In 2142, a Weyland-Yutani space probe investigates the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo, destroyed two decades prior.[a] The probe collects a large cocoon and departs for a research space station. Upon arrival, scientists open the cocoon, revealing the xenomorph that killed most of the Nostromo's crew.
Over five months later, at the colony Jackson's Star on LV-410, Rain Carradine works and lives with her adoptive brother Andy, a malfunctioning android reprogrammed by Rain's deceased father. After her original work contract is forcibly extended by Weyland-Yutani, Rain's ex-boyfriend Tyler persuades her to join an expedition with his pregnant sister Kay, their cousin Bjorn (secretly the father of Kay's baby),[4] and Bjorn's adoptive sister Navarro[5][6][7] to a derelict spacecraft to retrieve cryostasis chambers that will allow them to escape to the planet Yvaga. Andy's ability to interface with the onboard computer system is crucial for the expedition, but Rain is hesitant to take him along until she is convinced by Tyler and Andy to allow him to assist. They fly the hauler Corbelan IV to the spacecraft, which is revealed to be the Renaissance—a Weyland-Yutani research station divided into two modules called Romulus and Remus.
While retrieving fuel for the stasis chambers, Tyler, Bjorn, and Andy accidentally disable the temperature control, releasing cloned facehuggers and triggering a lockdown.[8] To override the lockdown, Rain installs a chip from a damaged android, Rook, into Andy, granting him access to the station while updating his software. This changes his "prime directive," making him loyal solely to Weyland-Yutani. As the group flees the chamber, a facehugger latches onto Navarro. Rain reactivates Rook, who discloses that the xenomorph captured by the probe killed the Renaissance's personnel before it was killed. Although Tyler removes the facehugger, Rook warns it may have already implanted its "seed".
Despite Andy's attempts to stop him, Bjorn flees with Navarro and Kay on the Corbelan. Kay witnesses a chestburster emerging from Navarro, killing her. The Corbelan crashes into the Romulus hangar, disrupting the station's orbit and leaving less than an hour before it collides with LV-410's planetary rings. Kay is knocked unconscious, and the chestburster escapes. When she recovers, Kay encounters Bjorn, who discovers the chestburster gestating into its adult form. Bjorn attacks the xenomorph with a stun baton and is killed.
Rain and Tyler navigate to the bay while avoiding facehuggers. Kay escapes the Corbelan but is stalked by the xenomorph, which attempts to lure the others into a trap. Andy refuses to unlock the door so as not to put Rain and Tyler at risk, and they watch helplessly as Kay is critically injured and dragged away. Andy finds samples of a compound called Z-01, which Rook refers to as "Prometheus Fire", which scientists extracted from the xenomorphs and combined with human DNA to "perfect" humans. Rook insists the samples be taken to Jackson's Star and prevents the Corbelan from leaving without them. Rain and Tyler arm themselves with rifles to combat the xenomorphs, but Andy warns them not to open fire lest the xenomorphs' blood melt the station's hull, causing an explosive decompression.
As they navigate their way through the station and into a nest, Rain and Tyler rescue Kay from a cocoon, but Tyler is killed and Andy is incapacitated. Badly injured, Kay injects herself with Z-01 during their escape. Rain returns to Andy and removes Rook's control chip, restoring Andy's loyalty to her. Rain disables the station's gravity, allowing her to shoot the xenomorphs while keeping their blood away from the hull. Rain and Andy escape on the Corbelan just before Renaissance crashes into the rings, destroying Rook and the xenomorphs.
As Rain and Andy prepare for their trip to Yvaga, Kay gives birth to a cocoon containing The Offspring, which rapidly grows into a mutated human–xenomorph hybrid. The hybrid incapacitates Andy and kills Kay, but Rain ejects the creature into LV-410's rings after a struggle. She places Andy in a cryostasis chamber and records an audio log about their hoped-for arrival at Yvaga before entering cryostasis herself.
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