| Director | David Winters, Neal Sundstrom |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film, adventure film, horror film, science fiction film |
| Runtime | 93 min |
| Country | South Africa, United States |
The Southern Sun is a generation ship, a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage from its original homeworld (implied to be Earth) has lasted thirteen generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground. This does not please Elijah Kalgan, chief of the Enforcers, the ship's security team. Together with chief engineer MacPhearson and pirates from the nearby Corona Borealis, Kalgan hatches a plot to disrupt the Southern Sun navigation systems, before using his Enforcers to take over the ship and redirect it towards their constellation.
Kalgan sabotages a key part of the ship just as a small craft with an important professor aboard is on a landing trajectory. The loss of guidance control causes the craft to crash and explode. The pilot, Dave Ryder, is able to escape, but the professor dies in the explosion. This sabotage seals off the flight deck for a number of weeks, which gives Kalgan the opportunity to enact his plan. With most of the Southern Sun population now held hostage, two of the ship's loyal officers, Commander Jansen and Captain Devers, enlist Ryder's assistance to regain control of the ship. He is begrudgingly aided by Jansen's daughter Dr. Lea Jansen.