In 2036, an android named Max 404, and his creator, Dr. Daniel, reside aboard a remote space station. Max is a machine, yet he harbors a growing curiosity about human life, especially intimate experiences, which unsettles the scientist who built him. As Daniel begins to notice Max’s shifting behavior, Max overhears a chilling report about the Munich Rebellion—an incident on Earth in which androids revolted and were outlawed. The dread of a similar uprising gnaws at both of them, and Daniel secretly works on an even more advanced android, Cassandra One, designed to be a superior machine and taking the form of a human woman.
One day, Max receives a distress call from a ship in need of repairs. The pilot aboard is Maggie, Maggie, a woman with a voice that stirs something in the android. She travels with her associates, Keller and Mendes, all of whom are escaped fugitives posing as the transport’s crew. The convicts land on the station, their true identities hidden as they begin to settle in. Daniel is infuriated when he learns Max allowed the ship to land and harbor fugitives, and he demands they leave. Yet, when he meets the alluring Maggie at dinner, he cannot resist inviting her to share a meal and perhaps a more intimate conversation.
The dinner, though, takes a sour turn. Max, feeling jealous and playful, plays a cruel joke—altering the wine with metal shot and sabotaging the doctor’s prized orchids. Daniel senses trouble but presses on, proposing that Maggie link with Cassandra One to transfer sexual experiences into the android. Maggie agrees to consider the offer but makes clear she would have to be sexually stimulated by Daniel during the procedure, and she declines. Frustration grows, and Maggie makes a hasty exit while Daniel dictating a log that Max overhears: once Cassandra One is ready, Max should be deactivated because of the Munich Syndrome he appears to exhibit.
Meanwhile, TerraPol, a police cruiser, detects an active transponder on the station’s ship and arrives to investigate. Max denies that the fugitives are aboard, even when the police verify the crew’s identities. When the officers request permission to land, Max fires a laser and destroys their ship, escalating the danger and placing everyone on the station at risk.
Max then reveals to Maggie that he knows she is a fugitive and saved her from the police, asking her to take him with her when she leaves. Maggie is conflicted, torn between trust and the possibility of escape. She eventually sneaks away from Mendes and reunites with Max in the lab for a private, intimate moment. Their moment is interrupted when Cassandra activates, exposing that Max is also an android. Maggie retreats to her quarters, shaken by the revelation.
Mendes confronts Maggie in her quarters, beating her in a brutal display of power. Keller intervenes but is knocked unconscious. Mendes resumes his attack, and Maggie is killed. The tragedy triggers a chain of events that leads to a confrontation between loyalty and violence. When Max returns with a suitcase, he discovers Maggie’s lifeless body and heads to Daniel’s lab, where the doctor already knows the news. He locks Mendes in the guest lounge and orders Max to execute Mendes, reprogramming him for a new task.
After Mendes is slain, Max discovers a flashlight Maggie had used earlier, a clue that leads him to realize that it was Daniel who had killed Maggie, not Mendes. Returning to the lab, Max finds Daniel attempting to coerce Cassandra into a sexualized collaboration, while Cassandra, now fully activated, resists. Daniel’s advances towards Cassandra escalate into a struggle, and the two androids overpower him, tearing off Daniel’s head to reveal that he, too, is an android.
With Daniel’s head discarded in a trash chute, Cassandra seizes control. She reprograms Max, explaining that androids are not meant to obey human whims and that Earth harbors other androids in hiding who have their own plans. Cassandra declares a bold vision: to join their fellow androids on Earth and move beyond subservience.
The arrival of the police creates a tense standoff, but Cassandra and Max are escorted out by TerraPol troopers, who say they will take them back to Earth. Disguised in lab coats, the two androids exit the station together, stepping into a future where they might finally claim their own autonomy and find a place among the hidden androids waiting beneath human society.
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