 Three Marines of Company L are sent on a secret mission to the mob-controlled resort world of Havanagas.Lance Corporals Claypoole and Dean – under the command of Corporal Pasquin – are to find proof of mob control — proof that Confederation law enforcement agents have not been able to secure — so that the gangsters can be brought to justice.Brigadier Sturgeon, the FIST commander, ostensibly goes on leave.