A mysterious figure, The Chief, acts for a classified authority to gather together a team of four people. Their job will be to investigate threats to freedom by going inside them in miniaturized form. Commander Jonathan Kidd leads the team, the mysterious Guru provides metaphysical insight, Erica Lane brings biological and medical expertise, and Busby Birdwell flies their ship Voyager, and is a talented engineer. In this first episode, the team tests itself against the creatures living... in a drop of water.