 Earth is under attack by the fleet of the Mars Regulator and his asthmatic right hand (and son) Jens Maul.With most of Earth's forces destroyed, the Queen Metapha (from "metaphor", played by Anja Kling) of Earth and her secretaries debate their last options.They decide to call for the crew of the "Surprise", Earth's last available, penis-and-testicles-shaped starship, to travel 300 years back in time.