c. December 31, 2178 12:00
Sulaco Arrives at LV-426
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"Newt Is Found Alive"
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Sulaco Arrives at LV-426
Description
The USS Sulaco carries Ripley, Burke, Bishop, Gorman, and the Colonial Marines to investigate Hadley's Hope.Chronology rationale: 2179 / 0 AA + mission; year precision. Sources use direct film story sequence plus the documented 57-year gap.
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c. December 31, 2178 11:00
Newt Is Found Alive
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c. December 31, 2178 10:00
Marines Enter the Atmosphere Processor Hive
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"Dropship Crash Traps the Survivors"
60 minutes
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c. December 31, 2178 09:00
Dropship Crash Traps the Survivors
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"Ripley Joins the Sulaco Mission"
1380 minutes
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c. December 30, 2178 10:00
Ripley Joins the Sulaco Mission
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"Contact With Hadley's Hope Is Lost"
600 minutes
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c. December 30, 2178
Contact With Hadley's Hope Is Lost
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Event Context
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Back in Time
Newt Is Found Alive
c. December 31, 2178 11:00
Forward in Time
Marines Find Hadley's Hope Deserted
c. December 31, 2178 21:00
Relationships
- Source Event Newt Is Found Alive 60 minutes
- Derived Event Burke Attempts to Use Facehuggers Against Ripley and Newt 0 days
- Character Bishop The synthetic assigned to the Sulaco mission who pilots the second dropship and survives in damaged form.
- Character Carter Burke The Weyland-Yutani representative whose specimen agenda endangers Ripley, Newt, and the mission survivors.
- Character Ellen Ripley The surviving Nostromo officer who returns to LV-426 as a civilian adviser after being recovered from hypersleep.
- Character United States Colonial Marines The military force sent aboard the USS Sulaco to investigate lost contact with Hadley's Hope.
- Character William Gorman The inexperienced Colonial Marine lieutenant commanding the LV-426 mission.
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Event Info
Date
c. December 31, 2178 12:00
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Importance Level
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June 03, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Last Updated
June 21, 2026 at 05:26 AM
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