Bishop (Aliens)
Bishop is a male robotic character who features in Aliens.
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Biography
Bishop was a model of Bishop that was created by humanity in the future. He was deployed on the U.S.S. Sulaco as an executive officer as part of the military expedition to LV-426.
Overview
Personality and attributes
It as noted that his official designation was HS17B48XG5-D5.
He said that he preferred the term artificial person rather than robot.
Powers and abilities
Bishop was a Synthetic from the Hyperdyne Systems model 341-B range of artificial persons.
Though normally serving as a technician, Bishop doubled as the primary driver for the section's M577 Armored Personnel Carrier. He was also programmed to fly the UD-4 "Cheyenne" Dropship, and was also qualified to pilot the vessel by remote control.
Attached to the United States Colonial Marine Corps, Bishop operated as a science officer on-board the U.S.S. Sulaco.
Notes
- Bishop was created by James Cameron and William Gibson where was portrayed by actor Lance Henriksen with him featuring in the Aliens universe.
In other media
Novels
- In Aliens: Bug Hunt (2017), Bishop appeared in the short story "Broken" that was written by Rachel Caine. It was revealed that Bishop was named after the chess piece, given that the fellow identical synthetics he meets are given names based on chess pieces. Immediately after his activation, Bishop is quizzed by a technician named Dr. Sasaki to ensure he does not suffer from any potentially dangerous faults in his character programming. Sasaki releases Bishop into a room containing other similar androids, although she privately voices her concern that he may be flawed, possessing emotional capabilities exceeding his intended capacity, like that of the decommissioned "David" line. Noting the reactions of people around him to his unorthodox responses, Bishop decides that he is simply 'different'. Sometime later, Bishop is attached to a Colonial Marine unit led by Lieutenant Lew "Lucky" Larsen, currently attempting to free a group of hostages on Haarsa Colony. Following a firefight with the hostage-takers, a group of predominantly ex-military criminals known as Company F, Larsen orders Bishop to check the wounded and tag those able to be evacuated, explaining that their orders are to destroy the colony's air converters and abandon the remaining hostages. Realising the destruction of the converters will flood the facility with deadly Pervox gas, Bishop questions his orders, but is overruled.
Appearances
- Aliens:
- Alien 3:
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