Fifteen minutes into their journey, the spacecraft christened Aegean C suffers catastrophic damage with nearly 2,000 people aboard. The craft reenters the atmosphere and crashes on a plateau above a steaming jungle. Passengers soon realize that they’re not on the same world they left — that they’ve either catapulted through time, or come to a different planet altogether.  A century later, life on the “Aegean Plateau” contains little technology, but has moved beyond the survival mode of the “firstlanders.” Now, however, the populace is divided by rank and class, with each family hoarding knowledge of any craft or trade that might give them an edge.