Val Verde is the fictional country Steven E. de Souza created for Commando, where the exiled dictator Arius plotted his return, and the jungle across the border in Predator, where Dutch Schaefer's team destroyed a guerrilla camp before the Jungle Hunter killed them.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Predator Lore
The Lunar Maru was the Red Giant Line's luxury flagship and a cover for Weyland-Yutani experiments. Explore its passenger facilities, hidden laboratories, gravity drive, Xenomorph infestation and the salvage crew that recovered the stranded liner.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Alien Universe Ships | Weyland Yutani Ships
Jonathan Clemens was the disgraced chief medical officer of Fiorina 161 in Alien 3, played by Charles Dance. He treated Ellen Ripley, autopsied Newt, became her lover, and confessed his fatal dosage mistake before the Dragon killed him in 2179.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Max Polokov was the Nexus-6 android of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, who posed as a deteriorated scavenger, lasered Dave Holden during a Voigt-Kampff test, returned as the Soviet policeman Sandor Kadalyi, and was shot by Rick Deckard in his hovercar.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Characters | Replicant Characters
Innominata was the military research station where Paul Church studied Xenomorphs in Aliens: Labyrinth. Explore its containment pits, experimental maze, hidden human laboratory, command staff and the investigation that failed to close the facility.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Alien Universe Space Stations | Colonial Marine Lore
MOX was the Mobile Offensive ExoWarrior, a human-operated Berserker combat suit from Aliens: Tribes. Explore its two-ton armor, grenade launchers, stimulant controls, Shitkicker's TodLab mission and the differences between MOX, MAX and the RPG's Mark 1.
By Janno Vares November 15, 2026 Alien Universe Vehicles | Alien Universe Weapons | Colonial Marine Lore
Tannhäuser Gate was an off-world location remembered by Roy Batty in Blade Runner. Explore its military connections, the Marvel adaptation, deleted narration, Todd's service record in Soldier and the origins of the name in Batty's final speech.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
Tyrell's owl appeared as an artificial pet in Blade Runner, but the novels told different stories. Explore Eden in the RPG, Scrappy in Dick and Jeter, the childhood owl's bones in Blade Runner 2029 and the production change that made the film bird artificial.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
The Goreburster XX121AB was an oversized black Chestburster associated with pink eggs and a lethal secretion. Aliens: Kidnapped followed one born from Darryl Zither, while the Alien RPG explained the strain's genetic origins, limited lifespan and containment methods.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2026 Individual Xenomorphs | Xenomorphs From The Comics | Xenomorph Appearance
The Dark One was the Xenomorph that hunted Emerson's inhabitants in Aliens: Alchemy. It attacked a religious refuge, a tavern and Traudman's ranch, overwhelmed an armed patrol and returned to the wreck where Rachel Newcomen killed it with a recovered pulse rifle.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2026 Individual Xenomorphs | Xenomorphs From The Comics | Xenomorph Behavior
MAX was Weyland-Yutani's Mobile Assault Exo-Warrior, a heavily armed combat suit built around a human operator. Unit 09 cleared Xenomorph hives with the Nemesis team before Brian Ellis used it to escape DS 949. On Bunda, Lucas Briggs became its final known occupant.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2026 Alien Universe Vehicles | Alien Universe Weapons | Colonial Marine Lore
Nemesis was a former Colonial Marine class-C test cruiser used by Weyland-Yutani's Berserker program. Its equipment bays supported MAX armor and an armed transport shuttle. Commander Izzard's crew cleared Deep 4 before the ship was destroyed with the infested DS 949 station.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Alien Universe Ships | Colonial Marine Lore
Caspar Nordling was Grant Corporation's biotechnologist in Aliens: Stronghold. He experimented on Xenomorphs, exploited synthetic workers and sold eggs to outsiders. His attempt to kill the Strunks ended in a hive outbreak and his death at Jeri's hands in an escape pod.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Scientists
The Wallace Corporation rose through synthetic food technology, bought Tyrell's assets and restored replicant production. Explore its history under both Niander Wallaces, Nexus-9s, digital companions, records library, political influence and monumental Los Angeles headquarters.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
Jeri was Dr. Caspar Nordling's android Xenomorph in Aliens: Stronghold. Based on Mayakovsky's prototype, he helped the Strunks escape the hive and fought beside Dean. His damaged human-protection directive let him kill Nordling with an infected cigar in an escape pod.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Universe Androids | Xenomorph Appearance
Blade Runner's advertising blimp offered a new life in the off-world colonies. Explore its equipment and recruitment messages, the 2022 Blackout crash, later Black Lotus airships, K. W. Jeter's ruined blimp hideout, and the practical miniature built for the film.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Blade Runner Lore
Old Blue, also called Ol' Blue, was MedTech's restrained tracker Xenomorph in Aliens: Music of the Spears. Captured by Phillip Rice on the Xenomorph homeworld, he followed a stolen egg through Manhattan, killed two jelly users, and survived the search at Presley Hall.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Individual Xenomorphs | Xenomorphs From The Comics | Xenomorphs From The Novels
Iran Deckard was Rick Deckard's wife in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? She used a Penfield mood organ, shared his joy in a living goat, and cared for him after his android hunt. Blade Runner reduced the marriage to an unnamed ex-wife and a photograph by his piano.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Characters
Damon Eddington was the Synsound composer who recorded Mozart's screams for his Symphony of Hate in Aliens: Music of the Spears. His royal-jelly addiction and demand for stronger recordings led him to sacrifice people, attack Darcy Vance, and die in the Xenomorph's enclosure.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Alien Universe Characters
Irmgard Baty was Roy Baty's wife and a fugitive Nexus-6 android in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? She sold beauty products on Mars, escaped to Earth, and persuaded the group to trust John Isidore before Rick Deckard killed her during an attempted ambush.
By Janno Vares November 13, 2026 Blade Runner Lore | Blade Runner Characters | Replicant Characters
