American astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) flys through a wormhole emerges on the far side of the universe, right in the middle of an interplanetary conflict. His spaceship is struck by a "Peacekeepers" (gallatic cops) ship and killing the pilot, marking him as the new public enemy number one. Crichton lands on "living" prison ship named Moya and is forced to ally himself with the convicts: hulking warrior D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe), blue-skinned priest Zhaan (Virginia Hey), fugitive peacekeeper Aeryn (Claudia Black), exiled king Rygel (Jonathan Hardy), and Pilot. Though they come from different planets with different cultures, each has a unique back story explaining how and why they ended up on the run.