Some of the crew transport-beamed down to Montana o survey the damage, where they found Cochrane""s assistant Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard) firing upon them, not believing they were friendly, but she fainted and required medical attention (from radiation poisoning emanating from the damaged warpshipPhoenix) inEnterprise""sSickbay.He offered a "substantial reward," but insisted that they must be captured alive ("No disintegrations").Plot SynopsisThe film""s foreword presents a scrolling title card with historical background, displayed above an emblematic crest of Sweden""s king:In the year 1632, the armies of Sweden, under the banner of its hero, King Gustavus Adolphus, were in the midst of he great Thirty Years"" War that was to give the Norsemen the leadership of Europe.Ash battled to survive against the first pit Deadite (Shiva Gordon) who lept out at him and repeatedly punched him in the face, until Lord Arthur""s Wise Man (Ian Abercrombie) tossed down Ash""s confiscated chain-saw weapon, and he was able to lop off the Deadite""s head.During the evening rush to the airport, passengers (future protagonists) converged on the Trans-American Airlines terminal.