INTERIOR OF LIFEBOAT B.

Ink & acrylic. The lifeboat interior. The two chairs face back to back (one is folded up behind the control seat). There are two cryogenic hypersleep vaults on either side of the cabin. A spacesuit locker sits at the left, rear.

THE LIFEBOAT LAUNCH SEQUENCE: B

Felt tip pen & acrylic. The protective covering is blown away by explosive bolts.

THE LIFEBOAT LAUNCH SEQUENCE: A

Felt tip pen & acrylic. Lifeboat B housing, viewed from the outside.

THE LIFEBOAT LAUNCH SEQUENCE: D

Once clear, the spent motors drop away. The small craft can now set course with its main onboard fusion engines, activate its emergency beacon (the large white module underneath) and drift for years awaiting interception and rescue, its crew in suspended sleep.

LIFEBOAT LOCK.

Felt tip pen. An early version of what became the shuttle-escape system at the end of Alien. These compartments (one on each side of the earthship) were to provide access to two small escape craft or lifeboats, one of which (designated B) is just visible through the drum-shaped airlock at the rear. A turntable system would get the passenger to the boat and still keep it sealed off from the ship's main interior.

THE LIFEBOAT LAUNCH SEQUENCE: C

Felt tip pen & acrylic. The lifeboat swings out as its drum-shaped airlock rotates behind. The retaining clips detach and hinge up, providing overhead launch racks. Two small rocket motors drive the lifeboat down the tracks and propel it clear of the ship.

LIFEBOAT - SHUTTLE.

Ink & felt tip pen. An intermediate design for the Nostromo escape craft, halfway between Lifeboat B and the final shuttle, the Narcissus.

NARCISSUS.

Ink & acrylic. The shuttle Narcissus, an octagonal-shaped saucer, was the final design for the Nostromo escape craft. Here it drifts away from the exploding earthship.

Full scale Narcissus set.
Narcissus miniature.
 
 
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