Aranos was an icy planet in Sector Seven, whose surface is covered in seemingly endless mountains. Angela Cross owned a large flying laboratory hovering in the atmosphere of Aranos (likely part of the generous bonus packages she got when working for MegaCorp), which was guarded by MegaCorp's own MSR (MegaCorp Security Robots) versions I and II. When Angela stole MegaCorp's Experiment no. 13 from MegaCorp's testing laboratories, she went to her flying lab and prepared to head to Canal City to buy explosives to destroy the experiment. Ratchet, a newly hired MegaCorp Commando, tracked her there and nearly got the Experiment, but Angela and her MSR cornered him and Angela fled with the experiment. Later, Angela's lab was taken over by Thugs-4-Less, who had previously been working for her. They