Fourteen year old apprentice space station tug pilot, Jason “Jazz” Jackson, is accused of breaking rules to rescue a loose steel beam before it breaches the space station and kills hundreds. He then fails an unexpected simulator test, even though he is aware he is the best apprentice tug pilot at the station, so doubts his abilities. When blamed for stealing the station manager’s pet walking fish he looks for evidence to prove his innocence and discovers an asteroid approaching his sector of space, and time is running out. With all pilots evacuating key personnel to the planet, he comes up with a daring plan, based on an unproven theory, to save everyone still on the station.