Passenger
Passenger noun - A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) but not operating it.
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Stowaway
Stowaway noun - A person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage.
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- Ed from Cowboy Bebop isn't exactly a stowaway (blackmailing the crew by taking remote control of the piloting), but fits the trope in terms of how most of the crew regard and treat her: yet another unwelcome/annoying passenger and the final straw for the "No women, no pets, no kids" policy.
Source: Little Stowaway - It get's a hull breach in Hyperspace, the crew discovers a stowaway feline GELFnote Genetically Engineered Life Form on board, and during repairs they come across a small shuttle with one passenger, an engineer.
Source: Furry Webcomics
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