After finding the derelict, apparently alien, Spaceship in the Asteroid Belt, Ice’s plan was simple. Get his friends together and the four of them would discover its secrets, retrofit a ship with the Faster than Light Drive it had to have and go exploring.

Keeping the Alien a secret, not to mention paying for the research, starts Ice and his friends on an adventure to Saturn and beyond. On the trip, they attempt to study the ship while keeping it hidden from the unwanted passengers that the investors send along to "help". Of course, the raiders or, as most people call them, Pirates, become a problem and the crew of Orion find out who their real friends are.