30 years before the movie, Zed of Akir boards an alien space craft and is drawn into an open galaxy unknown to him. There he finds himself in a race against time to stop a race called the Oztem's from being wiped out by the ruthless Remlar of the Malmori and his 1st Lieutenant Sador.
On the planet Olphen, a small group of alien defenders are preparing its people for the possible attack by the Malmori as they seek their reproductive technology. Meanwhile Zed and Corin are captured by Remlar and he charges Sador to get the location of the Olphen planet from them, by any means necessary.