Jacob "Jake" Branson was the captain of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation colony ship USCSS Covenant and the husband of chief terraformist Katherine Daniels. Branson was in command for the Covenant's voyage to Origae-6; however, when the Covenant was damaged one year into its journey by a stellar ignition, his hypersleep pod malfunctioned, and he was trapped inside and incinerated.