Bruce Woodward

Bruce on the Andromeda during lunch hour

Bruce Woodward was the captain of the U.S.S. Andromeda Mining ship and friend to all his crew members. Bruce and his crew would some day encounter a Xenomorph during a failed mission to recover a lost transmission on LV-117.

## Biography

### Early Life

Bruce Woodward was born on April, 2 2219 on Earth. When he became an adult he and had gotten his masters in engineering as well as flight school. His friends had become interested in intergalactic mining and Bruce did too. He became a captain and was given a mining vessel from Weyland Yutani, that was left over from the military, called the Andromeda. By 2252 Bruce and his crew had finished a mining trip at an undisclosed planet and were returning to Earth for delivery and for their payment.

### Andromeda Xenomorph Encounter

#### Company Orders

In 2252 The Andromeda was still a few months away from Earth, but the crew was woken up early with orders from Weyland. Bruce received a message from the company ordering the Andromeda Crew to first deliver materials to a nearby planet, that was building a colony, called Dyosmos. When they arrived at the planet, Bruce met with Evan Harris from the company where Bruce is asked if him and his crew can investigate a distress signal that caused colonists to go missing. Bruce accepted to help find the colonists as Evan gave directions.

#### Investigating the Derelict

Bruce, Rose, and Collin went on their expedition into the mountains to look for the distress signal. The signal led them to a derelict ship on the side of a cliff. The three went inside to investigate further until they found a large hole that led down into a chamber full of eggs. Collin went down as Bruce held the rope and crane for him to get down. As Collin went to investigate one of the eggs, a face hugger attached to Collin's face. Bruce and Rose dragged Collin's body back to the Andromeda and got him to the medical bay, where Nathan studied the creature and tried to help Collin. Bruce ordered the crew to take off the Andromeda and leave the planet to get back to Earth.

#### Collin and the Alien

Bruce and the crew checked in on Collin when Nathan announced that the Alien had come off and died. Bruce and Rose comforted Collin as they tried to help him out of the room, but he started to have a seizure. Collin backed up against the window of the room and shook violently. Collin's chest burst open in blood, giving birth to an infant Xenomorph. The alien scurried out of the room into the halls of the ship.

#### Search for the Creature

The Andromeda crew, including Evan, began to search the ship for the tiny alien, except for Josh who was panicking and decided to cook in the kitchens to get his mind off things. The search was leading to no luck until they heard a scream from Josh in the kitchens. Bruce, Rose, and Bryce ran to the kitchens only to find Josh missing and blood dripping from the vents.

#### Trapping the Alien

After Josh's surprise death, Tim and Mason volunteered to lead the alien to the airlock by closing the doors behind it from the airduct junctions. After a sabotage by Evan and the loud noises of Tim's footsteps, Tim was killed by the alien shortly afterwards, ruining the plan.

#### Shooting the alien

The crew together believe that they should disobey company orders and kill the alien with their guns. They attempted to kill it within the mining refinery tug, but Baffour was caught in the middle of the action. As the alien tried to kill Baffour, Michael and Bryce shot the alien, wounding it, but it's acid blood killed Baffour in the process. The alien tried to kill everyone else, but they managed to escape back to the Andromeda.

#### Evan's Betrayal

When they returned to the dining area, Evan made a run for the last shuttle to escape and leave everyone else behind. Bruce chased after him through the halls, but was stopped when Evan locked the door on Bruce. When Evan turned around, the alien was in front of him, killing him with a headbite. Bruce retreated back to the others to give his last orders.

#### Blowing the Ship

Bruce came to the conclusion that to kill the alien officially they had to destruct the Andromeda. Michael and Mason went to collect fueling cells in the fuel chambers onto a cart while Rose and Bryce started the self destruct sequence. Mason and Michael were ambushed by the alien and killed after the timer went off. Rose collected the fuel cells from their dead bodies and reunited with Bruce, Bryce, and Nathan. All four of them managed to reach the shuttle just in time. On the way there, Nathan was sliced in half by the alien's tail. Bruce picked up Nathan and carried him to the shuttle to make their last escape. The four survivors were away in the shuttle when the Andromeda blew. Bruce recorded one last audio log before going into cryo sleep with everyone else.