Synopsis
Deep inside the Andromeda galaxy, a system of planets are in trouble. The 3 worlds of Babanthia orbit an unstable sun that threatens to destroy them. Rumors of an ancient intergalactic gateway that links stars and galaxies offer some form of hope, but its existence has never been proven.
The discovery of a new planet offers hope to the Babanthian race. However, this new world, Illonia, is blocked by a deadly asteroid field and no manned ship has yet made it through alive.
FASSIEL, a politician recently widowed, has a plan to save his people. MALEIA, his 11 year old daughter, is struggling to deal with the grief of losing her mother and Fassiel tussles to give her the care she needs.
Fassiel creates TORG, an emotionally advanced android. Her mission is to create a pathway through the asteroid field and to prepare Illonia for the Babanthian race. What makes Torg different is that she is given an experimental emotion chip. This will enable her to think and feel, just as the people who built her do so she can make decisions on behalf of them and logically work out how to clear the pathway and prepare Illonia.
To prepare her, Torg is uploaded with all Babanthian knowledge and gets to spend time interacting with people to obtain a detailed understanding of their emotions. Fassiel puts Torg with Maleia, with instructions to educate and help her through the grieving process. They spend a lot of time together while Fassiel deals with the problems the worlds are facing. Over time, Torg and Maleia become close and before long, Fassiel becomes resentful of the bond between them. When Torg is dispatched to lead the dangerous mission to Illonia, she is devastated to be leaving Maleia behind as, inadvertently, she has taken on a maternal role.
Fassiel does everything to keep Torg and Maleia from communicating on the journey and plans to have her switched off when the task is done. However, his plan backfires because when Torg arrives at Illonia, she decides that this beautiful new world is far too good for the selfish Babanthians. Instead, she begins to dismantle the Illonia preparation work.
Fassiel is furious and sends a termination squad to Illonia. However, Torg is ready for them and completely wipes out the team sent to destroy her. She then creates a new, supersized warship and returns to Babanthia.
When she arrives, a war party is waiting for her. Fassiel uses his daughter Maleia as a bartering tool but during the conflict, Maleia’s ship is hit. To make matters worse, the conflict ignites an ancient gateway and Maleia’s ship is ripped away and lost somewhere in the universe.
This ignites a deadly battle between Torg and the Babanthians which ends up with Torg damaging the fragile sun.
An intergalactic fight between Torg and Fassiel rages, on a destructive path that could end the lives of billions. The ultimate fight for survival and the search for Maleia is about to begin...