In the mid twenty-first century, mankind has reached a point in tis technological advances to enable the colonization of the far reaches of the universe. DARK STAR is a futuristic scout-ship travelling far in advance of colony ships. Armed with Exponential Thermostellar Bombs, it prowld the unstable planets. But there is one obstacle that its crewmembers did not count on - one of the ships thinking and talking bombs is lodged in the bat, threatening to destroy the entire ship and crew!