She told him that she was a married woman (but not necessarily happy) who was not looking for any company.One of the training mechanisms was a rotating platform with a central revolving pole of blades at different heights that functioned as hurdles.It came from a derelict, downed alien ship that contained thousands of eggs.Resourceful, self-reliant, hard-assed, feminist action heroine Lt.Ellen Ripley (unknown stage actress Sigourney Weaver in her first major film role) suspected the signal wasn""t an SOS but a warning signal...You""re not my dad." He then recalled the circumstances surrounding Jonathan""s death.While stuck in traffic, a large tornado threatened, and as they fled from the car for protective shelter and cover under a highway overpass closeby, Jonathan""s right ankle was broken when he went back to their vehicle to save Hank, the family dog.