 Smith is considerably more ruthless than Fleming in his viewpoint and morality.He is introduced to government scientists that have figured out how to send tiny cell samples on their own without need for captured Clan couriers; managing attempts to use Mike's contact Olga to negotiate over the Clan's nuclear weapons; and attempting to hunt down (with the help of NIRT) a potential nuclear weapon that is already a ticking time bomb in Boston planted by the defector.In the long term, the government seeks to deal with peak oil via potentially invading alternate-universe Texas.