2) How Did The Derelict Engineer Vessel Find Its Way To LV-426?
This is one plot point hidden within the Alien series that still doesn’t quite add up. If these later sequels are to tie in with the original movie, then between the end of the events of Alien: Covenant and roughly 20 years later, a large Engineer war ship must crash land onto the familiar rocky surface of LV-426, thus planting the mysterious derelict relic that’s discovered by the unlucky crew of the USCSS Nostromo in the series’ original flick.
Furthermore, it’s clear that the uber dodgy Weyland-Yutani mega corporation is aware of the vessel’s existence and is mindful of the deadly critters that lay entombed deep within the belly of the derelict ship. In the original movie, Ash – a rather creepy, sinister synthetic – joins the crew as a mysterious last-minute replacement on-board the Nostromo and is secretly tasked to oversee a specific retrieval mission for the devious mega company.
We now know that Ash’s prime directives were to retrieve a Xenomorph specimen and that the crew of the Nostromo were simply “expendable.” How did Weyland-Yutani know the location of the derelict ship on LV-426, though? Did David tell them? And if so, does David still have allegiances to the insidious company?
