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Ravel: A male human who was part of the crew of the research vessel Prometheus during its missionto LV-223 which would culminate in the LV-223 incident in 2093. Together with his fellowcomrade Chance, he served as a navigator under the command of the ship's captain, Janek. Ravellater sacrificed his life together with Chance and Janek, crashing the Prometheus into the departingEngineer Juggernaut in order to prevent it from reaching Earth and destroying mankind. (PR)Regina horribilis: The scientific name for the Queen subspecies of the Xenomorph organism.Translates to “horrible queen”.Requist: A star system. A prison world designated as Detention Planet 27 is situated in the Requistsystem. (KAF)Rex: A black Labrador involved in the Domes Epsilon incident in the mid-80s of the 24 th century.Originally owned by the colonist Colin Hamilton-Cross. When Hamilton-Cross died of a heart attack,the rest of the staff took care of Rex. Due to the fact that the colonists were mostly busy withwork, they set the doors to allow Rex to roam freely through the Domes, which he gladly did. Whenthe Domes Epsilon incident began, this leniency backfired as the Domes were now open for theXenomorphs, too. Ripley eventually stumbled over Rex on her way back to the Betty and took himaboard with her. Together with Angela Philipakos, Rex remained as the only survivor of the incident.(A:OS)Ripley 8: A clone of Ellen Ripley created in 2381 as part of the USM black ops project operatingaboard the research vessel Auriga. Ripley 8 was the eighth and only completely successful attemptat cloning Ripley in order to retrieve the Queen embryo that was replicated with her. As soon as theclone had grown to maturity, the scientists wasted no time removing the embryo inside her and putthe clone into a holding cell while they concentrated their efforts to cultivate a Xenomorph for researchpurposes. On the outside, Ripley 8 appeared to be completely human (save for rudimentarydorsal tubes which were surgically removed at the first opportunity). On the inside, however, thingswere different: The merging with Xenomorph DNA during the cloning caused Ripley 8 to have aweaker form of the creature's acidic blood, superhuman strength and agility and a heightened perceptionwhich included the ability to sense the Queen aboard the Auriga when near her. At the beginningof her adult existence, Ripley appeared emotionally disconnected, almost autistic althoughmemories of her old self preserved in the Alien DNA inside her was still existent and managed totrigger an emotional response when provoked. However, Ripley 8 was in constant conflict with theXenomorph part of her personality, sometimes causing violent reactions toward the scientists whodealt with her. Her matured consciousness sported a cynical personality, only barely resembling thepersonality of the original Ripley.Soon after, Ripley 8 received an unexpected visitor in her cell: Call, who had gained access to theAuriga by enlisting for smuggling duties aboard the Betty. Ripley foiled her attempt to kill her andadvised her to leave her cell before the breach would be discovered only moments before USM soldiersarrived to take Call into custody. During the Xenomorph outbreak and the ensuing evacuation,Ripley escaped her cell and joined up with the remaining smugglers in order to escape the Auriga. Afragile alliance was formed, constantly endangered by distrust due to her questionable loyalties.During the escape, Ripley discovered the first 7 failed attempts to clone her preserved in stasistubes, an encounter which deeply disturbed and troubled her and that ended with Ripley 8 destroyingthe clones along with one still alive, who begged Ripley 8 to kill her. She then proceededthrough the flooded kitchen with the rest of the group and when Call was revealed to be an android,she found herself to be of like minds with the young woman, who was also struggling to be humanin spite of herself. Ripley 8 developed a friendship with Call and eventually came to the same conclusionas Call: The Xenomorphs had to be eradicated. She convinced Call to hook up to the Aurigaand set the ship on a self-destruct course to Earth. During a mad dash to cover the last yards to theBetty, Ripley was abducted by the Xenomorph and taken to the Queen's hive. There, she witnessed