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Arthur Dallas
Dallas pilots the ship home and is responsible for the people on board. The requirement to investigate the signal puts him between the usual procedure, the terms of the contract, and a danger that cannot yet be assessed.
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Command without knowing the whole task
Motive
Bring the crew and ship home, making decisions with insufficient information.
Role in history
Captain of the Nostromo.
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Bottom line
Dallas goes into the ventilation shafts to drive the creature to the airlock, and disappears after the attack. In the theatrical version, his further fate is not shown; in the director's cut, Ripley finds him in a cocoon and, at his request, burns him.
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Story based on the film "Alien" (1979). The differences in the director's cut are noted in the denouement.