From the episode's intro: "Bodies drifting aloft through the endless night. Alone. Aimless. Remnants from the assembly of existence. Celestial slag cast into the void. A building block of creation in search of a new creator. To the United Colonies, these unbound boulders are nothing more than a nuisance. God’s refuse en route to a cosmic waste bin. The KERKHOVEN, a United Colonies mapping vessel, is manned by a four-person crew. Their prevue is the documentation of meteors, comets, and other orphaned celestial debris that threatens the shipping routes between the Alpha Centauri and the independent systems. Most days are dull and produce no object in which to judge at all. But one day in particular will bring, not the judging of space rocks, but the value of human life."