Hadley's Hope

Aliens "Hadley's Hope" (Directors Cut)

[A Conversation in 

Hadley's Hope, Main Operations Centre, 

shortly before the xenomorph outbreak]

Al Simpson: 

[to a co-worker, on his way leaving] 

I'll be down in Maintenance, okay?

Brad Lydecker: Al?

Al Simpson: [absent-mindedly] What?

Brad Lydecker: Hey, Al!

Al Simpson: What?

Brad Lydecker: Remember you sent some 

wildcatters out to the middle of nowhere 

last week, out past the Ilium Range?

Al Simpson: Yeah, what?

Brad Lydecker: 

One of them's on the horn, 

a Mom-and-Pop survey team. 

He says he's on to something, and

he wants to know if his claim will be honored.

Al Simpson: 

Why wouldn't his claim be honored?

Brad Lydecker: Well, 

because you sent them out to that particular 

middle-of-nowhere on Company orders, 

maybe?, I dunno,

Al Simpson : Christ! Some honch 

in a cushy office on Earth says 

"Go Look at a grid reference --". 

So, We Look -- They don't 

say why, and I don't ask; 

I don't ask, because it takes two weeks 

to get An Answer out here, and 

The Answer is always : --

Both Men in unison : "-- Don't ask.".

Brad Lydecker: So, what do I Tell this guy?

Al Simpson: [sighs] Tell him, as far as I'm concerned, 

if he finds something, it is HIS -- (smiles, patiently) 

Lydecker? — [points towards the corridor]

Brad Lydecker: What....? 

[looks the way Al Simpson pointed and notices children playing there] 

You kids know you're  not supposed to be on this level! Go on, get outta here!