 In 2069, doctors have developed the technology to create human clones. After governmental legislation, banning human cloning, the doctors at D.B.I. find another way to continue their experimentations on an orbiting space prison, the Maxine-2000. In Washington D.C., Essex is an agent for the National Bio-ethics Advisory Commission who specializes in enforcing the Bio-ethic laws. He is sent to the Maxine-2000 to investigate rumors of illegal experimentation on prisoners. After discovering the terrifying truth, he rushes back to Earth to try to confront the geneticists.