On a routine scan of an abandoned colony in the Gamma Quadrant, the USS Douglas detects a signal of unusual makeup and moves to investigate. Suddenly, an aperture appears, and the Constitution III class starship is yanked through and violently thrown into the depths of an unknown galaxy.  Critically damaged, the crew of the Douglas must understand what brought them here…and find out just where ‘here’ is.  A vast expanse of mystery surrounds them and an unsettling possibility begins to set in – they are lost far from home with no way back.