‘Bishop (played by Lance Henriksen), the android executive officer assigned to the Sulaco, is primarily responsible for planetary maneuvering.’
Yes! Yes! make the synthetics sit in Astronavigation all round! Mwhahahahaha! Mwahahahah!
Let them be General instead (still can’t order anyone though).
Admiral Synth.
ReTuRn NaVy RaNkS!!!1!
(It’s Commodore to you)
So the glorified toaster is a mere DP?
Make the Synth ASO. At least I would respect it over the typical busybody ASO.
Technically. Heres what the first draft of the Aliens screenplay says:
The ship is fully automated in interstellar flight so, there is no crew, except for EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ECA) Bishop, who supervises planetary maneuvering.
Earlier in the screenplay - during Ripleys Tribunal, there is an ‘ECA representative’:
The ECA (Extrasolar Colonization Administration) Representative (ECA REP) just shakes his head.
I don’t believe Bishop is with the ECA… Since he is a USCM synthetic. I don’t know what to make of it.
Yes. You should let us lead your operations. Nothing could go wrong, and if it does go wrong, it is not my problem.
Synth aCO would unironically be something I’d like to see, at least as an event. Force these WLers to sweat, huehuehue…