In a time not far from the present day, Corporal Peters, a soldier in Afghanistan, is interviewed by Jim Mitcher of CNN about a recent mission. Peters was in Afghanistan, on a mission with his two buddies, Riot and Ghost. To go on an official mission, however, soldiers of this alternate reality must receive authorization via a quorum, a new component of the United States' brand of direct democracy. Peters, Riot, and Ghost disobey their orders, and go out without authorization. They scale a building, and from there, spot an internationally-wanted terrorist, Jaques al-Adil. Peters has the perfect angle with which to execute al-Adil; however, he needed a quorum to give him sufficient upvotes in order for him to go ahead with the mission. Riot calls his parents and his sister. He convinces them, as well as his sister's boyfriend, to authorize Peters' mission. Peters kills al-Adil. The kill is streamed to millions of people, both from Peters' point of view and from that of another nearby soldier. At the end of the interview, Mitcher asks Peters if he thinks this system of direct democracy in war should be done away with. Charismatically, Peters says the current system should stay in place.