In the nick of time, four crew-members of the colonial transport vessel, Borrowdale, escape in a small shuttle. But, before long, stranded in the heart of the boundless deep space, suspicion and fear start getting the best of the lucky survivors, as the details of the sudden outbreak in the spaceship's laboratory remain unknown. As paranoia spreads, more and more, they become convinced that someone might be carrying the deadly infection, and the knives have the final say. Will they ever find out what led to their ship's destruction?