In 2122, the commercial hauler Nostromo was on its way to Earth from a job in the Solomons, the Nostromo passed through the Zeta II Reticuli system, the Nostromo's onboard computer, " MU-TH-UR" intercepted a distress beacon originating from a planetoid (which later came to be known as Acheron) within close proximity to the ship.
![walind nutani shirt walind nutani shirt](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.linnlive.com/d6e94e77d533320e8820a737a1aba307/7075a0be-c1b9-4d20-a9a7-1e4bc66d5963.jpg)
They hold their main offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, The Sea of Tranquility, and Thedeus.
![walind nutani shirt walind nutani shirt](https://lastexittonowhere.imgix.net/uploads/catalogue/WEYLAND-YUTANI-BUILDING-BETTER-WORLDS-ALIENS-INSPIRED-REGULAR-FIT-TSHIRT-BY-LAST-EXIT-TO-NOWHERE-BLACK-1_OwKikir.jpg)
Weyland-Yutani is a large conglomerate corporation known as " The Company." It is one of the many mega-corporations that runs the human colonies outside the solar system through the Extrasolar Colonization Administration, has a seat in the Interstellar Commerce Commission's Company Review Board, and also has a large presence on Earth.