It is 2052. The space ship Star Runner is two years into a 90-year journey to a planet in the Silver Sun solar system. With a crew of 13 - seven teenage space cadets, four adults and two kids - the ship's mission is to safely deliver a cargo of cyronically suspended New Settlers to populate the New World, paving the way for future generations of mankind.

Some people have freckles, some people have an overbite. Joan has thorns growing out of her fingertips....