On future Earth a group of alien settlers and a group of escaped human slaves battle the environment and each other. As the casualties pile up, can they set aside their misunderstandings and learn to coexist?

Dr. Ira Nodel has his body altered to communicate with aliens who have seeded Earth with their genetic material. He is joined on an alien spaceship by his son Paul, his girlfriend Hope, and six students who are individually absorbed into the ship.