1976
The crew of the Snark awakens from hypersleep to investigate a mysterious transmission on a desolate planetoid, discovering an alien ship and a pyramid containing strange urns. Navigator Dell Broussard is infected by a parasitic creature from one of the urns, which is later removed, but a new creature violently bursts from his chest during a meal. The remaining crew attempts to hunt the rapidly growing alien, but it evades their traps, killing Communications officer Sandy Melkonis and Engine Tech Jay Faust. Executive Officer Martin Roby discovers Captain Chaz Standard cocooned by the creature and mercifully kills him before rigging the lifeboat with explosives to destroy the alien. Roby escapes in the lifeboat, only to find the creature onboard, and after a desperate struggle, he ejects it into space and incinerates it with the ram jets before entering hypersleep for the journey home.
Save the Cat beat sheet
The crew of the Nostromo awakens, investigates a strange warning signal on an alien planetoid, and unwittingly brings aboard a deadly parasite.
Open full beat sheetChaz Standard is listed as Captain. A leader and a politician. Believes that any action is better than no action. In the parsed data, Chaz Standard is connected to 44 scenes, 195 dialogue lines, 195 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
44 scenes / 195 dialogue linesMartin Roby is listed as Executive Officer. Cautious but intelligent -- a survivor. In the parsed data, Martin Roby is connected to 44 scenes, 142 dialogue lines, 143 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
44 scenes / 142 dialogue linesCleave Hunter is listed as Mining Engineer. High-strung; came along to make his fortune. In the parsed data, Cleave Hunter is connected to 32 scenes, 91 dialogue lines, 91 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
32 scenes / 91 dialogue linesSandy Melkonis is listed as Communications. Tech Intellectual; a romantic. In the parsed data, Sandy Melkonis is connected to 31 scenes, 52 dialogue lines, 52 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
31 scenes / 52 dialogue linesJay Faust is listed as Engine Tech. A worker. Unimaginative. In the parsed data, Jay Faust is connected to 26 scenes, 45 dialogue lines, 45 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
26 scenes / 45 dialogue linesDell Broussard is listed as Navigator. Adventurer; brash glory-hound. In the parsed data, Dell Broussard is connected to 17 scenes, 28 dialogue lines, 28 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
17 scenes / 28 dialogue linesThe crew wakes up from hypersleep in a cold, sterile vault.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew gathers on the bridge to assess their location and respond to a mysterious transmission.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisBroussard, Standard, and Melkonis explore the alien control room, find a skeleton, and discover a mysterious triangle symbol.
Chaz Standard, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisThe sun sets on the planetoid, and the Snark's floodlights activate.
The crew reviews photos of the alien ship and discusses the skeleton.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustFaust prepares to extract energy from the engines.
Jay FaustBroussard and Melkonis monitor the engine extraction.
Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisRoby and Standard discuss the alien skull and the triangle symbol.
Chaz Standard, Martin RobyThe crew discovers a pyramid on the horizon.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustStandard, Broussard, and Melkonis approach the pyramid.
Chaz Standard, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisRoby learns the alien signal is a warning.
Martin Roby, Cleave HunterBroussard enters the pyramid through a hole at the top.
Chaz Standard, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisBroussard descends into the pyramid.
Dell BroussardBroussard discovers a tomb filled with urns.
Dell BroussardStandard and Melkonis retrieve the unconscious Broussard.
Chaz Standard, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisRoby receives word of Broussard's injury.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustRoby opens the airlock, allowing Standard and Melkonis to bring the infected Broussard inside.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew attempts to treat Broussard and remove the parasite, leading to an acid leak.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew reviews the datastick footage of the pyramid and the urns.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave HunterThe parasite is found to have detached from Broussard's face.
Chaz Standard, Cleave HunterThe crew examines the dead parasite, which begins to decompose.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy MelkonisThe crew ejects the parasite carcass into the planetoid surface.
Chaz Standard, Martin RobyThe crew discusses the situation and the engines are fixed.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Jay FaustThe ship takes off and escapes the planetoid.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Jay FaustBroussard wakes up, seemingly recovered.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy MelkonisThe crew eats together while discussing their future plans and the food quality.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustBroussard suffers a violent medical emergency and a creature bursts from his chest.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Dell Broussard, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustBroussard's body is ejected into space.
The crew discusses the threat and the need to catch the creature.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew plans to hunt the creature using nets and electric prods.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe ship travels through hyperspace.
Standard walks through the ship.
Chaz StandardStandard finds Melkonis in the observation dome.
Chaz Standard, Sandy MelkonisThe crew prepares the equipment for the hunt.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe teams begin their search.
Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Jay FaustThe team tracks a signal, but it turns out to be the cat.
Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Jay FaustThe teams reunite outside the food storage room where the creature is trapped.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew pumps poison gas into the food storage room.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew enters the room to find the creature has escaped through a vent.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew plans to flush the creature out of the air shafts.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustHunter prepares to enter the air shaft.
Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustHunter crawls through the air shaft.
Cleave HunterThe team waits for the creature to emerge.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy MelkonisThe creature emerges, kills Melkonis, and escapes.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Sandy Melkonis, Cleave HunterFaust waits for instructions.
Jay FaustThe crew heads to the bridge.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterThe remaining crew discusses the situation and the creature's growth.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe crew analyzes the alien life cycle patterns on the wall.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterFaust discovers the creature in the air lock and attempts to trap it.
Jay FaustStandard receives Faust's call and blows the air lock.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave Hunter, Jay FaustThe creature escapes the air lock as it closes, killing Faust.
Jay FaustThe survivors restore oxygen levels after the depressurization.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterThe survivors plan to destroy the creature using the lifeboat.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterThe crew gathers explosives for the plan.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterThe crew rigs the lifeboat with explosives.
Chaz Standard, Martin Roby, Cleave HunterThe creature attacks and kills Hunter.
Chaz Standard, Cleave HunterRoby finds Standard cocooned and kills him at his request.
Chaz Standard, Martin RobyRoby escapes the ship as it explodes, but discovers the creature is on board.
Martin RobyRoby prepares to fight the creature by arming himself with a sharpened rod.
Martin RobyRoby attacks the creature, blowing the hatch to eject it into space.
Martin RobyRoby is pulled halfway out of the lifeboat by the creature.
Martin RobyRoby traps the creature's tentacle in the hatch door.
Martin RobyRoby uses the ram jets to incinerate the creature.
Martin RobyRoby records a final log entry and enters hypersleep.
Martin Roby... So it looks like I'll make it back to the Colonies on schedule after all. I should be to the frontier in another 250 years or so, and then with a little luck the network will pick me up. I'm not as rich as I was a couple days ago -- but I'm not exactly broke either. Incidentally, I did manage to salvage one souvenir out of this whole mess.
These will be very useful. At least we won't have to go digging around in closets with our bare hands. All right, here's the battle plan: we're going to break into two teams and start systematically covering the ship. Whoever finds it first, catches it in the net and ejects it from the nearest airlock. Clear?
We can't even radio for help; the carrier wave wouldn't reach its destination till long after we'd died and turned to dust. We are utterly, absolutely alone. Can anybody really visualize such a scale of distances? Halfway across Creation...
Whoever's doing the herding is gonna have their hands pretty full. I think somebody should stay by the lifeboat to slam the door on the thing once it's inside, and to serve as... as...
With these. Tracking device. You set it to search for a moving object... It hasn't got much range, but when you get within a certain distance, it starts beeping.
This is Chaz speaking. Sorry, but we are not home. Our present location seems to be only halfway to Irth. Remain at your posts and stand by. That is all.
He went into the pyramid alone. We lost radio contact with him. When we pulled him out, it was on his face. It won't come off, not without injuring him.
You know, it's fantastic -- the human race has gone this long without ever encountering another advanced life form, and now we run into a veritable zoo.
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