Halt seems to understand at least the concept of a hatch. The problem? It's medieval. How serious? Not big, he just opens it when the pod docks and gets out of the pod.
Thartler and Victoria quickly get out as well, the latter quickly getting their camera working, the latter just looking around the ship as if thinking about finding where is the supposed malfunction.
Victoria in particular seems to feel a bit nervous. "Heh... always the first assignment that causes the most nerves, right? J-just like that one time..."