Jonah is a peacemaker of high regard and many years of loyal service, but when his last mission is to give aid to a planet of people he believes war thirsty and beyond forgiveness, he goes AWOL. Stowed away on-board an old asteroid mining vessel Jonah barters passage with the all-female crew of X-cons but he doesn't get far before the ship hits a freak solar storm. The suspicious crew turn on each other believing one of them carries a curse causing their misfortune.