USCSS Nostromo

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USCSS Nostromo is the commercial towing spaceship featured in the 1979 science fiction horror film "Alien," serving as the primary setting for the crew's encounter with the deadly xenomorph.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional spacecraft
spaceship
affiliation The Company NERFINISHED
Weyland-Yutani NERFINISHED
AIName Mother NERFINISHED
appearsIn Alien NERFINISHED
Alien franchise NERFINISHED
cargoType ore refinery
class Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class starfreighter NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
crewComplement 7
crewMember Ash NERFINISHED
Brett NERFINISHED
Dallas NERFINISHED
Ellen Ripley NERFINISHED
Kane NERFINISHED
Lambert NERFINISHED
Parker NERFINISHED
crewStatusAtEndOfFilm only Ellen Ripley survives
destructionCause self-destruct sequence initiated by Ellen Ripley
fate self-destructed
filmDirectorOfFirstAppearance Ridley Scott NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Alien (1979 film) NERFINISHED
function commercial towing vehicle
genreContext science fiction horror
hasAI MU-TH-UR 6000 NERFINISHED
hasCategory Alien (franchise) NERFINISHED
Fictional spacecraft
Film locations
hasLandingModule separate refinery and cargo platform
hasShuttle Narcissus NERFINISHED
manufacturer Lockmart NERFINISHED
medium film
missionType towing mineral ore refinery
nameOrigin Nostromo by Joseph Conrad NERFINISHED
notableEvent first recorded encounter with xenomorph XX121 in Alien (1979 film)
notableFeature bridge with AI interface
hypersleep chambers
industrial interior design
self-destruct system with countdown
operator Weyland-Yutani Corporation NERFINISHED
primaryLocationInPlot outer space GENERATED
productionDesignerOfFirstAppearance Ron Cobb NERFINISHED
registration 180924609
registryPrefix USCSS NERFINISHED
roleInWork primary setting of Alien (1979 film)
screenwriterOfFirstAppearance Dan O'Bannon NERFINISHED
settingType deep-space commercial vessel
universe Alien universe NERFINISHED
visualDesignInfluence industrial, truck-in-space aesthetic

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Ash affiliation USCSS Nostromo
Ash ship USCSS Nostromo