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search party of the Nostromo had to traverse about 2 km in distance on foot to reach the Derelict.There, Kane discovered a vast cargo hold filled with Xenomorph eggs. Kane became impregnatedby a Facehugger and was subsequently carried back to the Nostromo. After repairing the ship's systems,which had suffered minor damage during touchdown, the Nostromo took off again.LV-426 was thoroughly analyzed during the first scientific survey in the 30s of the 22 nd century. Itwas then discovered that radiation in the infrared emanating from Zeta 2 IV created a zone where,theoretically, worlds capable of sustaining human life could exist, one of them being LV-426. Sometime after, a massive undertaking to colonize LV-426 went underway. Supported by fast advances inlightspeed traveling during the time, a network of around 30 Atmosphere Processors was set up onthe planetoid, which, over the course of decades, transformed the atmosphere of LV-426 to bebreathable by humans. 20 years before Ripley would be found aboard the Narcissus, a colony wasfounded adjacent to one of the Atmospheric Processors. This colony was named Hadley's Hope byits founders. It was also during this time that LV-426 received its nickname “Acheron”.Ripley's account of the landing of the Nostromo reached an employee of Weyland-Yutani, CarterBurke, in 2179. Burke passed the coordinates of the Derelict to the colony's command section, whoreleased the coordinates to be checked out by volunteers. It was the Jorden family who eventuallydiscovered the Derelict, which, in the meantime, had been partially buried under rocks due to volcanicactivity. Howeverer, the cargo hold was still accessible. Russ Jorden was impregnated and triggered a Xenomorphoutbreak which set up a hive in the Atmosphere Processor of the colony after having virtually wipedout the population of Hadley's Hope. About a month later, a recon mission including Ripley, Burkeand a squad of Colonial Marines reached LV-426, resulting in the second major contact with theXenomorph species, known as the Hadley's Hope incident. During this incident, the AtmosphereProcessor of Hadley's Hope became damaged and was obliterated in a nuclear explosion that tookHadley's Hope and, presumably, the Derelict with it. LV-426 seemed to be finally free of the Xenomorph.However, as the Derelict had been protected from the blast by a rock formation called Ilium range,it remained unharmed by the destruction. In the meantime, the UPP had discovered the Sulaco driftingin space and found records of the Hadley's Hope incident. Eager to retrieve the Xenomorph organism,the UPP set up a heavily fortified observation post near the Derelict. This post was largelydestroyed when the USCM caught up with the operation. After successfully sabotaging the UCC facility'santi-air guns and sensors, a USCM fire team reached the Derelict and made a dark discovery:The Xenomorph originating from the Space Jockey pilot had survived and roamed the pilotchamber of the wreckage. After a dramatic confrontation, the monstrous creature was killed by thefire team. (A1, A2, A:CMTM, A:OS, A:INF, PR:WIW)Lydecker: A male human serving as the Assistant Operations Manager for Hadley's Hope in 2179.He conferred with Simpson, his boss, about the claim of the Jorden family on whatever they wouldfind at the coordinates Burke had provided the colony with. Lydecker later died during the initialXenomorph infestation. (A2)Lynch, Michael: One of the leading minds of scientific Xenomorph research by the end of the 24 thcentury. His contribution on the Anchorpoint Essays is considered to be a standard work on the subject.LX-469: A planet. Notable as the world where the Bishop android involved in the Hadley's Hopeincident had been assembled. (KAF)*** M ***M'Toa Colony: A colony established on KOI-448.02 in 2040. Housed a population of 600,000 by2071. The colony had a diverse industry, ranging from research and biotech to electronics and refin-