> Source URL: /demos/alien-screenplay/characters/ripley.character
---
title: Ellen Ripley
description: Warrant officer and procedural conscience of the Alien screenplay demo.
name: Ellen Ripley
actor: Sigourney Weaver
role: Warrant officer
first_scene: Scene 1 - Wake Cycle
---

# Ellen Ripley

Ripley is the crew member who treats procedure as survival infrastructure. In
this PathMX translation, she anchors the rule-bound side of the story and gives
the screenplay demo a clear reason to link protocol, ship systems, and threat
escalation.

- Actor: [Sigourney Weaver](../actors/sigourney-weaver.actor.md)
- First scene: [Scene 1 - Wake Cycle](../alien.screenplay.md#scene-1-wake-cycle)
- Related location: [USCSS Nostromo](../locations/nostromo.location.md)
- Related object: [Motion Tracker](../objects/motion-tracker.object.md)

## PathMX Role

Ripley demonstrates a character node that can be referenced from dialogue cues,
action paragraphs, and analysis pages without duplicating biography in every
scene.


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## Backlinks

The following sources link to this document:

- [Ellen Ripley](/demos/alien-screenplay/index.path.llm.md)
- [RIPLEY](/demos/alien-screenplay/alien.screenplay.llm.md)
- [Ellen Ripley](/demos/alien-screenplay/actors/sigourney-weaver.actor.llm.md)
- [Ellen Ripley](/demos/alien-screenplay/objects/motion-tracker.object.llm.md)