The story begins at a cargo container ship, the Badeaux Strait, sailing through the Gulf of Mexico where several crew members are checking out the contents of their cargo in the hope of fencing any salable items they could find. They open one of the crates only to find some sort of machine. The machine activates and starts killing the crew. The ship blows up and sinks to the bottom of the sea. Unbeknownst to the team, the thing is active and they are being observed through its unseen video cameras.