ruby and garnet are tenyearold twins theyre identical and they do everything together especially since their mother died three years earlier but they couldnt be more different bossy bouncy funny ruby loves to take charge and is desperate to be a famous actress while quiet sensitive academic garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books and when everything around the twins is changing so much can being a double act work for ever in a galaxy tied together by the magic of the elite jump magi damien montgomery is a newly graduated member of their number with no family or connections to find a ship he is forced to service on an interstellar freighter known to be hunted by pirates when he takes drastic action to save the blue jay from their pursuers he sets in motion a sequence of events beyond his control and attracts enemies on both sides of the law starships mage was originally released as five separate episodes