XENOMORPH TIMELINE
Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual is a book released in 1995. Its story takes place around 2179, around the same time as Alien 3 (2179) and about 202 years before Alien Resurrection (2381). In the Alien books timeline, it comes after Aliens: Bishop (2179) and before Alien: Into Charybdis (2184).
The Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Manual is your official guide to the equipment and organisation of the United States Colonial Marine Corps. Packed with diagrams, technical schematics and plans, the manual takes a detailed look at the guns, vehicles and ships of the USCMC, and the men and women who use them.
The United States Colonial Marines. Ultimate troubleshooters equipped with state-of-the-art firepower, capable of power projection across the vast expanse of deep space. They can sharpshoot a man at a thousand meters or obliterate an entire world from the safety of orbit. They reckon they are unbeatable.
Credits : Lee Brimmicombe-Wood (Author)