CHARACTER DYNAMICS:

MC RESOLVE: Change
MC GROWTH: Stop
MC APPROACH: Do-er
MC MENTAL SEX: Male

OC RESOLVE: Steadfast

 PLOT DYNAMICS:

DRIVER: Action
LIMIT: Optionlock
OUTCOME: Success
JUDGMENT: Good

OBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE (The Alien Threat)

DOMAIN: Physics
CONCERN: Understanding
ISSUE: Instinct vs. Conditioning
PROBLEM: Desire
SOLUTION: Ability
FOCUS: Thought
DIRECTION: Knowledge
CATALYST: Senses
INHIBITOR: Circumstances
BENCHMARK: Learning

SIGNPOST 1: Understanding
SIGNPOST 2: Learning
SIGNPOST 3: Doing
SIGNPOST 4: Obtaining

MAIN CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (Ripley)

DOMAIN: Universe
CONCERN: The Past
ISSUE: Interdiction vs. Prediction
PROBLEM: Desire
SOLUTION: Ability
FOCUS: Inequity
DIRECTION: Equity
UNIQUE ABILITY: Prediction
CRITICAL FLAW: Suspicion
BENCHMARK: The Present

SIGNPOST 1: The Past
SIGNPOST 2: Progress
SIGNPOST 3: The Future
SIGNPOST 4: The Present

OBSTACLE CHARACTER THROUGHLINE (Newt)

DOMAIN: Mind
CONCERN: Memory
ISSUE: Suspicion vs. Evidence
PROBLEM: Perception
SOLUTION: Actuality
FOCUS: Thought
DIRECTION: Knowledge
UNIQUE ABILITY: Evidence
CRITICAL FLAW: Interdiction
BENCHMARK: The Conscious

SIGNPOST 1: The Conscious
SIGNPOST 2: The Preconscious
SIGNPOST 3: Memory
SIGNPOST 4: The Subconscious

SUBJECTIVE STORY THROUGHLINE (Nightmares & Dreams)

DOMAIN: Psychology
CONCERN: Conceptualizing
ISSUE: State of Being vs. Sense of Self
PROBLEM: Change
SOLUTION: Inertia
FOCUS: Thought
DIRECTION: Knowledge
CATALYST: Situation
INHIBITOR: Interpretation
BENCHMARK: Conceiving

SIGNPOST 1: Becoming
SIGNPOST 2: Conceiving
SIGNPOST 3: Conceptualizing
SIGNPOST 4: Being

ADDITIONAL STORY APPRECIATIONS:

GOAL: Understanding
CONSEQUENCE: Conceptualizing
COST: Memory
DIVIDEND: The Past

REQUIREMENT: Learning
PREREQUISITE: Conceiving
PRECONDITION: The Conscious
FOREWARNINGS: The Present