Aliens.Universe.Colonial.Marines.Technical.Manual

Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual, written by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood and

published by HarperPrism is a guide to the fictional United States Colonial

Marines depicted in the film Aliens. It describes the equipment of the Colonial

Marines in great detail, and contains expansive descriptions of the UD4L

Cheyenne and the 'Conestoga'-class spaceships (such as the Sulaco), both

featured in the film.



The manual also contains information about the organisation of the Colonial

Marines, and while it attempts to stay faithful to the films it adds and expands

upon a number of topics not depicted in the film, such as artillery and tanks.

Often these are also commented on in-character by fictional Colonial Marines.

The manual ends with a fictional series of transcripts between Weyland-Yutani

employees as they discuss their theories on Alien biology and its possible

exploitation.

Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aliens-Colonial-Marines-Technical-Manual/dp/0061053430