Ripley's Cryosleep Journey to Earth

Fifty-seven years of silence, one survivor, and a nightmare that refused to die.

After surviving a lethal encounter with the xenomorph and destroying the commercial towing vessel, Ripley expels the creature from the escape shuttle and puts herself in stasis for the return trip to Earth.

Quick Facts

Character: Ellen Ripley
Vessel: Narcissus (Shuttlecraft)
Mission status: Escape; Survival
Destination: Earth
Duration of sleep: Approximately 57 years

Reader's Guide

The journey begins immediately after the Nostromo's self-destruct sequence, leaving Ripley alone in the Narcissus shuttle. After expelling the alien into space, she puts herself in stasis for the return trip to Earth.

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