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What would you do? Aliens
Would you nuke the planet and wipe them out?
In Aliens, when Ripley and Hicks get back from their first encounter with the Aliens, they decide, "Let's nuke the planet from orbit, it's the only way to be sure." They decide to wipe out the Aliens, possibly the only remaining in the universe.
Would you nuke the planet and wipe them out?
Once they get back the ship, they're safe. The Alien animals have shown no signs of any technological knowledge. They don't have a spaceship, they haven't even invented the wheel, and we have no indication they ever will. They're stuck on the planet and can be studied.
We'd also have to assume there isn't any wildlife on the planet, and so the Aliens will starve to death in a matter of days. The eggs in the ship will last as long as the ship's batteries are active.
Ripley may be trying to keep Burke's corporation from retrieving the Aliens for their weapons division. Is that a good enough reason to make them extinct?
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