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$0ff|1-Alien 4 Screenplay ???
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$5ff                              ALIENWORLD*
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$6ff                   SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON
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$7ff                 WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY ERIC CODY
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$8ff                              SECOND DRAFT
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$aff                 THIS SYNOPSIS COMPILED BY JOHN BAXTER
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$dffThe story takes place shortly after the events of the second
$eff                        film ALIENS.
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$fffRipley  is  being held in a mental institute aboard the GATEWAY station.
$fffSuffering  from  nightmares  since returning from her mission to LV-426,
she  has an unhealthy fixation about death and dreams of giving birth to
one  of the Alien creatures.  Demanding to see Hicks & Newt; the company
refuses unless she agrees to help them on a new mission.

Technical   Engineers  have  recovered  information  from  the  derelict
spacecraft  on  LV-426  which  pinpoints the location at which the pilot
first  came into contact with the creatures.  The company is planning to
send  a  squad of Bio- Techs to the planet to research the creatures and
possibly bring back a specimen.  Ripley reluctantly agrees to be part of
the project.

Several  months later...the company's ship The Goliath breaks hyperspace
above  the  planets surface.  Ripley with a squad of Company Marines and
Bio-Techs  take  a heavy lander down to the planet.  Clearing an area on
the  surface  as  far  away as possible from the Alien Hive, the Marines
commanded  by  a  Capt.   Hoffa begin to set up a defence perimeter grid
around the landing area which will act as a defence should any unwelcome
visitors arrive.


The Bio-Techs begin assembling their operating equipment; survey probes,
sensor  equipment  ect.   Hoffa  tries to quell Ripley's fears about the
creatures by revealing the military's latest pride and joy:  Manga style
battle-suits  bristling  with  anti-alien  hardware and rocket jetpacks.
Ripley is less then impressed.

Three  days into the mission all hell breaks out at the camp:  Townsend,
officer  in  charge  of the defence grid is found with his throat slit -
the  answer is soon resolved...the base ship in orbit has been destroyed
and  the  camp is being overrun...not by Aliens but by troopers from the
rival  Schineder-Shorami  corporation.  Kuanimi the officer in charge of
the  Weyland-Yutani  operation  is  the  culprit  for the murder and the
betrayal  of  the people at the camp.  The S-S corp.  plans to take over
the  operation  and  harvest  the  Aliens for weapons research.  The W-Y
people  are  rounded  up  and shipped out to the S-S corps ship in orbit
where  they  are  imprisoned...until  they  can be used as hosts for the
Alien breeding cycle.

Several  days  pass  as Ripley, Hoffa and the rest of the W-Y operations
team  are  locked  up.   Suddenly  the Captain in charge of the S-S ship
begins  to  free  them.  Contact with the surface has been lost.  Ripley
and Hoffa fear the worst.  Taking the shuttle down to the surface Ripley
discovers  Hoffa's  hatred  for  the  Aliens - his daughter was a micro-
biologist  on  the  doomed LV-426 colony and only through paying off the
right people did he found the awful truth - his true goal on the mission
to destroy the creatures & the company at any cost.

Upon  landing  at the camp site, Ripley's worst fears are confirmed; one
of  the experiments has become out of control and killed everyone at the
site.   Dead bodies litter the area - except the traitor Kuanimi.  Hoffa
and  his  troops  scan  the  area  for movement but find nothing.  After
burning  the  dead  bodies  Ripley  beings to go through the logs of the
operation;  shortly  after  being  dispatched to the prison ship the S-S
technical  staff sent a probe device into the heart of the Alien Hive on
the  far  side  of the planet to retrieve some of the eggs.  Experiments
using  Kuanimi  as  the  host  for Alien DNA created a monster that soon
escaped  and  destroyed  everyone  on  the camp.  Searching through more
papers  and  videologs  Ripley finds the extents of Kuanimi's plans - to
become  the  biological  father of a new race of advanced humanoids with
the  Aliens  as  the  key.  Hope, one of the troopers activates a sensor
screen  which  relays  a grid diagram of the planet where they find that
the Kuanimi / Alien hybrid has a tracer beacon implanted inside it which
shows  that  is  heading  at  great speed towards the Alien nest.  Hoffa
begins  to  order  his  troops  to  prepare to dust off when a scream is
heard...

A face-hugger has made it's way into the shuttle and attacked the pilot,
responding  with  force  the  resulting  acid-  splash  eats through the
control   panels   and   into   the   computer  systems  activating  the
self-destruct  sequence.   The  resulting explosion destroys the shuttle
and  badly  damages  the  original  lander craft they arrived in.  At an
approximation  it  will  take  48  hours  to repair the ship to operable
standard.   Knowing  the  Aliens  will  arrive  long before that, Ripley
advises them to get the defence grid into shape.

Ripley's  advice is well heeded - after a short time Hope begins to pick
up mass readings heading towards the camp.  It's game time!  The defence
grid  is  a  automated  affair  consisting of several huge smart-cannons
riding  on  computer  controlled tracks that form a oval round the camp.
The  first  Aliens  arrive  and  the cannons kick into action with great
success  -  the  air  is  filled with smoke and the acrid smell of acid.
Despite  their  success the Aliens keep coming.  Ripley despairs to find
that they will run of ammunition long before they can repair the lander.
Hoffa has an idea.

Hoffa contacts the Schineder-Shorami ship and relays the hives' position
from  the camp computer to the ships.  Hoffa requests that they launch a
full  scale tactical strike on the hive - in the hope that it will force
the creatures to retreat to defend the Queen.  The commander of the ship
agrees  but  only  has  one-half  of  the encryption code to authorise a
launch  -  the  other  is  implanted  in  Kuanimi's  PDT  (personal data
transmitter) and can only be extracted by Kuanimi himself.

The  battle  suits are intact within the lander, Ripley tells Hoffa that
their only chance is to find the Kuanimi / Alien hybrid and retrieve the
encryption  code.   Hope  agrees  that  he  should not have any problems
hacking  into the PDT.  Hoffa reluctantly agrees and six of the troopers
plus Ripley begin to suit up.

Arriving at the Alien Hive, which resembles a huge spiders web suspended
in  a deep gully.  They are surprised to find little activity.  Dropping
down  from the air, two of the troopers make to one side of the exterior
whilst  the rest including Hoffa and Ripley make for one of the interior
passages.   On Hoffa's mark Bakely and Hope shoot off bursts of flamegel
into  one  side  of the nest to divert the Hives' defences away from the
others.   An  army  of  Aliens rush out to quell the damage, sacrificing
themselves by smothering the flames.

Back  at  the  camp,  the  ammunition is becoming scarce.  The remaining
troopers  are  having  to  plug  the gaps in the re- arming cycle of the
smart-cannons  with  fire from their own Pulse Rifles.  Grant the second
in  command  orders  the  remaining  troopers  and  bio-techs  to form a
barricade in the heart of the camp.

Ripley  and  company  are making their way to the heart of the Hive when
they come across a huge egg-chamber made up of a horrific combination of
broken bodies of various alien lifeforms including (in a witty rebuke to
the  Predator  II writers) a Predator complete with melted mask.  One of
the troopers' Chang panics when a face-hugger begins to emerge from it's
egg and opens fire - resulting in all hell breaking loose.  Alien guards
charge  in;  the first wave are dispatched with Chang's flamegel but the
second  wave  creep across the roof of the chamber before dropping down.
Trooper  Hunt  doesn't  get to open fire as a Alien rips off the robotic
arm of his suit...with his arm still contained within.  Ripley and Hoffa
$ffflay  down  covering  fire with flamegel as Trooper McKineley scans for a
$fffweak  spot in the structure - finding a newly patched hole where the S-S
$effprobe  originally entered, he blows open a hole in the Bio-mech with his
$effchaingun.   They all make it through except for Chang who tries to go to
$dffHunt's  rescue  but who ends up overwhelmed by the creatures.  McKineley
$dffseals the escape route by laying down a mine which collapses the hole to
$cffthe chamber.
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$bffMaking their way to Kuanimi's tracer signal they eventually stumble on a
$bffwebbed  tunnel which leads into the side of the mountain and into a huge
$affchamber where they are horrified to find a mutant Queen presiding over a
$affnightmarish  fusion  of  technology salvaged from various races who have
$9ffventured  to  the  planet;  parts  resemble  the  domed structure of the
$9ffPredator's ship whilst others and clearly made up of the Bio- Technology
$8ffthat made up the derelict ship from ALIEN.  Intertwined are parts ripped
$8ffoff   from  other  sources  all  held  together  and  encased  in  Alien
$7ffBio-Mechanoid  growth;  forming  a  grotesque  arrowhead  shape.  Ripley
$7ffconcludes  that  the  creatures must be constructing some form of craft.
$7feThe  mutant  Queen is a dark red colour, upon closer inspection with the
$7feZoom sensor on her visor Ripley locates Kuanimi...he has been encased in
$7fdBio-Mech  to the Queen's underbelly with a stick-like prosthesis running
$7fdfrom  the  back  of  his head to the underside of the Queen's headplate.
$7fcThe  shock  of  the  site is interrupted by a comms message:  The Aliens
$7fchave  breached  the  defence  perimeter back at the camp.  Hoffa decides
$7fbthey need to act fast.
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$7faHoffa  and  McKineley will distract the creatures whilst Ripley attempts
$7fato  retrieve  Kuanimi's  PDT.   Hoffa  and  McKineley let off a salvo of
$6fachaingun  fire  to  the  opposite side of the Queen.  The Aliens who are
$6fafussing  over the `ship' immediately begin to make their way over to the
$5fathreat,  followed  at  greater speed by the Queen's royal guard.  Ripley
$5faswoops  down  to  the  Queen,  the  huge  clamping arm of the robot-suit
$4fatearing  at  Kuanimi's  left  arm  through the Bio-Mech.  Kuanimi's eyes
$4faopen,  his  features distorted by the Alien DNA, and begins to scream at
$3faRipley.   Aware  of  the new threat, the Royal Guard race back to defend
$3fathe  prize  of the Hive.  Avoiding the clamped hammer-jaws of the Queen,
$2faRipley  clamps her robotic hand around Kuanimi's arm and tears it off at
$2fathe joint - Kuanimi and the Queen both scream in unison.  Yellowish acid
$1fabegins  to  eat  away  at  Ripley's  robotic  suit  and  into her flesh.
$1faStrangely  she  does  not notice any pain as she makes towards Hoffa and
$0faMcKineley
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$0f9Back  at  the camp all does not go well.  Most of the Troops have fallen
$0f8victim  and the last remaining survivors are holed up inside the lander,
$0f8using  it's  defensive cannon to pick of the creatures as they hammer on
$0f7the exterior of the ship.
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$0f6Hoffa, Ripley and McKineley begin to race back to the surface with their
$0f6prize,  Ripley  trying  desperately  not  to drop the severed arm.  Upon
$0f5reaching  the surface they meet up with Bakely and Hope, who immediately
$0f5begins to cut into the arm for the PDT.  Jetting to a safe distance Hope
$0f4taps  into  the  PDT and transmits the launch code encryption to the S-S
$0f4ship.
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$0f3A  Volley of missiles fall from the heavens plunging deep into the heart
$0f2of the Hive, turning the Bio-Mech into a steaming vat of radiated waste.
$0f2Deep  in  the  heart of the nest the Alien Queen tears herself away from
$0f1her  mounting and slithers into her position in the `ship' followed by a
$0f1select band of her followers and the Royal Guard.  Ripley and the troops
$0f0can only look on in horror, as a black mass bursts through the maelstrom
$0f0and up into the sky and beyond...
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$0f1The  Aliens  laying  siege to the camp twitch pathetically on the floor,
$0f2hundreds of once moving bodies reduced to paralytics after being severed
$0f2from  the  group  influence  of  the  Queen.   Grant  quickly orders the
$0f3remaining  survivors  to  take any weapons they can find and destroy the
$0f3creatures before they can recover.
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$0f4Shortly  later  Ripley and the others return, greeted with enthusiasm by
$0f5the camp survivors.  The troops are happy to lap up the glory except for
$0f5Ripley  -  She  is  puzzled  with  her hand.  Folding back the flesh she
$0f6examines  her  acid  wounds  from  Kuanimi  and  begins  to  see a white
$0f6streaming  liquid flowing instead of the customary blood.  Bursting into
$0f7the  lander  she demands that the Bio-Tech's tell her what is happening.
$0f7They  refuse  until  Hoffa points a Pulse Rifle at them.  Ripley's worst
$0f8fears  are confirmed as the Bio-Scan reveals she is no longer human, she
$0f8is infact an Android.
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$0f9The  Bio-Techs show her the company records.  How she died on the prison
$0faplanet  Fiorina,  graphic photos of the autopsy she herself conducted on
$0faNewt and Hicks, plans by the Weyland- Yutani company to resurrect her by
$0fbimplanting  her  stored  brain  patterns  into the mind of a synthetic -
$0fberasing  the  parts  that  did  not  fit  their plans and implanting new
$0fcmemories  that  did.  All so they could use her uncanny knack at beating
$0fcthe  Aliens to help in their plans to capture the Aliens and use them as
$0fdthe perfect tool for their Bio- Weapons research.  Ripley turns to Hoffa
$0fdto tell him that these creatures must be destroyed whatever the cost.
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$0feAfter  the successful repair of the lander, Ripley, Troops and Bio-Techs
$0ffreturn to the S-S base ship.  The Captain tells them that they have been
$0ffmonitoring the Alien ship that broke orbit and it's current heading will
$1fftake  it directly to Earth.  The ship has also been dispatching `spores'
$1ffat regular intervals:  Eggs wrapped in a blanket of Bio-Mech.  The Techs
$2fftheorise  these  might  be  to enter orbit and infect new fresh planets.
$2ffHoffa  orders that the ship pursue at maximum speed, destroying the eggs
$3ffon the way.
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$4ffThey  eventually reach the ship.  Hoffa beings the targeting sequence so
$4ffthat  the  Alien  ship  can be destroyed with the railgun, when a vagina
$5fflike  opening  on the Alien vessel opens and a flurry of Aliens spew out
$5ffonto  the  outside of the S-S ship, immediately beginning to regurgitate
$6ffacid  onto  the hull.  Warning sirens kick in all over the ship, as hull
$6ffintegrity  is compromised.  The Captain tells Hoffa that the best way to
$7ffdestroy  the  ship  will  be  to take a small runner, used to patch hull
$7ffdamage  and  detonate it next to the Alien ship - however they cannot be
$8ffoperated by remote.  Hoffa immediately volunteers for the job.
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$9ffSuiting  up  Hoffa is knocked unconscious by Ripley.  No one is going to
$9ffdeprive  her  of  her personal victory over the creatures and her chance
$afffor  death.   She  takes  her place in the runner.  Initiating the eject
$affsequence  she  sees  the  recovered  Hoffa  place  his hand to the glass
$bffshielding...in  a  symbolic  gesture  of  friendship  she does the same.
$bffUsing  the welding arm she destroys the remaining Aliens on the hull and
$cfffires  the  retros  -  sending  her slamming into the heart of the Alien
$cffship,  consuming  both in a vista of energy.  Ripley is now free to join
$dffher daughter Amanda, Newt and Hicks.
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$fffTHE END