- "You always say that, Frost. You always say, 'I got a bad feeling about this drop'."
- ―Pvt. Crowe (from Aliens)
Private Tim Crowe[1] was a member of the United States Colonial Marine Corps, part of 2nd Battalion Bravo Team.[4] He was a member of the combat unit deployed to LV-426 aboard the USS Sulaco in 2179, to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the colony of Hadley's Hope. He subsequently perished as a result of the Xenomorph infestation at the colony.
Crowe was part of First Squad's rifle team, along with Private Wierzbowski.[2] He was killed during the early stages of the operation when the squad's Pulse Rifle ammunition, being carried in a bag to prevent its use, cooked off in a fire, causing an explosion.
Biography
Mission to LV-426
During preparations for the drop on LV-426, Crowe helped to move heavy supplies around the Sulaco's hangar bay using a small motorized cart.[2] During the drop itself, Crowe and Private Frost bantered about the latter's tendency to imply that every drop was going to turn into a disaster; Frost joked that when they returned without Crowe, he'd make sure to call his parents and let them know what had happened to him. Upon landing at the colony, Crowe and the other Marines found it deserted with signs of a recent firefight. The colonists were subsequently located, via their Personal Data Transmitters, inside the nearby Atmosphere Processing Plant.
Processor ambush
Crowe was one of the first Marines to perish in the ambush in the Atmosphere Processor. He was killed when the bag of confiscated Pulse Rifle ammunition being carried by Frost detonated, having been inadvertently set alight by Corporal Dietrich when she was attacked and dragged away by a Warrior. After moving to investigate, Corporal Hicks realised the ammunition was on fire and pulled Private Wierzbowski away to safety, but unfortunately Crowe was too slow to react. He was caught in the blast radius, the explosion hurling him into a wall, snapping his neck and killing him instantly.
Personality and Traits
Like Private Wierzbowski, Crowe was one of the more reserved members of the unit, lacking the loud personality of many of the other Marines. However, he was still prone to cracking jokes with the troops.
Equipment
Crowe was outfitted with standard issue M3 Pattern Personal Armor and an M10 Pattern Ballistic Helmet for protection, with a TNR Shoulder Lamp attachment for illumination. On his armor's chest plate, he had painted the phrase "THE BIRD", along with a wing emblem.[5][6] At one point prior to the Hadley's Hope mission, Crowe had an elaborate color portrait of his girlfriend printed on the rear of his armor, but Apone quickly made him remove it as he deemed it excessive even for the loose-knit squad of Marines he commanded.[7]
On Acheron, Crowe carried an M41A Pulse Rifle as his primary weapon. Like Dietrich, he carried a Heckler & Koch VP70 in a fabric holster on his right hip, which appeared to be attached with some rope.[8]
Trivia
- Crowe actor Tip Tipping was a member of the SAS (Special Air Service, Britain's elite special forces regiment) before becoming an actor and stuntman.[9] SAS personnel were involved in training the Marine actors in the film so that they could convincingly portray soldiers on-screen.
- In the novelization of Aliens, Crowe is taken alive to be cocooned during the ambush instead of Apone.[10]
- Tim Crowe does not seem to fit the pattern of giving the Marines in Aliens the same first name as the actor portraying them — in this case, Tip Tipping. However, Tipping's real first name was Timothy and his birth name is Tim Tipping.[11]
Appearances
- Aliens/novel
- Aliens: Book One (appears in dream)
- Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (indirect mention)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines (mentioned only)
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 S. D. Perry. Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report, p. 97 (2014), Insight Editions.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 James Cameron (writer and director). Aliens (1986), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
- ↑ Chris Roberson (writer), Paul Lee (illustrator). Aliens: Field Report (2014), Dark Horse Comics.
- ↑ Aliens: Infestation, Nintendo DS version, Gearbox Software, WayForward Technologies, 2011.
- ↑ "The Aliens Legacy • View topic - The Ultimate Character 'Personalization' resource/thread". Retrieved on July 19, 2014.
- ↑ James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Stan Winston, Simon Atherton. Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
- ↑ Alan Dean Foster. Aliens, p. 74 (1986), Warner Books.
- ↑ "The Aliens Legacy • View topic - Ultimate Sidearm options list (general reference)". Retrieved on August 28, 2014.
- ↑ "AvPGalaxy - Alien Encounters Convention Cast Panel Video". Retrieved on 2013-05-23.
- ↑ Alan Dean Foster. Aliens, p. 174 (1986), Warner Books.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864150/bio