The Colonial Marshal Bureau policed United Americas colonies, from one sheriff to officers on a border frigate. They worked with the ICC and the FBI. In 2137 Jethro Waits's Sevastopol office collapsed, and later cases covered plague patrols, mine seizures, and undercover work.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Alien Universe Organizations | Alien Universe Factions
Origae-6 was the distant colony world chosen for 2,000 colonists led by Jacob Branson. Surveys found land, oceans, near-Earth gravity, breathable air, and a lake where he and Daniels planned a cabin. The 2104 voyage diverted to Planet 4, and the mission was declared overdue by 2112.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Alien Universe Planets
Sir Peter Weyland founded Weyland Corp and built the synthetic David in the prologue of Alien: Covenant. Born in Mumbai on 1 October 1990 and knighted in 2016, he gave the 2023 TED talk, hid aboard the USCSS Prometheus, and an Engineer killed him on LV-223 at Christmas 2093.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Weyland Yutani Executives
The Interstellar Commerce Commission licensed commercial crews and inspected cargo and biologicals for Earth and for colonies of 200,000 or more. In 2179 a board under Van Leuwen suspended Ellen Ripley's license after the Nostromo. The roleplaying game has Weyland-Yutani running it from Ruby Colony.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Alien Universe Organizations | Alien Universe Factions
Smiley was the human nickname for the silver-armored Yautja who led a clan beside Shane Burroughs's stranded camp in the 2008 graphic novel Alien vs. Predator: Civilized Beasts. He let the armed colonists live, and came out of the temple Queen fight missing an eye.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators Who Survived | Predators From The Comics
Joan Lambert was navigator of the USCSS Nostromo in Alien, played by Veronica Cartwright. She plotted the detour to LV-426, walked to the derelict with Dallas and Kane, and tracked Dallas in the air shafts. The adult Xenomorph killed her while she and Parker gathered coolant for the shuttle.
By Janno Vares September 29, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
The Independent Core System Colonies grew out of the 2080s Central Space Consortium, a corporate tax haven inside the Three World Empire. The 2151 New Deal recognized the break. By the 2180s the capital was Alexandria in the New Eden Sector, and the colonies sold protection to any world that could pay.
By Janno Vares September 28, 2026 Alien Universe Governments | Alien Universe Factions
Ash Parnall, also called Caryn Delacroix, was the trophy wife Toy built for Lucien Delacroix on the skyliner Liberté. In Aliens vs. Predator: Deadliest of the Species her appearance, personality, and the realities around her changed. She killed Toy, and Big Mama left with the children.
By Janno Vares September 28, 2026 Predator Universe Characters | Avp Lore | Predator Hunt Survivors
Captain Jim Hopper led six Green Berets into the Central American jungle in 1987 after guerrillas shot down a CIA helicopter. The Jungle Hunter skinned Hopper and two of his men and hung them from the trees. Dutch Schaefer's squad found the bodies later.
By Janno Vares September 28, 2026 Predator Universe Characters
The Union of Progressive Peoples formed in the early 2100s from Russia, Germany, and Spain, with China helping the union take shape. By the 2180s it was the resource-poor socialist rival of the United Americas, fielding the People's Army and the Space Operating Forces from its capital at Rodina Station.
By Janno Vares September 28, 2026 Alien Universe Governments | Alien Universe Factions | Colonial Marine Lore
In Predator, Major Alan Dutch Schaefer led Poncho, Hawkins, Billy, Blain, Mac, and Dillon into the Central American jungle, each with his own gun, from Poncho's six-shot launcher to Blain's minigun. The Jungle Hunter killed those six men, and Dutch was the only soldier who came back.
By Janno Vares September 28, 2026 Predator Universe Characters
The Three World Empire formed in the 2080s from the United Kingdom, Japan, India, and other states, and took its name from Earth, Mars, and Titan. By the 2180s it held the oldest extrasolar colonies on the Anglo-Japanese Arm, with a prime minister, a royal figurehead, and Weyland-Yutani seated in parliament.
By Janno Vares September 27, 2026 Alien Universe Governments | Alien Universe Factions | Colonial Marine Lore
Dennis Parker was chief engineer of the USCSS Nostromo in Alien. He fought the bonus clause with Brett, welded the wrecked intakes after the landing on LV-426, and fought Ash in the mess. The adult Xenomorph killed him with a headbite while he and Lambert gathered coolant for the shuttle.
By Janno Vares September 27, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
The United Americas formed in the early 2100s when North, Central, and South America signed the Washington Treaty. By the 2180s it was the strongest colonizing power in charted space, holding the American Arm through Allied Command, the Colonial Marines, and the Colonial Marshal Bureau.
By Janno Vares September 27, 2026 Alien Universe Governments | Alien Universe Factions | Colonial Marine Lore
Olwen is the main replicant Michelle Yeoh plays in Blade Runner 2099. She is a blade runner with only days left to live, and the official premise pairs her with Hunter Schafer's Cora in a Los Angeles held by replicants. The teaser shows her questioning Cora after a prison beating.
By Janno Vares September 27, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
Carter J. Burke was Weyland-Yutani's Special Projects Director in Aliens. He met Ellen Ripley on Gateway, sent Hadley's Hope to the derelict, and tried to smuggle Facehugger hosts off LV-426. The hive took him. Dark Mother and Aliens: What If give two different endings for that night.
By Janno Vares September 26, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Lore | Weyland Yutani Executives
The Blade Runner timeline runs from Cal Moreaux and the first blade runner unit in 2009 Los Angeles to a replicant-held city in 2099. It follows Deckard's November 2019 hunt, Blade Runner 2049, three short films, Titan's comics, Black Lotus, and Blade Runner 2099.
By Janno Vares September 26, 2026 Blade Runner Lore | Sci Fi Movie Timelines
Cora is the main human Hunter Schafer plays in Blade Runner 2099. She starts as a fugitive in replicant-held Los Angeles, then takes a blade runner identity beside Michelle Yeoh's dying replicant Olwen. The teaser shows her beaten in a prison, then strapped to a chair while Olwen questions her.
By Janno Vares September 26, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
The HNT-1 El Alamein Revolver Rifle is Sentinel Group's single-shot DMR in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. The three-star version has Combat Rating 100, accuracy 88, an 8-round cylinder, and 64 damage, making it a precision option for heavier targets.
By Janno Vares September 25, 2026 Aliens Fireteam 2 Lore | Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Weapons
Jones, called Jonesy, was the large yellow tom who served as ship's cat aboard the USCSS Nostromo. He lived through the Xenomorph outbreak with Ellen Ripley, shared her Narcissus hypersleep for 57 years, and stayed in a Gateway Station cabin when she left for LV-426.
By Janno Vares September 25, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
