Egg on Sulaco

[Nukiemorph]

I wonder how many minds this thread has actually changed on the matter. 

I'd be surprised if any.

[SiL]

Bishop had about 20 minutes to fly to the derelict, get an egg, fly to the Sulaco, place the egg there then fly back to the Atmosphere Processor.

IMO it was Bishop.  All androids in the Alien saga have a secret agenda (David, Ash, Call).  For all we know, Walter as well.

Flight time Sulaco to ground is something like 17 minutes, so no.

[Scorpio]

Bishop had about 20 minutes to fly to the derelict, get an egg, fly to the Sulaco, place the egg there then fly back to the Atmosphere Processor.

IMO it was Bishop.  All androids in the Alien saga have a secret agenda (David, Ash, Call).  For all we know, Walter as well.

Flight time Sulaco to ground is something like 17 minutes, so no.

That's the autopilot, Bishop was flying by manual control.

[SiL]

Granted, but the screen time of the initial drop is still around 5 minutes (especially if we include Hudson's DC rant).

Point is it's  still going to take way longer than 20 minutes to fly to the derelict,  grab an egg, fly into orbit, get out of the dropship, stash the egg, and fly back down to the atmosphere processor.

[Rankles75]

Granted, but the screen time of the initial drop is still around 5 minutes (especially if we include Hudson's DC rant).

Point is it's  still going to take way longer than 20 minutes to fly to the derelict,  grab an egg, fly into orbit, get out of the dropship, stash the egg, and fly back down to the atmosphere processor.

And even that depends on the xeno's letting Bishop stroll in and walk out with an egg, which is far from guaranteed...

[SiL]

The idea is he gets it from the derelict, not the hive.

Which means landing, getting out, going into the derelict, finding the eggs, grabbing one, stopping said egg from impregnating Hicks on the way to the Sulaco, etc.

[Scorpio]

I'm not even saying he had 20 minutes.  Could have been longer, up to 30 minutes.  How long was Ripley in the hive? 

[The Cruentus]

I'm not even saying he had 20 minutes.  Could have been longer, up to 30 minutes.  How long was Ripley in the hive?

When Ripley gets into the elevator and takes her jacket off and readies her weapons, she only has 15 minutes to reach minimum safe distance according to the warning.

[Scorpio]

As soon as the place began exploding, it wasn't 'safe'.  So, with the place exploding around her, add another 15 minutes, maybe.

[Rankles75]

Would have surely taken quite some time for Bishop to get down from the derelict to the egg chamber and then back again (while carrying an egg)?

[426Buddy]

Would have surely taken quite some time for Bishop to get down from the derelict to the egg chamber and then back again (while carrying an egg)?

It would also take considerable time to go back to the sulaco, dock with it, plant the egg, and then fly back for Ripley. There's no way it could all be done in 20 minutes.

[Local Trouble]

Covenant scanned its Ship and it was years before Aliens!

Okay, I finally saw AC.  My feelings about the movie aside, I got the impression that Mother identified and tracked the alien with it's video surveillance system when it began running through the ship's corridors.

[HuDaFuK]

Which means landing, getting out, going into the derelict, finding the eggs, grabbing one, stopping said egg from impregnating Hicks on the way to the Sulaco, etc.

This.

More to the point, him getting it shits all over the entire point of his character in Aliens.

[Rankles75]

Which means landing, getting out, going into the derelict, finding the eggs, grabbing one, stopping said egg from impregnating Hicks on the way to the Sulaco, etc.

This.

More to the point, him getting it shits all over the entire point of his character in Aliens.

That too...

[Local Trouble]

Bishop either had no motive, no opportunity or no legs.  Take your pick.