Nick DiBenedetto would be altered along with hundreds of thousands of men from the Los Angeles area. Literally overnight, he would be changed to a more workable form that would be able to survive in a harsh environment.

Altered at 85 percent of his former human self, he and those redesigned at 50 percent, would work the mines for the Colar State. His body was now more resilient, though alien encounters would forever educate the man in ways that were both unexpected and dangerous.