CORPORATE ARCHIVES // PARTIAL DECLASSIFICATION

THE COMPLETE
TIMELINE

FOUR CENTURIES OF BUILDING BETTER WORLDS. 1990 — 2381. SELECTED RECORDS DECLASSIFIED PER ARCHIVE DIRECTIVE 937-C.

THE FOUNDATION ERA

1990 — 2073

1990

PETER WEYLAND BORN

Sir Peter Weyland is born in Mumbai, India, on October 1, 1990, to an engineer father and an Oxford-educated mother. By age fourteen he has registered a dozen patents.

2012

WEYLAND CORP FOUNDED

Weyland Corporation is incorporated on October 11, 2012, in San Francisco. Its charter: "Building Better Worlds." Within a decade it holds more patents than any company in human history.

FULL CORPORATE HISTORY →

2023

"WE ARE THE GODS NOW"

Peter Weyland delivers his landmark TED address at Wembley Stadium, outlining a roadmap to synthetic life, faster-than-light travel, and the colonization of other worlds. 2.7 billion people watch.

PUBLIC RECORD: Prometheus — viral marketing, "TED 2023"

2025

DAVID 1 — FIRST SYNTHETIC

The Cybernetics Division activates David 1, the first synthetic humanoid with human-level cognition. Seven generations of David-series synthetics will follow.

SYNTHETIC HUMANS →

2032

FTL ACHIEVED

Weyland Corp engineers crack faster-than-light travel and consolidate Earth’s entire aerospace-defense industrial base in a single year of acquisitions.

ARCHIVE BULLETIN →

2039

FIRST BREATHABLE WORLD

Atmospheric processors generate the first fully breathable off-Earth atmosphere on GJ 667Cc, twenty-two light-years from Earth. The colonial age begins.

COLONY FILE: GJ 667CC →

THE PROMETHEUS PROGRAM

2089 — 2104

2089

THE INVITATION

Archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway uncover a 35,000-year-old star map on the Isle of Skye — identical to symbols found across unconnected ancient cultures. Weyland Corp classifies the find within seventy-two hours.

PUBLIC RECORD: Prometheus (2012)

2091

PROJECT PROMETHEUS LAUNCHES

The USCSS Prometheus departs Earth, destination LV-223, carrying a seventeen-member crew, the David 8 synthetic, and — undisclosed to the crew — Sir Peter Weyland himself in hypersleep. Mission cost: one trillion dollars.

PUBLIC RECORD: Prometheus (2012) RESEARCH DIVISION →

2093 PARTIALLY REDACTED

LV-223 INCIDENT [REDACTED]

Contact with the Prometheus is lost following arrival at LV-223. The expedition confirms the existence of the species designated "Engineers" and recovers evidence of a black accelerant compound. Sir Peter Weyland is declared deceased in absentia. Surviving records sealed under Special Order directive.

PUBLIC RECORD: Prometheus (2012)

2104 PARTIALLY REDACTED

COVENANT DIVERTED [REDACTED]

The colony ship USCSS Covenant, en route to Origae-6 with two thousand colonists, diverts to an uncharted Engineer world following a rogue transmission. Final telemetry indicates the David 8 unit assumed control of the vessel. The Covenant never reaches its destination on record.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien: Covenant (2017) COLONY FILE: ORIGAE-6 →

THE MERGER & EXPANSION

2099 — 2120

2099

WEYLAND-YUTANI FORMED

Weyland Corporation and the Yutani Corporation of Japan complete the most consequential merger in corporate history, forming Weyland-Yutani — a conglomerate valued above $200 trillion, with charter authority over 300+ colonized worlds.

MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT →

2120 PARTIALLY REDACTED

THE MAGINOT INCIDENT [REDACTED]

The deep-space research vessel USCSS Maginot, returning from a sixty-five-year specimen-retrieval mission, crash-lands in Prodigy Corporation territory on Earth. The five rival corporations governing Earth — including Weyland-Yutani and Prodigy — enter open contention over recovered cargo of non-terrestrial origin. First documented xenomorph presence on Earth.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien: Earth (2025 series)

THE INCIDENT FILES

2122 — 2179

2122 PARTIALLY REDACTED

USCSS NOSTROMO — SPECIAL ORDER 937 [REDACTED]

The commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, hauling twenty million tons of mineral ore, is rerouted to acheron LV-426 to investigate a transmission of unknown origin. The vessel is subsequently destroyed by reactor overload. Sole survivor: Warrant Officer E. Ripley, whereabouts unknown for fifty-seven years. Science Officer Ash (Hyperdyne 120-A/2) special directive remains sealed.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien (1979)

2142 PARTIALLY REDACTED

RENAISSANCE STATION [REDACTED]

Contact lost with Weyland-Yutani research installation Renaissance following unauthorized specimen experimentation involving recovered Nostromo-incident material. Station declared total loss. Corporate salvage teams recover partial records from the Romulus and Remus modules.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien: Romulus (2024)

2179 PARTIALLY REDACTED

HADLEY’S HOPE — LV-426 COLONY LOST [REDACTED]

Contact is lost with the Hadley’s Hope terraforming colony (158 colonists) on LV-426. A Colonial Marine response aboard the USS Sulaco ends with thermonuclear destruction of the atmosphere processor. Survivors: four. Executive Carter J. Burke’s conduct file remains sealed by legal directive.

PUBLIC RECORD: Aliens (1986) COLONY FILE: HADLEY’S HOPE →

2179 PARTIALLY REDACTED

FIORINA 161 [REDACTED]

An EEV from the Sulaco crash-lands at the Fiorina "Fury" 161 Class C correctional facility and lead works. All specimen-recovery objectives fail when Lt. E. Ripley terminates herself in the facility’s gigaton furnace. Facility decommissioned and sold.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien 3 (1992) FACILITY FILE: FIORINA 161 →

THE LONG CENTURY

2179 — 2381

2349

CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING

Following two centuries of unmatched expansion, Weyland-Yutani’s defense and bioscience charters are absorbed in a contested acquisition. Successor entities — including the United Systems Military — continue select research programs under new flags. The Company’s archives remain. The Company always remains.

2381 PARTIALLY REDACTED

USM AURIGA [REDACTED]

The United Systems Military vessel Auriga conducts unauthorized human cloning to resurrect specimen-retrieval programs, producing Ripley 8. The vessel is destroyed on Earth-impact trajectory. This concludes the declassified record.

PUBLIC RECORD: Alien: Resurrection (1997)

ARCHIVE INQUIRIES

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is Weyland-Yutani a real company? +

No. Weyland-Yutani is a fictional megacorporation from the Alien film franchise created in 1979 by Ridley Scott’s Alien. This website is a fan-made, in-universe corporate experience celebrating that fiction — it is not a real commercial entity.

What is the Alien timeline in chronological order? +

In-universe chronological order: Prometheus (2089–2093), Alien: Covenant (2104), Alien: Earth (2120), Alien (2122), Alien: Romulus (2142), Aliens (2179), Alien 3 (2179), and Alien: Resurrection (2381). Weyland Corp itself is founded in 2012 and merges with Yutani Corporation in 2099.

When was Weyland-Yutani founded? +

Weyland Corp was founded by Sir Peter Weyland on October 11, 2012. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation was formed in 2099 through the merger of Weyland Corp and Japan’s Yutani Corporation.

What happened on LV-426? +

LV-426 (Acheron) is the site of two incidents: the 2122 USCSS Nostromo investigation of a derelict Engineer craft, and the 2179 loss of the Hadley’s Hope terraforming colony, which ended with the destruction of its atmosphere processor.

How does Weyland-Yutani compare to Tyrell, Cyberdyne, and other fictional megacorps? +

Weyland-Yutani (Alien) specializes in terraforming and bioweapons research; the Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner) builds replicants; Cyberdyne Systems (The Terminator) created Skynet. All three are charter members of the fictional-megacorp canon — and all three maintain corporate sites in our Intercorporate Exchange network.

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