This whole article is just about the first Gorn episode and has references detailed out pretty well. The conclusion is such wholesome trek though.
Throughout the first three Alien movies, the recurring and omnipresent true antagonist is the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. This corrupt stand-in for capitalism is responsible for repeatedly placing the crews in danger. The motivation? To harness the profit potential in the difficult-to-contain xenomorphs, of course.
This leads to plenty of self-serving behavior. This is embodied by company-programed android Ash (Ian Holm) and company man Carter Burke (Paul Reiser). In both cases, the characters are not motivated by survival. They instead serve only themselves and capitalism. Thus they often prove to be equally or more dangerous than the xenomorphs themselves.
But in Strange New Worlds, capitalism isn’t a problem. In the post-scarcity society of the Federation, it isn’t necessary to turn on one another to solve problems. As a direct result, more members of the Enterprise away team survive than make it through any of the Alien movies.
The tagline for Alien states, “In space, no one can hear you scream.” But that’s only true if you aren’t surrounded by members of your tight-knit, utopian community, as is true for the Enterprise crew. Ripley deserved to have people like this watching her back.