Weyland Industries

Weyland-Yutani Corp appears as the unscrupulous megacorporation driving much of the conflict throughout the Alien franchise. This organization repeatedly manipulates and endangers characters across several generations, seeking to profit from the Xenomorph species. The corporation's influence spans the 22nd and 24th centuries, operating within humanity's interstellar dominion where space journeys often require cryosleep due to their length of months or years.

Quick Facts

Secret objective: Profit from the Xenomorph

Lore & Background

Characters are repeatedly manipulated and endangered by this corporation, which seeks to profit from the Xenomorph. In the narrative of Aliens (1986), the corporation is depicted as having begun to terraform and colonize LV-426, the planetoid from the first film. When contact with this colony was lost, the company's involvement in directing the mission to secure the derelict ship led directly to the wiping out of the colonists. The corporation seeks to profit from the Xenomorph, a goal that overrides human safety and leads to deadly encounters between humans and the extraterrestrial species.

Reader's Guide

The corporation's primary objective is profit from the Xenomorph, a goal that leads them to manipulate characters and endanger lives repeatedly. Their activities include terraforming colonies like LV-426 and directing missions to secure derelict alien ships. In Aliens (1986), their interference resulted in the loss of an entire colony and a marine squad.