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Originally Posted by ferretchucker
another point to note, V, is that it seems Weland-Yutani did have prior knowledge of the Aliens, hence why they sent the crew to answer the distress signal. Isn't it possible they've known about them since AVP:R but have simply never had the opportunity to get any before?
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Very much so, if you take the timeline of the Alien franchise into account. AVP:R happened much before Alien and Aliens, so yes it ties in nicely.
If you remember, Ripley sits down to decipher the "distress" signal in binary and realises that its actually a "warning". Its very much possible that the signal was picked up/beamed through Weyland-Yutani satellites/ships back to Earth and they already knew it was a warning signal, yet they changed the course of the Nostromo to go ahead and intercept it.
I am sure this is one of the things which we will see in this prequel. Ridley Scott will surely touch upon this part.