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Ross
MemberOvomorphMar-23-2012 5:03 AMPopulation 158.
We know that not all residents were hosts to a chest burster.
The medical report Bishop read stated "..removed before embryo implantation...they killed him taking it off..."
Also I'm sure a few colonists were killed during the Alien attack and some may even have killed themselves rather than see the alternative fate.
We also know that Newt survived.
By my reckonning that would leave around 150 max to host aliens.
The marines killed way more than that in the battle scenes, the sentry guns alone must have killed over 100 themselves.
Severe nit-picking I know, but thought I'd share it anyway.
@ Ross, where do you get the figure of 158 for the population...
The official in charge of Ripley's deposition said their were over 70 families, if we go with favoured statistic of children born per family (2.4) this would give 4 members to each family, and 4 x 70 = 280.
I suspect the number on the sign was old, probably the number of original settlers, which were probably just adults, remember they had been there nearly 20 years (meaning all the kids will have been born there, including Newt).
Maybe someone should watch the film and count how many alien's we see/know get killed.
I knowyour joking, but why not...
They would have needed replenishable food, a greenhouse, a farm even and they would have had pets. Ripley had Jones one the Nostromo, the Dog in Fury 161, the hamsters in Hadleys Hope.
