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[beckmen]

Either way, Ripley 8 stated that the Betty was older than she was, therefore it would be from around about the Prometheus era, so it wouldn't be referencing Resurrection so much as retroactively foreshadowing it.

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[BishopIII]

I am aware of the meaning of hyperbole, I may have Aspergers, doesn't make me an idiot. Besides, how would she know how to fly it if it wasn't? Massive logical hole there, if it were made after her death, she wouldn't have much experience flying one, try to imagine a pilot from the 1920's trying to fly a Boeing 747!   

[beckmen]

I find it hard to believe that a bunch of mercs are tooling around the 'verse in a nearly-300-year-old spaceship. Especially given how as time goes on, things are built to not endure; and the world the film paints is certainly in-line with our current civilization built around disposable technology.

BTW, at no point was I trying to imply that you are in idiot, or insult you. Just to be clear.

[deezelboy]

I find it hard to believe that a bunch of mercs are tooling around the 'verse in a nearly-300-year-old spaceship.

It's also pretty hard to believe in a bunch of mercs sitting in millions or billions of dollars worth of spaceship. Why not sell the thing and live in immense wealth for the rest of your life? Seems a better gamble than risking your life doing highly illegal stuff for what are paltry sums compared to the worth of your transport.

Especially given how as time goes on, things are built to not endure; and the world the film paints is certainly in-line with our current civilization built around disposable technology.

Spaceships might be very different, given how if a component fails in-flight there's nowhere you can buy a replacement from. I suspect they'd be built to last, much in the same way that the presumably twenty-year old Narcissus is still functional after the nearly sixty years between Alien and Aliens.

(...Although I really don't think the Betty's three hundred years old, in much the same way that I really don't think Ripley Mark I could have single-handedly flown a ship like the Nostromo either. I think this is a bit of papering over a plot hole!)

[beckmen]

The Narcissus seemed to pretty much drift for six decades, though. It appeared to have been on a set trajectory, so aside from minimal life support (I reckon those cryotubes are Energy Star compliant) and possible collision avoidance...not a ton of wear and tear.

[BishopIII]

It looked more like something cobbled together out of old spare parts, probably salvaged from spaceship graveyards. maybe portions of the Betty are 300 years old, with some bits, such as life-support, composed of newer, stolen technology. The ship did seem to be pretty beat up and falling apart at the seams, and the outer hatch wouldn't close properly, which from Johner's reaction seems to happen quite often. I think it is largely an antique, albeit one that isn't in any condition to be worth much money. I guess Vriess was a good enough engineer that he was able to keep it from being torn apart by flight stresses (not to mention that it seems they made a point of not trying atmospheric entry most of the time).

 Beckmen, I'm sorry if I'd got the wrong end of the stick, I just felt that it would have been better if you had explained your position yourself, the way that you did it seemed a bit dismissive at the time. Plus I was having a really bad day anyway, so I probably overreacted a bit.

[deezelboy]

The Narcissus seemed to pretty much drift for six decades, though. It appeared to have been on a set trajectory, so aside from minimal life support (I reckon those cryotubes are Energy Star compliant) and possible collision avoidance...not a ton of wear and tear.

Well, I'd be very interested in finding a computer or a fridge where the manufacturers could guarantee 60 years of continuous operation without any maintenance whatsoever, not to mention the internal power source!

[Hieronymus]

Space is very, very cold.  The Narcissus probably allowed its cabin to reach ambient temperature with everyone in cryosleep, so that the capsules could save energy.

[deezelboy]

Space is cold, but vacuum is the best insulator you can get.  Heat loss is only going to be radiative, and that's going to be slow. If your power source is pumping out more heat than you're losing from radiation, your going to have a problem with overheating. At least, I always thought that's why they stalled their escape plan to pick up more coolant.

I dunno about the Narcissus being close to ambient by the time the salvage guys picked it up. There's no evidence that the atmosphere's frozen solid (although I guess it may have depressurised the cabin).

[BlackWatch]

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