Plot:
The
Starcademy's five worst
underachievers, Harlan Band of Earth, Catalina of Saturn, Bova of Uranus,
Rosie Ianni of Mercury and Radu of Andromeda, have just learned their field
tests have been canceled, leaving them to brood in the nearly deserted
starcademy while their fellow cadets test their mettle in space. An alien
spacecraft approached unnoticed - except for the five underachievers. With
visions of "first contact glory," they board the vessel only to find it
deserted except for an non-functional android.
Their teacher and an assistant principal
rush aboard to retrieve
the misfits, just as the ship's sublight drive mysteriously engages itself. The
hyperdrive is accidentally triggered and the makeshift crew find themselves
hurtling through space faster than light. The ship
passes through a mysterious spatial rift known as a white circle. Suddenly the accidental crew
and the android find themselves over 7 light years
from home. |