Harold Andrews (Earth-7149)

"This is rumor control, here are the facts..."

- - Superintendent Harold Andrews

Superintendent Harold Andrews was an officer of the Colonial Marshal Bureau and the warden of the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit, on the penal colony Fiorina 161. He was one of the staff members of the penitentiary in 2521 when a devastating drought forced the facility to shut down, but he stayed behind alongside prison guard Francis Aaron and Dr. Jonathan Clemens to oversee the inmates who chose to stay behind.

Early life
Harold Andrews was born on June 1st, 2515. He joined the Colonial Marshal Bureau in 2535, and by 2549 he served as the warden of the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit, on the penal colony Fiorina 161, in the Neroid system.

After the environmental drought that afflicted the planet in 2549, he was one of the only three staff members who elected to stay behind to oversee the inmates who chose to continue living on the colony, alongside prison guard Francis Aaron and chief medic Dr. Jonathan Clemens.

Ellen Ripley's arrival
"As some of you know, an EEV shuttle crash-landed here at 0600 on the morning watch."

- - Superintendent Harold Andrews to his inmates When a Type 337 EEV carrying Ellen Ripley, Rebecca Jorden, Corporal Dwayne Hicks, and the Replicant Bishop crash-landed on Fiorina 161, Andrews contacted the nearest Weyland-Yutani outpost to report the incident and reveal the fate of the crew. After filling the official report, he reported the news to the inmates and the staff, attempting to quell the agitation of the prisoners after it was discovered the only survivor of the crash was a woman. He was deeply irritated with the appearance of Ripley, believing it to have caused hysteria and pandemonium in the installation which remained in peace for three decades. He was later angered at Clemens when he discovered the doctor performing an autopsy on Newt's corpse without his consent at Ripley's suggestion. He later held an improvised funeral for Newt and Hicks, where he gave a brief eulogy.

Questioning Ripley
"Let me see if I have this correct, Lieutenant. It's an 8-foot alien species, which has acid instead of blood, and arrived on your shuttle. It kills on sight and is generally unpleasant."

- - Superintendent Harold Andrews to Ellen Ripley

His fears were further confirmed when a series of incidents started occuring in the facility: Spike, the prison's guard dog, disappeared, inmate Thomas Murphy seemingly died by accident after falling into a ventilation shaft, which he attributed to Murphy's own carelessness, and later inmates Clive William, Ted "Junior" Gillas, and Peter Gregor attempted to rape Ripley after cornering her in the scrap heap of the penitentiary, but they were stopped and brutally beaten by Leonard Dillon. Andrews later received a slipspace probe transmission from the Weyland-Yutani Corporation stating that Ripley should be returned to USCMC space. The situation deteriorated more once Andrews noticed the close growing relationship between Dr. Clemens and Ripley.

After Edward Boggs and Daniel Rains were killed in a survey where Walter Golic returned soaked in blood, Andrews accused Golic of murdering his fellow prisoners, despite Walter's insistance that a "Dragon" was responsible. While Ripley tried to confirm Golic's story, Andrews restrained him in the correctional facility's infirmary. He later heard Ripley's discussion about the xenomorphs, but assumed she was delirious and placed her in the infirmary as well.

Death
"Aaron, arrest this woman!! Stop this raving at once! You will stop this, or I..."

- - Harold Andrew's last words Later, Andrews called every remaining inmate to the facility's mess hall, where he planned on organizing a search party for Boggs and Rains. During this event, Clemens was killed in the infirmary by the Dragon in the front of Ripley and Golic. Ripley escaped from the room, attempting to warn Andrews and the inmates of the presence of the xenomorph. Still unwilling to believe her, Andrews ordered Aaron to arrest her, but in the same moment, the Dragon lunged from the mess hall's air duct and lifted Andrews off of his feet, pulling him into the vent and killing him instantly, with the Superintendent's blood raining down in the prisoners.

Personality
"Listen to me, you idiot, you screw with me one more time I'll cut you in half!"

- - Harold Andrews to Jonathan Clemens Befitting of his position as a prison warden, Andrews was brutish, aggressive, and incredibly militaristic, running the Fiorina 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit with an iron fist. Despite this, he was considered a "fair man" by the inmates, which were grateful for him allowing them to roam free around the facility when he could have easily kept them locked. He did not believe his prisoners were reformed by embracing religion, and believed Leonard Dillon to be a fraud. However, he recognized their strong faith and as such did not offend their beliefs. He held the biggest grudge against Dr. Jonathan Clemens, believing him to be "insolent" and "dangerous".

Andrews was a routine man, and disliked anything that disrupted his normal day. He also disliked using the deep space communication systems of the penitentiary duo to budgetary reasons. He was extremely skeptic towards Ellen Ripley's claims of the existence of the xenomorphs, which came to cost his own life when the Dragon killed him.