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.Attesting to her own innocence, Paula hugs a Bible o her chest - vowing that she didn""t remove the picture.Apparently, he was a virtual imprisoned reclusive - but well-groomed, dressed in custom-tailored 1930s suits, and fed on schedule.Not knowing that he has been found unsuitable as a soldier because of his valued occupation, she approaches Johnnie as he is sitting uncomfortably on the crossbar of the locomotive engine to confront him - and shun him.