The pilot set up a scenario not unlike The Phil Silvers Show in which opportunistic Captain Thomas Woods (Willard) leads his starcraft crew in schemes under the nose of the overbearing Captain Leon Stoner and dotty station Commander Irving Hinkley (William Phipps).

Actor Phipps stated the show was originally titled Fort Leo (after the name of the ship), and claimed it was passed over because of the short-lived series Buck Henry produced, Quark, which was cancelled even before Space Force was aired.

[4] Aboard space station Fort Leo Captain Thomas Woods (Willard) arranges a carnival to raise money for a children's hospital on planet Triton by selling unauthorized military equipment to civilians and joyrides on their starcraft.

Meanwhile, Captain Leon Stoner presses station Commander Irving Hinkley to go to war with the planet Algon over the capture of a spy.

[2] Fred Willard reprised his role from the pilot in a comedy sketch for Jimmy Kimmel Live!