For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector set off on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space ... and then their series was cancelled. Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beamed up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.

Dick and Jane--formerly a normal, well-to-do couple--turn to armed robbery after Dick loses his corporate job, in order to keep themselves off the streets AND to exact revenge.