Apone

The cool-headed sergeant holding the line until the nest overwhelms them all.

Sergeant Apone serves as the cool-headed backbone of the Colonial Marine unit deployed to LV-426 aboard the spaceship Sulaco. Cast alongside privates Vasquez, Hudson, and Drake, he represents the seasoned non-commissioned officer who grounds the team amidst the chaos of the alien encounter.

Quick Facts

Role:: Sergeant
Affiliation:: Colonial Marines
First appears:: Aliens (1986)

Lore & Background

He operates as part of a larger group including privates Vasquez, Hudson, Drake, Spunkmeyer, Crowe, and Wierzbowski, as well as corporals Dietrich and Ferro. The narrative tracks the team's descent from the Sulaco to the atmosphere processing station on LV-426, where they locate the colony and two live facehuggers. As the marines descend into corridors covered in alien secretions to find the other colonists, Apone is part of the unit that discovers opened eggs and cocooned victims serving as incubators. The ambush by adult aliens results in the death or capture of many team members. In the Alien attack, Apone is captured alive.

Reader's Guide

Sergeant Apone is a character from the 1986 film Aliens, portrayed by Al Matthews. He holds the rank of sergeant within the Colonial Marine Corps and serves as part of the security team deployed to investigate the colony on LV-426. His presence in the story is that of a steady, experienced leader among the ranks, contrasting with the inexperience of Lieutenant Gorman. He is part of the group that discovers the alien infestation at the atmosphere processing station, leading to a fatal ambush by adult aliens.