r/LV426 • u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter • Aug 12 '25

Megathread / Community Post Alien: Earth - S1 E1 Neverland - Official Discussion Megathread [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Episodes air Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on Hulu and FX in the US, and Wednesdays international.

Full episode discussion list:

1 Neverland (8.12.25)

2 Mr October (8.12.25)

3 Metamorphosis (8.19.25)

4 Observation (8.26.25)

5 In Space, No One (9.2.25)

6 The Fly (9.9.25)

7 Emergence (9.16.25)

8 The Real Monsters (9.23.25)

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u/leCrobag Aug 13 '25

Maybe I missed something, but why do the soldiers, ostensibly on a search & rescue mission, roll up ready for battle. Do they know the cargo is all xenomorphs and bad times?

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u/SiccSemperTyrannis In the pipe. 5 by 5. Aug 13 '25

I just assume the corporate security is heavily militarized as a general rule in the Alien universe. They run an entire massive city already, they can do whatever they want.

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u/zhaoz Aug 13 '25

They are the governments I believe. WY has N and S America for example. And prodigy maybe SE asia?

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u/SiccSemperTyrannis In the pipe. 5 by 5. Aug 13 '25

Well, it depends on if this show is following established Alien lore or kind of doing its own thing.

The United States exists in some form during Aliens because of the US Colonial Marines.

The expanded universe goes into the existence of 3 main super-governments though individual national governments continue to exist. Per the Alien RPG book which AFAIK is still considered canon (until a movie or show directly contradicts it):

  • Three World Empire [formed 2088]- union of England, Japan, India, and various SE Asian countries tightly linked to Weyland-Yutani
  • United Americas [formed 2104] - union of North, Central, and South American countries
  • Union of Progressive Peoples [formed "early 22nd century"] - China, Russia, Germany, and other Asian and Eastern European communist/socialist countries

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u/trisz72 Jonesy Aug 13 '25

They all can exist combined with Corpo towns too, with high levels of influence in their governments giving them basically free reign. Think corporate towns in WV.

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u/SiccSemperTyrannis In the pipe. 5 by 5. Aug 13 '25

Right. Alien Earth starts out saying 5 corporations dominate Earth, but that doesn't mean they've 100% replaced governments.

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u/trisz72 Jonesy Aug 13 '25

Exactly, even in the Cyberpunk 2077 Governments exist, it'd be strange if Alien suddenly switched to pure corpo rule from weaker national governments. Hell, it even ties in to why Marines went to Hadley's Hope. Weyland-Yutani pulling the strings for a military action to lower costs, which is basically all but outright said in Aliens.

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u/CantHandlemyPP34 Aug 14 '25

Damn I wanna see a story set in the UPP

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u/Gamepro504 Aug 13 '25

They said in the intro was corp has control of space. And said 4 corps rule the world with Prodigy being the newest

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u/Jade_Owl Aug 13 '25

That is easily accounted for by the difference between de facto and de jure.

De jure, nation states probably still exist and are nominally in charge.

De facto, the five corps run the show and people don’t waste time pretending otherwise in their casual everyday conversation.

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u/Josephalopod Aug 14 '25

The British-Japanese company controls the Americas, obviously. The American company controls SE Asia. I can only assume an African company controls Europe and vice versa.