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Aliens: The Female War

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When does Aliens: The Female War take place?

Aliens: The Female War is a book released in 1993. Its story takes place around 2194, about 15 years after Alien 3 (2179) and about 187 years before Alien Resurrection (2381). In the Legacy Alien timeline, it comes after Aliens: Female War (around 2194) and before Aliens: The Alien (around 2194).


Aliens: The Female War (book, 1993)

Description

Lieutenant Ellen Ripley awoke from her long journey in space with a hole in her memory and an overwhelming drive to survive. When she meets Wilks and Billie, the two battered veterans in the war against the Aliens, she realizes she's found two comrades in arms, and she's ready to take up the fight.

Only then does she discover the devastating secret that lurks behind her long sleep. When she, Wilks, and Billie prepare to meet the Aliens and their terrible queen head-on in a battle for Earth, that secret becomes her greatest weapon, and her greatest liability. Ripley must come to terms with what it means to be human, and what it means to be Alien...

The final book of the original Aliens novel trilogy, written by Steve Perry and Stephani Perry and adapted from the Dark Horse comic series Aliens: Female War (originally titled Aliens: Earth War).

Synopsis

Wilks and Billie join a mysteriously resurrected Ellen Ripley on a desperate mission to the Aliens' home world: capture their Queen Mother and use her to take back an Earth overrun by the creatures.

Overview

In-Universe year : 2194 (approx)
Release date : July 1993
Release status : Released
Continuity : Legacy

Credits : Steve Perry (Author) S. D. Perry (Author)

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