Shrike & Beeb's new client isn't all that he seems... Two idiotic mercs, Shrike Sanchez and Bulldog Browns (Beebs), take the job of escorting their client, Nobert Potoo, a paranoid, crazed bird, soon realizing he has a massive bounty on his head from the dumb words of Ricket, Shrike's friend. After they go through many obscurities (mostly Shrike), they drop Nobert off at Oberon Station, which ends in a battle with Tyneen, Scratch, and Kara, with Kara taking Nobert and leaving him to the Potoos.

Monkey Wrench mercenaries Shrike and "Beebs" are hired by a supposed L.A.W. Science Division leader "Agness" to rescue an endangered species, the Lythops, only to find out that Agness was using them for their combined benefits.

Beebs doubts whether he and Shrike are cut out for the Merc life.

Strike and Beebs unwind at a casino to wait out a traffic jam, where Strike blows company money on gambling and Beebs runs into an arrogant member of his species.

Shrike & Beebs finally deliver the strange container to its destination.