I have been looking on various forums for many years about what happened on the beginning of Alien 3.
There are many posts by ''simple'' people who don't get paid to write bullshit that could have been a better explanation and story for this abysmal game.
*the bullet hits the hugger on the center and the acid jumps over Ripley's head or
chest.At least they could have done a ''matrix'' style scene where the bullet hits on a leg of the hugger and the acid falls straight to the tube and floor.
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i'm surprised with such a good writing they didn't thought that maybe there was another xeno sleeping on one of the empty tubes waiting for the ship to dock somewhere and escape and that the Mercs woke it up wounded it and that is why the fire started.