In the year 2022, Neighsay took a new job as an interplanetary missions director after retiring from the EEA. Starting in 2037, two explorations on a deserted planet called Soria have gone successfully, in an attempt to determine how it became uninhabited three years prior. The year is now 2042. Twelve days into their mission, a dust-storm has forced Twilight Sparkle, Flurry Heart, Rainbow Dash, Ocellus, Cadence, and Thorax, the crew of Astro III to abort their mission early. They must launch before the ascension rocket tips over, in order return to their orbiting spacecraft, the Cosmos. During the storm, Flurry is struck by a communication dish that breaks off of the habitation facility, and thrown out of sight. Without time to look for her, and with the rocket on the brink of falling down, the crew presumes her as dead and escapes just in time. Now, Flurry must find out how to contact them and get rescued.