Before the events of the Pyr­am­ids of Hert­ford­shire, mem­bers of the team were sent to mon­it­or the cov­ert arrival of a mys­ter­i­ous steam­er from China. While attempt­ing to dis­cov­er the con­tents of the cargo, they were attacked by mem­bers of a loc­al gang, led by power­ful indi­vidu­als with strange powers.