While a moon hurtles toward certain destruction taking with it a Weyland-Yutani bioweapons lab
talks on a nearby colony could lead to all-out war among the colonies. Hygeia an outer rim
colony is doomed as the moon on which it was built hurtles toward an inevitable collision with
the dead planet Hephaestus. When a distress signal arrives from a Weyland-Yutani biowarfare
outpost near the colony a desperate plan is launched to evacuate the trapped scientists and
colonists. Their destination: LV-846 a key United Americas colony where high-level talks are
scheduled to address the galaxy-wide hostilities between the colonies. Once there the evacuees
including a contingent of Colonial Marines discover a plot that could plunge the colonies into
all-out war. Their only hope may be an alliance with the deadliest ally imaginable. BONUS
MATERIAL: exclusive to this book a new RPG scenario from Free League publishers of the
award-winning Alien role-playing game.
