JascoD posted...Since we are now talking about this, why do you think that a rescue team would come in only 17 days?
I would guess one of two things. First is that LV-426 is no longer on the border and interstellar travel has progressed far since Alien (which I believe it has in any case, considering I don't think it took them many months to get there). They would then go into sleep because they spend most their time travelling and don't want to grow old doing so. Second is that there are ships which are normally on some sort of patrol which can intercept situations in deep space, and the only reason they weren't sent in instead was due to the want of a consultant and the perceived lack of a true problem. Hicks then, being likely a potential leadership candidate, then might be aware of such patrol routes.
RycerX posted...I always wondered though, was Hicks taking into account their time overdue? Ripley asked how long "after we're declared overdue" could they expect a rescue. I assume he was, for the sake of the script. They may have even been scheduled to check in that same day.
Probably, yeah. And being declared overdue likely doesn't take all that long either, keep in mind. They probably are regulated to check in at regular intervals failing to do so would warrant an immediate response. So if it's, say, once every eight hours, once the APC is taken out there's no way to send a signal any longer.
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