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Update: Answered in the comments much more thoroughly and succinctly than I can summarize, so head below for some great answers.


She's apparently the warrant officer, which I've seen hypothetical explanations state is the XO, the second in command, but she explicitly states that she is the third officer at the end of the movie, and throughout The movie she is the pilot and she checks the electrician's work and volunteers to go fight the alien first, and also states that she is in command while the others were off the ship.

So was Kane second in command?

And what is a warrant officer?

Thank you

BTW if there is a crazy Aliens expert, I have a few tiny questions that only a crazy fan who literally read everything ever written and watched every interview about the movie might be able to answer.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

As far as I know all manned aircraft pilots in the US military are commissioned or warrant officers. I think it makes complete sense that you would want a pilot that was specifically trained for whatever missions you were going on. Someone whose sole focus is on flying but can adapt in a pinch and has management skills to offload some of the work from the commander and XO.

In a normal aviation company there are two platoons of pilots and almost all of those are warrant officers and a platoon leader who really just manages the other pilots.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Rad, thanks. That really helps, I couldn't understand her role very clearly since she did so much, but with your explanation and context, it all makes perfect sense.

Have a good one

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You are quite welcome! I hope you have a lovely one as well.

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