As long as I don't get the crap kicked out of me for being nice...
Well, this is set up to be a group encounter, a kind of bonding experience, if you will. The idea is that Boris will help out the ladies, if for no other reason that they're fairly attractive and the the ladies are scrappy enough to help out Boris a bit. With a nice bit of mutual asskicking facilitating a bit of togetherness and group-dynamics then you guys can start working as a team to either escape or takeover the ship. Like that.