A C-130 plane flies high in the dead of night. Hawk puts Scarlett and Duke in a training exercise, a test and a mission in one. Failure is unacceptable. Stalker issues the two's parachutes but does not hand the gear to them but instead throws them out of the plane. Hawk gives each of the two a code word to memorize as they are clues to what their mission is. Scarlett's is "buick" while Duke's is "NLVCH". The two jump out of the plane to go after their chutes. Stalker has his own mission and jumps out with a parachute only to be told over the radio that his gear doesn't work. Hawk tosses out the working parachute.