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Dwayne Hicks
Hicks arrives on LV-426 as part of a Marine detachment. In a crisis, he remains practical and listens to Ripley's experience. His role is gradually changing: from a participant in the operation to a person on whom the group’s withdrawal depends.
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Bring out the rest
Motive
Save people when the original task has lost its meaning.
Role in history
Colonial Marine Corporal.
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Bottom line
An injured Hicks leaves LV-426 with Ripley, Newt and Bishop. At the beginning of Alien 3, he dies in an emergency landing.
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The Aliens: Colonial Marines version suggests a different fate for Hicks; the film line is used here.