In Washington, DC, Cobra Commander triumphantly leads a column of H.I.S.S. tanks straight up the steps of the U.S. Senate building. A voice wakes him, revealing the victory to be nothing but a dream. Zartan stands in the Commander's bedroom, and he demands to know how the Dreadnok got in. Zartan replies that he shifted into a Crimson Guard, and suggests Cobra Commander upgrade to retinal scans. Cobra commander demands to know what was important enough to wake him, and Zartan replies that he has good news: the Broken Star Liberation Army, a phony terrorist group Cobra set up, launched a coordinated attack, claiming the Capitol building, the Statue of Liberty, and Mt. Rushmore. The landmarks were retaken in short order by only a minimal armed forces team, but Cobra Commander is elated, and a