Our story opens with Yorricks Mother talking on the radio to Alter, the leader of the Israeli Army. We find out that she was good friends with Alters commanding officer when he was alive. That she discovered bad things about the "Culpepper Ring " ( of which Agent 355 is a part Of ) and she thinks her son has been kidnapped. Alter reveals her agenda for searching for Yorrick, she actually does want to kidnap Yorrick, so Israel will have the only living male, to continue their nation. Natalya reveals the reason why the astronauts are landing in Kansas and not Russia as planned, Apparently not all of the nuclear power plants were shut down and some had melt downs, making the landing spot too irradiated to be safe. In space the two male astronauts get into a fight over a suspected sabotageing of one of their suits.