Six crew are awakened from stasis to discovered they are aboard a spaceship alone and under attack from an alien spacecraft. The crew is faced with the formidable challenge of battling an alien force while trying to figure out how the ship works, what they do, and relearn their memories to try and figure out just who they are!
Relaxing in Habitat and growing accustomed to life on Deepwater, the crew is faced with the shocking news that they must return to cryogenic sleep and complete their maturation process!
Bren is pricked by a device set for him by the Sentinel Corps, and when a recorded message is played, he discovers the military's true agenda for Deepwater, and their plans for him!
The crew learns that there may have been several Deepwater's, and that the same alien space craft that attacked and woke them from cryo, was responsible for the deaths of the crew on another Deepwater.
A surgical laser in Cryo malfunctions and cuts into an unknown cabinet revealing a flat bottomed 'egg'. When the laser fires again, it drills into the container. When Bren destroys the container in the incinerator, a loud siren and flashing lights announce the presence of the deadly 'Pandora Virus' -- Bren has been infected!
The crew of Deepwater encounters a drifting spacecraft who's only occupant is a 12 year old female child, who is wandering the corridors of her craft alone, and in a half trance.
The crew encounters a drifting lifepod, it's only occupant an unconscious female whose blood contains traces of an unusual chemistry. Upon waking, she elicits extreme emotional responses from each of the crew members. Is their new guest a soul vampire?
The crew comes upon a satellite communication announcing the prosperity of humanity and the eradication of the Pandora Virus. But when Reb and Yuna go to investigate, they learn that it may just be a trap for Deepwater and its crew.
Zak creates a cyber-neural transmitter to induce and control 'prexes' -- which creates dangerous and unforeseeable consequences -- including strange power surges that jeopardize Deepwater's shield integrity.
The crew encounters an unknown artifact drifting in space. Upon closer contact, the object grows to immense size, dwarfing Deepwater and entrapping it in a powerful force field. Soon thereafter, Deepwater's weapon's system is disengaged and the ship is boarded by the unknown force!
A computer virus hidden in Gen's main processing unit gives rise to The Mentor, who's agenda is to establish a Rex III colony of 'perfect' people, and destroying the remaining 98% of the gene samples stored in the Gene Bank.
When repairing an engine, Reb and Yuna retrieve a damage piece of metal that appears to have been chewed. What they discover is a highly adaptive, self-replicating organism that lives on a diet of metal -- and it's now loose on the ship!
A beacon in space signals Deepwater with a vid-message -- the image of a beautiful woman named Aurora -- who was Reb's donor's girlfriend!