CIA Deputy Dir.of Operations Robert Ritter (Henry Czerny) called it "straight piracy and murder."In private, the President implicitly told his NSA Advisor James Cutter (Harris Yulin), "the course of action I""d suggest is a course of action I can""t suggest."" Benji then went into a long speculative explanation of its ominous doomsday meaning - it was maybe an apocalyptic, Anti-God compound: "It was like an accelerated mutator, a sort of, you know, like an unstoppable force of destructive power that would just lay waste to everything." Shreck then convinced Cobblepot to run for Mayor (while threatening to recall the current mayor) and promised to fulfill the half-human""s destiny that was carelessly discarded by his parents.Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returned in the year 2179 AD as theNostromo""s sole survivor (after being in deep hyper-sleep for 57 years), when rescued by a deep-salvage eam.Stephen assured the skeptical Francine: "You should see all the great stuff we got, Frannie.All kinds of stuff.This place is terrific.It really is.It""s perfect.All kinds of things.We""ve really got it made here, Frannie." They were now supplied with food, clothing, a radio, TV, and other items, but imprisoned there.When Peter commented that Francine looked physically sick, Stephen announced that she was 3 1/2 to 4 months pregnant, and there was discussion about whether to abort or not.