Tato série zkoumá, co by se stalo, kdyby se obyčejní lidé ocitli s nadlidskými schopnostmi. Každý získá moc odpovídající jeho nejhlubším touhám, ale tato nově nalezená síla přináší složité etické dilema. Hrdinové se musí potýkat s důsledky svých činů, kde snaha pomoci některým nevyhnutelně škodí druhým, a proplouvat světem, kde se hranice mezi dobrem a zlem stírají.
When Aman Sen gets off a plane from London to Delhi he discovers that he, and everyone on his flight, now has extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires. Aman wants to heal the planet but with each step he takes, he finds helping some means harming others.
In 2020, eleven years after the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi developed extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires, the world is overrun with supers. Some use their powers for good, others for evil, and some just want to pulverize iconic monuments and star in their own reality show. But now, from New York to Tokyo, someone is hunting down supers, killing heroes and villains both, and it's up to the Unit to stop them...