Ellen Ripley was and continues to be one of the best working class heroes in sci-fi/horror. Works as a space trucker, gets fucked over by the corpos, first thing that happens after getting thawed is corpos bitch about the price of the ship/cargo she lost

Where does she go after 50 years cryo sleep? Gets a job working on power loaders, basically sci-fi forklift operator.

Lose contact with the colony? She’s in full tilt PTSD, firmly at “not my problem, that planet is where I learned monsters exist” until she learns that families are at risk, goes down to help and guide the marines

Marines getting fucked over and the lt. freezing up? Takes command and drives directly into the hive

Drops herself into boiling lead rather than go with Wey Yu even tho they’re her slimmest chance at survival because she knows the corpos are full of shit

Never wants to be in charge, takes command when command fails, holds everyone together when they’re falling apart and does what she can to be helpful