Mack communicates their finding to O'Neill over her headset. The executive's voice tells the two not to go near the egg and that the specimen is very valuable to the Company. Mack and Rodan leave the egg undisturbed and report back to the cryo-pod area.
The cryo-pod area. Ripley, Hicks, and Newt are still sound asleep.
O'Neill tells Portnoy his next assignment: determine the best possible test subject from the three people sleeping in the cryopods and expose them to the Xenomorph egg on the dropship.
Portnoy casts a glare over the three sleepers.
He decides that the little girl would be the best choice for Xenomorph implantation.