Editing Alien 3 (section)

==Plot==
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Following the events of ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'', an egg hatches aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship ''Sulaco'', releasing a [[Alien (creature in Alien franchise)#Facehugger|facehugger]]. A fire starts and the ship's computer launches an escape pod containing [[Ellen Ripley]], Newt, [[Dwayne Hicks|Hicks]], and the damaged [[Android (robot)|android]] [[Bishop (Aliens)|Bishop]]; all four are in [[Cryonics|cryonic]] [[stasis (fiction)|stasis]]. The pod crash-lands on Fiorina "Fury" 161, a [[foundry]] and maximum-security correctional facility inhabited by male inmates with a genetic predisposition for antisocial behavior. The inmates recover the crashed pod and its passengers. The facehugger approaches inmate Thomas Murphy's dog, Spike.
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Ripley is awakened by Clemens, the prison's chief medical officer, who informs her that she is the sole survivor. The prison warden, Harold Andrews, says that her presence may have disruptive effects. Ripley insists that Clemens perform an [[autopsy]] on Newt and that her and Hicks's bodies be subsequently burned, fearing that Newt may be carrying an Alien embryo. Despite protests from the warden and his assistant Aaron, the autopsy is conducted and no embryo is found. The funeral proceeds with spiritual leader Dillon eulogizing the deceased as their bodies are dropped into the furnace. Elsewhere in the prison, a quadrupedal alien bursts from Spike.

Ripley finds the damaged Bishop in the prison's garbage dump before being cornered by four inmates and almost gang-raped. After being saved by Dillon, Ripley returns to the infirmary and re-activates Bishop, who, before asking to be permanently shut down, confirms that a Facehugger came with them to Fiorina, under knowledge of the [[Weyland-Yutani Corporation]]. Growing to full size, the alien kills Murphy, Boggs, and Rains. It also returns outcast prisoner Golic to his previously psychopathic state. Ripley informs Andrews of her previous Xenomorph encounters{{efn|The Alien species is defined as "Xenomorph" within the previous film ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'', and is later referred to as "Xenomorph" by Ripley when she is sending an email to Weyland-Yutani.}} and suggests everyone work together to hunt down and kill it. However, the facility is without weapons; their only hope is the rescue ship being sent for Ripley by Weyland-Yutani.

The Alien ambushes Ripley and Clemens in the prison [[First aid room|infirmary]], killing him, and cornering her. However, it mysteriously spares her and retreats. Ripley rushes to the cafeteria to warn the others. Andrews orders Aaron to take her back to the infirmary, but the warden himself is dragged into the vents and killed by the Alien. Ripley rallies the inmates and proposes they pour flammable toxic waste into the ventilation system and ignite it to flush out the Alien. However, its intervention causes a premature explosion and several inmates die. With Aaron's help, Ripley scans herself using the escape pod's medical equipment and sees the embryo of an [[Alien Queen]] growing inside her. Upon this discovery, she realizes that Weyland-Yutani plans on capturing the alien incubating inside of her in hopes of turning it into [[biological warfare|biological weapons]].

The Alien will not kill her because of the embryo she was carrying, so Ripley begs Dillon to do it; he agrees only if she helps the inmates kill the Alien first. They form a plan to lure the Alien into the foundry's molding facility, trap it, and drown it in molten [[lead]]. The bait-and-chase plan results in the deaths of every remaining prisoner but Dillon and Morse. Dillon sacrifices himself to position the Alien towards the mold as Morse pours the molten lead onto them. Although the Alien is covered in molten metal, it escapes the mold. Ripley activates the fire sprinklers, blowing the Alien apart from [[thermal shock]].

The Weyland–Yutani team arrives, including commandos and a man who looks identical to Bishop who says he is Bishop's creator.{{efn|Identified as "Michael Bishop Weyland" in tie-in materials.<ref name="Bishop2" /><ref name="Weyland-Yutani_Report" />}} He tries to persuade Ripley to undergo surgery to remove the Alien Queen embryo, claiming it will be destroyed. Ripley refuses and steps back onto a mobile platform, which Morse positions over the furnace. The Weyland–Yutani team shoots Morse in the leg to stop him; Aaron strikes the Bishop look-alike with a wrench and is shot dead by the commandos. Ignoring pleas to give them the embryo, Ripley throws herself into the furnace, holding captive the infant queen as it erupts from her. The facilities are closed down. Morse, the sole survivor, is led away as Ripley's final [[logbook]] recording from the ''Nostromo'' plays.