In the year 3047, aboard a Star Trek-style starship, the crew of the Astrov faces existential drift in a future that feels oddly familiar. On a diplomatic mission, Captain Jonas January transports the brilliant but pompous Professor Jason Cole, his enigmatic green-skinned alien wife Celaria, and the melancholy Doctor Rosy to a conference aboard a distant space station. But tensions bubble beneath the diplomatic surface: Celaria’s aura disrupts the emotions of nearly everyone on board, unearthing buried desires and regrets. Meanwhile, young Ensign Ally longs for love, and Rosy suspects Cole’s illness may be more imagined than real. In the forced proximity of the ship, the crew and guests contemplate love, usefulness, and the bitter comedy of longing in a setting that may be sci-fi, but feels like a drawing room. A Chekhovian tragicomedy with warp drive.