Alien: Out Of The Shadows 〈Fresh × BREAKDOWN〉

: Most of the crew is whittled down by the aliens during the mission. A scientist named Sneddon sacrifices herself to kill a Xenomorph just as a chestburster emerges.

: To preserve the timeline of the films, Ripley's memories of these horrific events are wiped by the ship's medical pod.

: Ripley and her cat, Jones, are placed back into stasis on the Narcissus . Hoop, however, is forced to stay behind to manually release the shuttle's clamps from the Marion , leaving him stranded as he watches Ripley drift away into space, knowing she will have no memory of him or their struggle. Alien: Out of the Shadows

During the chaos, the Marion picks up a distress signal from the Narcissus , the escape shuttle carrying . Ripley is brought aboard, but her arrival is complicated by the fact that she has unknowingly been kept in stasis for decades by Ash , the malevolent synthetic from the Nostromo whose AI consciousness survived and uploaded itself into her shuttle's systems. Desperate Escape

The situation turns catastrophic when two transport shuttles, the Samson and the Delilah , attempt to flee the planet while being overrun by the creatures. The Delilah crashes into the Marion , causing massive damage, killing the captain, and knocking the ship into a that will eventually lead to its destruction in the planet's atmosphere. The Return of Ellen Ripley : Most of the crew is whittled down

: Ash attempts to sabotage their escape, but Hoop manages to purge the AI with a computer virus.

Set in the year 2159, 37 years after the destruction of the Nostromo , the crew of the mining vessel is orbiting the planet LV-178 . Led by Chief Engineer Chris "Hoop" Hooper , the miners discover a rare, incredibly hard mineral called trimonite deep within the planet's caverns. However, alongside the mineral, they unearth a hibernating nest of Xenomorphs . The Nightmare Begins : Ripley and her cat, Jones, are placed

The story is available in various formats, including a highly-rated featuring a full cast on Audible . Alien: Out of the Shadows - Goodreads