Narcissus (Earth-7149)

"I say that we abandon this ship! We take the shuttle and just get the hell out of here!"

- - Joan Lambert

The Narcissus was a Lockmart Starcub light shuttle attached to the Weyland-Yutani Corporation's commercial freighter USCSS Nostromo. It was notably used by Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley to escape from the self-destruction of the Nostromo in 2552 alongside her cat, Jonesy.

History
After Ellen Ripley activated the USCSS Nostromo's self-destruct system by detonating the freighter's fusion drives in order to kill the Alien, she rushed to the Narcissus, using it to eject herself from the ship and escape from the incoming blast radius.

Unknown to her, the Alien had stowed away from the Nostromo onboard the Narcissus, forcing her to confront the alien creature before entering cryosleep. She was then able to kill the xenomorph by opening the airlock, sucking it to space, shooting it with her harpoon gun and later incinerating the Alien with the rear engine outlet of the Narcissus. Following the Alien's death, Ripley placed her cat, Jonesy, in cryosleep, before going to a cryo chamber herself, hopefully setting a course to human space.

The Narcissus remained stranded in deep space for the next five years until it was found by the crew of the Norwegian salvaging vessel CMS Mimir. While Ripley and Jonesy were kept in cryosleep duo to the crew's fear of a possible contamination, the Narcissus remained stationed at the Mimir, as its crew sought to uncover happened to the Nostromo by studying it. They were able to find the Ovomorph stowed aboard the ship, eventually leading to the massacre of the crew at the hands of the Thing.

Trivia

 * The shuttle is named after the Greek mythology character Narcissus, the son of the river god Cephissus and nymph Liriope, and was known for his incredible beauty.