Emergency Destruct System



A last-resort strategy, the Nostromo's emergency destruct system can scuttle the ship, possibly destroying the Alien and winning the game for the Nostromo's human crew. However, whether or not to use this system is not a decision to be made lightly, as it could end up killing both sides.

The controls for the emergency destruct system are found in the Engine Room and, as described on that card, they can be activated by any crewmember who is carrying no Equipment. Once activated, the Nostromo's engines are primed to explode.

This process can be reversed, however. Until one of either players' draw decks runs out, any crewmember carrying no Equipment may act at the Engine Room to deactivate the emergency destruct system. Once the first draw deck runs out, this option is no longer available. At this point, all crewmembers would be wise to head for the Shuttle Narcissus, and launch it. When the second player's draw deck runs out, the Nostromo explodes. When this happens, both players discard all of their cards on the table - except for shuttle Locations, and the Characters and Equipment aboard.

All Characters aboard the Nostromo when it detonates are killed.