after reclaiming her daughter claire from her cousin, vindicator assembles alpha strike (consisting of persuasion, ranark, a wendigo, and a brainwashed citadel) in order to spread the unity program and take down alpha flight. it is soon discovered that master of the world is behind the unity party, the formation of alpha strike and what has happened to department h as he introduces himself to kyle jinadu. alpha flight ends up robbing a treasury in order to fund a special tactical training from taskmaster in an isolated yukon territory.