In the distant rings of the planet Alphios, rookie mechanic Samantha Krain takes her first careful steps into the field as an official member of a crew of misfit space salvagers. When a huge salvage mission turns up on the surface of the planet, however, the race is on as opportunity calls to be the first one to reach a trove of technology. Is it fortune smiling upon the intrepid explorers, or is treachery leering from the shadows...?