New Horizon

<p>Equipped with an experimental faster-than-light drive a United Systems cruiser is converted and recommissioned as the exploratory vessel New Horizon. During its first jump something goes terribly wrong damaging the ship and hurtling it thousands of light-years from its destination. With the FTL drive destroyed the handpicked crew's only option is to settle in a nearby star system. Fortunately a habitable planet exists in the system populated by creatures that are strikingly similar to those of Earth's past. Internal politics along with a series of accidents plagues the fledgling colony while they struggle to gain a foothold and discover the secrets of the planet. The prospects become grim when the dominant rulers of the world arrive to dispute the New Horizon crew's precarious claim.</p>