The story begins with a brief recap of Ash's journey so far (narrated by Ash himself), up until the Ash In Space Prelude, where in 1350 AD, astrologer Artemus Vrill wants to use the Necronomicon's power to journey to the stars. Just as Ash arrives to stop him, he opens a time vortex, sending Ash back to the present day at a launch of a space shuttle. He sneaks aboard and finds a spare space suit, then the story jumps to the present, where Ash is battling Deadite astronauts aboard the shuttle. After defeating the Deadites, he finds the Necronomicon is aboard and it's spells are being programmed into a computer. Before Ash can stop the computer from scanning the Necronomicon, Deadite Artemus Vrill attacks, but Ash blows his head off with the Boomstick. While trying to figure out how to get b