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Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon
Still not sure on the nuking part.
-Who knows what condition the ship was in when they left with it. Did it have enough fuel to go there? And back? Sure Ripley wouldn't mind going on a suicide mission. But not now that she has a kid to take care off.
-After a nuclear blast is the atmosphere safe for the ship to get close enough especially with the crazy weather over there.
-If the alien ship wasn't that far from the site, maybe Ripley assumed it would get destroyed too. But it didn't because it's made out of Engineer steel or something  |
Very true. There's plenty of scenarios when the ship still exists. Although, in the year 3020, they probably have a tactical nuke guided missile they could fire from a long distance.