 The film then jumps ahead to 2110, when Major Bent unwisely orders the activation of an overheated Slipgate.The heat causes a malfunction which sends the demolition equipment into another dimension, to an area which was occupied by an Ogre.The Slipgate automatically brings the Ogre back to the Complex, where it is met by a party of soldiers led by the misanthropic Sergeant Lawrence Maxwell, who has a supernatural ability to translate any language.