Name: Aliens
Genre: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 1986-07-18
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen

Aliens

Discussion on Synthetic Crew Members

Ripley You never said anything about android being aboard, why not?

[to Burke, agitated]

Burke It never... never occurred to me. It's just a common practice, we always have a synthetic on board.

Bishop I prefer the term "artificial person" myself. Is there a problem?

Burke I'm sorry. I don't know why I didn't... On Ripley's last trip the synth- the artificial person malfunctioned.

[to Bishop]

Ripley Malfunctioned"?!

Burke We had some problems and, uh... few deaths were involved.

Bishop I'm shocked. Was it an older model?

Burke Yeah. Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2.

Bishop Well, that explains it. I mean, the A/2s always were a bit twitchy. That could never happen now with our behaviour inhibitors. It is impossible for me to harm, or by omission of action, allowed to be harmed, a human being. Are you sure you don't want some?

[hands the tray with corn bread to Ripley]

Ripley Just stay away from me, Bishop. You got that straight?

[angrily knocks the tray out of Bishop's hand]

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Aliens

Desperation in a dire situation

Hudson That's great. That's just fucking great, man. Now what the fuck are we supposed to do?! We're in some real pretty shit now, man!

Hicks You finished?

[grabs Hudson and draws him closer]

Newt I guess we're not going to be leaving right now, then?

Ripley I'm sorry, Newt.

Newt You don't have to be sorry. It wasn't your fault.

Hudson That's it! Game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?! What are we gonna do?!

Burke Maybe we could build a fire and sing couple of songs, huh? Why don't we try that?!

Newt We'd better get back because it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night. Mostly.

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Aliens

Confronting Challenges in Crisis Situations

Ellen Ripley You better just start dealing with it, Hudson! Listen to me! Hudson, just deal with it, because we need you and I'm sick of your bullshit.

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Aliens

Descent into Chaos and Danger

Private Hudson We're on the express elevator to hell, going down!

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Aliens

Discussion on LV-426 and Terraforming Efforts

Ripley Van Leuwen? Why don't you just check out LV-426?

Van Leuwen Because I don't have to. There have been people there for over twenty years and they never complained about any hostile organisms.

Ripley What do you mean? What people?

[alarmed]

Van Leuwen Terraformers. Planetary engineers. They go down there and set up these big atmosphere processors to make the air breathable. It takes decades. That's what we call shake'n'bake colony

[he tries to leave, but Ripley blocks his way with her arm]

Ripley How many are there? How many colonists?

Van Leuwen I don't know. Sixty, maybe seventy families Do you mind?

[looks pointedly at Ripley's arm]

Ripley Families. Jesus.

[lets him go and speaks to herself]

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Aliens

Debating a Dangerous Plan for Survival

Hudson I say we grease this rat fuck-son-of-a-bitch right now!

[aiming his rifle at Burke]

Hicks It just doesn't make any goddamn sense.

Ripley He figured he could get the alien past the quarantine if one of us was... impregnated - whatever you call it - and frozen for the way home. Nobody would know about the embryos we're carrying. Me and Newt.

Hicks Wait a minute, now, we'd all know.

Ripley Yes, the only way he could do it is if he sabotaged certain freezers on the way home. Namely, yours. Then he could jettison the bodies and make up any story he liked.

Hudson Fuck! He's dead! You're dogmeat, pal!

[aims his rifle at Burke again]

Burke This is so nuts. I mean, listen... listen to what you're saying. It's all paranoid delusion. It's really sad. It's pathetic.

Ripley You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over a goddamn percentage.

Hicks All right, we waste him. No offense.

[he and Hudson grab Burke and attempt to escort him away]

Ripley No! He's gotta go back...

[the lights turn off]

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Aliens

Prepared for Close Encounters

Hicks I like to keep this handy. For close encounters.

[pulls out a shotgun]

Frost Yeah, I heard that.

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Aliens

A Mother's Reassurance in Crisis

Ellen Ripley Close your eyes, baby!

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Aliens

Combat Experience in the Face of Danger

Ripley How many drops for you is this, lieutenant?

Gorman Thirty-eight. Simulated.

Vasquez How many combat drops?

Gorman Uh, two. Including this one.

Drake Shit.

Hudson Oh-ho, man...

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Aliens

Panic Overcoming in a Dangerous Situation

Private Hudson They're coming outta the walls! They're coming outta the goddamn walls! Let's book!

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Aliens

Pay and Personalities in Alien Encounters

Drake They ain't paying us enough for this, man.

Dietrich Not enough to wake up every day to your face, Drake.

Drake What? Is that a joke?

Dietrich Oh, I wish it were.

Drake Hey, Hicks. Man, you look just like I feel.

Apone All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! Day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune. Every formation a parade. I love the Corps!

[walking along the line of cryo pods]

Hudson Man, this floor is freezing!

Apone What do you want me to do, fetch the slippers for ya?

Hudson Gee, would you, sir? I'd like that.

Apone Look into my eye!

[peels back his eyelid]

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Aliens

Investigating the Costs of Space Disasters

Ripley I don't understand this. We have been here for three and a half hours. How many different ways you want me to tell you the same story?

Van Leuwen Look at it from our perspective, please. Please. Now, you freely admit detonating the engines of, and thereby destroying an M-class star freighter, a rather expensive piece of hardware.

[points at an empty chair; Ripley sits down]

Insurance attorney Forty-two million in adjusted dollars. That's minus payload, of course.

Van Leuwen The lifeboat's flight recorder corroborates some parts of your account. In that for reasons unknown, the Nostromo set down on LV-426, an unsurveyed planet at that time. That it resumed its course and was subsequently set for self-destruct, by you, for reasons unknown.

Ripley Not for reasons unknown. I told you. We set down there on company's orders, to get this thing, which destroyed my crew. And your expensive ship.

Van Leuwen The analysis team, which went over the lifeboat centimeter by centimeter, found no physical evidence of the creature you describe.

Ripley Good! That's because I blew it out of the goddamn airlock! Like I said.

[stands up]

Insurance attorney Are there any species like this hostile organism on LV-426?

ECA representative No, it's a rock. No indigenous life.

Ripley Did IQs just drop sharply when I was away? Ma'am, I already said it was not indigenous, it was a derelict spacecraft, it was an alien ship, it was not from there. You get it? We homed in on its beacon.

[sarcastically]

ECA representative And found something never recorded once in any of the three hundred surveyed worlds "A creature that gestates inside living human host", these are your words, "and has concentrated acid for blood".

[reads the report]

Ripley That's right Look... I can see where this is going, but I'm telling you those things exist.

[beat]

Van Leuwen Thank you, officer, that will be all.

Ripley Please! You're not listening to me. Kane, the crew member... Kane, who went into that ship, said he saw thousands of eggs there. Thousands.

Van Leuwen Thank you, that will be all.

Ripley Goddammit, that's not all! Because if one of those things gets down here, then that will be all, and all this this bullshit that you think is so important you can just kiss all that goodbye!

[picks up documents; throws the documents on tabletop]

Van Leuwen It is the finding of this court of inquiry that Warrant Officer E. Ripley, NOC 14472, has acted with questionable judgement, and is unfit to hold an ICC license as a commercial flight officer. Said license is hereby suspended indefinitely. Now, no criminal charges will be filed against you at this time, and you are released on your own recognizance for a six-month period of psychometric probation, to include monthly review by an ICC psychiatric technician. These proceedings are closed.

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Aliens

Emergency Venting in a Critical Situation

Ripley It's very pretty, Bishop, but what are we looking for?

[looking out the window at the atmosphere processing plant]

Bishop That's it. Emergency venting.

[points at gas flaring from the reactor]

Hudson Oh, that's beautiful, man. Oh, man, that - that just beats it all.

Hicks How long till it blows?

Bishop Four hours. With a blast radius of 30 kilometers, equal to about... 40 megatons.

[Hicks groans]

Hicks We got problems.

Hudson I don't believe this, I don't fucking believe this!

Bishop Vasquez, close the shutters.

Ripley Why can't we shut it down from here?

Bishop I'm sorry, the crash caused too much damage. An overload is inevitable at this point.

Hudson Oh, man, and I was getting short. Four more weeks and out. Now I'm gonna buy it on this rock. It ain't half fair, man!

Vasquez Hudson, give us a break!

Hudson Four more weeks. Oh, man...

Ripley Well, we've got to get the other dropship from the Sulaco. I mean, there must be some way of bringing it down on remote.

Hudson How? The transmitter was on the APC, it's wasted!

Ripley Well, I don't care how, but we'd better think of something. We'd better think of a way.

Hudson Think of what?! We're fucked!

Hicks Shut up!

Hudson We're doomed-!

Hicks Shut up! What about the colony transmitters? The uplink tower down at the other end. Why can't we use that-?

[louder; to Bishop]

Bishop No, I checked. The hardware in between here and there was damaged. We can't align the dish.

Ripley Well, somebody's gonna have to go out there. Take a portable terminal, go out there and patch in manually.

Hudson Oh, yeah, sure! With those things runnin around? You can count me out.

Bishop I'll go.

[speaking under Hudson]

Hicks Yeah, I guess we can just count you out of everything, Hudson.

Hudson That's right, man! Hey, why don't you go, man!

Bishop I'll go.

[more loudly]

Ripley What?

Bishop I'll go. I mean, I'm the only one qualified to remote pilot the ship anyway.

Hudson Yeah, right, man. Bishop should go. Good idea!

Bishop Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.

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Aliens

Identity and Courage in Adversity

Ripley I don't know how you managed to stay alive. But you're one brave kid, Rebecca.

Newt N-Newt.

Ripley What'd you say?

Newt Newt. My name is Newt. Nobody calls me Rebecca except my brother.

Ripley Newt? I like that. I'm Ripley. It's nice to meet you. And who is this?

Newt Casey.

Ripley Hello, Casey. What about your brother? What's his name?

Newt Timmy.

Ripley Is Timmy around here too? Maybe hiding like you were? Any sisters? Mom and Dad? Newt. Look at me. Where are they?

[Newt doesn't answer; Newt shakes her head; Newt nods]

Newt They're dead, all right? Can I go now?

Ripley I'm sorry, Newt. Don't you think you'd be safer here with us? These people are here to protect you. They're soldiers.

[Newt shakes her head]

Newt It won't make any difference.

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Aliens

Assessing Salvaged Equipment and Rescue Timeline

Hicks That's absolutely everything we can salvage from the APC wreckage. We've got four pulse rifles, with about fifty rounds each. That ain't so good. We got, uh, fifteen of these M-40 grenades. Don't touch that. Dangerous, honey.

[Newt reaches for a grenade]

Ripley Is that the only flamethrower?

Hicks Yeah. It's only half-full, but it's functional. Got another one, it's damaged, so I don't know about that one. But the good news... We've got four of these robot sentries, with display and scanners intact. They really kick ass. They'll come in handy.

Ripley How long after we're declared overdue we can expect a rescue?

Hicks Seventeen days.

[deadpan]

Hudson Seventeen days? Hey man, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but we're not gonna last seventeen hours! These things are going to come here like they did before and they're gonna...

[starts rambling unintelligibly]

Ripley Hudson! HUDSON! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training Right?

[Hudson stops talking; to Newt]

Hudson Why don't you put her in charge?!

[scoffs]

Ripley You better start dealing with it, OK!? Listen to me! Hudson, just deal with it, because we need you, and I'm sick of your bullshit. I want you to get into the terminal and get me some kind of floor plan of this building. Construction blueprints, I don't care, anything that shows us a layout of this place. You listening?

Hudson Yeah.

[distraught]

Ripley I need to see air ducts, I need to see electrical access tunnels, sub-basements, every possible way into this complex We don't have much time.

[beat]

Ripley Hudson! Just relax.

Bishop I'm gonna be in the med-lab. Check on Gorman, continue my analysis.

Ripley All right. You do that.

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Aliens

Ultimate Badass Confidence in Combat

Private Hudson I'm ready, man. Check it out! I am the ultimate badass! State of the badass art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out! Hey, Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate badasses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball-breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks...

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Aliens

Reluctance to Return to Danger

Ripley I don't believe this. You guys throw me to the wolves, and now you want me to go back out there? Forget it. It's not my problem.

Burke Can I finish?

Ripley No. There's no way.

Gorman Ripley, you wouldn't be going in with the troops. I can guarantee your safety.

Burke These Colonial Marines are very tough hombres. They're packing state-of-the-art firepower. There's nothing they can't handle. Lieutenant, am I right?

Gorman That's true. We've been trained to deal with situations like this.

Ripley You don't need me. I'm not a soldier.

[scoffs]

Burke Yeah, but we don't know exactly what's going on out there. It may just a downed transmitter, okay? But if it's not... I'd like you to go there as an adviser. And that's all.

Ripley What's your interest in all this? Why are you going?

Burke Corporation co-financed that colony along with Colonial Administration. We're going into a lot of terraforming, building better worlds-

Ripley Yeah, yeah, I saw the commercial. Look, I don't have time for this. I've gotta get to work.

Burke Oh, yeah. I heard you're working at the cargo docks.

Ripley That's right.

Burke Running loaders and forklifts.

Ripley Yeah. So?

Burke Nothing. I think it's great that you're keeping busy. And I know it's the only thing you could get. There’s nothing wrong with it. What would you say if I told you I could get you reinstated as a flight officer? The company has already agreed to pick up your contract.

[pause]

Ripley If I go.

Burke Yeah, if you go. Come on, that's a second chance, kiddo. I personally think for you the best thing in the world would be to get out there and face this thing, get back on the horse-

Ripley Spare me, Burke. I've already had my psych evaluation this month.

Burke Yeah, I know, I've read it. You wake up every night, your sheets are soaking with sweat-

Ripley I said no, and I mean it! Now, please leave. I'm not going back. And I... I wouldn't be any good to you if I did.

[angrily; in normal voice again]

Burke Okay, shhh. Just do one thing for me, okay? Think this over

[leaves calling card]

Gorman Thanks for the coffee.

[leaving along with Burke]

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Aliens

Defending Against a Powerful Threat

Ellen Ripley Get away from her, you BITCH!

[to the Alien Queen who is about to kill Newt]

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Aliens

Moral Dilemma Over Profiting from Danger

Burke Look, those two specimens are worth millions to the bio-weapons division. Now, if you're smart, we can both come out of it as heroes, and we will be set up for life.

Ripley You're crazy, Burke, you know that? You really think you can get a dangerous organism like that past ICC quarantine?

[beat]

Burke How can they impound it if they don't know about it?

Ripley Oh, but they will know about it, Burke. From me. Just like they'll know that you were responsible for the deaths of 157 colonists!

Burke Wait a second —

Ripley You sent them to that ship!

Burke You're wrong!

Ripley I just checked the colony log. Directive dated 6/12/79, signed Burke, Carter J. You sent them out there and you didn't even warn them! Why didn't you warn them, Burke?

Burke Okay, look. What if that ship didn't even exist? Did you ever think about that? I didn't know! So now, if I went and made a major security situation out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins. So I made a decision, and it was wrong. It was a bad call, Ripley. It was a bad call.

Ripley Bad call"? These people are dead, Burke! Don't you have any idea what you've done here?! Well, I'm gonna make sure that they nail you right to the wall for this! You're not gonna sleaze your way out of this one! Right to the wall!

[grabs Burke by the collar and presses him to the window; lets him go and starts to walk away]

Burke Ripley... You know, I... I expected more from you. I thought you'd be smarter than this.

[Ripley stops and turns around]

Ripley I'm happy to disappoint you.

[takes a breath]

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Aliens

Comforting a Child's Fear of Nightmares

Ripley Last stop. Get in. Scoot down. That's good. Now, you lie here and have a nap. You're very tired.

[Newt lies down on the bed]

Newt I don't want to. I have scary dreams.

Ripley Well, I bet Casey doesn't have scary dreams. Let's take a look. Nope. Nothing bad in there. See? Maybe you could try to be just like her, hmm?

[holds up Casey]

Newt Ripley, she doesn't have bad dreams because she's just a piece of plastic.

Ripley Right. I'm sorry, Newt. There.

[smiles; turns on heater]

Newt My mommy always said there were no monsters, no real ones, but there are.

Ripley Yes, there are, aren't there?

Newt Why do they tell little kids that?

Ripley Most of the time it's true.

Newt Did one of those things grow inside her?

Ripley I don't know, Newt. That's the truth.

Newt Isn't that how babies come? I mean, people babies? They grow inside you.

Ripley Oh, that's very different.

[smiles]

Newt Did you ever have a baby?

Ripley Yes, I did. I had a little girl.

Newt Where is she?

Ripley She's gone.

Newt You mean dead.

Ripley Here. Take this. For luck. There's that.

[gives Newt her wristwatch; switches off the light]

Newt Don't go, please.

[grabs Ripley's arm]

Ripley Newt, I'm gonna be right in the next room. And you see that camera right up there? I can see you right through that camera, all the time to see if you're safe. I'm not gonna leave you, Newt. I mean that. That's a promise.

[points to security camera]

Newt You promise?

Ripley I cross my heart.

Newt And hope to die?

Ripley And hope to die. Now, go to sleep, and don't dream.

[Newt hugs her, Ripley kisses her on the cheek]

Aliens

Frustration Over Power Loss in Crisis

Private Hudson What do you mean "they cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man?! They're animals!

Aliens

Celebrating Life in the Marine Corps

Sergeant Apone All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? It's another glorious day in the Corps. A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm: Every meal's a banquet. Every paycheck's a fortune! Every formation's a parade! I love the Corps!

Aliens

Despair in the Face of Defeat

Private Hudson That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?

Aliens

Reflections on Betrayal and Survival

Ellen Ripley You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see ] fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.

[[w:Alien_(Alien_franchise)|them]

Aliens

Determining Intentions in a Critical Situation

Burke Hello? Ripley? You're okay?

Ripley Just tell me one thing, Burke. You're going out there to destroy them, right? Not to study, not to bring back, but to wipe them out.

Burke That's the plan. You have my word on it.

Ripley All right, I'm in And you, you little shithead, you're staying here.

[pause; disconnects, then turns to Jones, her cat]

Aliens

Consultant with Alien Experience Discussed

Vasquez Hey, mira, who's Snow White?

[indicates Ripley]

Ferro She's supposed to be some kind of consultant. Apparently, she saw an alien once.

Hudson Whoopee-fucking-doo. Hey, I'm impressed.

Vasquez ¡Que bonita!

Hudson Hey, Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?

Vasquez No. Have you?

Aliens

Introduction of the Marines in Aliens

Gorman Morning, Marines. Sorry we didn't have time to brief you, people, before we left gateway-

Hudson Sir!

[raises his hand]

Gorman What is it, Hicks?

Hudson Hudson, sir. He's Hicks.

Gorman What is the question?

[beat]

Hudson Is this gonna be stand-up fight, sir, or another bug-hunt?

Gorman All that we know is that there's still no contact with the colony and that... a Xenomorph may be involved.

Frost Excuse me, sir, a... a what?

Gorman A Xenomorph.

Hicks It's a bug-hunt. What exactly are we dealing with here?

Gorman Ripley?

Ripley I'll tell you what I know. We set down on LV-426. One of our crew members was brought back with something attached to his face, some kind of... parasite. We tried to get it off, it wouldn't come off, later it seemed to come off by itself and died. Kane seemed fine. We were all having dinner and... it... must have laid something in his throat, some sort of embryo, he started... uh... he-

[steps forward]

Vasquez Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are.

[mimes pointing a gun]

Drake Go, Vasquez. Kick ass, man.

Vasquez Anytime, anywhere.

Hudson Right, right. Someone said "alien", she thought they said illegal alien and signed up!

Vasquez Fuck you, man.

Hudson Anytime, anywhere.

Ripley Are you finished? I hope you're right. I really do.

[angrily; comes closer and speaks to Vasquez]

Gorman Yeah, OK, thank you, Ripley. We also have Ripley's report on disk. I suggest you study it -

Ripley Because just one of those things managed to wipe out my entire crew in less than 24 hours, and if the colonists have found that ship, there's no telling how many have been exposed. Do you understand?

Gorman Anyway, we have it on disk, so you better look at it. Any questions? What is it, Private?

[Hudson raises his hand again]

Hudson How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?

[grinning]

Apone You secure that shit, Hudson!

Aliens

Discussion on Weaponry and Tactical Positioning

Ripley Lieutenant, what do those pulse rifles fire?

Gorman 10 millimeter explosive-tip caseless. Standard light armor piercing round. Why?

Ripley Well, look where your team is. They're right under the primary heat exchangers.

Gorman So?

Ripley So... if they fire their weapons in there, won't they rupture the cooling system?

Burke Whoa ho-ho... yeah, she's absolutely right.

Gorman So? So what?

Burke Look, this whole station is basically a big fusion reactor, right? So she's talking about a thermonuclear explosion and... adios, muchachos.

Gorman Oh, great. Wonderful. Shit! Look... Uh... Apone. Look, we can't have any firing in there. I, uh... I want you to collect magazines from everybody.

[talking via radio]

Hudson Is he fucking crazy?

Frost What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language?

Gorman Flame units only. I want rifles slung.

Apone Sir, I-

Gorman Just do it, Sergeant. And no grenades.

Aliens

Debating the Best Way to Eliminate Threats

Vasquez All right, we got seven canisters of ]. I say we roll them in there and nerve gas the whole fucking nest.

[[w:CN-20|CN-20]

Hicks That's worth a try, but we don't know if it's gonna affect them.

Hudson Let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we even talking about this for?

Ripley I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Hudson Fuckin A!

Burke Ho- ho- Hold on a second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

Ripley They can bill me.

[scoffs]

Burke Okay, look. This is an emotional moment for all of us, all right? I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly an important species we're dealing with here, and I don't think you or I or anybody has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them.

Ripley Wrong!

Vasquez Yeah, watch us.

Hudson Maybe you're not keeping up on current events. We just got our asses kicked, pal!

Burke Look, I'm not blind to what's going on, but I cannot authorize that kind of action. I'm sorry.

Ripley Well, I believe Corporal Hicks has authority here.

Burke Corporal Hicks is...?

Ripley This operation is under military jurisdiction, and Hicks is next in chain of command. Am I right, Corporal?

Hicks Yeah... yeah, that's right.

Burke Yeah... look, Ripley, this is a multi-million dollar installation, OK? He can't make that kind of decision. He's just a grunt! Uh, no offense.

Hicks None taken. Ferro, do you copy?

Ferro Standing by.

[via radio]

Hicks Prep for dust-off. We're going to need immediate evac.

Ferro Roger. We're on our way.

Hicks All right. We take off. Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[glances at Ripley in agreement]

Aliens

Urgent Call to Action in Crisis

Private Hudson Yo! Stop your grinnin', and drop your linen! Found em!

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