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
After a 65-year mission spent gathering specimens of alien life, the Maginot is on its way back to Earth when it crashes into a densely-populated city, governed by a rival corporation, Prodigy.
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
Everything changes once a Weyland-Yutani Corporation spaceship, the Maginot, crashes into Prodigy City.
From Salon
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