Quote from: Kradan on Aug 14, 2020, 11:25:34 AM
Some elements of Isolation I don't get:
1. Why Company would want Amanda on the station in the first place? How can she be useful ? All she did is interfered with Company's plans. Why such generosity ? And why they sent "good" android with her ? I understand it in Aliens because Burk acted on his own (at least movie presents it that way - I don't care what TCF says about the matter) and Bishop is likely military's property not Company's. But in Isolation Company clearly wants Xenos - so why not send android with hidden directives ?
It should also be noted that it's very likely the Company sent two ships. One official, the Torrens, and a decidedly unofficial ship directly afterward. Space is really huge and in the Alien universe, during this time, human travel takes weeks, if not months, to get anywhere. So arrivals that happen within a couple days of each other, to somewhere that's not an active busy hub, are not likely to be a coincidence.
It's left to our imagination who picks up Amanda from the wreckage at the end and eventually transports her and live xeno specimens to the WY genetic research station Mendel. But since she was picked up from the floating wreckage, on Dec 14th, just 3 eventful days after arriving at Sevastopol, we can probably assume she got picked up by a Company ship sent tailing the Torrens on silent running. Combing through the rubble to recover any viable specimens, they found not only full sized drones, but perhaps at least one egg as well as a barely living Amanda.
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2. How the f**k that facehugger got on board of Anesidora if Marlow wanted to destroy Xenos so much? If he wanted to sell it he should've just fly away. Did it come on the shuttle with him ? Then why he wasn't facehugged the moment he landed on the ship?
I just realized you probably meant later on in the game when Ripley gets aboard the 'Dora. The only way It makes sense is that the lil scuttler stowed away with Marlow and Taylor. If the little dudes are walking around outside of their egg, I think they have to preserve their energy and get a little sneaky to ensure successful implantation of a host, so they probably naturally hide in some dark space when multiple creatures are free roaming around and only go for it if the host is either restrained, or isolated and alone.