Fate of the Acheron Queen

[Frosty Venom]

What was the fate of the Acheron Queen?

Did she die, burning up as she re-entered LV-426's atmosphere or is she still floating through the void of space waiting to be found?

The final panels of Theory of Propagation seem to suggest that she survives.

[SM]

That's not the Acheron Queen.

The most likely scenario is that she that she fell back to LV-426.

[Frosty Venom]

I mean the original comics were meant to be a direct sequel to Aliens until Alien 3 came out and changed the character and location names.

This could be the clearest answer we ever get even if it's not the Acheron Queen.

[SM]

They were meant to be a sequel, yes, but the Acheron Queen wasn't in those comics. Theory Of Alien Propogation was a companion piece.

[Frosty Venom]

I am very aware of that but it seems to suggest that if a Queen is blown out of an airlock it will survive.

[SM]

It probably would, at least for a time.  The Queen survived the trip up to the Sulaco after all.  How long is unknown.  The Acheron Queen had gravity to contend with however.

[Kailem]

I never really considered that she just dropped back down to the planet's surface, rather just kept on floating off into the vast reaches of space as a Queencicle. But you're right, given that the Sulaco was orbiting just on the fringes of the atmosphere at "drop range", she most likely burned up on re-entry.

[The Old One]

Burned up in atmosphere, or shattered because of decompression.

[Huggs]

I doubt she survived re-entry. Were the digital effects available at the time, they may well have shown here entering the atmosphere and being vaporized.

[Local Trouble]

Even if she survived re-entry, she surely would have been splattered on impact.

[SM]

Nah she evolved wings on the way down.

[Huggs]

Even if she survived re-entry, she surely would have been splattered on impact.

To say the least. Comin' in hot with a side of bacon.

Or pineapple. That's for you SM. 

[whiterabbit]

Nah. Surely the Queen would transform into an egg. The perfect vessel for atmospheric reentry and bounce once she hits the ground and likely end up upside down on a support beam somewhere. These things are survivors.

[The Cruentus]

Nah, she's dead Jim.