The star-studded cast:
From Wikipedia:Gene Starwind (ジーン・スターウインド, Jīn Sutāuindo?) is a ladies' man, a slacker and the captain of the Outlaw Star. He is well armed with a variety of weapons including a Caster gun, a magic pistol effective against Tao priests and other things of supernatural origin.
The eleven year-old James "Jim" Hawking (ジム・ホーキング, Jimu Hōkingu?) is Gene's business partner and sidekick. He is the Outlaw Star's resident computer expert and accountant, responsible for team's finances and plans.
Melfina (メルフィナ, Merufina?) is a bio-android created by Professor Gwen Khan to work with the ship's navigator. Sometime after she was created, both Melfina and the Outlaw Star were stolen from the Kei pirates by the outlaw Hilda who intended to use them to find the Galactic Leyline.
Aisha Clanclan (エイシャ・クランクラン, Eisha Kurankuran?) is a lunatic dark-skinned catgirl. As a Ctarl-Ctarl officer, she was in charge of locating the Galactic Leyline for the Empire, but after she unknowingly allowed Hot Ice Hilda to escape, the Empire ordered her to stay behind on Blue Heaven to look for clues as punishment. As such, she joins the Outlaw crew.
"Twilight" Suzuka (黄昏の鈴鹿, Tasogare no Suzuka?) is a female assassin who only kills when the sun is setting. Her weapon of choice is a bokken that can slice metal like a cleaver and smash concrete. After a failed attempt to kill Gene's friend Fred Luo, she decides to help the crew against the Kei Pirates mainly to go after her family's killer, Hitoriga of the Anten Seven.