Aliens - 1986 movie (was Dog Soldiers)

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I don't believe it. 24 hours ago there's no way in hell I'd have thought it even remotely possible, but it's true.

I'm GMing an Aliens game this week end, f2f with at least 5 players, all willing, able and ready to go toe to toe with those lovable acid for blood critters who only want to be our friends!

Excited? Who me?

I'm. So. Damned. Jealous. If I hadn't just got the news that I've been given a double promotion at work after 10 months in the job I'd take some snap leave and fly to Tassie this weekend! Nice work Leg. I'll be there in spirit.

[Targan]

The Sulaco and it's sister vessels were probably pretty modular in their loadout. Maybe they can carry 2000 people in hypersleep if the entire drop ship bay and cargo areas are filled with hypersleep pods?

I think most of the blame for the feeble size of the force sent to LV426 can be laid on Burke. He and Weyland-Yutani Corporation clearly have enormous political and military influence. It was in their best interests to have a small team sent as it would be easier for Burke to manipulate the situation to his and WYC's advantage. Same reason that Gorman was assigned mission commander.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Targan

The Sulaco and it's sister vessels were probably pretty modular in their loadout. Maybe they can carry 2000 people in hypersleep if the entire drop ship bay and cargo areas are filled with hypersleep pods?

That's the implication in the CMTM: that the 2000 will fill cargo/flight bays, but it can be done (they also imply that the ship's powerplant can run an additional 2000; I'd imagine that this load-out would be strictly for evacuation of a colony or post-war troop return).

I think most of the blame for the feeble size of the force sent to LV426 can be laid on Burke. He and Weyland-Yutani Corporation clearly have enormous political and military influence. It was in their best interests to have a small team sent as it would be easier for Burke to manipulate the situation to his and WYC's advantage. Same reason that Gorman was assigned mission commander.

[natehale1971]

i use to have the official Aliens RPG book that was done, we ran it with our group back in the day. The company went to the LV426 and found the wrecked starship full of eggs since the processor going nova had only destroyed the colony centre. Our characters were mostly US Army Rangers and a couple US Space Force (space navy) personnel who had been assigned to a colony planet where the company set up a topsecret lab that ended up becoming a hive. the entire game was our characters trying to protect the colonists until they could be evacuated from the planet, and the planet could be sterlized with nuking from orbit.

The planet was an agricultural colony full of genetically bred cattle, sheep and other live stock that became perfect for use as incubators by the Aliens...

[DCausey]

I got to play a couple sessions of the Aliens RPG about 10 years ago. Four USCM fireteams from the Draknor boarding a derelict ship. Just to tell you what kind of players these were, we suffered casualties *before* we met the aliens!

Due to clumsiness and conflicting orders, mostly. It was fun though, I wished we could have finished it.

[Targan]

Anyone else here a fan of the Badass of the Week website? Here is the Badass look at Ellen Ripley: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ripley.html

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Alien 3 gets a lot of flak (not unjustifiably) because it is a flawed movie. Unfortunately there was constant 'creative' interference from the studio during filming and the movie that director David Fincher actually filmed was, in the end, butchered during the editing and final production to make the movie you all know and loathe.

The original concept for Fincher's movie was that the prisoners on the planet had basically formed a monastic society to cope with their life imprisonment. They had become religious and devout in their obedience to their faith and the feel of the movie was supposed to convey a sense of monasticism, the mythic qualities of gothic cathedrals and the organization of an ordered lifestyle that is upset by the arrival the 'outsider' and the chaos she brings.

Ripley's arrival brought with her the fear of the serpent being released into the "monks" Garden of Eden (note that in the pre-Christian beliefs of Europe, the serpent and dragon were one and the same, although not specifically associated with evil, so the references in the movie to the dragon can be explained - unfortunately this is lost in the theatrical release). Ripley brings with her the Alien, i.e. the dragon, the evil that will bring chaos and destroy the life the prisoners have been leading.
If you can see the 'Assembly Cut', a lot of the removed footage is restored and more of what Fincher wanted to achieve can be seen, it does bring a different feel to the movie.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Targan

I'm. So. Damned. Jealous. If I hadn't just got the news that I've been given a double promotion at work after 10 months in the job I'd take some snap leave and fly to Tassie this weekend! Nice work Leg. I'll be there in spirit.

You know what's even better?
It's show day here (well, actually Thursday to Saturday) and one of the players is coming straight from there still dressed in his Star Wars storm trooper armour.

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

You know what's even better?
It's show day here (well, actually Thursday to Saturday) and one of the players is coming straight from there still dressed in his Star Wars storm trooper armour.

D'aww, sure is nice to be bragged about. It's a damn shame that most of the party moved to the mainland, that was a good, fun game on a system that, I have to admit, I quite enjoyed.

[Targan]

Wow, a Tassie Dunny! I've never even been in one let alone met one. Cool.