The Amazingly Bearded Man fights flesh bats off his space ship; Ava and Gage pick up a mysterious stranger on their way to the cyber-punk city of Shade.

Warrior Kavonaghan scavenges the apocalyptic, zombie-infested landscape, searching for a worthy opponent to cross swords with, but all she finds are uncoordinated zombies, terrible beer and Japanese samurai films.

Returning to the cyber-punk metropolis Shade after dealing with the meteor storm investigators, Super Intelligence Agent Sterling's superiors ream him out for mishandling the situation; nothing can stop him on his hunt for the Amazingly Bearded Man.

A visit to Gage's ex-girlfriend Liz to recover the Amazing Bearded Man's lost memories takes a bad turn when Liz's new boyfriend turns out to be more Gage expected.

A lethal space battle rages above (and below) the streets of Shade between the Shadow States and the Consortium; the Amazingly Bearded Man joins the fight but threatens to kill the entire population of Shade.