A civilization established and reliant on the heat of its sun faces the total destruction of all life on its planet, when the life giving sun threatens to expand and engulf their world. Science under the Techs sets forth a plan, a potential way to save all of the inhabitants. They aim to Terra form a distant planet located across the barrier of deep space. To instigate their program they demand a volunteer, a military man who will be sent forth with the simple aim of constructing the method by which a growth medium can be delivered, and scattered across the new and hostile world to create an air driven environment. Offering a single chance of life for all he has left behind him. This is the story of Commander Tait a volunteer astronaut, who has the potential to be a hero, when something unforeseen threatens both his life and the lives of all he left behind.