 In Denmark, Thrush operative Ole Bergman has supervised development of a power beam capable of blowing up submarines and ships. The device, however, needs a sophisticated power regulator to prevent itself from blowing up. The criminal organization has been smuggling microdots inside cheese with plans for just such a power regulator. Stanley Umlaut has accidentally consumed some of the cheese. Now, April and Mark seek to protect from from Thrush, which wants to recover the microdots in Stanley s stomach.