Interesting, but I'm hoping they aren't implying Weyland-Yutani are commanding Colonial Marines.
Some of the terminology is also wrong. If Weyland-Yutani owns these 'combat synthetics' (and it seems weird to not have specialised robotic platforms designed for combat, rather than giving a humanoid design the ability to shoot conventional arms), then, by definition, they aren't mercenaries. They're not hired and wouldn't have any interest in money.
Also:
QuoteWhere Aliens kind of made being a soldier in space exciting with all the "Hoo-rah" stuff and pulse rifles, and kind of robbed the creatures of what made them so horrifying in Alien, this goes "No, this is what being a soldier in this world would really be like..." and brings the guns without reducing the creatures to fodder.
Makes me think this guy hasn't watched '
Aliens' in a very long while.
The whole message of the story was that first contact made them go from bravado to pant-shitting and
hating they had to be in that situation. In fact, it was only Hudson who was being "hoo-ra", as he puts it. The rest were just being, at best, confidently cautious.
Yeah, Vasquez had her one-liner, but it was immediately shot down by Ripley.
Over all, the synopsis is quite interesting (although, I'm wondering why spinal surgery isn't being represented as more advanced). Could do without the Amanda Ripley cameo, but if it's trivial it shouldn't matter much.