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| USS Sulaco | |
| Continuity: | Aliens film series |
| Type: | Space vessel |
| Class: | Conestoga-class [1] |
| Manufacturer: | Weyland-Yutani Corporation |
| Crew: | None |
| Length: | 385 meters [1] |
| Weight: | 78,000 tonnes [1] |
| Complement: | M577 Armored Personnel Carrier UD-4L Cheyenne dropship Caterpillar P-5000 work loaders (2) Lockmart Starcub light shuttle Narcissus |
| 1st appearance: | Aliens |
The USS Sulaco is a fictional space vessel featured in the Aliens film series. It appeared in the 1986 sequel film Aliens, and also made a brief appearance in the beginning of Alien³ in 1992.
Service history[]
The USS Sulaco was a military transport vessel manufactured by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. It was utilized by members of the United States Colonial Marines. In the year 2179, the USS Sulaco took a contingent of marines, as well Weyland-Yutani representative Carter Burke, android operative Bishop, and special consultant Ellen Ripley to investigate a loss of communication from the Hadley's Hope colony on the planetoid designated LV-426.
Following a harrowing incident involving a race of predatory xenomorphs, Ripley, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, a partially disabled Bishop, and a young girl named Rebecca "Newt" Jordan escaped from the colony and made their way back to the Sulaco. It was here that Ripley had a final showdown with an alien queen, which she blasted out of the airlock of the ship. Ripley, Hicks and Newt entered the hyper-sleep chamber, but another alien specimen had managed to get on board, and its acidic blood started a fire, which forced the ship's automated functions to eject an E.E.V. containing the hyper-sleep pods. By the time the E.E.V. landed on the planet Fiorina 161, Ripley was the only survivor. [2]
Passengers[]
- Ellen Ripley - Special consultant
- Carter Burke - Weyland-Yutani representative
- Bishop - Robot
- Scott Gorman - Lieutenant
- Dwayne Hicks - Corporal
- Al Apone - Sergeant
- Tim Crow - Private
- Cynthia Dietrich - Corporal
- Mark Drake - Private
- Jenette Vasquez - Private
- Colette Ferro - Corporal
- Ricco Frost - Private
- Daniel Spunkmeyer Private
- William Hudson - Private
- Trevor Wierzbowski - Private
Notes[]
- Sulaco redirects to this page.
See also[]
Media
The World of Aliens
Aliens miscellaneous
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lee Brimmicombe-Wood. (1995). Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual. Boxtree Ltd., 116.
- ↑ Aliens; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Brandywine Productions; (1986)