Betty (Earth-7149)

"This piece of shit is even older than I am."

- - Ripley 8

The Betty, formerly named the Almayer's Folly, was an old Freighter captained by Frank Elgyn and his crew of smugglers and mercenaries.

History
The Almayer's Folly was an aging tourism Parabola-class tourism freighter from Bhuj. After being stolen from the planet's orbit in 2537 by Frank Elgyn and his mercenary crew, it was renamed the Betty after Elgyn's mother. Duo to the vessel's old age, it required constant repairs and maintenance from six to six months.

In 2561, the Betty and its crew were illegally hired by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation to transport colonists to the USS Auriga. Unknown to all the crew but Call, these prisoners would be used as test subjects by ONI scientists in order to attempt to control xenomorphs and used them as biological weapons of war.

While their delivery was a success, their return was cut short with a security breaching that released the xenomorphs at Auriga, killing majority of its crew, including Elgyn. The surviving members of the Betty's crew, alongside Ripley 8, Private First Class Vincent Distephano, Dr. Mason Wren, and Larry Purvis, sought to reach their ship and escape from the ship. After a series of battles through the ship, only two of the original crew: Johner and Call, remained alive. Purvis later died when a Chestbuster burst from his chest and killed Dr. Wren, and Distephano was killed by the Newborn xenomorph. The Betty was boarded by Ripley 8, Call, Johner, and Vriess, the only survivors of the incident, after Call managed to direct the Auriga into crashing on the glassed Reach, the planet's gravity slowly crushing the ship.

Design
As a Freighter, the Betty features rear thrusters, and is fitted with magnetic docking clamps. Because of its old service age for a freighter, the ship requires constant repair and maintenance. It carried six passengers, but could easily allow for more, and was equipped with eight cryo chambers and a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.

Crew

 * Frank Elgyn † - Captain
 * Sabra Hillard † - Pilot
 * Gary Christie † - Mercenary
 * Ron Johner - Mercenary
 * Dom Vriess - Chief mechanic
 * Call (synthetic) - Mechanic assistant