When a MAGLEV train in Caprica City is blown up during a terrorist bombing, two men—Daniel Graystone, a wealthy computer engineer, and Joseph Adama, a lawyer with roots in the Tauron mob syndicate called the Ha'la'tha—struggle to deal with the loss of their loved ones in the attack. Before the bombing, Zoe Graystone, her friend Lacy Rand and Zoe's boyfriend Ben Stark are in the holoband world at the V-Club planning their trip to Gemenon, and preparing to meet their new family there. As Daniel becomes increasingly reluctant to accept the loss of his daughter, Zoe, and Joseph the loss of his daughter and wife, Tamara and Shannon, it isn't long before their fundamental views about life and death become a source of conflict. Daniel asks if Joseph knows anyone who could help him "obtain" a meta