That's the broad strokes outline. I'm going to reserve this post for stray thoughts and rememberings related to this project. ---It could be stated that the Military-Industrial conspirators actually made an attempt on Newt's life. ---The other android could be Newt's age and have short brunette hair;/ A sort of "Superior to the ole' beat-up Bishop" thing going. ---Another person about Newt's age but not in Stasis?;/ ---Improvised concussion grenades from small hyper-compressed air or gas tubes. ---They've purchased ID for Newt. ---They know some of the conspiritors are out of power. ---They could have another, smaller colony on another planetoid in the system. this could be large enough to sustain the refugees for a longer period. They would need the ships to come and transfer the population. ---Ripley could feign blowing up the ship to drive away boarders. ---Newt could be the instigator of the return? Toned down version. ---Toned down, Newt could become a ship's officer and go deep in stasis. She could still be younger. The Corporal could go out to the colony on the same transport. He served time in Earth defense out of stasis. ---They could go aboard another military ship at the end;/ ---It could be revealed early that a ship has a nuclear reactor;/ ---Ripley and Hicks are presumed dead on the planet or Sulaco?? I reach the point where the possabilities multiply. 10,000 significant elements and altering one changes the other 9,999. It's difficult to know which direction to pursue.