A wanted criminal has been barely scraping by since escaping his life sentence with the help of his partner, an empathic ex-security worker. Together with their crew of two and a ship that's barely holding together, each of them is aware that this can't go on for much longer. Talks of desperate measures are beginning to circulate, but when Nick takes matters into his own hands resulting in an orphan stowing away on their ship, they stumble onto a conspiracy which draws the entire concept of life into question.