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Its 2024 a dig for dinosaurs in Wyoming uncovers something that should not be there. The object quickly becomes a lightening rod for conspiracy theorists, the FBI, Homeland Security. the military, endless lawyers and politicians, as it prepares to collect a crew and depart earth forever. The ship was deliberately placed on earth by an unknown species called "the Others", with a mandate for eight individuals to travel to the galaxy's inner regions. The choice of crew seemingly makes no sense. Dark, sinister-looking and impenetrable to all but those eight, the object is impervious to any attempt to impede its launch from earth on its way to a dense inner spiral of the galaxy. During the 10,000 light-year voyage, the crew encounters fellow teammates, alien flybys, a neutron star. and the first earthling born in space, After meeting the "Others," each crew member faces a life-altering decision. That decision may decide the fate of these inscrutable "Others", the desperate species that engineered the voyage and had already saved the crew members' lives.