USS Sephora

USS Sephora
USS Sephora
Craft:	Troop transport
Service:	U.S.C.M.
Crew:	455
Construction:	alloy polymer
Gravitational displacement:	8.0x10⁷kg
Life support:	nitrogen, oxygen
Dimensions:
Length:	525m
Width:	89m
Height:	124m
Environment:
Conditions:	6 decks, 4 flight
Temperature:	20-40°C

Name

USS Sephora is a troop carrier for the U.S.C.M.'s used by the arriving force of marines in the Aliens: Colonial Marines and Aliens: Infestation campaigns.

Gameplay in Aliens: Colonial Marines starts aboard the USS Sephora in the level Distress, in the second level Battle for Sulaco the Sephora starts to disintegrate and at the end of Sulaco Falls collides with the surface of LV426 together with the USS Sulaco.

Characteristics

Reference stats table.

Appearance

Appearances in the following;
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Aliens: Infestation

Other craft

Dropship
UD4L Cheyenne
USS Sulaco
USS Bouton
USS Belga

Interactions

Aliens: Colonial Marines
The USS Sephora arrives at LV426 and docks along side the USS Sulaco, connecting the two spacecraft by umbilical passage ways.

In the level Distress, Keyes detonates a grenade destroying one of these umbilicals connecting the two spacecrafts together causing a depressurization and unstablizing both spacecraft. Later in gameplay the Sephora is destroyed eventually colliding with the surface of LV426 along with the Sulaco.

Aliens: Infestation
In Aliens: Infestation the USS Sephora arrives in orbit around LV426 not far from the USS Sulaco.

Continuity

Various
The USS Sephora appears in both the Aliens: Colonial Marines and Aliens: Infestation campaigns along side the USS Sulaco in orbit around LV426.

The Sephora and Sulaco are destroyed in the game Aliens: Colonial Marines but the spacecrafts survive in the game Aliens: Infestation.

As the Sephora and Sulaco are similiar craft in the Conestoga Class the Sephora could be the same as the Sulaco having between 4 and 6 decks and between 2 and 4 flight bays.

Aliens: Colonial Marines
In the Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition an exterior schematic for the Sephora was packaged with the game, this suggested the same number of bays and decks and similiar configuration as the Sulaco. Unique to the Sephora in the game are Service Skiffs which also appear aboard the Sulaco, these are used in the opening sequence and in the level Stasis Interrupted.

Command

Central Command
Computer Servers
Bridge (behind gun)
Service Rail
Armory
Escape Pod

Cargo

Umbilical
Airlock
Prep Room (exit through 6D)
Access Hatch
Cargo Bay M21 (exit through 3D)
UD4L Cheyenne
Cargo Bays 2/3
Hyper Sleep
Weapons Storage
Life Support
Cargo Rail
Service Rail
USCM Firing Range

Engineering

Power Generator
Quarter Master
Engineering
Coolant Storage
Fusion Control
Operational Control
Central Engineering
Turbines

Aft Cargo

Cargo Bay 03
Service Rail 02
Service Rail 03
Hanger 02
Hanger (UD4L Cheyenne suspended)

Sephora
These are the weapon and area details for the Sephora according to the schematic that was bundled with the collector's edition.

Forward
Sensor array
Flight deck and main cargo hangers
Hanger doors
RV magazine
Life support
ASAT missile bay

Mid
Dorsal rail gun turret
Lithium hydride tanking
Particle beam gun
Port laser array
IR masking tower and comm antenna
Ventral rail gun turret
UD-4 Dropship
Dropship hanger

Aft
Cooling tower
Fusion torus
Drive section

Areas
Sensors
Pylons up to 90m length.

Weapon Ranges
ASN's and particle beams can engage targets at great distances.

Life Support
Sufficient capsules for up to 90 crew and passengers.

Cargo Hangers
Access is via five 25x10m loading doors on either side of the hull.

Power Systems
The Primary Power System is a Westinghand A-59 Fusion Reactor with a maximum generating output of 3.6 Terrawatts.

Drive Section
The Sephora has a Dual Drive system for 'faster-than-light' FTL and sublight travel and maneuver.

Weapons
Main Armament:
ASAT missiles
Anti-satellite missiles

Secondary Armament:
Neutral particle beams

Short Range Armament:
Dorsal and ventral turrets