In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire them

In 1987 NASA launches a manned probe on a 5 month trip around the solar system. Something goes wrong, however, and the pilot's life support systems are frozen and he is propelled into deep space. When the spacecraft returns to the vicinity of Earth, the year is 2491. The pilot awakens from his deep cryogenic sleep to find Earth in the aftermath of a late 20th Century nuclear holocaust. Because of his piloting skills the pilot becomes a valuable member of the Earth's Defense Directorate.