Spatterjay ″Jay″ Hoop, the eponymous "Skinner". One of the earliest residents and founder of Spatterjay, the Skinner has been cut off from supplies of dome grown human food and has been turned by the Spatterjay virus into a hybrid monster. When he was human, Jay lead a ruthless and sadistic gang of pirates named ″The Eight″. Their primary goal was trade with the alien Prador in human slaves, via removal of higher brain functions and spinal columns and implanting Prador thralling devices into their central nervous system.