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new resolve to stop Loki from unleashing the Xenomorph on the galaxy. (A:RES, A:OS)Ripley, Amanda: A female human and daughter of Ellen Ripley. Born on June 24, 2111. Amandasuffered the loss of her mother at the age of 11 when Ellen Ripley failed to return to Earth aboardthe Nostromo. She later married under the name McClaren, although she would not have childrenduring her lifetime. Amanda Ripley at one time worked as a reporter and eventually died of canceron December 23, 2177. She was subsequently cremated and interred at Parkside Repository, LittleChute, Wisconsin, just two years before her mother would be salvaged from 57 years of hypersleep.(A2, A:OS)Ripley, Ellen L.: A human female who played a most pivotal role in humanity's struggle against theXenomorph. Born on January 7, 2092 in Olympia, Luna colonies. Descendant of Dr. Daniel Ripleyand mother of Amanda Ripley. Survivor of the Nostromo and the Hadley's Hope incidents.At the age of 19, on June 24, 2111, Ripley gave birth to a girl named Amanda. Almost four yearslater, she graduated from Evansbrook Academy with excellent marks on May 25, 2115 and was subsequentlyrecruited into the „Horizons Beyond“ officer training program, a program which had beenfounded by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. During the course of the program, Ripley managed tonegotiate an end to a hostage crisis aboard the Weyland-Yutani shuttle Erebus without bloodshed. Ayear later, in 2116, Ripley completed the „Horizons Beyond“ program with accolades. In 2117,Ripley got her first job as a Junior Warrant Officer aboard the cargo vessel USCSS Kurtz, followedby an assignment as a Warrant Officer aboard the Weyland-Yutani cargo vessel USCSS Sephorialater that year. Two years later, in 2119, Ripley accepted an assignment aboard another Weyland-Yutani cargo vessel, the USCSS Sotillo. However, it was not until August 10, 2120, when Ripleyjoined the crew of the USCSS Nostromo, when she would embark on the journey that would changeher life forever.In 2122, the Nostromo was returning to Earth, ferrying a massive amount of ore it had loaded on themining colony of Thedus, when its sensors picked up what seemed to be a distress signal. The ship'scomputer, MOTHER, seemingly following official protocol, dropped back to sublight speed, setcourse towards the source of the signal and woke the crew from hypersleep. As Ripley and the crewsoon found out, the signal was of nonhuman origin and emanating from the planetoid LV-426 in theZeta II Reticuli system. The Nostromo detached itself from the ore refinery that it was towing andlanded on LV-426. While Dallas, Lambert and Kane went to investigate the source of the signal,Ripley stayed behind on the ship with Ash, Parker and Brett, continuing to examine the alien signal.Eventually, Ripley came to the conclusion that the signal may also have been a warning. Shortlyafter, the team returned from its exploration of the alien derelict, with a Facehugger attached toKane's face. Ash was quick to answer Dallas' plea to open the airlock, in spite of Ripley's objectionsbased on quarantine procedures and the potential dangers of allowing an alien organism into theship. In the end, Ash ignored her warning and opened the airlock.It was only after the Xenomorph had been unleashed aboard the Nostromo and killed three ofRipley's crew members that she found out the truth about the signal and Ash's motivation. BothMOTHER and Ash, who turned out to be an android, had secretly been working on orders ofWeyland-Yutani. The corporation, which had had knowledge of the derelict's existence some timebefore the Nostromo picked up the signal, wanted to secure a Xenomorph specimen for their bioweaponresearch division. It was Ash himself who, after he had made an unsuccessful attempt onRipley's life and had been subdued, revealed this information to the remaining crew members.Ripley, Parker and Lambert decided to set the ship on self-destruct and escape in the emergencyshuttle Narcissus. In the end, however, only Ripley survived long enough to reach the shuttle andflee. After Ripley had blown the adult Xenomorph, which had also managed to escape as astowaway, out of the shuttle's airlock, she set course to Earth and went into hypersleep.It was not until 57 years later, in the year 2179, that the Narcissus would eventually be found drift-