Galactic Mining had its own defense system, helicopters capable of operating in the violent atmospheres of the moons, but it was cancelled as too many pilots died while in training.

Galactic Mining hires Felix Stone, an undercover agent, to investigate the disappearance of two shuttles that went missing under mysterious circumstances.

Stone travels to Moon 44 and meets chief navigator Tyler, who suspects the shuttles were stolen by somebody after they modified the flight computers.

Emmerich ran out of money before he could shoot an important establishing shot, so he improvised using mirrors and the production crew as extras.

[5] In a contemporary review, Variety referred to the film as "boring, uneventful" and "feeble sci-fi effort from West Germany".

"[3] Kim Newman of Empire rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, "The plot unravels in unwieldy dollops, and, despite some adequate special effects (for the time), the whole thing is really a bit of a bore.