In the not so distant future, mankind has finally cracked the secret of faster than light travel and, with the population of Earth reaching crisis levels, has set forth to explore, find and colonise new worlds for humanity by sending forth deep space vessels.

You are a engineering officer aboard one of these deep space vessels. The Intrepid, which is currently engaged on a series of resupply missions for those tenuous outposts humanity has so far been able to establish. Relaxing off duty, you find yourself hastily ordered as a last minute replacement for an injured crew member on a mission to resupply a science station on the planet Ophion which has been experiencing a series of unusual events...