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!
