This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
To ensure accuracy, this FAQ has a few ground rules. The only
canonical sources are interviews with the creators, the theatrical
version of "ALIEN", the director's cut (or theatrical version) of
"ALIENS" and the theatrical version of "ALIEN^3". All other sources
(ie: books, comics, toys, games, etc...) are generally considered
speculative.
This does not mean that any information outside of the listed movies
is not welcome here. Alot of the "speculative" information is used in
discussions or for giving "possible" answers to questions that cannot
be answered by events that occur in the movies.
If you would like to contribute to this FAQ, TRY and follow this
guideline:
- include references where necessary. If you're referring to a book,
it's often a good idea to include the title of the book and Author's
name as it would appear on the book (ie: " Alan Dean Foster " instead
of " Foster ")
- DON'T be too wordy with your information as I'll be forced to
paraphrase it (the document is rather large).
- DON'T send stuff like "I really liked ALIENS" because it's OPINION and
it's not FACT and it doesn't belong in this document.
- if you wish to update/add to something already in the FAQ, please do
so. Some of this information could easily be elaborated upon
[especially the comments that are enclosed in square brackets].
- it's preferable if you make your contribution through Email as this
FAQ can get posted to a newsgroup that I don't read and your efforts
will be wasted.
 
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