Former robot assassin Zeta meets teenage Ro, who is also on the run and having troiuble with a gang that wants her to shoplift. He helps her and then she distracts the NSA for 500 creds from Zeta's unlimited account. Ro gets tagged by the NSA as being Zeta's ""accomplice"" soshe stays with him. They set out to locate the scientist who originally created Zeta, in hope of proving to the government that Zeta is peaceful at heart and should not be destroyed.