The show begins with Vikrant Gandhi, who is worried about a shipment of guns arriving in Mogadishu, Somalia, on the UK Kyival. These guns are meant for a fictional militant group called Al Muharib. Vikrant, an Indian immigrant to Somalia and now the president of the port authority, is married to Avika, who was born and brought up in Somalia, where her wealth and even the color of her skin set her up for a life of privilege. Vikrant faces pressure to win the upcoming election to continue smuggling goods like these guns in and out of Somalia. Things start to go awry when a former ally, Tawfiq, decides to run for port presidency as well. Vikrant can no longer get the guns into Mogadishu port without fear of inspection. A series of events leads to the ship getting re-routed to a historical town, Harardhere, in Somalia, where pirates hijack the ship and kill one of the crew members. The transfer of power from Vikrant to Tawfiq is one of the bigger power plays in the series. There is also the power struggle between pirate leader Barkhad and his younger brother, who is so keen to take the reins that he kills his brother and shoots one of the crew members dead just because he starts to empathize with her and sees that as a sign of weakness in himself. Most of the crew, pirates, the shipowner's son's date in Ukraine, a member of Vikrant's family, and several of his household staff are dead by the time the credits roll for the last time.
