Humans facing the possibility of living for eternity can't stand by and watch as thousands of their kind fly off into the cosmic void.

The self-exiled humans will be used as slaves by a more advanced alien race. Their minds have been rendered compliant by implants from a devious genius but possible medium term redemption exists through device decay or the ingesting of certain chemicals.

As the commander of the humans ponders the mental effects of eternal life, the universal mind has ideas of creating a new beginning for the humans...