A great, great idea!
Ripley would certainly be a great companion, come to think of it. But then again, perhaps she's had enough space excitement - marvellous work writing those tired undertones into her line of thought. And you've captured the War Doctor's grim determination wonderfully!

~hervissa :)

Even though I read this series in reverse, this first being the last one I read, I felt it had a continuity to them that I appreciated from the first one I read to this final one. This almost casually dealt with the issues that faced Ripley at the end of Aliens, while also making a far better sequel to that movie as a kind of perfect epilogue to that story. I like how you conveyed the war weariness of the War Doctor as well as how he had such a rapport with Ripley it had the feel that they might have made very good friends, both weary from conflicts that had consumed and changed their lives so much. Thank you for not only this story, but the series of them.

I liked this story and you did a good job at capturing both characters personalities. Keep up the good work.

I have to agree with Fulgrim about how you've depicted Ripley in this - you've reduced her to window dressing. (At best.) She really needs more to say and more to do - a LOT more. What you've essentially come out with is an opportunity for the War Doctor to monologue, with a couple of brief interjections from Ripley.

Your underlying idea is interesting. But your execution is flawed.

First mistake: Ripley isn't a lieutenant. She was a warrant officer - in the sense of the job position aboard a merchant ship, NOT a military rank (look it up on Wiki if you're too lazy to perform more in-depth research) - but the correct form of address would be 'Miss Ripley', 'Ms. Ripley', or some variation. (If she was unmarried, of course.)

Second mistake: characterisation. Ripley's lines consist of brief or interrupted questions, leaving the War Doctor to handle the bulk of the dialogue. That's not a conversation, that's a monologue with a few interruptions - frankly, the way you've presented this? Ripley might as well have been absent altogether, she has so little to say and do. You really need to give her a LOT more to say: compare this with the film 'Aliens', in which Sigourney Weaver had nearly a full quarter of the entire movie's lines to herself - and this in a film in which over thirty different characters had speaking roles.

Third mistake: action. Hardly anything happens! I know it's only one scene, but STILL - this is pretty boring.

Suggestions for other conflicts: Babylon 5. The War Doctor somehow stops what'shisface, the idiot captain who panicked, from boarding the Prometheus (sabotages his shuttle, or tricks some sensors into thinking there's a pathogen somewhere there isn't) so that when Prommy encounters Dukhat and the Minbari, someone else is in charge and they take a more level-headed approach to handling the situation.

Hope this helps.

A very good beginning.

elegant and simple keep it up

I think this first arc is awesome.

War Doctor's interference here was a great thing since it always bugged me that those that survived with Ripley after Aliens ended up not doing so when Alien 3 rolled around.

How things worked out here was much better.

Cool War Doctor's similar look to Kane.

Um...How about the Terminator franchise or Star Wars?

Nice idea

War Doctor successfully ends the Alien Franchise. Nice.

That was a neat shot there, and could imagine how Ripley was reacting to the War Doctor there. What if he were to show up and mess up Cavil's plans for the colonies in Battlestar Galactica?