Mitch and the rest of the marines make it into the dropship, just as a horde of aliens start to swarm over the ship and try to break in. The ship cannot take off, and Wilkes is about to undertake a suicide mission to try to go outside to clear the aliens off, when suddenly all of the aliens are killed.
The situation involves a desperate escape attempt aboard a ship under attack by aliens. The ship's inability to launch and Wilkes' suicide mission highlight the urgency of the situation.