Devastatingly handsome Officer from a space station meets rebellious ship captain and they become instant friends, tracking down a rogue spec ops agent and saving the galaxy several times. Maybe a few other people were involved, the memories get a little fuzzy. Then that rebellious ship captain gets himself killed and the Officer finds himself unfortunately highly ranked in the military of his home planet before they're both suddenly here in this weird version of Earth - only the captain is alive now and the officer is now only moderately handsome and human.
I've been practicing the story. I think I'm getting it down to the short version.