Joanna Mccoy is fourteen years old and misses her father dearly. She feels alone and abandoned. She decided to take matters into her own hands. She finds out that the starship enterprise is due to dock at Starbase 12. She runs away from her mother's house, to surprise her father at the starbase. She tells no one of her plans, leaving in secret. She runs into trouble on her journey, sending her on a life-changing Giant adventure.