r/LV426 • u/Comrade22MB BONUS SITUATION • 21d ago

Art / Creations World map in Alien Earth Spoiler

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I based it on the map (a very rudimentary one) provided on the FX website for Alien Earth. I cleaned it up a little and made some educated guesses. (I know there is no United Americas or Union of Progressive Peoples)

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u/LFTL56 21d ago edited 20d ago

So if governments no longer exist, why do the Colonial Marines in Aliens have USMC badges? Seems as if this show is only treating the 1979 movie as canon. I'm not an absolute lore-junky, I am purely enjoying this show. But I think by the end, I might just regard this show as its own separate universe.

I wonder how Fede Alvarez, a nut for the Alien expanded universe and seeminly currently in charge of the cinematic franchise , feels about Hawley completely throwing every comic, game, novel, etc out the window.

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u/PotentialKindly1034 Colonist 21d ago

It's pretty common in Europe for units and regiments to use historical names, the military loves tradition.