When NASA picks up three signals of extraterrestrial origin coming from within our own solar system, the space agency expedites a mission to investigate the sources. As Earth's lone emissary,, they send Commander Roger Nelson (Brandon Ray Olive), the test pilot for an experimental spacecraft called the Magellan. Assisted by an onboard A.I. named Ferdinand (Matthew Mercer), Nelson journeys to find the alien beacons, but with each discovery he's increasingly torn between his duty as a military astronaut and his own awakening sense of wonder.