USCSS Nostromo

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USCSS Nostromo is the commercial towing spaceship featured in the 1979 science fiction horror film "Alien," serving as the primary setting for the crew's encounter with the deadly xenomorph.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
USCSS Nostromo canonical 10
USCSS Nostromo crew 3
USCSS Patna 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional spacecraft ⓘ
spaceship ⓘ
affiliation The Company ⓘ
Weyland-Yutani ⓘ
linked to: Weyland Corporation
AIName Mother ⓘ
appearsIn Alien ⓘ
Alien franchise ⓘ
cargoType ore refinery ⓘ
class Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class starfreighter ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork United States ⓘ
crewComplement 7 ⓘ
crewMember Ash ⓘ
Brett ⓘ
Dallas ⓘ
Ellen Ripley ⓘ
Kane ⓘ
Lambert ⓘ
Parker ⓘ
crewStatusAtEndOfFilm only Ellen Ripley survives ⓘ
destructionCause self-destruct sequence initiated by Ellen Ripley ⓘ
fate self-destructed ⓘ
filmDirectorOfFirstAppearance Ridley Scott ⓘ
firstAppearance Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
function commercial towing vehicle ⓘ
genreContext science fiction horror ⓘ
hasAI MU-TH-UR 6000 ⓘ
hasCategory Alien (franchise) ⓘ
linked to: Alien franchise

Fictional spacecraft ⓘ
Film locations ⓘ
hasLandingModule separate refinery and cargo platform ⓘ
hasShuttle Narcissus ⓘ
manufacturer Lockmart ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
missionType towing mineral ore refinery ⓘ
nameOrigin Nostromo by Joseph Conrad ⓘ
linked to: Nostromo
notableEvent first recorded encounter with xenomorph XX121 in Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
notableFeature bridge with AI interface ⓘ
hypersleep chambers ⓘ
industrial interior design ⓘ
self-destruct system with countdown ⓘ
operator Weyland-Yutani Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Weyland Corporation
primaryLocationInPlot outer space ⓘ
productionDesignerOfFirstAppearance Ron Cobb ⓘ
registration 180924609 ⓘ
registryPrefix USCSS ⓘ
roleInWork primary setting of Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
screenwriterOfFirstAppearance Dan O'Bannon ⓘ
settingType deep-space commercial vessel ⓘ
universe Alien universe ⓘ
linked to: Alien franchise
visualDesignInfluence industrial, truck-in-space aesthetic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ash → affiliation → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Ash → ship → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Nostromo → registration → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
subject linked to: spaceship Nostromo
Kane → affiliation → USCSS Nostromo crew ⓘ
linked to: USCSS Nostromo
Kane → servesOn → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Captain Dallas → affiliation → USCSS Nostromo crew ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Dallas in Alien
linked to: USCSS Nostromo
Captain Dallas → commandedVessel → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
subject linked to: Captain Dallas in Alien
Weyland Corporation → operatesSpacecraft → USCSS Patna ⓘ
linked to: USCSS Nostromo
USCSS → hasNotableExample → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Nostromo → designation → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Amanda Ripley → associatedWith → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
Jonesy → servedOn → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
subject linked to: cat Jonesy
Jonesy → affiliation → USCSS Nostromo crew ⓘ
subject linked to: cat Jonesy
linked to: USCSS Nostromo
Jonesy → associatedVessel → USCSS Nostromo ⓘ
subject linked to: cat Jonesy