Auriga

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United Systems Military starship commanded by Perez. At over 3km in length, the Auriga doubled as both a scientific research facility and a troop carrier. Equipped with a Stealthrun system, the Auriga could travel at speeds in excess of 3,877,066,666kph.

The Auriga was in orbit of Pluto when the Betty docked with it to deliver a cargo of hijacked cryotubes. The Auriga’s chief scientist, Wren cloned multiple Ripleys on board, but only the eighth attempt was successful. From this he extracted a queen embryo and began to breed captive aliens, using the bodies from the cryotubes. Shortly after the arrival of the Betty, the aliens broke loose and the Auriga’s computer, "Father" announced an emergency situation, leading to the evacuation of the ship. It automatically headed back to Earth, where it crashed in an uninhabited region of the Australian outback (co-ordinates 760,403) just over an hour later, with a little help from CALL, one of the crew-members of the Betty, who went on board to stop the aliens and kill the Ripley clones.