version 4 - The Alien Encyclopedia

eral facilities all over the planet, of which at least one was outfitted with a nuclear reactor. In 2202,a Xenomorph infestation was detected on a small outpost on Soulages. Weyland-Yutani sent theiremployee Anders Kramm to deal with the situation. Kramm, whose family lived on the planet at thetime, fatally underestimated the degree of the infestation, at the cost of the lives of his wife anddaughter. After barely surviving a confrontation with the creatures at his home, Kramm called in theColonial Marines who immediately quarantined the planet and evacuated all civilians.During the next thirty years, Weyland-Yutani transformed the settlement where Kramm and hisfamily had lived into an artificial Alien hive to harvest the creatures. Once, the colony had been acompound of a dozen buildings and agricultural fields surrounded by a wall, with a handful of prefabbuildings outside. During the course of the transformation, the settlement was vastly expanded,and its layout changed almost beyond recognition. Additionally, a dome was installed over the entirecolony, sealing it off from the outside world. The facility and the Egg Harvester drones used tocollect Xenomorph eggs were outfitted to be remote-controlled from the Company's research stationon the moon of Soulages. Several ships visited Soulages during this time, among them the Humeand the Climacus. However, the crews of these ships abandoned their vessels, leaving them to bestripped by scavengers.Kramm and a group of Planetus personnel were forced to revisit Soulages in 2232. The planet wasstill quarantined at the time, and the Xenomorph hive inside the settlement had thrived to a considerablesize. In the end, only Anders Kramm, Frances Stauff and a Planetus mercenary called BjornHeyward managed to escape Soulages. The planet was presumably visited by a Weyland-Yutanistrike force shortly after to pick up Xenomorph specimens, which would be used to assist them inits retaliatory strike against the Planetus survivors, who had holed up themselves in the research stationon Soulages' moon. (A:NE)Spatial Relations: An exercise of the Project Prometheus Training Center. Had the designation B2.The fourth of five tests total and the second of two tests evaluating the mental capabilities of the applicant,the participant was assigned the task of fitting geometrical figures into a form while beingpressed for time. (PR:WIW)Special Order 937: A top-secret directive issued by Weyland-Yutani in 2121. The order was a vitalpart of the Company's efforts to secure a Xenomorph specimen from the Derelict on LV-426 usingthe Nostromo and its crew, culminating in what would become known as the Nostromo incident.The exact identity of the individual or individuals who gave Special Order 937 is unknown.After Weyland-Yutani had learned of the existence of the Derelict through its connection to the Lokiorganization, it inserted the android Ash into the crew of a cargo hauler of the Company, the Nostromo,which was scheduled to pass the Zeta II Reticuli system - where LV-426 was located - on itsjourney back to Earth. After Ash's insertion, Weyland-Yutani sent Special Order 937 to his personalaccount for the Nostromo's computer, MOTHER. The order commanded Ash to alter the ship'scourse so that it would pass near enough to LV-426 to pick up the distress signal of the Derelict, obtaina Xenomorph specimen and ensure its survival until it could be secured by Weyland-Yutani personnel.Further parameters for this operation classified the crew of the Nostromo as expendable.Ash was ultimately unable to fulfill Special Order 937 due to the interference of Ellen Ripley, whodiscovered the truth about Ash's assignment and managed to incapacitate him and destroy the Xenomorphaboard the Nostromo. (A1, A:OS)Spectagraph: A device that creates a live, three-dimensional map of a terrain using an omni-directionallaser. The Spectagraph is embedded in a hyper-conducting orb shell equipped with an anti-gravitydevice, allowing it to float and thus traversing virtually any kind of terrain. Additionally,the device is equipped with polymer film bio-scanners capable of detecting toxins and life formsdown to 500 nanometers. The Spectagraph sends its findings to specified viewing platforms, such asthe HoloTab aboard a ship. The device was conceived by Weyland Industries to help explore otherplanets, who patented it under the file number 17,900,353 on December 1, 2063.