HE’S TEN YEARS OLD AND THEY’VE TAKEN HIM TEN-MILLION MILES INTO SPACE.
Space pirates conduct a raid on the Corporation planet of Procyon 3. During a shootout, Peter, a young boy, takes refuge aboard a spaceship only for the outlaws to steal it. Hawk, the pirate leader, befriends Peter and promises that he will return him home. The group is soon pursued by various lowlifes wanting to snatch the boy for the ransom they know The Corporation will pay.
They were just giving the kid a ride to the Space Circle-K to get a Space Icee.