故事发生在一艘名为“契约”的殖民太空船之上，飞船上搭载了两千名进入沉睡的殖民者，他们的目的地是遥远的欧米伽六号行星，希望能够在那里建立新的家园。一场意外的发生令契约号的能量收集帆遭到了破坏，船长布兰森（詹姆斯·弗兰科 James Franco 饰）亦不幸身亡。作为代理船长的欧朗（比利·克鲁德普 Billy Crudup 饰）带领着惊恐而又悲伤的船员们降落到了一颗未知的神秘星球上。 　　在这里，他们遇见了仿生人大卫（迈克尔·法斯宾德 Michael Fassbender 饰），大卫热情的接纳了人类的到来，并讲述了他和已故的肖博士（劳米·拉佩斯 Noomi Rapace 饰）在这里生活的经历。就在大卫渐渐赢得了船员们的信任的同时，大家已经一步一步的走入了前者为他们精心打造的地狱之中。Almost eleven years after the futile and disastrous expedition on the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant equipped with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, sets a course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles The Earth. The unsuspecting members of Covenant will have to cope with biological foes, beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space.