Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) with this interpretation and pointed to the "Sulaco" with its "sterilized, white interior" as representing this element in the second film of the franchise. The video game "" features the Sulaco as one of its playable settings where the player is part of a marine unit sent to the ship to investigate what happened onboard after the events of "Aliens". The videogame "" begins by featuring the derelict "Sulaco" being investigated by a Colonial Marine search-and-rescue team set shortly after the events of "Alien 3". The investigating marines find that the ship has been boarded by scavengers and infested by
Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) of antennae enter[ing] the frame, followed by the enormous bulk of the SULACO". While some claim that the basic shape was based on a submarine, the design has most often been described as a "gun in space" due to the elongated form resembling the pulse rifles used in the movie—with Syd Mead agreeing that (in addition to Cameron's preferences) this was one of the reasons for the switch from the spherical form. Other film analysts have remarked on how the opening shot of the ship as something sinister and weaponlike presages Ripley's transformation during the movie into a warrior figure,