Alien (film) (John Hurt), Warrant Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Navigator Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), Science Officer Ash (Ian Holm) and two Engineers, Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton). Detecting a transmission from nearby moon LV-426, the ship's computer, Mother, awakens the crew. Company policy requires any potential distress signal be investigated, so they land on the moon, sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape. Parker and Brett repair the ship while Dallas, Kane and Lambert head out to investigate. They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien ship and enter it, losing communication with the "Nostromo". Ripley deciphers part
Holm of Noss Holm of Noss The Holm of Noss or Cradle Holm is an uninhabited islet of the Shetland Islands. It is about 48m at its highest point. It is a tabular islet with vertical faces about high, and is adjacent to Noss, from which it is separated by a . gap Both the Holm of Noss, and the adjacent Faedda Ness on Noss are riddled with caves. The island's other name, "Cradle Holm", comes from a small hoist, or cradle, which used to run between the island and Noss, for around 200 years from the 17th century, to 1864. It was