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Ryan travels to New Mexico to meet with a young SDI researcher, Major Alan Gregory, whom he brings to Washington, D. C. to brief the president.

Gregory lives with another scientist, Candi Long, who is working on adaptive optics for use in the development of laser weaponry.

A lesbian KGB agent, Bea Taussig — who has unluckily fallen in love with Long — describes Gregory and his work to her KGB handler, Tanya Bisyarina.

The KGB launches a plan to kidnap and debrief Gregory.