The U.S. government organizes a covert team of mercenaries to carry out operations that other agencies won't even touch. The Organization in charge recruits Nate Spears to be one of the team's members. On the team's first dangerous mission to eliminate a warlord in Mozambique, Spears saves the life of an American businessman. He is given an award and a promotion by the Organization's leader, a man code-named, "Yankee."