A crew of six mercenary, inter-stellar pirate-smugglers on the commercial freighter spaceshipBettydocked on heAuriga, including:bad-tempered, teasing Johner (Ron Perlman)dread-locked Christie (Gary Dourdan)handicapped, wheelchair-bound mechanic Vriess (Dominique Pinon)novice young Annalee Call (Winona Ryder)They brought special cargo of kidnapped, hyper-sleeping space travelers (or frozen medical "experiments") on board, which were covertly used in theAuriga""smed labs - to be impregnated with alien facehuggers.He divulged how he was planning to use Molotov cocktails to burn the factory down: "Be the last Halloween for them." Ann""s fears are confirmed when Judith tumbles down the stairs - the camera follows her as she moves out of sight at the top of the stairs, and then finds her in a heap at the bottom of the steps...a big-eyed Patriot, knows Lincoln and Washington by heart, stands at attention in the Governor""s presence, even collects stray boys and cats.