Alien Universe Characters: Backstories, Fates & Profiles
This category brings together in-depth profiles of the most important characters from the Alien Universe, exploring their origins, defining moments, and ultimate fates across films, comics, novels, and alternate continuities. From well-known figures like Ellen Ripley to Colonial Marines, scientists, and civilians, these profiles focus on the people at the center of the Alien and Alien vs. Predator stories. Find out here who survived and who was taken down by Xenomorphs.
Dr. Elizabeth Shaw: Origins, Profile & Final Fate
Elizabeth Shaw was the archaeologist who found the Engineer star maps and sailed on the Prometheus to LV-223, played by Noomi Rapace. She cut a Trilobite from her abdomen, left with David's head, and died on Planet 4 in 2094 after he kept her as a subject.
By Janno Vares October 06, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors | Prometheus Lore
Chris Temple: Retired USM Colonel On LV-1213
Chris Temple was a retired United Systems Military colonel and the father of Jane and Emma in Brendan Deneen's Alien: Uncivil War. In May 2381, after the Auriga hit Earth, he left with the girls and the auton Alicia. On LV-1213 he killed two adult Xenomorphs and flew the family off in an empty USM ship.
By Janno Vares October 06, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Katherine Daniels: Covenant's Supercargo & Terraformer
Katherine Daniels was supercargo and chief terraformer on the USCSS Covenant in Alien: Covenant, played by Katherine Waterston. Captain Jacob Branson died in a 2104 neutrino burst. She protested the detour to Planet 4, survived the landing, and went into hypersleep after David took Walter's place for Origae-6.
By Janno Vares October 05, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Toru McClintock-Riley: Knot Miner Who Sealed Svarog
Toru McClintock-Riley was a fifty-year-old Knot miner on the UPP world Shānmén in Philippa Ballantine's 2022 novel Alien: Inferno's Fall. She sealed Svarog after a Black Goo strike, opened the Engineer temple under Shaft One, and died falling from the evac dropship with a mutating archaeologist.
By Janno Vares October 05, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Creen Dinashin: Phalanx Inventor Of Caminus Paste
Creen Dinashin was a sixteen-year-old Lemeth Hold runner on Ataegina in Scott Sigler's 2020 novel Aliens: Phalanx. He boiled the caminus paste that stopped acid blood, survived a Facehugger in the Nan-Shan hive, and twenty years later hunted a second Queen with Ahiliyah Cooper and Yeh'kull in Another Mother.
By Janno Vares October 05, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Brandun Barrow: Phalanx Runner Who Killed The Queen
Brandun Barrow was a fifteen-year-old Lemeth Hold runner on Ataegina in Scott Sigler's 2020 novel Aliens: Phalanx. He speared the first named demon of that war, joined the Hold Guard, and killed the Queen under Black Smoke Mountain with a poison tailspike. She crushed him, and the poison killed her.
By Janno Vares October 05, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Beatrix Maloney: Profile Of The Rage Leader
Beatrix Maloney led the Rage in Tim Lebbon's Rage War novels. A Founder aboard Macbeth, she killed Wordsworth after Midsummer, ran the Xenomorph invasion from a gel suit, jumped the flagship into Sol in December 2692, and died in the Queen's hall when Liliya burned the android command.
By Janno Vares October 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Avp Lore
Kamran Afghanzadeh: Hasanova Safety Lead & Survivor
Kamran Afghanzadeh was Hasanova's safety lead in Alex White's Alien: Into Charybdis. In 2184 on LV-991 an adult Xenomorph took his right arm. He triggered a Halo A test, tackled Captain Kylie Duncan into a Weyland vault, and woke at Exeter Colony after the hearing.
By Janno Vares October 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Cherokee (Cher) Hunt: Journalist & Shy's Sister
Cherokee Hunt was a New York journalist and Cheyenne Hunt's sister in David Barnett's Alien: Colony War. In July 2186 she went to New Albion to learn why Shy died on Hasanova, then reached LV-187 with Chad McLaren and Davis. She left on the Victory under arrest warrants, with no way back to Earth.
By Janno Vares October 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Walter One: Origins On Earth & Fate On Planet 4
Walter One was the Weyland-Yutani synthetic produced in 2100 for the Covenant in Alien: Covenant, played by Michael Fassbender. In 2104 a neutrino burst woke the crew, a Neomorph took his left hand on Planet 4, and he fought David. David returned to the ship in his place, and Walter remained on the planet.
By Janno Vares October 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Ramón Vasquez: Jenette's Son & Weyland-Yutani CFO
Ramón Vasquez was Jenette Vasquez's son and Leticia's twin in V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez. Roseanna raised him on a Texas ranch. He became Weyland-Yutani's youngest chief financial officer, moved the Xenomorph program to Olinka, and died there in 2201 when a Xenomorph speared him through the chest.
By Janno Vares October 03, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Weyland Yutani Executives | Vasquez Family
Liliya: Rage Android Who Burned The Generals
Liliya was a Rage android general in Tim Lebbon's Rage War novels. In 2351 she stole Weyland-Yutani research from the USS Evelyn-Tew near Alpha Centauri. In 2692 she left Macbeth, survived Hashori on the Zeere Za, and died in the Queen's hall after she sent the self-destruct that burned the generals.
By Janno Vares October 03, 2026 Alien Universe Androids | Alien Universe Characters | Avp Lore
Leticia Vasquez: Jenette's Daughter & Marine Raider
Leticia Vasquez was Jenette Vasquez's daughter in V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez. Roseanna raised her on a Texas ranch, and she enlisted as a Marine Raider in 2190. In 2201 she directed security on Olinka, killed Queen La Reina, and remained alive in orbit with Jacob Vickers and Desiree Benson.
By Janno Vares October 02, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Isa Palant: Yautja Researcher Of The Rage War
Isa Palant was an ArmoTech Yautja researcher at Love Grove Base on LV-1529 in Tim Lebbon's Rage War novels. In September 2692 she sealed a ceasefire with the elder Kalakta, went rogue with Major Akoko Halley, injected the Faze on Macbeth, and left the wreck with Hashori.
By Janno Vares October 02, 2026 Alien Universe Scientists | Alien Universe Characters | Avp Lore
Rook: The Science Officer From Romulus Lab
Rook was the Weyland-Yutani science officer on Renaissance Station in Alien: Romulus, using Ian Holm's face. He harvested the Nostromo Xenomorph for compound Z-01 until Big Chap tore him in half. He tried to send the sample to Jackson's Star, and the station broke up in the rings of LV-410.
By Janno Vares October 02, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Alien Romulus Lore
Leonard Dillon: Fury 161 Preacher & Prisoner Leader
Leonard Dillon was the Fiorina 161 inmate preacher in Alien 3, played by Charles S. Dutton. He told Ellen Ripley he was a murderer and rapist of women, then stopped an assault on her and led the remaining prisoners against the Dragon. He died in the lead mold in 2179.
By Janno Vares October 02, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Dr. Sora Matsushita: Fate Of The Alien 3 Company Man
Dr. Sora Matsushita was the Weyland-Yutani surgeon who landed on Fury 161 with Michael Bishop in Alien 3, credited only as the Company Man. He offered Ellen Ripley a short surgery for the Queen embryo. In 2184 Captain Kylie Duncan shot him and had him burned in the Hasanova nest on LV-991.
By Janno Vares October 01, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Scientists
Andy: Profile Of Rain Carradine's Android Brother
Andy was an ND-255 synthetic on Jackson's Star, played by David Jonsson in Alien: Romulus. Rain's father salvaged him and set his directive to do what was best for Rain. Rook's chip rewrote that order on Renaissance. Rain pulled it out, and they left for Yvaga III in cryosleep.
By Janno Vares October 01, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Alien Romulus Lore
Samuel Brett: Profile Of The Nostromo Technician
Samuel Brett was the engineering technician on the USCSS Nostromo in Alien, played by Harry Dean Stanton. He worked with Parker to repair the ship after the landing. The adult Xenomorph killed him with a headbite under the chains while he was looking for Jones in the landing-leg bay.
By Janno Vares September 30, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Peter Weyland: Profile Of The Weyland Corp Founder
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
Joan Lambert: Expanded Profile & Death Of The Navigator
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
Dennis Parker: Profile Of Nostromo's Chief Engineer
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
Carter Burke: Weyland-Yutani Special Projects Director
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
Jones (Jonesy): Biography & Fate Of Nostromo's Tomcat
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
Charles Bishop Weyland: Industry Background & Relations
Charles Bishop Weyland founded Weyland Industries and led the October 2004 Bouvetoya expedition in Alien vs. Predator. Lung cancer drove him under the Antarctic ice to a buried pyramid. He burned Scar with an oxygen tank on the stairs, and the hunter stabbed him with wrist blades.
By Janno Vares September 23, 2026 Predator Universe Characters | Avp Lore | Alien Universe Characters
Annalee Call: Origins & Fate Of The Resurrection Auton
Annalee Call was a Second Generation Auton who joined the Betty to stop the United Systems Military from cloning Xenomorphs aboard the USM Auriga. Played by Winona Ryder in Alien: Resurrection, she survived with Ripley 8, then later appeared in Aliens: Original Sin.
By Janno Vares September 22, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Robert Morse: Fury 161 Survivor And Space Beast Author
Robert Morse was a Fiorina 161 inmate in Alien 3, played by Danny Webb. He stayed after Weyland-Yutani closed the prison and was the only survivor of the 2179 Dragon outbreak. Company troops under Michael Bishop took him into custody, and Morse wrote Space Beast, the banned account later treated as scripture.
By Janno Vares September 21, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Arthur Dallas: Expanded Profile Of The Nostromo Captain
Arthur Dallas was captain of the USCSS Nostromo in Alien. He led Kane and Lambert onto LV-426, brought Kane back after the Facehugger, then crawled the air shafts with a flamethrower. The adult Xenomorph took him there, and Ripley later found him cocooned in the Director's Cut.
By Janno Vares September 21, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Thomas Kane: Nostromo Executive Officer & First Host
Kane was the executive officer of the USCSS Nostromo in Alien. He volunteered for the landing party on LV-426, a Facehugger locked onto him in the derelict egg chamber, and a Chestburster killed him at the mess table. Later comics named his daughter Tsula Kane.
By Janno Vares September 18, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Michael Bishop: Alien 3's Bishop II And Later Fate
Michael Bishop, credited as Bishop II, was the human designer of the Bishop android line. He landed on Fury 161 in Alien 3 to take the Queen embryo from Ellen Ripley, then rebuilt the 341-B in Aliens: Bishop. His body was left in the Xinjiang hive, and a later company log used his name.
By Janno Vares September 17, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Scientists | Weyland Yutani Executives
Rain Carradine: Jackson's Star Miner & Romulus Survivor
Rain Carradine was a Jackson's Star colonist, played by Cailee Spaeny in Alien: Romulus. After Weyland-Yutani doubled her labor contract in 2142, she boarded the Corbelan IV with Andy to steal cryopods from Renaissance Station, then survived the Xenomorph outbreak and set course for Yvaga III.
By Janno Vares September 16, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Romulus Lore | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Ahiliyah Cooper: Phalanx Runner & Ataegina General
Ahiliyah Cooper was a Lemeth Hold runner on the lost colony world Ataegina in Scott Sigler's Aliens: Phalanx. She survived a Facehugger, became General after the first Queen was defeated, and twenty years later hunted a new Queen with Yeh'kull in Another Mother.
By Janno Vares September 15, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors | Avp Lore
Ash: Hyperdyne 120-A/2 Profile & Survival Explained
Ash was the Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 science officer planted on the USCSS Nostromo in Alien. Weyland-Yutani swapped him in at Thedus under Special Order 937, Parker wrecked his body in the mess, and his AI later ran the Narcissus in Alien: Out of the Shadows.
By Janno Vares September 15, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids
Viola Shipp: Profile Of Olivia's Twin Android Sister
Viola Shipp was the custom synthetic twin Olivia Shipp grew up with after the biological sister died at three. In Mira Grant's Alien: Echo, the 2172 Zagreus hive treated her as non-prey. Olivia left the planet in While There's Hope with Kora Burton and Viola's severed head.
By Janno Vares September 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Cpl. Russell Becker: Midnighter On Charybdis Profile
Russell Becker was a Colonial Marine corporal in Alex White's Alien: Into Charybdis. In 2184 he left Captain Kylie Duncan's Midnighters after she shot Cheyenne Hunt on Hasanova. From the Data Cannon he sent security cores onto EntaCOMM, then Duncan's dropship minigun killed him.
By Janno Vares September 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Cheyenne (Shy) Hunt: Programmer & Charybdis Victim
Cheyenne Hunt, called Shy, was a McAllen Integrations programmer in Alex White's Alien: Into Charybdis. In 2184 she reached Hasanova on LV-991 to install climate and network systems. Captain Kylie Duncan shot her in the command center after she tried to stop the storehouse massacre.
By Janno Vares September 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Chad McLaren: Profile Of Amanda Ripley's Husband
Chad McLaren was a former Weyland-Yutani scientist and Amanda Ripley's husband in David Barnett's Alien: Colony War. In July 2186 he and the synthetic Davis reached LV-187 with journalist Cher Hunt, killed the Queen under the reactor, and fled to find Zula Hendricks.
By Janno Vares September 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Scientists | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Mae Hendricks: Zula And Davis's Synthetic Daughter
Mae Hendricks was Zula Hendricks and Davis's synthetic daughter. Davis had her built after a meeting on LV-222. She fought on Shānmén in Alien: Inferno's Fall in 2186, then lost her memory in Alien: Seventh Circle, crashed Minos, and left on the Righteous Fury.
By Janno Vares September 12, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Rebecca (Newt) Jorden: Profile With Origin & Fates
Rebecca "Newt" Jorden was the first child born at Hadley's Hope on LV-426. She survived the hive in the colony ducts, left Acheron with Ripley and Hicks in Aliens, and drowned when the EEV hit Fiorina 161 in Alien 3. River of Pain and Newt's Tale give her the background before the Marines arrived.
By Janno Vares September 12, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Captain Kylie Duncan: Leader Of Midnighters On Hasanova
Captain Kylie Duncan led the Midnighters from the USS Benning in Alex White's Alien: Into Charybdis. In 2184 she seized Hasanova on LV-991, opened the storehouses so Xenomorphs could kill locked colonists, then died in a Weyland pathogen vault after Kamran Afghanzadeh tackled her.
By Janno Vares September 11, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Lieutenant Johnny Mains: VoidLarks Of The Rage War
Lieutenant Johnny Mains led the 5th Excursionists, the VoidLarks, in Tim Lebbon's Rage War. In 2692 he fought Yautja at Southgate Station 12, crashed on UMF 12, boarded Othello with Gemma Lieder, and armed a hangar nuke. Macbeth later received the signal that confirmed Othello's destruction.
By Janno Vares September 11, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Major Akoko Halley: Snow Dog Of The DevilDogs
Major Akoko Halley, Snow Dog of the 39th Spaceborne DevilDogs, led Tim Lebbon's Rage War Marines in 2692. She sent the Yautja ceasefire from LV-1529, went rogue with Isa Palant after LV-1657, boarded Macbeth, and lived to report in with Huyck after the Sol fight.
By Janno Vares September 10, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Dr. Lily Pearce: Fireteam 2 Xenobiologist On LV-558
Dr. Lily Pearce was Weyland-Yutani's head xenobiologist at Storr's Boon on LV-558 in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. Acidium exposure left her in pain, she built Engineer hybrids to treat it, and she tried to run the hive. The Queen ran her through in 2207, then General Olivia Shipp shot her.
By Janno Vares September 09, 2026 Aliens Fireteam 2 Lore | Alien Universe Scientists | Alien Universe Characters
Herk Mondo: Mondo Pest Exterminator In Fireteam 2
Herk Mondo was the one-man Xenomorph exterminator behind Mondo Pest in Dark Horse's Aliens: Mondo Pest and Mondo Heat. He lost a hand on Colony Oryza, took a prosthetic to Gimeno, and returned in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 as Herk Mondo's Pest Pack.
By Janno Vares September 08, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors | Alien Comics
Dorian Sudler: Cold Forge Auditor & Main Villain
Dorian Sudler was a Weyland-Yutani Special Resources auditor in Alex White's Alien: The Cold Forge. He arrived on station RB-232 in 2179 to fire the crew, herded survivors into the Xenomorph hive after the kennel break, and died as a Facehugger host in his quarters as the Cold Forge fell toward Kaufmann.
By Janno Vares September 07, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Weyland Yutani Executives
Pvt. Tim Crowe: Bug Hunt Past & Hive Death
Private Tim Crowe was a Colonial Marine rifleman on the USS Sulaco in Aliens, service number A46/TQ1.0.98712E6. He took an M41A into the Hadley's Hope hive and died in Frost's magazine cook-off. Foster's novelization had a Warrior take him as a host.
By Janno Vares September 06, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Esther 1089-12/A7: Fireteam Elite Synthetic
Esther 1089-12/A7 was the battalion synthetic aboard the UAS Endeavor in Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Weyland-Yutani built her in 2172 at Eko Atlantic. She decrypted LV-895 logs, then joined Fireteam Banshee on LV-558 in Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.
By Janno Vares September 06, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Colonial Marine Lore
Pvt. Trevor Wierzbowski: Bug Hunt Past & Hive Death
Private Trevor Wierzbowski was a Colonial Marine rifleman on the USS Sulaco in Aliens, service number A14/TQ8.0.20034E7. He took an M240 flamethrower into the Hadley's Hope hive, survived Frost's magazine cook-off, and was taken off camera. Foster's novelization gave him lines Frost spoke on film.
By Janno Vares September 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Blue Marsalis: Cold Forge Geneticist Turned Xenomorph
Blue Grace Marsalis was a Johns Hopkins geneticist dying of Bishara's Syndrome who ran live Xenomorph work on Weyland-Yutani station RB-232, the Cold Forge, in 2179. She left with a praepotens sample, then died on Ghasreh Shab in 2184 after infecting herself and becoming a speaking Xenomorph.
By Janno Vares September 04, 2026 Alien Universe Scientists | Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Timothy Hoenikker: Pala Station Scientist & Survivor
Dr. Timothy Hoenikker was a Weyland-Yutani theoretical archaeologist from Brooklyn who survived Pala Station in Weston Ochse's Aliens: Infiltrator. After Monica killed Kash on the San Lorenzo, Endeavor Marines pulled him off Katanga in Aliens: Fireteam Elite.
By Janno Vares September 03, 2026 Alien Universe Scientists | Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Marcel Apone: Al's Brother And Il Conde Captain
Captain Marcel Apone commanded the Il Conde in T. R. Napper's 2023 Titan novel Aliens: Bishop. He was Sergeant Al Apone's younger brother, boarded the Patna and the Chinese warship Xinjiang for the rebuilt Bishop, and was alive with a broken arm when the Hardboiled left for the Far Reach.
By Janno Vares September 02, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
PFC Daniel Spunkmeyer: The Bug Stomper Crew Chief
Private First Class Daniel Spunkmeyer was the Colonial Marine crew chief from Aliens who loaded Bug Stomper, rode shotgun with Ferro to LV-426, and died when a stowaway Warrior hit him in the cargo bay. The crash wrecked the APC and stranded the survivors at Hadley's Hope.
By Janno Vares September 02, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Cpl. Colette Ferro: The Bug Stomper Dropship Pilot
Corporal Colette Ferro was the Colonial Marine dropship pilot from Aliens who flew Bug Stomper on the Sulaco drop to LV-426 and died when a stowaway Warrior hit the cockpit. The crash wrecked the APC and stranded the survivors at Hadley's Hope.
By Janno Vares September 01, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
General Olivia Shipp: From Zagreus To The Endeavor
Olivia Shipp was a United Americas Colonial Marine who survived the 2172 Zagreus outbreak in Alien: Echo as a teenager, then fought at Katanga as a corporal, served with the Jackals, commanded the UAS Endeavor as colonel in 2202, and closed the 2207 LV-558 campaign as a general.
By Janno Vares September 01, 2026 Aliens Fireteam 2 Lore | Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters
Cpl. Cynthia Dietrich: Sulaco Corpsman & Bug Hunt Past
Corporal Cynthia Dietrich was the Sulaco corpsman from Aliens who checked Newt after the colony sweep and was the first Marine taken in the hive. Her flamethrower lit Frost and the confiscated magazines. Aliens: Bug Hunt put her on leave with Frost at Sullivan 9 and on Clytemnestra with Apone's squad.
By Janno Vares August 30, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
PFC Ricco Frost: Bug Hunt Past & Expanded Lore
Private First Class Ricco Frost was a Colonial Marine rifleman from Aliens who hauled confiscated magazines in the hive and died when Dietrich's flamethrower lit him and the bag. Aliens: Bug Hunt put him on leave with Dietrich at Sullivan 9 and on Clytemnestra with Apone's squad.
By Janno Vares August 29, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Lt. Scott Gorman: Combat Drops, LV-426 Command & Death
Lieutenant Scott Gorman was the green Colonial Marine officer from Aliens who ran the Sulaco drop from the APC, froze in the hive ambush, then died with Vasquez in the Hadley's Hope vents. Expanded lore gives him no earlier past beyond drop counts and a company-placed command.
By Janno Vares August 28, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Sgt. Al Apone: Bug Hunt Past, LV-426 & Brother Explained
Sergeant Alexander Apone was the Colonial Marine platoon sergeant from Aliens who ran the Sulaco squad, burned the first Chestburster on LV-426, and was taken in the hive. Aliens: Bishop later brought in his younger brother, Captain Marcel Apone.
By Janno Vares August 25, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
PFC Mark Drake: Origins With Vasquez, Smartgun & Hive Death
Private First Class Mark Drake was a Colonial Marine smartgunner from Aliens who died covering the hive retreat when Warrior acid hit him. Aliens: Vasquez gave him a prison gym start with Jenette Vasquez and the same Corps contract.
By Janno Vares August 23, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Bishop Android Profile: Origins & New Body After Alien 3
Bishop was the Hyperdyne Systems 341-B android from Aliens, science officer on the USS Sulaco. He crawled the colony conduit, was torn apart by the Queen, asked Ripley to disconnect him on Fury 161, and later woke in a new body in Aliens: Bishop.
By Janno Vares August 22, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Androids
PFC William Hudson: Origin & Fate Of The Ultimate Badass
Private First Class William Hudson was the Sulaco combat technician in Aliens who had four weeks left, panicked after the dropship crash, then held Operations until a Warrior dragged him under the floor, later found cocooned with a chestburster wound.
By Janno Vares August 21, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
PFC Jenette Vasquez: Origins With Drake, Children & Relatives
Private First Class Jenette Vasquez was a Colonial Marine smartgunner from Aliens who died with Gorman in the Hadley's Hope vents. Aliens: Vasquez gave her a Los Angeles family, prison time with Mark Drake, and twins raised by her sister Roseanna.
By Janno Vares August 19, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Failed Ripley Clones 1-7: Each Individual Clone Explained
The failed Ripley clones were the first seven attempts to rebuild Ellen Ripley aboard the USM Auriga. This article covers each numbered clone, Ripley 8, Wren's plan to grow hundreds more, and how the lab appears in the Resurrection comic and PlayStation game.
By Janno Vares August 18, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorphs From The Movies
Deep Space Salvage Team Explained: Ship & Crewmembers
A three-man deep-space salvage crew recovered Ellen Ripley and Jones from the Narcissus on 16 May 2179. The ranging vessel carried the registration GM28223. Alien: River of Pain names the boarders Jernigan, Landers, and Fleet.
By Janno Vares August 18, 2026 Alien Universe Ships | Alien Universe Characters
Rachel Miller-Hicks: Hicks's Wife And Paradox Marine
Rachel Miller-Hicks was a United States Colonial Marine and the wife of Dwayne Hicks in Aliens: Bug Hunt. She died aboard the Paradox on an airless moon years before Aliens, and Hicks recovered her body on a later reclamation job.
By Janno Vares August 16, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Chris Hooper: Marion Chief Engineer And Last Survivor
Chris Hooper was the Kelland Mining Company chief engineer aboard the DSMO Marion in Alien: Out of the Shadows. After the Delilah collision he took command, sent Ellen Ripley back into hypersleep, and was left adrift in the Samson as the last survivor.
By Janno Vares August 16, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Demian Brackett: Hadley's Hope Marine Captain
Demian Brackett was the United States Colonial Marine captain in command of the Hadley's Hope security detail in Alien: River of Pain. He arrived on LV-426 in June 2179, fought the Xenomorph outbreak under Atmosphere Processor One, and escaped on Weyland-Yutani's secret science evacuation ship.
By Janno Vares August 16, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Alan Decker: ICC Empath And Ripley Descendant
Alan Decker was an Interstellar Commerce Commission deputy commissioner and Ripley-line descendant at the center of Alien: Sea of Sorrows. After his blood woke a dormant hive under New Galveston's Sea of Sorrows, Weyland-Yutani forced him to guide mercenaries into the old LV-178 mine.
By Janno Vares August 16, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
The Ripley Family: Husbands, Fathers & Distant Relatives
The Ripley family is best known through Ellen Ripley and her daughter Amanda, but expanded stories also name the husbands and fathers around them, a 1950s ancestor named Daniel Ripley, and the clone Ripley 8. This article lists every known relative to Ellen Ripley.
By Janno Vares August 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Hadley's Hope Colonists Listed: Every Name From Lore
A sourced roster of named Hadley's Hope colonists on LV-426, led by the film-facing settlers from Aliens, then additions from the novelization, Newt's Tale, Fire and Stone, The Blueprints, the Weyland-Yutani Report, River of Pain, Bug Hunt, and Aftermath.
By Janno Vares August 12, 2026 Alien Universe Colonies | Alien Universe Characters
Dwayne Hicks: Aliens Marine Profile With Origin & Fates
Corporal Dwayne Hicks was a Colonial Marine from Aliens who took command on LV-426, survived acid burns, protected Newt, and died in Alien 3 continuity. Expanded lore covers his wife Rachel, alternate survival paths, and major figure lines.
By Janno Vares August 08, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Colonial Marine Characters | Colonial Marine Lore
Ripley 8: Origins & Fate Of The Resurrection Clone
Ripley 8 was the eighth successful clone of Ellen Ripley, created aboard the USM Auriga two hundred years after Ripley's death on Fury 161. She carried human and Xenomorph DNA, escaped with the Betty crew, and later appeared in Aliens: Original Sin and Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator.
By Janno Vares August 06, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Nostromo Crew Profiles: The Full Dossier From Aliens
During Ripley's board of inquiry in Aliens, the Company cycles through closed personnel files for the lost USCSS Nostromo crew. This page recreates those green terminal dossiers as they appeared on screen, with the original prop wording.
By Janno Vares August 03, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Every Colonial Marine From Aliens: Past Bug Hunts & Bios
Bios and expanded backgrounds for all 12 USS Sulaco Colonial Marines from Aliens, plus Bishop. Covers film roles, ranks, and what Bug Hunt, Aliens: Vasquez, comics, and games add beyond the doomed Hadley's Hope mission.
By Janno Vares August 02, 2026 Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Characters
Ultimate Badass Colonial Marines: Ranking USCM Soldiers
Most Colonial Marine missions end in a body count. This ranking picks the USCM soldiers who still stand out across movies, games, and comics — the ones who held the line, killed Queens, or clawed their way off a dead colony when everyone else was already gone.
By Janno Vares July 15, 2026 Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Characters
10 Alien Scientists More Insane Than Ash, Ranked
The Alien Expanded Universe is full of scientists who lost their minds chasing the perfect organism. Spanning comics, games and movies, here are 10 ranked by madness, charisma, research impact and source quality. Each is more unhinged than Ash from Alien.
By Janno Vares July 14, 2026 Alien Universe Scientists | Alien Universe Characters
Amanda Ripley: Origins & Final Fate Of Ellen's Daughter
Amanda Ripley-McClaren was Ellen Ripley's daughter and the main character of Alien: Isolation. Her expanded story continued through Alien: Blackout, Aliens: Resistance, Aliens: Rescue, and later questions about whether her reported death was the full truth.
By Janno Vares June 17, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Yutani Family Tree: Every Known Relative Explained
The Yutani family were influential co-owners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation alongside the Weyland family. This article explores the Yutani family tree and lists every known member of the lineage, including Hideo Yutani and several Miss Yutanis.
By Janno Vares April 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Earth Lore | Alien Universe Companies
Weyland Family Tree: Every Known Relative Explained
The Weyland family were the powerful owners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation together with the Yutani family. In this article, we examine the Weyland family tree, and list every known member of the family, including Peter Weyland and Charles Bishop Weyland.
By Janno Vares March 09, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Prometheus Lore
Ellen Ripley: Full Profile Of The Alien Survivor
Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley survived the Nostromo disaster, the LV-426 hive, and Fury 161 before returning as the clone Ripley 8. Later novels and comics add a childhood on Luna, the LV-178 outbreak, and an android copy after the films.
By Janno Vares February 18, 2024 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
Colonial Marine Officers: Notable USCM Commanders Listed
The Colonial Marine officers are the ones that command the troopers in the field. Unfortunately, most of them get killed and nobody hardly remembers their achievements. Here is a list of notable Colonial Marine officers from the Alien lore, including General Spears and Captain Cruz.
By Janno Vares August 28, 2019 Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Characters
Hicks And Newt: Alternate Fates For Aliens Survivors
People were rather angry after Newt and Hicks were killed at the beginning of Alien 3 in a gruesome way. Here are several different scenarios where one or both survived, some of them developed even after Alien 3 was released.
By Janno Vares November 05, 2017 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
