The nuclear war between Nazi Germany and Race ends with the surrender of Germany after Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the Fhrer, is assassinated and replaced by Walter Dornberger. Dornberger agrees to disband Axis forces, withdraw German troops from occupied France, and disband German missile and nuclear forces. The withdrawal of German troops leads to instability in the governments of its allies, such as the British Union of Fascists in Britain, as well as clashes between the Free French Forces and the new government of liberated France and radioactive drift into the Soviet Union. However, Dornberger secretly begins to accumulate stocks of weapons and parts for missiles, giving Germany the opportunity to rearm in the future. Meanwhile, a nuclear attack on a fleet of Race colonies from Second Contact has finally been revealed: it was an American attack on the orders of Earl Warren. When this is revealed, Fleet Commander Atwar gives Warren a choice: Collapse the U.S. space program or allow Race to launch a nuclear strike on Indianapolis in retaliation. To everyone's surprise, Warren allows the Race to destroy Indianapolis, and then commits suicide, and Vice President Harold Stassen takes over. In the end, it is claimed that the reason Warren allowed the city to be destroyed due to the space program was because the Americans were working on a spaceship that would allow them to go to the homeland of the Race and pay back their visit to Earth. During this time, the Race itself is experiencing great social unrest due to the effects of ginger on their females. Drug addiction, the black market, and prostitution all stem from this, along with an unregulated reproductive system very similar to the human one.