Amanda is given the opportunity to investigate the disappearance of her mother, joining Samuels and Taylor on a trip to the Sevastopol, a space station that holds the flight recorder from her mother's ship, the Nostromo. Players will step into the shoes of Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley and series protagonist. The game takes place 15 years after the events of Alien and 42 years before those of Aliens, the first two films in the franchise.