version 4 - The Alien Encyclopedia

ference and countermeasure signals, they often are supporting more advanced and fool-proof sensorsystems. Handheld motion trackers were used both during the Nostromo and the Hadley's Hope incidents.(A1, A2, A:CMTM, A:INF)Murakami: A male human and the administrator of the botanic space colony Domes Gamma in themid-80s of the 24 th century. (A:OS)Murphy: A male human and one of the prisoners involved in the Fury 16 incident. Spent most ofhis early life on the run from the law. Owned a dog which always followed Murphy around.Murphy often volunteered for assignments in order to shorten his limited term and was also one ofthe prisoners who helped transferring the wreckage of Ripley EEV to the prison's scrapyard. Meanwhile,his dog was attacked and impregnated by the Facehugger hiding in the remains of the EEV.Later, Murphy became the first victim of the Xenomorph when he accidentally stumbled upon thecreature while cleaning a ventilation shaft. (A3)MU-TH-UR: A term referring to a range of computer technologies. Early MU-TH-UR technologywas incorporated in scientific analysis equipment aboard the research vessel Prometheus during itsmission to LV-223 in 2093. A full-fledged MU-TH-UR computer mainframe was installed on theNostromo during the second decade of the 22 nd century, tasked with supervising the ship's functionsand maintaining operation on long-range travel in absence of the crew during hypersleep. The mainframewas accessed by a terminal chamber equipped with a voice-input system and a visual display,its use restricted to the chief officer. Further limited access was provided by a voice-interaction systemon numerous locations throughout the ship. The female voice synthesizer of the system led toits nickname MOTHER. MU-TH-UR was also linked to the Network in order to receive updatedmission objectives. (PR, A1)*** N ***Narcissus: A modified Lockmart Starcub intrasystem shuttle attached to the Nostromo to serve as alifeboat. During the Nostromo incident in 2122, the Narcissus was used to carry Ripley, the onlysurvivor, to minimum safety distance after she had rigged the Nostromo to self-destruct in order tokill the Xenomorph that had slaughtered her crew mates. However, the creature had managed to escapeas a stowaway aboard the shuttle, and Ripley was forced to blow the Xenomorph out of theship's airlock. Subsequently, Ripley set course to the core systems, where she hoped that her beaconwould be picked up by another ship, and entered hypersleep. However, the beacon failed only twoyears later, and it was not until 2179 that the Narcissus would be found by a deep space salvagecrew. (A1, A2, A:CMTM)NAFE: Abbreviation for National Association for Female Executives. NAFE selected Weyland Industriesfor a place among the Top 50 of companies for executive women in a publication that wasreleased on August 1, 2055. (PR:WIW)Neroid: A remote sector in space. Fiorina 161, the site of the Fury 16 incident, was located in theNeroid sector. (A3)Network: A galaxy-wide data network used by humanity during the 22 nd century.New Earth Colony: A major human colony on HD 85512B. Founded in 2055 and sporting a populationof over 14,5 million by 2071, New Earth Colony became known as one of the most denselypopulated off-world colonies of mankind. Its industry consisted of energy, transportation, tourismand mining. Key resources were niobium, europium, neodymium and copper. (PR:WIW)New Products Testbed: The central testing facility for new technologies of Weyland Industries'