STARSHIP | |
Nostromo | |
Class: | Antares-class |
Affiliation: | United Federation of Planets |
Status: | Destroyed (2360) |
The Nostromo was an Antares-class freighter that was operated by Captain Arthur Dallas in the 2360s. The ship was destroyed in 2360 when its engines were set to self destruct by Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in an attempt to kill the lone Xenomorph that had gotten loose aboard the vessel. The ship and its cargo were completely destroyed in the resulting explosion.
History[]
The Nostromo set down on LV-426 on June 3rd, 2360. The ship was damaged during landing when dust entered one of the engine intakes, causing it to overheat and eventually triggering an electrical fire in the engineering section. When executive officer Kane was later brought back aboard the ship with a Facehugger attached to him, Captain Dallas elected to take off, despite the fact several non-critical systems had yet to be repaired.
Once under way, the Alien that birthed from Kane began stalking and slaughtering the crew, whose efforts at fighting the creature were hampered both by Ash and, more generally, by the fact it remained on the lower engineering decks, where the security camera systems were still inoperable following the electrical damage caused on LV-426. Eventually the few survivors decided to set the ship for self destruct in an attempt to kill the Alien while they themselves escaped in the shuttle Narcissus. Only Lieutenants Ellen Ripley and Typhuss James Halliwell and Major Sarah Mackenzie along with the ship's cat Jones, escaped the destruction of the Nostromo in the shuttlecraft Narcissus, while the ship and cargo were completed destroyed by the detonation of the Nostromo's reactor. Unknown by her that the creature had also snuck onboard the shuttlecraft by camouflaging itself in a small crevice, but Ripley finally manage to kill it by blowing it out an airlock and igniting it with the engines. Ripley activates the shuttlecraft's auto pilot and sets it on a course for the Kansas. It would remain on auto pilot in space for twelve days until it was recovered by the crew of the USS Kansas. The crew was immediately transferred to the USS Kansas for medical care.
Crew[]
- Arthur Dallas — Captain
- Gilbert Kane — Executive oficer
- Ash — Science oficer
- Joan Lambert — Navigation oficer
- Dennis Parker — Chief Engineer
- Samuel Brett — Engineers Mate/Engineering Technician