


TWO HUNDRED YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE RIPLEY MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON FIORINA 161. Over those intervening years, and after seven horrific failures, scientists have finally managed to clone a perfect replica of Ripley -- a replica which includes the alien Queen growing inside her at the time of her death. And since the Ripley clone is so perfect, the scientists decide to keep her alive for study as well. But the new breed of alien born from Ripley's Queen is far more clever than its predecessors -- an unfortunate fact the scientists don't realize until after the ragtag crew of The Betty arrrives with additional nourishment for the aliens in the form of a hijacked crew of humans.