A listing for a new Aliens novel has appeared on Amazon. Titan’s next Aliens novel, titled Aliens: Bishop, is on the way in October. Written by T.R Napper, Aliens: Bishop will, as the title suggests, focus on the titular artificial person from Aliens, as well as his creator Michael Bishop. Check out the synopsis below:
A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3―Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop’s creator all pursue the android for the deadly Xenomorph data contained in his brain. Written by T. R. Napper, author of the acclaimed 36 Streets, whose explosive work explores the artificial intelligence and what it is to be human.
Massively damaged in Aliens and Alien3, the synthetic Bishop asked to be shut down forever. His creator, Michael Bishop, has other plans. He seeks the Xenomorph knowledge stored in the android’s mind, and brings Bishop back to life―but for what reason? No longer an employee of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, Michael tells his creation that he seeks to advance medical research for the benefit of humanity. Yet where does he get the resources needed to advance his work. With whom do his new allegiances lie?
Bishop is pursued by Colonial Marines Captain Marcel Apone, commander of the Il Conde and younger brother of Master Sergeant Alexander Apone, one of the casualties of the doomed mission to LV-426. Also on his trail are the “Dog Catchers,” commandos employed by Weyland-Yutani.
Who else might benefit from Bishop’s intimate knowledge of the deadliest creatures in the galaxy?
While Aliens: Bishop is T.R Napper’s Alien franchise debut, he’s an award-winning author responsible for Neon Leviathan and 36 Streets. Aliens: Bishop is currently slated for release on October 24th. Thanks to Felix for the link.
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The final chapter in the Colonial Marines Technical Manual even lampshades this - they try to figure out what the acid blood is and end up concluding that it doesn't make any sense, although I think the closest to a consensus they come to on it is that it's maybe some kind of hydrofluoric acid. They do theorize that Teflon might be able to stop it, though.
There's no Alien canon, in any traditional sense of that word.
If whatever the Alien's body chemistry is, is non-reactive with that type of acid, then it would be fine. For example, fluoropolymers like Teflon are non-reactive to many acids, which is why Teflon is a preferred storage material for them. Our insides have evolved to contain and resist stomach acid because it is sufficient for our digestive uses, most of which is breaking down plant and animal matter.
I mean, it's still a little bit implausible that a highly corrosive hydro-fluorine compound with some kind of accelerant would end up as a body fluid, but then again, if the Alien is truly a genetically engineered bioweapon from an advanced species, it might not be beyond possibility to have engineered them that way.
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(X) Doubt
At least around here...
The living battery concept also ties in to the idea they're engineered rather than naturally-occurring creatures, and as much as I hate the way that was presented in Covenant, as a concept it's one I've always really liked.
I just strongly disagree with Ridley that we needed it spelt out for us
I mean.. it sounds WAY cooler!
Maybe ChatGPT knows something about the egg in the Sulaco, or what happened to David and the Covenant.
Maybe it's like THC
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That arguably makes more biological sense (there are animals that can secrete all kinds of noxious chemicals for defence) but I personally like the battery-acid-for-blood concept more.
I think there's a diagram of anatomy in the Weyland Yutani report. It doesn't show them having a heart, but they do have "aortic arches" whatever that is lol
Nah, I wouldn't think their blood functions the same way as human blood (I.e., transferring oxygen around the body), but I still believe it functions similarly by transferring energy around its body, which to be clear, I admit is my own head canon. That can change in a heartbeat (pun intended) with any new release that comes out and chooses to address this stuff...
I was thinking the same thing. In Vasquez they use the term "acidic" as opposed to acid blood which only indicates a PH below 7. Different acids with PH below 3 can be stored safely.. sulphuric acid will not melt lead but it will burn your skin, hydrofluoric acid can be stored in plastic, fluorine can be kept in copper.
I'm not sure what the Nostromo hull was built of, and whether this would give an indication of what the properties is closest to.
Also.. is it really blood? Maybe not in our sense of the word? If the purpose of blood is to move oxygen around the body and it doesn't need oxygen.. or doesn't have organs.. then it isn't really blood.
In my weird Google searches of the day there are 8 animals that don't have a heart (that we know of) so it's entirely possible its purpose is nothing more than a defence mechanism like toads with toxins in their skin.
I looked through David's Drawings and can't see a cross section of the finished creature. Maybe someone here knows if one exists?
If we ever start doing community awards on this forum, I hope you get Shit-Stirrer in-Chief
I mean, just for the amount of effort this deserves a like
But I can say that THAT is more fictitious than the entire alien franchise itself lol
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It got rebooted because it gave Disney the freedom to do whatever they wanted with the sequel trilogy without being hamstrung by 30 years of "lore".
As for keeping the new EU straight... some of it is, some of it is nonsensical, some of it sucks, and tons of stuff is lifted wholesale from the old EU anyway and shoehorned into the "new" framework. And that doesn't even touch on the sequel trilogy, its questionable quality, and its narrative ramifications for the Star Wars "franchise" as a whole.
Who is PKJ?
Alien Isolation to me I think in terms of the videogames has the most "soul" but I would say pathos, especially in the atmosphere and score, and how it takes the time to give things weight.
I don't know what the word I'm looking for is, but the old EU, going by my standards, seems to have more spirit or soul in it, despite its flaws or at times never even really feeling like the franchise it represents.
I maintain that AvP2 to me feels more like Jurassic Park for some reason, with all the callbacks and tropes of the Alien and Predator series. Despite that, it has a certain spirit to it that some of what I'm reading or playing nowadays does not. Todays stuff sometimes reads and plays like something that an AI thought up. Or that some dude ran through a computer to process a story and then ran from there.
From what I understand, the reason Disney did a hard reboot of the Star Wars EU was so they could have a fresh start and manage that EU much better. Tbh I think they have managed it better; not perfectly but better. Maybe Alien will be managed better from a coherence standpoint but so far the direction they've taken is total garbage and it's not doing them any favors keeping all the stuff PKJ wrote imo.
Tbh I'm expecting a reboot of the EU at some point in the near future. Disney did it with Star Wars then started to reuse/reintroduce characters/concepts from that old star wars EU back in. The only thing that really surprises me so far is that with Star Wars they did that reboot very abruptly to much backlash, while with alien they've continued to let Titan, fireteam elite and the free league rpg do their thing without interruption. I'm still trying to figure out if that's them waiting to do that reboot because they learned their lesson about abrupt reboots from Star Wars, or if they're still trying to figure out what they want to do with the alien franchise and letting this stuff continue while they do...
How it's looking to shape up after the merger...Marvel is doing its own thing. Titan seems to still be sticking to the the state of the EU they had with Dark Horse.
(I might say Prometheus in 2012, but ACM came out in 2013 and it is pretty definitively not part of current proceedings, The Weyland Yutani Report in 2014 made that fairly obvious.)
Because to be clear, in the past decade since the Weyland Yutani Report and with Alien The RPG, a more concerted effort by Dark Horse and Titan had their version of the universe more neatly woven together.
The Marvel stuff to one side, it is my understanding, that canon and continuity continues today, or am I mistaken?
I prefer the old EU so far. And I'm personally defining the old EU as anything before the Disney acquisition, especially the darkhorse to marvel changeover.
The Marvel stories are bland and soulless entries. Even though I've only been getting them as TPB so I can't speak for the last series as it is not available yet. I expect that I will like it better just given the synopsis, but can't say for sure.
Technically TCF was an old EU book by that standard, but I do think that Into Charybdis is the singular best novel in the Alien universe. So the new EU scores a win here for me, BUT it is based as a continuation off a story in the old EU. It captures the feel of the first two movies, flips some common plot points around (that have still been done before in the old EU), and has a more serious and somber tone that is missing from a HUGE portion of the EU.
I also think that A:FTE also captures the feel of the old EU, but it isn't polished enough to win me over against games like the OG AvP or AvP2 or even Isolation, which despite being no fun to play is a great example of the Alien universe made interactive in just its presentation and worldbuilding. It might be the most immersive Alien game ever made.
New EU is still in its infancy, and is pumping out media like it aint no thing, so surely it will have some hits, but I grew up in that magic time where the series had unlimited potential and you could see threads of it in the stories of the old EU. So far I'm seeing retread of old stories in most of the new EU, and some attempted fanbaiting with all the links to the old alien stories........instead of new ideas. It is kind of a shame that FTE released without more polish, because it had potential that wasn't fully realized. Especially since it wasn't beholden to previous locations or characters.
You'll need to use Internet Archive to access it now but here's a link:
https://www.angelfire.com/al/metalalien/index.html
Link?
And it was fun. Nostromo retcon aside.
But yeah Aliens has been the main film that's been mined for expansion and dumb retcons like that pretty much since it's release it seems
Hadley's Hope's more exploitable because of people's fondness for Aliens.
Wait until some future story has a ship coming across the fully intact hull of the Nostromo, complete with atmosphere and a functional decapitated Ash aboard it.
You know it's coming.
Hmmm, idk tbh. Maybe some genetic manipulation ? Bizzare evolutionary tangent ? A mutation ? Aliens developing different defense mechanisms over generations ? Perhaps Aliens born on Mustafar would need something like this ?
Truth be told, I haven't read the comic. Was there any explanation given at all ? I assumed not
Hence why I wrote
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Fair enough
Yea our veins can't handle acidity. But the point behind mentioning stomach acid was that it's not unheard of to have bodily fluids that are acidic or living tissues that are capable of withstanding the acidity.
Our stomach acid is pretty damn strong though. pH of 1 to 2. The difference isn't just in the strength but in the chemistry. Some materials are more resistant to some acids than others. Hydrofluoric acid for example will eat through bone but not certain plastics (if you watched Breaking Bad, that's what the bathtub scene was showing). So the alien's blood eating through a ship deck is just as much about the chemistry involved, and what it's reactive with, as it is the strength. For all we know, it's at a pH of 1 to 2 also, and just very highly reactive with the metals used to make space ships.
You're right that Dan obannon more than likely didn't put that much thought into it. But regardless, acids in living organisms, including strong acids, is not uncommon.
Liquid nitrogen on the other hand... personally I find it bothersome and ridiculous.
I'm no biologist but I don't think that stomach acid is as potent as Xeno's blood is shown to be. Probably cause it's supposed to digest food not melt spaceship decks. Also, we don't have acid running in our veins. Probably for a reason too
Acid blood isn't nonsensical at all. Lots of bodily fluids are acidic, like the hydrochloric acid in our stomachs we use to digest food.
Plus bishop does mention it oxidizes when exposed to air, so it may be non-corrosive until it bleeds.
Assuming it's acidic all the time though... hudafuk just said exactly the same thing I would have. Acids are great at transferring energy, hence why batteries have acids in them. It's essentially a living battery and in my head canon, the reason it can live so long without sustenance; it's very efficient at using the energy its body has stored up.