Commercial towing vehicle USCSS Nostromo departs Thedus for Earth. For reasons unknown, the Nostromo sets down on LV-426. The ship subsequently resumes course until the engines are set to overload by the ship’s third officer, again for reasons unknown
Aliens TimeLine
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2121
2121
USCSS Nostromo
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2137
2137
Sevastopol Station
The Nostromo’s flight recorder is salvaged and brought to Sevastopol Station. The station is destroyed and it plummets into the atmosphere of planet KG348. Mendel Station on the Outer Rim also disappears. Three years later, contact is lost with Seegson Station LV 44-40 and the Wright-Aberra Waystation as well. In response, the first Anchorpoint Station is established between the Core Systems and the Outer Rim to allow for safe passage to and from the Frontier.
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2157
2157
Hadley's Hope
The Hadley's Hope terraformed colony is established on LV-426.
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2162
2162
Draft
The Colonial Marines instate a draft on the colonies. The Tientsin Campaign on the Frontier world of 8 Eta Boötis A III is fought between the United Americas and the Union of Progressive Peoples. There is no decisive win for either side.
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2179
2179
Loss of the USS Sulaco
A shuttle from the long-lost Nostromo is recovered by a deep salvage team. The colony on LV-426 stops communicating with Gateway Station. Colonial Marines aboard the USS Sulaco are sent to investigate. The Hadley's Hope colony is destroyed in a thermonuclear explosion. The Sulaco goes missing, but one of her EEV pods crashes on the maximum security planet Fiorina 161. The facility there is quarantined and shut down. There is one survivor. The first Anchorpoint Station suffers a catastrophic reactor meltdown and is destroyed.
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2180
Modern
The new Anchorpoint Station is established. Tensions flare on the Frontier as factions accuse each other of foul play during the Hadley’s Hope incident. Robert Morse’s Space Beast is transmitted throughout the colonies and subsequently banned. Mistrust escalates as rumors of deadly alien lifeforms and company bioweapons spread across the Frontier
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