Van Zandt Biographical information Rank Major Physical description Species Human Gender Male Hair color Gray Chronological and political information Affiliation USCM Status K.I.A.[1] Portrayed by Glenn Wrage
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Major Thomas Van Zandt was a member of the United States Colonial Marine Corps. He was stationed aboard the USS Marlow, and commanded the mission to combat a Xenomorph outbreak at the Freya's Prospect colony and the nearby Weyland-Yutani facility on BG-386.

The mission was a disastrous failure, with the Marlow being destroyed and virtually all of the Marines deployed being killed. Van Zandt personally led a last-ditch assault on the Xenomorph Queen nesting in the colony's refinery, but his squad was wiped out and he himself was captured and impregnated with a Chestburster.

BiographyEdit

Prior to deployment to BG-386, Van Zandt was a veteran of 38 drops and two orbital boarding actions. He also commanded the only squad to successfully eliminate a Xenomorph infestation on board an interstellar craft, the USS Fidanza. His brother Aidan was brutally killed by Aliens on his home planet.^[1]

Mission to BG-386Edit

Van Zandt was the commanding officer of the battalion sent to BG-386 in response to a distress call sent from the mining colony on the planet. He was aboard a dropship with Corporal Tequila and the Rookie when the battalion's ship, the USS Marlow, was destroyed in orbit by Dark's vessel. He immediately ordered the dropship's pilot to the surface, but the shock wave from the explosion almost caused the vessel to crash. Once planetside, Van Zandt began orchestrating the troops on the ground.

With his men falling victim to both the Xenomorphs and the Predators, he organized the regrouping of survivors within the Freya's Prospect colony complex. When enough forces arrived, he put together a team to go into the colony's refinery in search of the Matriarch, hoping to eliminate her and her Hive and thereby gain some degree of control over the situation on the planet. However, Van Zandt's squad was torn to pieces, and Van Zandt himself was captured, cocooned and impregnated with a Chestburster.

DeathEdit

The Rookie was later sent to look for the Major by Corporal Tequila. He found him cocooned in the lower levels of the refinery, alongside numerous other Marines who had already perished from the Chestbursters implanted within them. Van Zandt ordered the Rookie to shoot him, having seen what had happened to the men around him. The Rookie solemnly complied, but immediately after the execution the Chestburster within the Major hatched from his corpse.

EquipmentEdit

Van Zandt may be the ranking officer on a mission, but he makes sure he has ample protection from M3 Pattern Personal Armor with a TNR Shoulder Lamp attachment. Van Zandt carries an M260B Flamethrower as his primary weapon, which is found by the Rookie lying at his feet where he is cocooned within the refinery.

TriviaEdit

• Van Zandt is a multiplayer skin in the game, unlocked when players reach Rank 40. He is the last unlockable skin in the game.
• He is the first officer in the Aliens versus Predator video game series to use regular armor and USCM equipment.
• In the Marine campaign, the player will unlock an achievement called "You Have My Sympathies" for "helping" Van Zandt; the name of the achievement is a quote from Ash in Alien.
• If you're fast enough, you can shoot the Chestbuster that erupts from the Major before it escapes, or even torch it with the flamethrower, just like in Aliens.

AppearancesEdit

• Aliens vs. Predator (video game)

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1}  Aliens vs. Predator [Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360]. Rebellion.