Editing Space Mutiny (section)

== Plot ==
The ''Southern Sun'' is a [[generation ship]], a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage from its original homeworld (implied to be [[Earth]]) has lasted thirteen generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground. This does not please the antagonist, Elijah Kalgan ([[John Phillip Law]]), who conspires with the pirates infesting the nearby [[Corona Borealis]] system and the ship's Chief Engineer MacPhearson ([[James Ryan (actor)|James Ryan]]). Kalgan hatches a plot to disrupt the Southern Sun's navigation systems and use the Enforcers, the ship's [[police]] force, to [[Aircraft hijacking|hijack]] the ship and direct it towards this system. At this point, the inhabitants of the ''Southern Sun'' will have no choice but to accept his "generosity".

Kalgan sabotages a key part of the ship just as a small craft with an important professor aboard is on a landing trajectory. The loss of guidance control causes the craft to crash and explode. The pilot, Dave Ryder ([[Reb Brown]]), is able to escape, but the professor dies in the explosion. This sabotage seals off the flight deck for a number of weeks, which gives Kalgan the opportunity to attempt to wrest control. With the Enforcers in his hand, and with the flight deck out of commission, he holds the entire population of the ''Southern Sun'' hostage. Commander Jansen ([[Cameron Mitchell (actor)|Cameron Mitchell]]) and Captain Devers enlist Ryder's assistance, aided begrudgingly by Jansen's daughter Dr. Lea Jansen ([[Cisse Cameron]]), to regain control of the ship.