Betty (Earth-5875)

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

- - Ripley 8

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

History
The Almayer's Folly was an aging tourism transport ship from Oban. 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, Beatrice Martin. 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 Office of Naval Intelligence to transport inmates from Midnight Facility to the UNSC Auriga at Installation 00. 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 against the Covenant's remnant factions and Insurrectionists.

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 later destroyed by Ripley 8 and Call when the two ejected the ship into the glassed Reach, the planet's gravity slowly crushing the ship.

Layout

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