. Its industry of mining, refining and heavy manufacturing focusedon exploiting the planet's resources of the rare-earth metals lanthanum and praseodymium, maintainingthe role of a key provider for these metals during the second half of the 21 st century.(PR:WIW)LV-223: A moon in the Zeta 2 Reticuli system. Once inhabited by the extra-terrestrial race dubbedthe Engineers, who also stored its location in the genetic memory of the human race when they createdit. Notable for being the site of the LV-223 incident, the first contact of a space-faring humanitywith the Engineers.LV-223 was a barren world, devoid of major wildlife or plants, and sported an atmosphere hostile tohumans, consisting of 71% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and traces of argon gas, with the CO² level at 3%.The surface was also exposed to massive thunderstorms and silica storms with velocities of 200miles per hour. Despite these adverse conditions, LV-223's landscape was impressive, consisting ofmassive valleys and mountain ranges up to 16 kilometers high. The moon may have also housed amulti-cellular fauna, judging from a species of worms discovered during the LV-223 incident. However,this theory is open to debate as the only specimens were found inside an Engineer compoundwith an altered atmosphere. Furthermore, the worms may have been imported to the world by theEngineers, be it intentional or by accident.LV-223 was discovered by the Engineers at an unknown point in time. Since the planet was farenough away from their homeworld and colonies, it was chosen by the beings as manufacturing andstoring grounds for weapons of mass destruction. Many pyramid-like silos with undergroundhangars were constructed on LV-223, several of them in a valley near one of the tallest mountains of