A strange signal from deep space sends Federation agents Smith and Winston to investigate. After a brief nap during transit, they arrive to find a shattered ring world, alien inhabitants, and an evil overlord called the VOID. They also crash into the ring world immediately, due to a navigational disagreement with an asteroid. Stranded inside a strange new environment, they must collect power cubes to repair Shippy — their ship, who is either trying to help them or trying to kill them, and has not clarified which.