Maginot
Americannoun
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The eyeball monster was among the captive cargo on a research vessel, the Maginot, commissioned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, the “Alien” franchise’s main corporate villain.
From Salon
Morrow was the chief security officer on the Maginot, the Weyland-Yutani deep space research vessel that crash-lands in Prodigy territory and carries several lethal extraterrestrial species.
From Salon
An inside look at the Maginot spacecraft in FX’s “Alien: Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times
Naming the ship Maginot, after a famously failed French defense in World War I, is clearly a little joke for history buffs, and also apt.
From Los Angeles Times
It wouldn’t be an “Alien” story if the xenomorph didn’t escape, along with the other organisms the Maginot was transporting.
From Salon
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