Re: [OT] In defense of Aliens

>> Small elite unit which is on recon, not search and destroy.	Expects
to 
meet
>> friendlies planet side

>So when you don't get any kind of signal from planet at all, you do
some 
>long distance recon, you don't go all the way into the complex...then 
>realize you are in deep shit. Flyovers, then send a scout team in. Not 
>your whole damn force. 

Having been a fan of the movie (And the director James Cameron) I read
an 
interview with him where that was mentioned, as I recall the mission was

designed as a FUBAR from the time it was launched, i.e. the full ships 
complement of troops was not aboard, an inexperienced Lt was assigned to
just 
a couple of ad hoc squads, being the only ships troops that they could
gather 
from a scheduled leave.

>> I'd say the ship was a heavy destroyer, cruiser tops.  I don't recall

abandoning
>> the ship when the alien was on board.  Flushed out an air lock and
then 
everyone
>> took cryo naps.

>Doh, I was confusing the two first two movies...

According to the Colonial Marines handbook, the Sulaco is a troop
transport 
that has limited self-defence capabilities. Apparently the full-out
combat 
ships are really something to see.