With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable, except as a decent stopover for ships traveling throughout the Galactic Commons. But when all traffic is halted to and from Gora, three strangers are thrown together. The trio, all different species with different aims, have nothing to do but wait, and confront where they've been, where they might go, and what they are, or could be, to each other.