A paratrooper must be prepared for anything. Therefore, Nikolai Korotkov is not particularly surprised by the zigzag of fate that brought him into the secret sabotage unit of the CIA. He seems to have been “brainwashed,” but he knows the rest himself: the Russian landing is not for weaklings. The task he was given - to stage a military coup in a banana republic - was not exactly a joyride. But this doesn’t scare Nikolai, especially since his brain is fine.