The title, "Scavengers" flew over my head even after the opening summary that states that the main characters of the film were left stranded on a strange planet after communication from VESTA-1 (a spacecraft) was lost.
As the animation takes place we learned that the VESTA-1 was destroyed except for a few small pods that have landed on another planet. This planet is similar to Earth in the sense that there are organisms, liquids, and air.
At night we're introduced to two characters, male and female who are out scavenging for food