Weylan felt that he had finally found a place he can call home and a job he can tolerate, even if his boss is a bit of a layabout. That all changed when a series of unfortunate events culminates in him stranded in space with no help in sight.

Fortunately, a crew claiming to be bounty hunters seemingly stumbles upon him before his demise and brings him aboard. They offer to ferry him to the closest port so he can get transport home, which he readily accepts. Something seems... off about them, however. They are flying a model of ship he has never heard of before, and they seem oddly reticent to give any details about why they were in otherwise peaceful space. They also keep him locked within the room they had given him, claiming "security concerns".

What will Weylan discover about his oddly suspicious saviors, what will he discover about himself, and what connections will he make along the way?