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electronics division during the 2070s. Situated in Henri Gaston Colony on the planet HD 202206bm. (PR:WIW)Newborn: A unique Alien/human hybrid encountered aboard the Auriga in 2381. About threemeters in height, the Newborn had a pale brown skin, a face resembling that of a human skull andfeaturing eyes. It lacked the exoskeleton and a tail and had red blood. Having both male and femalegenitalia, the Newborn was a hermaphrodite.After the Queen had been freed from its holdings during the Xenomorph breakout, it settled insidean emptied cooling tank of the Auriga and established a new hive. Due to the human DNA in its geneticmakeup, the Queen started to develop human reproductive organs and became pregnantthrough unknown means. During the last hour before the Auriga would crash onto Earth, the Queengave birth to the Newborn, at a time when Ripley 8 was present in the hive. Rejecting its mother,the Newborn killed the Queen and instead developed an affection for Ripley 8. Knowing that theAuriga was about to be destroyed, Ripley 8 fled the hive and escaped aboard the Betty. However,the Newborn had managed to board the Betty as a stowaway before the impact. Ripley confrontedthe Newborn in the Betty's cargo hold and eventually killed it, using her acid blood to create a holein the hull which sucked out the Newborn into vacuum piece by piece. (A:RES)Newt: The nickname of Rebecca Jorden. See “Jorden, Rebecca”Night Cougar Alien: A Xenomorph subspecies originating from a large feline creature. Thiscreature was similar to another breed called the Panther Alien, sharing its slender appearance anddigigrade hind legs. However, it featured a lighter complexion. Also, the parasite situated on itsback did not destroy itself on impact when it was launched at a target. (KAF)Nightingale, Theodore: A male human and a geologist. Nightingale participated on the first explorationtour of the planet KOI-1686.01 in the first half of the 21 st century. Nightingale was killed duringthis mission, and the colony founded on the planet in 2059 would be named Nightingale Colonyin honor of the scientist. (PR:WIWNightingale Colony: A colony on the planet KOI-1686.01. Established in 2059, it was named afterTheodore Nightingale, a geologist who had died participating in the first exploration tour on theplanet. By the year 2071, the colony would sport a population of almost 900,000, maintaining an industryfocused on mining and refining. Key resources were helium-3, wolframite and gadolinium.(PR:WIW)Nomrom Colony: A colony on KOI-2124.01. Established in 2052 west of the Clartes mountainrange to take advantage of its natural protection against sandstorms. Sported a population of over6,5 million by the year 2070. Nomrom Colony's industry focused on mining and refining. Key resourceswere yttrium, terbium, gold, manganese and silver. (PR:WIW)Northrop Grumman: An aerospace and defense technology company. Weyland Industries acquiredNorthrop Grumman in 2032. (PR:WIW)Nostromo: A class-M cargo hauling vessel in service of Weyland-Yutani in 2122. Named after theJoseph Conrad novel of the same name. Namesake and location of the Nostromo incident, mankind'sfirst major contact with the Xenomorph species. Originally a Lockmart CM-88b Bison transporterthat underwent modification in 2116 in order to accommodate its new task of hauling automatedore and oil refineries.Massing 63.000 metric tons in its updated configuration, the Nostromo was powered by Laretel WF-15 fusion generator. Propulsion was provided by a Yutani T7A FTL drive (0.42 light years per siderealday without attached cargo and 0.12 light years per sidereal day with attached cargo) and two