A Wobbly African Democracy is ripe for toppling, and the USSR is backing the insurgents who are challenging the government troops. Though Botswana's president is pro-West and a friend of the US firms who invest, official American policy is HANDS OFF! Enter the involved industrialists. Thei plan: use hired help to train tropps, plan strategy, flight dirty and to the death--on the other side. Ther outfit: S_COM-the mercenary band that dares to deliver.