2025-04-26

Alien Day 2025

    xenomorph queen
I was a fan of the alien franchise early on — those flicks by Ridley Scott representing weak earthlings against the xenomorphs of LV-426, aka Acheron which is a satellite of the gas giant star designated Calpamos located in the Zeta 2 Reticuli system some 39 light years from Earth.

I simply enjoyed their predatory nature and the modeling did nothing but improve exponentially over the ensuing years with their prequels and sequels — and oh I just love a good vicious monster in the mix.

Today is Alien Day.

It is observed each April 26 under the auspices of 20th Century Fox, which is the production company and is a celebration of not only the Alien franchise but science fiction in general.
Ellen Ripley    

The day was derived because it is a subset of the name of the planet from which the xenomorphs were first encountered.

So as we travel down the pipe 5 x 5 I hope you'll take a moment to appreciate just what may be out there awaiting us in space.

Learn to drive that loader in case you need to do battle with some bitchy life threatening queen xenomorph in your lifetime.

Happy Alien Day and may the spirit of Ellen Ripley be with you.