Sent from Earth to intercept a starship launched centuries earlier by a civilization of Ancients, a team of astronauts led by Dr. Nicholas Rush (Robert Carlyle) and Col. Everett Young (Justin Louis) is forced to evacuate to the alien craft to survive. Unable to alter the starship's mission, the crew instead settles in for the galactic ride of their lives, full of exotic creatures and hair-raising drama at the far edges of creation.