Earth is a disaster zone. Fires rage out of control. Food riots erupt across the world. Fresh water is a luxury. Crowds of people swarm shopping centers and hospitals. Parts of coastlines fall into the sea. Garbage clogs the toxic rivers. Law enforcement is sporadic and ineffective. Gangs rule crumbling empires. The earth is exhausted and barren.
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Disease runs rampant with new strains of influenza and cancer, and old villains like leprosy. Things are falling apart. Up beyond an ever-present ring of space garbage, five people in an experimental space station are desperate to find answers. The questions, however, are not so clear.
Due to the ring of space junk and the techno turmoil on Planet Earth, transmissions between the World Experimental Space Station (WESS) and Earth, are sometimes impossible for days. Among the astronaut scientists strange bonds, emotions and widening rifts make people a little bit crazy. Or it could be the mushrooms.
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They must put their personal problems aside and concentrate on the bigger picture: find a way to save the planet, naturally. They're involved in experimental media to restore the health of the Earth, and so far have met with success.
They grow hybrid plants with superior resistance to disease, and seek ways to dispose of waste to create new earth. Central to the latter is a large smelly compost heap below decks, where a number of trials with growth hormones and material deconstructors are seeing strong results.
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Into the mix comes the supply ship from Earth, operated by dashing space pilot Lance Wood and his alcoholic co-pilot Meredith Plainly. When space junk damage to their ship necessitates repair, they decide to stay a couple of days aboard WESS. As scientists show them around, a blood-curdling shriek resounds. From there, things go from bad to worse for the unfortunate humans in space.
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