The Screens. (56Kers beware)

[sulaco]

Yeh, would wonder why eggs would be in any other place than where kane found them anyway.

[Chris!(($$))!]

A different Hive on LV-426 could suggest this. Or any remaining Xenos alive around HH could have started a new Hive.

[sulaco]

O yeh, I meant on the derelict though! As all of the eggs were kept in stasis, and with no other hosts that we know off aliens couldnt have started a hive there.

[Chris!(($$))!]

Unless a Xeno from HH went back to the derelict assuming its not destroyed and tried to start a Hive.

[b00ce]

Considering that the chamber that the eggs were in was HUGE and there seemed to be no end to the slimy sacks, it would be safe to assume that the screen-shot could have been taken in an unseen area, it could be the main entrance to the chamber, or maybe a secondary one. (Remember, Kane went in through an impromptu hole (Lolacid) in the floor.) If the Derelict was left untouched form the Atmos going up, then it's safe to say that the hive was as well. Adding the fact that "the eggs last forever" it's safe to assume they lasted a few more months/ years. The eggs don't need aliens to keep them healthy, and as I recall there was already a hive (Sans aliens) in place when the crew of the Nostromo got there.

PLAYBACK FF//3945698/w-yut.Gwy/Res/C39 Sep 14 23:59:00 2179

"The Shinyo Maru confirms, sir. Science Division are on-site at the derelict. Tanaka wants orders. Should he arrange an accident?"
"Not yet. Tell him to keep his powder dry. First I need to negotiate with Trudeau on a secure line. If he's smart, he won't try and muscle us out of the bonus share."

COMFILE /28//sic.shinyom/234288/savH
FLASH.
TO: MANDEC RDIV
SUBJ: REDDOG ONE. ALL ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY HERE. HAVE RECOVERED TWO LOST BABIES. SHARE PROSPECTS EXCELLENT. MSG ENDS.

Maybe the marines went there to retrieve an egg. Maybe they went there to fulfill the companies goal of getting a specimen through an "accident". Who knows...

[Chris!(($$))!]

You could be right. From what most of us (I think most of us) are thinking is that W-Y Corp has 17 days to mess around with LV-426 as much as they want until our squad of Marines come into play, AND that does not include the time in which it takes our Marines to get there in the first place (Has anyone ever thought of the possibility of there being mechanics or a medical team on the Sulaco) Anyways from what has been said in articles we start on the Sulaco and encounter Xenos there. NOW I personally am not sure about encountering Xenos on the Sulaco in just 17 days unless the Queen from ALIENS managed to sneak aboard some more stuff less unexplainable than what we see in ALIEN 3.

[Xhan]

Originally Posted by Sh0dan

Yes, your right. It looks just like a xeno is up there.

Newbs actually spotted the same thing I think, way back when the shots were released, or maybe it was a different screen. (cant remember). But anyway Wieder (a ACM dev before he moved to IW) said:



I was looking at the high res screen and I am pretty sure that is a xeno up there.

It is, as was called back then.