Quote from: OpenMawBecause LV-426 had already been surveyed, colonized, and had it's atmosphere processed. There would be little to no risk of a pathogen of that kind existing on a dead rock that has been terraformed by and with often used methods, and the Alien if it was involved was also a known quantity
People are still failing to see the point...
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No, that's just not the same kind of thing. Massive stellar events are nothing like biological quarantine and standard safety measures. f**king Hell people, we practice this kind of stuff in the grocery business to keep people from getting horrifically ill from cross contamination. Masks, gloves, hair nets. This is our own planet trying to kill us.
Of course you'd wear biohazard gear. Especially something to cover your face and mouth. Just because a local sampling of the air reads clear doesn't mean you won't have exactly what happened, happened.
Quote from: No NameYes, so why would it not make sense for the Marines to wear such gear then?
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Quote from: ChrisPachiFair point. They probably should of sent in a marine platoon packing state of the art firepower to check it out first
Seriously though, there are varying levels of stupid. Venturing unprotected into a well known biologically sterile environment that just maybe might of fallen victim to a magical pathogenic contamination (that can somehow propagate in a biologically sterile environment) is exponentially less stupid than stepping unprotected into a completely unknown biologically active environment filthy with life.
Drawing any logical equivalence between the two just can't be done, so I reckon you are being purposefully contrary. Not sure why though.
No. What they should have done was wear protective biohazard suits. They have absolutely no idea what happened. Why were a marine platoon armed to the teeth sent in the first place? Why not just send an investigative unit of sorts? They obviously think something serious may have happened but don't have any reliable information to go on.
But sure, lets send in the marines, but forget about equipping them with biohazard gear, because you know, its only a tiny colony built on a rock in the middle of nowhere, and being sustained solely through atmo-processors. I mean of course, it is absolutely impossible for an unknown biological contamination of unknown origins to break out in an environment far out in outer space. Because 20 years of everything fine = no chance of any future potential outbreaks from any kind of source in such a context. Of course.
Anyone seen the Mist? Look at the ending here:
https://youtu.be/ktqNNsVJhUE?t=222The Marines should have been suited up in a similar fashion. The soldiers in that instance are following a particular protocol. The Marines followed no such protocol in responding to a situation serious enough that it necessitated their presence and for which they had virtually no concrete information.
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n-film justification for this lack of protocol. None. The only justifiable explanations are
out-film such as the Gentlemens' Agreement TC brought up earlier. I'm simply amazed at how people continue to go with foolish in-film explanations when the out-film reasons sufficiently explain why, in this particular instance, Covenent crew=morons, Aliens crew=fine.