On the surface it seems a simple case: A group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates - and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its militarty team, Striker, outof commission, Op-Center must reinvent itself - and head straight into the crossfire of an African war.