Ronald Johner (Earth-5875)

"You hang with us a while. You'll find I am NOT the man with whom to fuck!"

- - Ron Johner to Ripley 8

Ronald "Ron" Johner was a mercenary aboard the smuggling freighter Betty. In September 2561, Vriess and the rest of the Betty's crew delivered restrained convicts to Office of Naval Intelligence scientists aboard the UNSC Auriga in the orbit of Pluto, which resulted in a xenomorph outbreak, of which he was one of the only four survivors.

Early life
Born in the Outer colony Mamore, Ron Johner experienced poverty and fear for his life since he was young, leading him to develop a severe dislike for the UEG and the UNSC, which he considered imperialistic. As a teenager, Johner became a deliquent, but never joined the Insurrectionists as he believed they were as equally manipulative and extremist as the UNSC, and then he rose to become a criminal and mercenary on his own.

During this time he met with other mercenaries Gary Christie and Dom Vriess. Only one year later, they were recruited by Frank Elgyn and Sabra Hillard to be their crew members aboard a stolen Parabola-class tourism freighter, the Betty.