I nod with a smile.

'Our little lucky star.' Amanda adds happily.
'She is indeed.' I reply with a sad smile.

At that moment, Octavius goes into lockdown. It is nothing to do with the xenomorphs, as little do we know, one of our other old friends has turned up.

Samuels.

However, it is not the same Samuels that was on Sevastopol, as this one is a more recent creation. He has the same personality and looks, but only this time, he is ACTUALLY going to survive.

'Is anybody there?' Samuels asks us, catching us by complete surprise.
'Is that you, Samuels?' I ask, speechless.
'A newer model, but yes, it is still me.' Samuels replies happily.

It is then that I realise that the old Samuels is somewhat still with us.

'A scout team located my remains just before Sevastopol went down, and they implanted the memory chip into my new body.' Samuels announces as he looks at the screen. 'I will help Nanek guide you through here, as even though she knows this station, she doesn't know how to protect you from the creatures.'
'Technically, there's three of us.' I mention with a smile.
'I did hear, and congratulations.' Samuels smiles as he continues to look at said screen.

It is then that a certain question comes to mind.

'Will you be able to help us get to Remis III?' Amanda asks Samuels out of curiosity.
'That is part of the plan, as there is a shuttle in orbit around the gas giant, and when I have the opportunity, I'm going to call it in.' Samuels happily confirms. 'However, that might be easier said than done right now, as Zeus has completely locked us out.'

I let out a string of curse words. Seconds later, an alarm starts to sound.

'You need to go straight to engineering, as there is a piece of equipment there that you are going to need.' Nanek announces as she walks away.
'What is it?' I ask, confused.
'Something that will help you evade the security scanners.' Nanek replies with a sigh.

The piece of equipment Nanek is talking about is some sort of hijacking tool. It is alien technology, and it is something that we are going to need in order to get past both the scanners and the joes.

Once Nanek has left us, we start exploring a little. Due to the fact that Octavius is a truly alien station, we have to start from scratch again, exploring until we find the correct corridor.

'There's a corridor to your right that will take you to the transit station.' Nanek replies once she is in the Marshall bureau.
'Thanks for letting us know.' Amanda replies with a smile.

I look around, and upon finding said corridor, I make my way over, with Amanda following close behind. There are multiple tracks around us, so she decides to cover my ass.

'How far do we have to go?' I ask Nanek as I continue walking.
'Quite a while.' Nanek confirms as she monitors the area. 'Am picking up tracks in your area. Think those creatures might be around.'

At that moment, an avian xenomorph shoots past. I jump due to fright, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to notice.

'You dodged a bullet there.' Nanek announces as I regain my composure.
'What was that?' I ask, blindsided.
'A xenomorph born from an avian species.' Nanek replies with a sigh. 'It's also why you need the scanners, as not all xenomorphs walk around.'

That means that we are fucked from all angles, as there are the "Humans", the avian xenomorphs, stingers, grabbers, swimmers (type two), crawlers (type two), and drones (type two). Note that "type two" means that they are unlike the others we have seen, and not by a small fraction, as these ones are nothing like those found on Sevastopol and Yokohama.

Or even Pandora.

But they are still nothing when compared to what else is out there, as we are going to find out when we leave for Mendel, as we don't know it yet, but the xenomorphs that we are going to find there are going to be even worse.

But the worst will happen after Eve has been born.

You see, even though Remis III will become our new home, that doesn't mean that we won't be doing runs to space stations and other planets, and the worst xenomorphs are going to be on Pandoris IV, which will be nine-hundred and eighty thousand light years away from Remis III.

But even they won't be the worst creatures out there.

It turns out that necromorphs also exist, and we're going to be seeing a lot of them. We'll also be doing home runs quite often, and unfortunately, that is going to lead to a fair few deaths, as we've discovered that we've made a fair few enemies, and they want our heads.

Literally.

But that won't be until Amanda is in her 60s. We will have been married for 45 of those years, and for the last 20, we will have a different surname. We will also have grandchildren by then, as Eve will marry Captain James Decker's son, Ryan, and they will have a son called Alan.

And our death won't be permanent.

You see, there are beings out there that have already promised to bring us back. They are called protectors, and they have already copied Amanda's genetics, meaning that she will have a clone at some point in the future. There will also be xenoids in the future, and Samuels and Bishop are going to become an item.

And how do I know all of that?

Amanda and I have both met said protectors, as Captain Sasabe had to make a pitstop along the way to stock up on fuel, and we met them there. One of them is called Aelyndor, and he's going to be Clone Amanda's husband and the father of their children, who will technically be our children aswell due to the fact that Amanda and Clone Amanda will literally be identical twins.

But right now, we have xenomorphs to deal with.

Amanda and I arrive at the transit station about ten minutes later… and all the transit cars are offline. That turns out to be a huge problem, and when I tell Nanek the situation, she curses in her native language.

'Don't worry, guys, as there is an elevator nearby that you can use in order to get to engineering.' Samuels confirms as he remains calm.
'I don't think telling us to not worry is gonna work, mate, as Sevastopol and Yokohama very nearly did us in, and that was without the added bonus of losing both you and Taylor when we did.' I reply as Amanda takes hold of my right hand. 'However, that's not your fault, as you did what you felt was the right thing to do.'
'What happened to Taylor?' Samuels inquires, suddenly becoming worried.
'She talked to Marlow, released him, killed him, died when the Anesidora blew up.' Amanda confirms on my behalf.
'I was afraid she would do that.' Samuels admits with a sigh.

It's then that I realise that Samuels has known all along. However, he is not at fault, as if anything, it is the company who are to blame for Taylor being on the Torrens for the Sevastopol mission, and Samuels is just doing his job.

However, that's soon to change.

I hear that Weyland-Yutani are being bought (Weyland, Wayland, both are used so it doesn't really matter) by a nursing company. However, thanks to some stupid laws, the Humans of Earth won't know about intergalactic travel again for another few hundred years. The robots that are going to be produced will make Samuels and Bishop look like toys, as the new ones will be able to operate without Human input, create their own programming etc, all the other stuff that Samuels and Bishop are (as of right now) unable to do.

Amanda and I locate the elevator in a seemingly hidden part of the transit station. It is in the shape of an egg, and instead of a shaft, it uses what appears to be teleportation.

'The elevators teleport you to wherever you need to go.' Nanek announces as Amanda and I climb in. 'Just press the side, and it will transport you to the engineering deck.'

I nod, and do exactly that. Seconds later, a wave of blue light embraces the elevator, and we are thrown into other dimensions before finally landing on the engineering deck.

Oh, and we'll be in one of those other dimensions later on.

As one of the elevators is going to malfunction, and we'll be sent to a place called the shadow dimension. There, we'll meet the shadowmorphs, which are an unknown eighth xenomorph strain that uses deceased xenomorphs in order to procreate.