Aliens1986

[a conversation in Hadley's Hope main operations center, shortly before the xenomorph outbreak]

Al Simpson:
[to a co-worker, on his way leaving] I'll be down in maintenance, okay?

Brad Lydecker:
Al?

Al Simpson:
[absent-mindedly] What?

Brad Lydecker:
Hey, Al!

Al Simpson:
What?

Brad Lydecker:
Remember you sent some wildcatters out to the middle of nowhere last week, out past the Ilium Range?

Al Simpson:
Yeah, what?

Brad Lydecker:
One of them's on the horn, a mom-and-pop survey team. He says he's on to something. He wants to know if his claim will be honored.

Al Simpson:
Why wouldn't his claim be honored?

Brad Lydecker:
Well, because you sent them to that particular middle-of-nowhere on company orders, maybe? I don't know.

Al Simpson:
Christ! Some honch in a cushy office on Earth says "go look at a grid reference". We look. They don't say why, and I don't ask. I don't ask because it takes two weeks to get an answer out here, and the answer is always-

Both:
"-don't ask".

Brad Lydecker:
So what do I tell this guy?

Al Simpson:
[sighs] Tell him as far as I'm concerned, if he finds something, it is his. Lydecker? [points towards the corridor]

Brad Lydecker:
What? [looks the way Al Simpson pointed and notices children playing there] You kids are not supposed to be on this level! Go on, get outta here!