slowly but surely, the stf liberates the drycreek plaza shopping mall, garland park, and the garland technology center, eliminating the urda's twin lieutenants tiger and edge (tigger and edgey in the arcade version) and wiping out their air force and tank defenses. after securing garland square, mcgarren receives word from vital situation, swift elimination (vsse) officials that derrick lynch, the terrorists' ringleader, is attempting to overload geyser 1, an experimental nuclear reactor built by garland electric to power the complex (via an eyes only broadcast). making their way down to the control room, five kilometres below the complex, mcgarren and his men defeat lynch's troops before taking out the ringleader himself. mcgarren shuts down and secures the nuclear reactor seconds before it melts down. after the s.t.f evacuate and enter a nearby lift, the control room explodes. the unit declares their mission a success.